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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

10:30 CST

Today

29°C

Tonight

25°C

Possible thunderstorm

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Weather News

NSW weather: Foreign student swept off Nobbys Beach rocks remains missing

10:43 EDT

A man remains missing after being swept off rocks and into the sea at Nobbys Beach at Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter region.

Wet start of the week coming to Melbourne

13:46 EDT

Stunning sunny skies across Victoria are about to give way to wet weather, especially in the south.

Wet and wild week for coastal Queensland

12:52 EDT

With a lingering coastal trough and developing low pressure system, the coming week is set to be soaking and thundery for many parts of the Queensland coastal fringe.