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Katoomba Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
23.3 22.4 20.3 17.0 13.4 10.4 9.6 11.3 14.5 17.4 20.0 22.2 16.8
Mean Min (°C)
12.9 12.9 11.4 8.8 6.2 3.8 2.6 3.3 5.3 7.6 9.8 11.5 8.0
Mean Rain (mm)
158.6 174.1 164.7 121.3 102.1 117.0 83.8 78.3 72.7 90.5 107.1 123.0 1393.6
Median Rain (mm)
123.8 139.0 120.6 88.3 57.2 65.0 54.9 43.7 60.7 63.2 86.4 96.6 1330.0
Mean Rain Days
13.7 13.3 13.8 10.9 10.2 10.4 10.2 9.6 9.7 10.9 11.8 12.5 134.9

Katoomba Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
36.2 37.6 34.0 28.7 22.2 19.4 18.8 22.0 26.6 31.2 36.0 35.0 37.6
Low Max (°C)
10.4 11.0 9.8 7.2 2.1 2.2 1.1 0.6 4.0 4.5 6.0 8.5 0.6
High Min (°C)
25.0 24.0 22.0 19.8 13.5 12.2 11.1 12.8 19.5 19.3 24.7 22.0 25.0
Low Min (°C)
4.2 3.9 1.7 -0.5 -2.8 -8.2 -5.4 -5.6 -2.8 -1.0 -0.1 2.4 -8.2
High Rain (mm)
185.9 206.6 285.0 266.7 122.0 233.0 203.2 275.8 129.5 176.8 141.7 127.0 285.0

Katoomba Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
26.4 26.2 24.0 20.1 16.5 15.2 11.6 14.8 17.3 21.1 24.9 28.4 18.9
Low Mn. Max (°C)
18.8 19.2 17.6 14.2 10.6 7.8 7.4 8.3 11.1 13.2 16.7 17.7 15.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
15.9 15.3 13.1 11.0 8.6 6.5 4.6 5.6 8.6 10.2 13.0 13.7 9.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
10.5 10.4 9.4 6.5 4.5 2.1 1.2 1.5 3.0 5.7 6.9 9.6 7.2
High Rain (mm)
683.9 787.5 701.2 624.6 529.6 696.9 478.7 580.8 389.4 445.1 429.9 410.5 2782.7
Low Rain (mm)
14.4 4.9 2.5 4.4 2.5 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.0 6.6 3.7 3.2 617.9

Katoomba Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Katoomba annual climate

Katoomba Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°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°C
0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
≥ 30°C
3.5 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 8.7
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.1 7.6 13.5 10.8 4.5 1.3 0.3 0.0 38.8
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.3 4.8 3.4 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 11.7

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
29.4 27.9 25.1 21.1 17.1 13.6 12.5 15.0 19.2 22.8 26.1 28.0 24.3
Low Max
17.2 16.5 15.6 12.7 10.0 7.2 6.6 7.6 9.8 12.2 14.2 16.4 9.8
High Min
16.2 15.9 14.3 11.9 9.3 6.7 5.2 6.1 8.9 11.8 13.9 15.3 13.3
Low Min
9.6 9.8 8.4 5.7 3.2 0.9 0.0 0.4 1.9 3.8 5.6 8.1 2.6

Katoomba Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
49 49 49 49 48 48 48 49 49 49 48 48 48.6
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
49 49 49 49 48 48 49 49 49 49 48 49 48.6
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
126 126 125 125 124 124 126 125 126 125 125 127 125.2
Earliest Entry
1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1885 1885
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

KATOOMBA (MURRI ST)
Central Tablelands, New South Wales/ACT
33.7122°S 150.3087°E 1015m AMSL
Commenced 1885

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