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Lightning Ridge Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
 35.7 34.4 32.1 27.8 22.9 19.3 18.9 21.6 25.9 28.9 31.5 34.0 27.8
Mean Min (°C)
 22.2 21.5 18.6 14.1 8.9 6.6 5.2 6.4 10.6 14.2 18.1 19.8 13.9
Mean Rain (mm)
 54.5 52.9 43.2 31.8 28.8 36.2 33.0 17.6 28.6 48.2 66.1 58.8 500.9
Median Rain (mm)
 35.3 42.9 37.1 33.5 18.8 33.1 19.8 12.0 13.6 31.5 26.0 34.9 483.2
Mean Rain Days
 6.2 5.3 5.1 3.5 4.2 5.5 5.1 4.2 4.3 5.9 7.8 7.4 60.3

Lightning Ridge Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
 45.3 44.5 41.1 36.0 32.0 27.2 27.0 36.2 37.5 40.2 44.5 43.5 45.3
Low Max (°C)
 20.4 21.6 20.0 17.5 14.2 11.8 9.6 12.4 13.9 16.0 18.0 18.1 9.6
High Min (°C)
 32.6 29.8 27.3 21.8 19.5 17.3 16.0 18.9 24.4 25.5 30.5 29.5 32.6
Low Min (°C)
 11.5 10.3 5.0 2.0 0.0 -3.5 -4.4 -2.2 1.6 5.0 6.0 5.0 -4.4
High Rain (mm)
 57.6 60.6 79.6 42.8 40.0 34.8 64.1 22.0 45.4 58.2 78.6 56.5 79.6

Lightning Ridge Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
 37.8 37.3 35.1 31.0 25.1 21.3 20.3 25.2 28.8 32.0 36.6 38.5 28.9
Low Mn. Max (°C)
 32.7 31.1 29.5 24.6 21.3 16.2 16.1 19.4 23.2 26.6 26.7 29.8 26.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
 25.2 23.7 20.0 16.8 11.9 9.3 6.7 8.5 11.7 16.2 21.4 22.2 14.7
Low Mn. Min (°C)
 19.4 18.4 16.0 11.0 6.5 4.7 2.1 4.1 9.5 12.5 14.7 17.1 12.8
High Rain (mm)
 201.1 141.0 107.8 66.8 86.3 101.0 151.7 52.1 71.6 145.0 244.5 170.6 849.0
Low Rain (mm)
 6.6 2.2 6.9 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.4 6.4 0.0 249.6

Lightning Ridge Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Lightning Ridge annual climate

Lightning Ridge Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
 4.2 2.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.7 2.3 10.6
≥ 35°C
 19.1 12.6 6.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 3.0 7.3 13.9 59.6
≥ 30°C
 28.0 24.3 23.1 10.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 6.3 13.5 18.5 25.0 140.3
≤ 2°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.7 6.1 4.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9
≤ 0°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1 2.2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6

Lightning Ridge 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
 40.0 39.0 35.6 31.8 26.5 23.0 22.3 25.4 31.2 34.2 37.5 39.0 36.0
Low Max
 31.7 30.2 28.2 23.5 19.2 15.5 15.4 17.7 21.0 23.7 26.2 30.1 19.4
High Min
 25.6 24.8 21.8 18.1 13.0 11.3 9.5 11.1 15.8 18.3 22.4 24.0 21.9
Low Min
 18.9 18.4 15.2 10.0 4.5 2.2 1.4 2.0 6.0 9.5 13.5 15.6 5.2

Lightning Ridge Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
 15 15 15 15 13 14 15 15 14 15 15 14 14.4
Earliest Entry
 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
 15 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 15 15 15 14.5
Earliest Entry
 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14.9
Earliest Entry
 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFORMATION CEN
Upper Western, New South Wales/ACT
29.4310°S 147.9722°E 154m AMSL
Commenced 1997

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