Richmond Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
37.1 36.1 35.7 33.6 29.7 26.9 26.9 29.3 33.4 36.8 37.9 38.5 33.5
Mean Min (°C)
23.7 22.8 21.3 18.0 13.2 10.1 9.0 10.0 14.7 19.0 21.8 23.4 17.2
Mean Rain (mm)
126.5 105.7 59.9 24.6 8.2 13.1 13.6 4.6 4.2 11.3 47.2 61.8 463.1
Median Rain (mm)
112.6 83.4 33.4 9.2 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.4 25.8 39.2 462.8
Mean Rain Days
11.0 9.4 5.8 3.2 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.0 1.3 3.0 6.1 7.3 51.3

Richmond Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.6 44.5 43.2 39.2 37.9 35.3 36.1 37.0 40.4 43.6 43.9 45.1 45.1
Low Max (°C)
23.2 24.6 24.0 19.9 13.4 12.5 11.1 14.9 18.9 19.6 24.0 24.0 11.1
High Min (°C)
30.9 28.8 27.9 26.6 24.6 21.5 20.4 21.8 25.5 28.4 31.0 30.9 31.0
Low Min (°C)
15.0 13.1 12.0 4.1 1.8 -1.0 -0.9 0.3 5.0 5.7 8.8 11.8 -1.0
High Rain (mm)
113.8 123.0 88.0 72.8 32.4 48.8 54.0 31.6 13.8 31.0 80.0 68.0 123.0

Richmond Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
40.1 39.6 38.9 35.6 32.8 30.7 29.9 32.5 35.9 38.7 40.3 41.5 34.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
30.7 32.1 32.2 30.5 27.0 21.7 23.8 27.4 31.6 34.6 34.0 33.5 31.9
High Mn. Min (°C)
25.5 24.9 23.1 20.3 17.5 13.1 12.0 12.5 18.1 21.2 24.1 24.7 18.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
22.1 20.4 17.9 13.0 8.4 7.0 6.2 7.4 13.1 15.9 19.7 21.4 15.5
High Rain (mm)
324.6 496.0 181.2 190.6 36.0 146.0 127.8 39.6 38.6 69.8 183.4 213.8 854.6
Low Rain (mm)
10.8 7.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.8 219.0

Richmond Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Richmond annual climate

Richmond Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
6.4 2.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 4.2 7.7 11.8 34.6
≥ 35°C
23.1 19.0 19.3 9.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.9 10.2 23.8 25.5 26.5 157.9
≥ 30°C
29.0 26.7 29.6 26.7 16.1 6.0 4.7 13.0 25.4 30.0 29.0 30.1 265.2
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
39.0 39.0 38.0 36.0 32.8 30.7 30.0 33.0 36.4 39.6 40.2 41.7 38.5
Low Max
32.7 32.0 33.0 30.9 26.8 22.7 23.0 25.0 29.2 33.7 34.2 34.2 27.0
High Min
25.2 25.0 23.9 21.6 17.6 15.0 13.4 14.7 19.0 22.9 24.8 26.7 23.9
Low Min
21.0 20.4 18.0 14.6 8.0 5.1 4.0 5.1 10.9 14.1 18.0 20.1 9.0

Richmond Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
25 26 25 26 26 24 25 25 25 26 26 25 25.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
26 26 25 26 26 25 25 25 25 26 26 25 25.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
24 25 26 26 26 24 25 25 25 26 26 25 25.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

RICHMOND AIRPORT
Nth Goldfields, Queensland
20.7001°S 143.1137°E 207m AMSL
Commenced 1998

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Generation gone with the wind

13:20 AEST A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia.  The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average of 13.1% (Mon, April 15 to Wed, April 17).

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