Byron Bay Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
27.5 27.5 26.4 24.4 22.0 19.7 19.3 20.2 22.1 23.4 24.7 26.3 23.6
Mean Min (°C)
20.7 20.6 19.5 17.2 15.0 12.4 11.7 12.4 14.4 16.2 17.8 19.5 16.4
Mean Rain (mm)
165.4 192.0 203.4 188.6 179.6 166.2 106.2 88.9 66.2 108.0 118.3 146.3 1731.6
Median Rain (mm)
139.8 169.8 177.1 156.9 166.5 141.0 81.5 67.0 44.6 78.8 102.3 103.2 1668.5
Mean Rain Days
14.4 15.4 16.8 15.3 14.0 12.0 10.0 9.0 9.1 11.2 12.1 12.8 149.4

Byron Bay Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
33.2 34.6 32.8 30.2 29.4 29.5 26.6 26.9 32.4 32.6 34.6 36.5 36.5
Low Max (°C)
21.3 20.0 20.4 17.0 16.0 13.8 11.9 12.8 14.8 16.3 17.9 18.5 11.9
High Min (°C)
24.9 25.2 24.2 22.7 21.3 19.6 18.4 18.1 20.8 21.7 24.8 24.4 25.2
Low Min (°C)
14.6 10.6 11.6 10.5 4.3 0.0 4.2 1.0 6.0 7.4 8.9 10.0 0.0
High Rain (mm)
176.8 188.0 350.4 180.4 225.0 192.5 102.1 142.7 138.0 205.0 208.4 124.5 350.4

Byron Bay Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
29.2 29.8 28.8 25.8 23.6 21.6 20.7 21.7 23.7 25.7 26.3 27.8 24.7
Low Mn. Max (°C)
25.9 26.3 24.8 22.5 20.8 18.5 18.2 18.5 20.7 21.9 23.4 25.0 23.0
High Mn. Min (°C)
22.0 22.4 20.7 18.6 16.8 14.6 14.8 14.7 16.0 18.2 19.3 21.5 17.3
Low Mn. Min (°C)
18.9 19.0 17.3 15.5 12.1 9.5 10.3 11.2 12.7 14.8 16.0 17.9 15.5
High Rain (mm)
464.0 527.6 652.0 611.2 547.0 410.9 357.5 275.6 281.1 565.6 346.7 427.2 2884.7
Low Rain (mm)
18.9 40.1 30.3 36.6 19.3 15.4 1.0 2.6 0.0 8.3 7.0 36.2 1074.2

Byron Bay Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Byron Bay annual climate

Byron Bay 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 0.1 0.1
≥ 30°C
4.2 3.3 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.6 10.6
≤ 2°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 0.1
≤ 0°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

Byron Bay 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
29.9 29.8 28.7 26.7 24.2 22.0 21.5 22.4 24.5 25.8 27.2 28.7 27.6
Low Max
25.2 25.2 24.0 22.1 19.8 17.6 17.2 17.8 19.5 21.0 22.4 24.0 19.5
High Min
22.5 22.5 21.5 19.5 17.4 15.0 14.2 15.0 17.0 18.5 20.0 21.4 20.7
Low Min
18.7 18.7 17.4 15.0 12.6 10.0 9.3 10.0 11.8 13.8 15.4 17.5 12.0

Byron Bay Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
31 31 31 30 30 30 32 31 31 32 32 32 31.1
Earliest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1974 1975 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974
Latest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007
Years of Maxima
32 31 32 31 31 31 32 31 31 32 32 32 31.4
Earliest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1974 1975 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974
Latest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007
Years of Rainfall
62 62 62 62 62 62 62 61 61 62 62 62 61.5
Earliest Entry
1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1950 1950 1950 1950
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE)
Northern Rivers, New South Wales/ACT
28.6388°S 153.6361°E 95m AMSL
Commenced 1948 / Closed 2012

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Generation gone with the wind

13:20 AEST A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia.  The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average of 13.1% (Mon, April 15 to Wed, April 17).

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