Lake St Clair Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
19.6 19.3 16.8 13.1 10.1 7.8 7.2 8.1 10.3 12.8 15.8 17.5 13.1
Mean Min (°C)
6.3 6.0 4.4 3.0 1.7 0.3 -0.1 0.1 1.0 2.0 3.8 5.1 2.7
Mean Rain (mm)
95.7 83.3 111.4 135.9 178.5 167.9 219.0 249.6 215.1 183.0 122.7 132.5 1897.1
Median Rain (mm)
92.6 71.8 94.4 117.6 136.6 157.8 170.9 238.1 204.0 166.9 129.2 120.6 1831.8
Mean Rain Days
13.8 12.6 16.4 18.7 21.6 22.3 24.1 24.9 23.3 21.7 16.5 17.1 231.9

Lake St Clair Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
33.9 33.1 31.4 24.9 21.7 23.5 13.1 17.0 22.5 26.1 29.8 32.7 33.9
Low Max (°C)
5.5 7.2 2.7 4.6 2.1 -1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 3.0 1.6 5.5 -1.0
High Min (°C)
19.3 17.7 15.8 14.1 11.1 9.8 8.8 8.7 12.0 12.5 15.6 18.0 19.3
Low Min (°C)
-2.5 -5.7 -4.1 -5.0 -6.0 -8.6 -7.6 -7.8 -6.2 -6.5 -4.0 -2.6 -8.6
High Rain (mm)
73.2 63.9 90.4 75.2 214.0 64.2 82.0 96.4 120.6 66.8 130.8 64.6 214.0

Lake St Clair Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
22.5 22.8 20.2 15.0 12.0 9.3 8.3 10.2 12.9 14.8 20.4 20.8 14.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
15.5 16.9 14.3 10.1 8.7 6.0 5.5 6.2 7.6 10.3 12.4 14.4 12.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
8.3 8.6 6.8 5.0 3.6 2.4 1.6 2.6 2.7 4.3 5.8 7.2 3.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
4.5 3.5 2.3 0.7 -0.3 -2.5 -1.5 -1.7 -0.7 0.3 1.8 2.4 1.7
High Rain (mm)
246.2 225.3 230.7 333.0 491.6 380.4 428.8 519.2 437.0 430.8 289.2 301.5 2450.2
Low Rain (mm)
20.8 19.6 30.4 41.6 33.4 48.2 94.6 95.5 65.4 68.6 0.6 51.2 1582.1

Lake St Clair Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Lake St Clair annual climate

Lake St Clair Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≥ 35°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≥ 30°C
1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.6
≤ 2°C
3.5 4.1 8.0 12.3 17.7 20.7 23.2 23.3 19.1 16.5 10.3 5.9 166.0
≤ 0°C
1.0 1.3 3.0 6.0 10.6 14.4 15.9 15.7 11.9 9.2 4.2 1.9 96.2

Lake St Clair 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
25.2 25.0 22.0 17.0 13.0 10.0 9.5 10.9 13.5 18.0 21.4 23.1 20.4
Low Max
12.9 12.6 11.0 9.0 7.1 5.4 4.9 5.0 6.5 7.5 9.9 11.5 7.0
High Min
10.5 10.0 7.6 6.6 5.5 4.0 3.1 3.1 4.2 5.2 7.3 8.6 7.0
Low Min
2.4 2.0 0.5 -1.0 -2.0 -3.0 -3.1 -3.0 -2.3 -1.4 0.0 1.5 -1.5

Lake St Clair Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 29 28 28 30 28.0
Earliest Entry
1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1989 1989
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 29 27 27 30 28.0
Earliest Entry
1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1989
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
32 32 32 31 32 31 32 30 31 32 31 31 31.0
Earliest Entry
1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1989 1989
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK
Central, Tasmania
42.1177°S 146.1771°E 742m AMSL
Commenced 1989

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