Atherton Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
28.4 27.8 26.4 25.0 23.4 21.5 21.4 22.3 25.6 27.5 28.7 28.9 25.6
Mean Min (°C)
18.8 19.4 18.3 16.7 14.0 12.8 10.2 11.1 12.6 15.2 16.7 18.2 15.3
Mean Rain (mm)
238.6 356.7 241.7 119.2 59.9 42.7 40.2 34.9 19.5 35.6 72.4 148.0 1424.0
Median Rain (mm)
222.6 258.8 183.0 97.0 48.6 32.1 38.0 18.5 9.8 25.0 36.2 105.5 1244.6
Mean Rain Days
18.9 19.0 16.9 20.8 16.0 15.7 12.2 11.6 8.0 9.0 10.3 14.9 157.8

Atherton Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
36.0 33.5 32.6 31.1 29.0 30.0 30.3 30.0 34.9 36.7 36.6 36.4 36.7
Low Max (°C)
22.6 21.0 19.9 19.5 18.5 16.2 15.7 16.9 19.1 20.2 21.1 20.7 15.7
High Min (°C)
23.3 22.6 22.3 20.8 19.7 19.0 17.6 18.5 19.6 21.0 21.6 23.9 23.9
Low Min (°C)
8.2 13.8 11.0 8.4 3.0 -0.6 -0.5 1.7 3.0 6.0 7.9 8.0 -0.6
High Rain (mm)
119.4 199.2 208.0 114.0 58.5 19.6 28.0 36.6 17.6 46.8 54.4 106.5 208.0

Atherton Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
29.8 29.6 27.4 26.7 24.8 23.0 22.8 24.3 26.8 29.8 30.4 32.0 26.4
Low Mn. Max (°C)
27.2 26.0 25.7 23.2 22.6 19.4 19.8 20.0 23.7 24.7 26.5 25.8 24.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
20.1 20.0 19.5 19.0 16.3 14.7 12.9 13.5 15.9 17.1 18.0 19.8 16.3
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.5 18.2 17.0 14.6 9.8 10.8 7.6 7.4 9.8 13.8 15.2 16.7 14.4
High Rain (mm)
409.5 770.0 535.1 402.7 128.9 69.8 89.2 147.0 45.7 92.6 239.8 355.5 2172.2
Low Rain (mm)
120.8 81.3 32.6 7.0 2.8 18.8 5.1 1.3 2.0 0.0 4.7 59.8 832.6

Atherton Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Atherton annual climate

Atherton 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
0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.2 1.2
≥ 30°C
7.6 3.4 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.0 5.7 8.9 10.7 37.9
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
30.9 29.8 28.5 27.3 25.6 24.0 23.8 25.2 28.8 31.0 31.5 32.1 29.6
Low Max
25.8 25.2 24.3 22.7 21.2 19.1 18.9 19.5 22.7 24.0 25.8 25.7 21.4
High Min
20.6 20.8 20.2 19.0 17.2 15.9 14.6 14.4 16.0 17.6 19.0 20.4 19.5
Low Min
16.9 17.8 16.3 14.5 10.0 8.8 4.6 6.4 8.5 12.5 14.5 16.0 10.9

Atherton Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13.0
Earliest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994
Latest Entry
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2008
Years of Maxima
13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13.0
Earliest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994
Latest Entry
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2008
Years of Rainfall
17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16.0
Earliest Entry
1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1992 1992
Latest Entry
2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009

Station Details

ATHERTON
North Coast & Tableland, Queensland
17.2550°S 145.4803°E 753m AMSL
Commenced 1992 / Closed 2009

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