Queenstown Climate

Queenstown Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
20.8 21.7 19.6 16.7 14.5 12.3 11.7 12.5 13.6 15.9 17.7 19.3 16.4
Mean Min (°C)
8.3 8.4 7.5 6.4 4.6 2.8 2.4 3.0 4.1 5.2 6.4 7.9 5.6
Mean Rain (mm)
145.6 96.8 142.2 205.3 245.6 217.5 265.7 262.1 244.7 208.3 181.1 158.8 2362.0
Median Rain (mm)
131.4 80.8 129.4 191.5 212.8 186.2 251.4 239.2 251.4 181.3 189.3 126.5 2264.5
Mean Rain Days
16.4 12.6 16.4 19.8 20.5 19.1 22.7 23.5 21.7 20.4 18.8 17.5 221.4

Queenstown Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
37.3 36.3 35.6 29.5 25.0 19.5 19.5 21.0 26.8 29.0 33.3 35.3 37.3
Low Max (°C)
10.6 11.1 8.0 7.8 6.4 4.1 4.7 5.7 5.0 6.5 7.8 10.1 4.1
High Min (°C)
20.7 22.6 20.0 21.2 13.8 14.2 13.0 14.6 17.9 17.8 18.9 22.8 22.8
Low Min (°C)
0.0 0.0 -1.1 -2.6 -6.0 -6.2 -6.7 -5.5 -3.9 -3.3 -1.5 -0.6 -6.7
High Rain (mm)
78.6 54.9 57.2 78.7 66.6 58.2 63.0 57.4 63.0 76.2 53.4 59.6 78.7

Queenstown Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
24.6 25.2 22.6 19.6 16.7 13.8 13.1 13.8 15.2 17.5 19.5 22.0 17.5
Low Mn. Max (°C)
17.8 18.9 17.2 14.3 11.9 10.8 10.5 10.8 11.2 14.1 13.9 17.1 15.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
10.5 10.9 9.2 8.0 6.9 5.4 4.4 5.5 6.8 6.3 7.3 9.6 6.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
6.4 5.5 5.7 3.6 1.9 0.3 -0.2 0.8 2.5 3.1 4.7 5.8 4.3
High Rain (mm)
392.2 195.6 330.5 367.6 433.6 361.0 402.6 420.6 473.6 525.8 391.9 321.6 2971.7
Low Rain (mm)
39.0 22.4 54.0 74.4 35.4 51.6 111.5 90.8 69.6 81.3 45.6 37.8 1587.5

Queenstown Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

QUEENSTOWN (7XS)

Mean daily minimum temp
Mean daily maximum temp
Highest/lowest on record
Highest/lowest on record
Mean monthly rainfall

Queenstown 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
0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5
≥ 30.0°C
1.7 2.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 5.8
≤ 2.0°C
0.7 0.5 1.3 2.5 7.7 12.9 14.6 11.9 8.5 5.9 2.7 0.9 65.1
≤ 0.0°C
0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 3.0 7.8 9.0 6.4 3.6 2.0 0.7 0.2 31.3

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
26.6 27.8 25.0 21.5 18.0 15.0 14.2 15.5 17.2 20.9 23.3 25.0 22.7
Low Max
15.0 16.1 14.5 12.8 11.1 9.6 9.3 9.7 10.3 11.7 12.6 14.0 11.1
High Min
11.6 12.0 11.1 10.0 8.5 7.0 6.5 6.7 7.6 8.5 10.0 11.1 10.0
Low Min
5.0 4.9 3.9 2.8 0.6 -1.5 -1.7 -0.6 0.5 1.3 2.9 4.4 1.1

Queenstown Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
30 30 29 30 27 27 28 27 27 25 25 27 27.7
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1993 1993 1993 1995
Years of Maxima
29 30 29 29 27 26 28 27 26 25 26 27 27.3
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1993 1993 1993 1995
Years of Rainfall
30 31 31 31 29 29 30 29 28 29 29 30 29.6
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964
Latest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1995

Station Details

QUEENSTOWN (7XS)
West & South Coast, Tasmania
42.0967°S 145.5447°E 129m AMSL
Commenced 1964 / Closed 1995
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