Cape Otway Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	21.3	21.4	20.2	17.9	15.6	13.6	13.0	13.8	15.1	16.8	18.3	19.8	17.2
Mean Min (°C)	13.4	13.9	13.3	11.7	10.1	8.5	7.6	7.9	8.6	9.6	10.8	12.1	10.6
Mean Rain (mm)	44.7	40.0	56.7	70.5	90.3	96.3	104.5	104.2	88.1	79.6	62.6	52.4	890.3
Median Rain (mm)	37.4	31.4	49.0	68.2	86.1	95.5	97.2	96.0	84.8	72.7	57.7	46.1	867.5
Mean Rain Days	9.8	9.0	12.6	15.3	18.5	19.0	20.4	20.7	18.7	16.9	14.0	12.4	187.4

Cape Otway Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	43.3	42.0	40.6	33.3	27.8	24.4	21.8	25.0	31.0	34.2	39.4	43.4	43.4
Low Max (°C)	12.8	12.2	10.6	10.0	8.3	7.2	6.7	6.7	7.8	8.9	10.5	11.1	6.7
High Min (°C)	29.4	27.9	30.3	24.3	19.7	16.7	13.4	16.5	22.5	22.2	25.6	30.6	30.6
Low Min (°C)	0.6	-1.1	-1.1	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	1.1	-1.1	-6.7	1.4	3.3	-6.7
High Rain (mm)	91.7	81.4	93.0	78.6	47.2	61.0	62.6	48.8	48.3	68.3	90.2	58.8	93.0

Cape Otway Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	27.5	25.8	24.4	22.2	19.3	17.9	16.7	19.6	19.1	21.2	23.3	25.0	20.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)	17.9	17.2	16.6	15.2	13.5	11.8	10.8	11.8	12.4	13.3	15.7	16.0	15.4
High Mn. Min (°C)	16.2	18.0	16.0	13.8	12.4	11.1	9.6	9.9	11.4	12.3	14.0	15.6	12.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)	6.9	4.8	7.0	5.2	4.8	4.0	2.9	3.5	4.0	4.8	3.7	6.0	5.9
High Rain (mm)	135.2	154.6	188.8	189.7	224.2	211.1	213.9	218.2	188.5	225.1	146.5	153.7	1291.6
Low Rain (mm)	0.0	0.0	8.5	0.6	14.9	25.3	35.7	29.2	22.9	6.5	9.3	2.6	634.9

Cape Otway Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cape Otway Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
≥ 35°C	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	2.6
≥ 30°C	2.8	2.2	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	9.7
≤ 2°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1

Cape Otway 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	26.7	26.7	25.0	22.2	18.5	15.6	15.0	16.7	18.9	21.7	23.3	25.0	21.7
Low Max	17.1	17.2	16.2	14.4	13.0	11.7	11.1	11.4	12.2	13.0	14.4	15.6	12.8
High Min	15.6	16.4	15.6	13.9	12.2	10.6	9.4	10.0	10.6	11.7	12.8	14.3	13.9
Low Min	11.0	11.5	10.6	9.4	7.8	6.1	5.6	5.6	6.1	7.2	8.3	9.6	7.2

Cape Otway Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	153	156	154	159	159	158	157	158	156	157	155	153	154.0
Earliest Entry	1865	1865	1865	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864
Latest Entry	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2024
Years of Maxima	159	159	157	158	158	160	160	159	158	158	159	159	159.0
Earliest Entry	1865	1865	1865	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864	1864
Latest Entry	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2024
Years of Rainfall	154	155	153	153	153	153	153	153	153	153	153	152	153.0
Earliest Entry	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868	1868
Latest Entry	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2024

Station Details

CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE
South West, Victoria

38.8557°S 143.5130°E 80m AMSL
Commenced 1861

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