Nelson Bay Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
27.1 26.9 25.8 23.5 20.5 18.0 17.7 18.9 21.2 23.1 24.4 25.8 22.7
Mean Min (°C)
19.8 20.0 18.9 16.4 13.4 11.2 10.0 10.8 13.0 15.2 16.8 18.4 15.4
Mean Rain (mm)
98.8 113.2 124.5 129.5 150.2 157.7 137.5 101.1 89.0 78.4 79.7 91.6 1330.4
Median Rain (mm)
80.9 85.7 86.9 101.1 131.4 125.6 115.0 79.7 72.7 70.6 68.3 74.6 1278.1
Mean Rain Days
10.6 10.5 11.6 12.0 12.8 12.4 11.8 10.6 10.1 10.3 10.3 10.5 132.3

Nelson Bay Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
38.5 41.5 36.3 32.4 26.7 24.6 24.7 28.5 34.2 34.5 40.6 39.3 41.5
Low Max (°C)
19.8 19.8 19.6 17.0 14.5 12.0 10.0 13.5 12.2 14.5 15.7 18.6 10.0
High Min (°C)
24.6 26.1 23.5 22.1 19.8 17.2 16.2 18.5 22.0 21.0 22.5 24.0 26.1
Low Min (°C)
3.5 10.5 11.5 9.0 5.6 4.4 2.2 1.1 5.0 6.1 5.9 9.0 1.1
High Rain (mm)
155.7 257.8 217.7 168.0 225.0 148.1 137.2 130.0 208.3 74.9 191.8 191.5 257.8

Nelson Bay Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
28.3 28.4 27.5 25.1 22.5 18.9 19.1 20.4 24.1 25.2 26.2 28.8 23.6
Low Mn. Max (°C)
25.4 25.4 24.3 21.5 19.0 16.7 16.3 17.0 19.0 21.5 22.8 23.4 22.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
21.2 21.5 20.5 17.8 15.0 12.6 11.3 12.7 15.1 17.2 18.9 19.7 16.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.6 18.6 16.6 13.7 10.6 9.1 7.0 8.8 9.5 13.6 14.6 16.8 13.4
High Rain (mm)
559.7 530.8 687.6 493.8 632.0 607.6 615.9 630.6 311.9 297.0 264.3 334.3 2335.9
Low Rain (mm)
2.5 0.0 3.6 0.0 7.9 6.2 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 416.6

Nelson Bay Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Nelson Bay annual climate

Nelson 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
0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.7
≥ 30°C
2.6 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.4 1.3 2.2 10.8
≤ 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 0.0
≤ 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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
29.0 28.8 27.9 26.1 22.7 20.0 19.6 21.2 24.0 26.2 27.2 28.9 27.3
Low Max
24.5 25.0 23.0 21.0 18.0 16.0 15.0 16.2 17.5 20.0 21.2 22.8 17.6
High Min
21.7 21.7 20.6 18.5 15.6 13.3 11.9 13.0 15.5 17.4 19.1 20.6 19.8
Low Min
17.5 17.8 16.1 13.6 10.6 8.5 6.7 7.8 9.4 12.3 14.0 15.9 10.0

Nelson Bay Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
25 25 26 24 24 25 25 25 27 27 27 26 24.0
Earliest Entry
1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023
Years of Maxima
25 25 26 25 24 25 25 25 27 27 27 26 24.0
Earliest Entry
1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2023
Years of Rainfall
123 122 122 121 121 123 123 123 124 125 125 124 120.0
Earliest Entry
1882 1882 1882 1882 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881
Latest Entry
2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023

Station Details

NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)
Hunter, New South Wales/ACT
32.7103°S 152.1612°E 25m AMSL
Commenced 1881

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