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Lithgow Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
26.0 23.6 21.8 17.7 14.8 10.9 10.3 12.8 16.3 19.2 22.4 22.9 18.3
Mean Min (°C)
13.2 13.3 10.5 7.2 3.2 2.4 1.0 1.5 4.0 6.6 10.1 11.1 7.1
Mean Rain (mm)
81.9 81.1 71.3 57.1 50.9 71.9 62.8 56.5 55.8 62.6 63.0 76.6 793.6
Median Rain (mm)
76.4 59.4 54.0 49.8 37.1 57.9 47.2 52.1 48.0 57.2 51.8 63.9 764.8
Mean Rain Days
9.3 9.8 10.7 10.4 11.2 12.8 12.0 11.8 9.6 9.5 8.7 9.2 116.5

Lithgow Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
36.1 38.5 30.0 24.9 21.1 16.5 17.8 21.2 24.9 28.7 35.9 34.0 38.5
Low Max (°C)
16.0 12.1 12.9 7.6 6.5 3.6 4.2 5.2 7.5 7.0 9.3 12.8 3.6
High Min (°C)
22.0 23.2 18.4 15.3 10.6 9.6 9.9 13.4 14.5 17.3 21.2 19.2 23.2
Low Min (°C)
1.3 4.3 1.2 -3.2 -5.9 -7.0 -7.0 -7.6 -5.0 -2.1 -0.7 1.3 -7.6
High Rain (mm)
125.7 100.3 116.6 102.1 66.0 105.7 134.6 81.8 115.8 62.2 66.5 90.4 134.6

Lithgow Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
27.8 25.4 23.0 19.2 16.4 12.4 10.9 14.2 18.0 21.8 26.0 25.9 19.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
22.7 20.9 20.0 15.6 13.4 9.6 9.6 10.3 15.3 17.0 19.9 19.2 17.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
14.6 14.4 11.5 8.4 5.1 4.3 2.4 4.1 4.7 7.8 11.3 11.8 7.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
12.1 12.1 8.3 5.5 1.4 1.2 -0.4 -0.2 3.3 5.4 8.6 9.9 6.3
High Rain (mm)
250.8 323.1 411.4 197.9 244.3 324.2 319.0 191.1 255.0 167.8 175.1 257.8 1197.9
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 1.3 0.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 3.2 3.1 0.0 400.2

Lithgow Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Lithgow annual climate

Lithgow 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 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.0
≥ 30°C
7.7 2.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 1.8 13.0
≤ 2°C
0.2 0.0 0.5 3.3 12.4 12.3 17.0 16.7 10.0 4.8 0.5 0.2 65.0
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 7.6 8.2 11.8 10.2 4.7 1.7 0.2 0.0 37.7

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
31.9 28.5 26.8 21.3 18.2 13.6 13.0 16.8 21.4 24.7 28.3 27.6 25.8
Low Max
20.7 18.2 17.3 13.1 11.4 8.3 7.5 8.4 11.0 13.5 16.0 17.7 10.5
High Min
16.4 16.2 14.1 10.5 8.2 6.8 5.0 5.2 8.0 11.1 13.6 14.5 13.4
Low Min
9.2 10.5 6.2 2.5 -1.5 -3.0 -3.9 -2.7 -0.1 1.7 6.4 6.8 0.2

Lithgow Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5.8
Earliest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5.9
Earliest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
98 98 97 92 90 89 92 91 92 93 92 89 92.6
Earliest Entry
1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

LITHGOW (COOERWULL)
Central Tablelands, New South Wales/ACT
33.4769°S 150.1303°E 900m AMSL
Commenced 1878

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