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Orford Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
22.0 21.9 20.5 18.4 15.7 13.3 13.0 14.0 15.7 17.3 18.7 20.3 17.6
Mean Min (°C)
11.8 12.0 10.6 8.4 6.2 4.1 3.5 4.3 5.5 7.2 9.1 10.5 7.8
Mean Rain (mm)
47.8 45.5 46.4 58.3 56.8 53.1 57.1 62.5 51.8 59.9 65.2 63.8 667.7
Median Rain (mm)
39.2 32.2 37.1 45.3 43.8 45.0 53.1 49.9 41.4 52.9 60.8 53.2 626.6
Mean Rain Days
9.8 8.8 10.4 11.4 12.7 12.7 14.1 13.9 13.0 13.8 13.9 12.0 142.3

Orford Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
38.7 38.8 36.2 30.0 25.7 20.5 19.5 22.6 28.4 32.4 35.6 37.2 38.8
Low Max (°C)
13.8 13.2 12.2 10.0 7.2 4.9 4.4 5.4 7.7 9.2 11.2 12.5 4.4
High Min (°C)
20.5 23.0 19.9 18.1 16.2 13.1 11.9 11.6 16.0 16.3 17.8 23.3 23.3
Low Min (°C)
3.2 3.3 1.1 0.0 -2.1 -5.3 -3.3 -2.9 -2.6 0.0 0.4 3.2 -5.3
High Rain (mm)
98.8 91.9 91.1 72.4 89.9 118.6 81.8 83.6 77.6 64.0 79.5 108.0 118.6

Orford Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
24.5 24.4 22.8 20.5 17.6 15.2 14.4 16.9 18.5 20.1 22.3 22.9 18.9
Low Mn. Max (°C)
19.4 18.9 18.8 15.6 14.0 11.6 11.3 12.0 13.0 15.0 16.9 17.9 16.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
13.4 14.1 12.8 10.7 8.9 6.1 5.4 7.1 7.6 9.2 11.4 12.2 8.8
Low Mn. Min (°C)
10.0 9.9 8.4 6.5 4.1 1.8 0.6 2.5 3.5 5.3 7.2 8.6 6.7
High Rain (mm)
174.2 167.7 144.0 203.3 282.2 229.5 237.4 187.5 170.6 175.4 194.6 250.7 1140.1
Low Rain (mm)
7.0 2.4 1.3 5.8 1.4 7.4 8.4 5.6 11.3 13.4 8.8 3.2 375.6

Orford Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Orford annual climate

Orford 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
0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8
≥ 30°C
1.2 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 3.4
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.5 8.0 9.9 7.1 3.7 1.1 0.2 0.0 31.7
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.4

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
25.7 25.7 24.0 21.8 18.6 15.8 15.3 16.7 18.7 20.6 21.9 23.7 22.2
Low Max
18.2 18.4 17.3 15.0 12.9 10.8 10.7 11.3 12.6 14.1 15.4 17.0 12.9
High Min
14.8 15.1 14.0 12.0 9.6 7.5 6.4 7.2 8.9 10.4 12.3 13.4 12.4
Low Min
8.8 8.8 7.1 4.6 2.8 0.8 0.6 1.3 2.3 3.8 5.9 7.3 2.9

Orford Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
44 44 44 44 43 42 42 43 43 43 44 43 43.1
Earliest Entry
1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1968 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
44 44 44 44 43 42 43 44 43 44 44 43 43.3
Earliest Entry
1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1968 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
60 60 60 60 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59.2
Earliest Entry
1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

ORFORD (AUBIN COURT)
East Coast, Tasmania
42.5519°S 147.8753°E 14m AMSL
Commenced 1951

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