Benalla Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.8 30.5 27.2 22.2 17.4 14.1 12.9 14.6 17.4 21.0 25.0 28.3 21.8
Mean Min (°C)
14.7 14.8 12.0 8.4 5.7 3.5 2.9 3.9 5.4 7.6 10.2 12.6 8.5
Mean Rain (mm)
40.5 35.7 43.6 49.1 62.2 73.6 72.5 70.8 62.8 64.6 47.9 42.5 665.4
Median Rain (mm)
29.1 23.2 33.1 38.7 57.7 69.8 67.2 64.4 54.8 62.5 37.6 32.3 657.0
Mean Rain Days
4.7 4.0 5.2 6.3 9.3 11.5 12.9 12.7 10.5 9.3 6.6 5.5 97.6

Benalla Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
43.5 42.4 39.4 35.0 27.2 23.3 22.8 25.7 30.5 35.2 40.5 41.8 43.5
Low Max (°C)
17.2 12.5 13.6 10.6 8.3 7.0 4.4 7.7 7.8 10.6 12.7 15.0 4.4
High Min (°C)
27.0 26.8 24.6 19.5 16.0 12.6 12.3 13.8 16.5 20.1 23.3 24.7 27.0
Low Min (°C)
4.0 4.8 2.8 -0.5 -3.4 -5.0 -4.2 -3.6 -2.5 -0.8 1.3 3.2 -5.0
High Rain (mm)
78.0 78.4 102.0 90.2 77.2 51.6 62.0 49.8 67.3 177.4 73.4 82.8 177.4

Benalla Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
35.0 34.3 30.2 25.8 20.1 17.4 15.0 18.6 20.6 24.7 29.6 31.9 23.4
Low Mn. Max (°C)
27.5 26.8 24.5 19.1 13.6 12.2 11.2 12.8 14.8 17.8 21.2 24.9 20.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
18.9 18.4 15.0 11.9 9.4 7.5 5.6 5.9 7.5 10.1 13.7 14.9 9.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
11.5 12.2 9.6 5.5 3.4 0.5 -0.6 0.9 3.0 6.0 7.8 9.5 7.5
High Rain (mm)
162.9 224.5 207.8 249.7 183.9 197.1 172.4 178.3 137.8 235.0 156.2 206.3 1248.8
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 7.1 1.3 9.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 256.9

Benalla Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Benalla annual climate

Benalla Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9
≥ 35°C
6.0 4.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.0 15.2
≥ 30°C
18.4 17.0 8.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 4.8 11.8 61.1
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 5.6 10.9 12.9 9.6 5.0 1.1 0.1 0.0 45.9
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 5.6 7.3 3.8 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 19.6

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
36.0 35.2 31.7 26.6 21.0 17.0 15.5 17.8 21.0 25.5 30.4 33.9 30.8
Low Max
25.6 25.6 22.2 17.8 13.8 11.3 10.3 11.7 14.0 17.0 19.6 22.5 13.5
High Min
19.2 18.9 16.1 12.5 10.0 7.5 6.7 7.4 9.0 11.7 14.7 17.0 15.0
Low Min
10.5 10.6 8.0 4.5 1.5 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 1.7 3.8 6.1 8.3 2.3

Benalla Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
51 51 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 50 50 50 50.4
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2007
Years of Maxima
51 51 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 50 50 50 50.4
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2007
Years of Rainfall
125 125 125 125 125 125 124 124 124 125 125 125 124.7
Earliest Entry
1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1883 1882 1882 1882 1882
Latest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2007

Station Details

BENALLA (SHADFORTH STREET)
North East, Victoria
36.5483°S 145.9703°E 170m AMSL
Commenced 1882 / Closed 2006

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