Orange Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
26.6 25.7 22.6 18.5 14.2 10.5 9.6 11.1 14.3 17.7 21.2 24.3 17.9
Mean Min (°C)
13.3 13.1 10.7 7.2 4.6 2.6 1.5 2.1 4.3 6.6 9.2 11.2 7.2
Mean Rain (mm)
86.5 74.9 68.5 53.0 68.9 72.9 85.6 94.0 79.3 79.9 82.7 81.3 924.7
Median Rain (mm)
71.8 57.0 48.7 36.4 63.4 65.6 75.2 93.6 72.5 72.2 63.2 64.2 954.1
Mean Rain Days
8.2 7.4 8.2 8.2 13.6 17.2 18.9 16.4 12.1 10.4 9.9 8.3 137.8

Orange Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
37.3 39.2 33.8 29.4 21.6 18.0 16.5 21.8 25.7 31.3 36.0 35.0 39.2
Low Max (°C)
14.7 12.0 9.7 6.4 2.2 2.5 0.6 2.4 3.8 6.8 6.9 10.1 0.6
High Min (°C)
23.5 24.4 22.1 16.0 13.2 10.9 12.0 11.2 16.3 16.8 22.3 22.0 24.4
Low Min (°C)
1.0 2.8 1.0 -1.6 -4.0 -5.0 -5.8 -4.4 -5.4 -2.0 -0.4 0.5 -5.8
High Rain (mm)
98.6 86.0 103.4 82.2 58.7 62.0 61.0 76.2 61.8 71.0 110.2 76.4 110.2

Orange Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
30.6 30.1 26.2 22.9 16.4 12.8 11.8 14.8 18.5 23.0 27.1 28.0 19.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
22.1 21.9 19.2 15.5 12.3 8.0 7.3 8.0 11.2 13.7 17.3 20.8 16.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
16.4 15.9 13.4 9.9 7.0 5.6 3.6 4.0 5.9 9.6 13.0 13.2 8.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
10.0 9.9 8.2 4.8 1.9 0.7 -0.2 0.4 2.7 4.8 6.6 8.7 6.3
High Rain (mm)
300.7 285.0 216.0 329.0 249.1 265.0 207.7 270.8 253.4 223.1 307.0 299.9 1592.0
Low Rain (mm)
7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.8 11.2 3.1 9.0 0.2 7.0 0.4 324.0

Orange Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Orange annual climate

Orange 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
0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
≥ 30°C
7.0 4.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.4 16.6
≤ 2°C
0.1 0.0 0.1 1.7 6.6 13.1 18.0 15.9 7.8 3.3 0.8 0.1 67.5
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.8 5.1 8.8 7.3 2.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 26.4

Orange 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
31.2 30.0 26.8 22.2 17.5 13.5 12.2 14.5 18.5 22.2 26.1 29.4 26.1
Low Max
21.7 21.5 18.7 14.8 10.8 7.2 6.2 7.0 9.8 13.0 16.0 19.6 10.0
High Min
17.0 16.6 14.2 10.8 8.4 5.6 4.2 5.1 8.0 11.0 13.2 15.2 13.3
Low Min
9.3 9.4 6.9 3.8 1.3 -0.4 -1.3 -0.8 0.9 2.4 4.8 7.1 1.2

Orange Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
39 42 43 40 40 43 42 40 41 40 43 38 41.0
Earliest Entry
1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
40 42 43 42 40 42 42 42 42 40 43 38 41.0
Earliest Entry
1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
55 58 58 57 55 55 53 58 56 57 58 54 58.0
Earliest Entry
1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE
Central Tablelands, New South Wales/ACT
33.3211°S 149.0828°E 922m AMSL
Commenced 1966

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Winter is Coming: Chilly day for Sydney, rain pelts eastern seaboard

17:22 AEST Just as we forecast yesterday, a coastal trough has deepened along the NSW and southeast Qld coasts as a low in the Coral Sea continues to inch closer to Qld.  The trough has brought some interesting weather to NSW in the past 36 hours or so, particularly along the coastal fringe, giving those New South Welshmen a “Stark” Game of Thrones reminder: winter is coming.

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