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Mt Wellington Climate

Mt Wellington Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
13.5 13.6 11.4 8.3 5.6 3.6 2.4 2.7 4.6 7.3 9.4 11.1 7.7
Mean Min (°C)
4.8 5.3 4.1 2.2 0.6 -0.7 -1.5 -1.7 -1.2 0.2 1.7 2.9 1.3
Mean Rain (mm)
92.6 80.0 79.6 88.3 66.6 78.1 75.4 83.6 69.6 80.4 87.0 88.5 969.5
Median Rain (mm)
45.1 66.0 57.1 63.1 53.2 39.7 58.6 52.3 52.1 63.2 69.5 63.0 841.9
Mean Rain Days
16.4 15.3 17.4 18.4 19.1 17.0 18.5 17.9 18.9 19.1 18.2 19.4 201.6

Mt Wellington Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
29.8 29.6 34.5 24.7 17.3 13.3 9.8 13.4 19.5 22.0 26.2 27.6 34.5
Low Max (°C)
2.1 -2.7 -0.9 -2.4 -3.2 -3.8 -4.8 -5.0 -5.0 -2.2 -1.7 -0.1 -5.0
High Min (°C)
19.1 20.7 16.2 15.3 10.2 7.1 4.4 6.4 8.4 12.8 14.3 16.1 20.7
Low Min (°C)
-3.4 -7.4 -4.7 -6.5 -8.1 -7.5 -8.1 -7.8 -9.1 -9.5 -6.2 -4.4 -9.5
High Rain (mm)
176.0 159.0 78.0 88.0 89.0 114.2 100.4 199.4 73.8 75.0 101.2 202.0 202.0

Mt Wellington Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
15.9 17.2 14.5 13.7 8.4 5.8 4.0 5.4 7.4 10.9 12.8 13.7 9.1
Low Mn. Max (°C)
10.8 10.4 9.1 4.7 3.1 2.1 0.3 1.2 0.9 3.6 6.3 7.6 6.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
6.3 9.0 6.5 5.6 3.1 1.1 -0.1 0.7 1.4 3.7 4.4 4.4 2.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
2.2 2.4 2.0 0.0 -1.9 -2.8 -3.2 -4.0 -3.6 -1.8 -0.4 0.5 0.2
High Rain (mm)
339.0 347.4 202.8 349.6 185.4 411.4 161.4 272.6 225.4 271.8 201.8 318.8 1611.4
Low Rain (mm)
18.6 16.4 14.8 20.6 16.8 15.4 13.2 13.2 22.2 22.2 17.6 27.2 550.2

Mt Wellington Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE)

Mean daily minimum temp
Mean daily maximum temp
Highest/lowest on record
Highest/lowest on record
Mean monthly rainfall

Mt Wellington Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40.0°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
≥ 35.0°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
≥ 30.0°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
≤ 2.0°C
8.3 7.0 10.2 15.0 20.9 24.5 28.5 28.1 25.9 21.6 17.4 14.1 211.9
≤ 0.0°C
2.9 2.9 5.2 9.1 13.4 17.9 22.8 23.5 20.6 15.9 11.2 7.9 146.6

Mt Wellington 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
19.1 19.4 16.7 12.7 9.2 6.7 4.9 5.6 8.3 12.5 14.7 16.5 14.1
Low Max
8.0 7.8 6.1 3.9 1.9 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.5 2.1 4.3 5.6 1.7
High Min
9.2 10.6 8.6 5.8 3.9 2.1 0.6 0.7 1.4 4.1 5.6 6.9 5.8
Low Min
0.7 0.6 -0.4 -1.6 -2.6 -3.5 -4.0 -4.6 -4.3 -3.4 -2.2 -1.1 -2.8

Mt Wellington Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
33 35 35 35 34 34 35 35 35 33 32 33 34.1
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961
Latest Entry
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014
Years of Maxima
33 34 35 36 34 34 35 35 35 33 33 33 34.1
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961
Latest Entry
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014
Years of Rainfall
32 33 33 33 33 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 32.3
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961
Latest Entry
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014

Station Details

KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE)
Lower Derwent, Tasmania
42.8950°S 147.2358°E 1261m AMSL
Commenced 1961

Now Temperature

At Darwin Ap

08:10 CST

This morning

27°C

Today

34°C

Mostly sunny

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Weather News

BOM warns cyclone expected to form from tropical low over Gulf of Carpentaria

09:03 EDT

There is a high chance a tropical low that has been threatening for days to intensify into a cyclone in the Gulf of Carpentaria will finally do so today, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.

NSW emergency service cranks up campaign to stop people driving into floodwater

08:44 EDT

Emergency services are frustrated by people making bad decisions when faced with floodwater, as recent studies on flood deaths show young men and children are the most at-risk of dying.

NSW weather: Storm hits Hunter and Central Coast, BOM predicts heavy rainfall and winds

00:06 EDT

Severe thunderstorms that ravaged the Hunter region and the Central Coast of New South Wales are over, the Bureau of Meteorology says, but Ausgrid and SES volunteers are still working to repair the damage.