Somerset Dam Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.5 29.8 28.5 26.7 23.1 20.7 19.7 21.6 24.2 27.6 29.8 30.3 25.8
Mean Min (°C)
19.3 19.2 17.8 15.2 11.0 8.9 6.5 7.9 10.5 14.4 16.6 18.2 13.6
Mean Rain (mm)
130.9 146.5 111.8 68.7 67.4 48.9 45.4 32.5 37.5 84.2 85.4 127.3 987.4
Median Rain (mm)
118.9 111.4 80.5 46.9 51.3 34.7 31.9 21.9 31.7 67.1 77.8 112.0 989.0
Mean Rain Days
10.7 11.7 11.8 9.0 8.6 7.4 6.6 5.3 5.3 8.2 8.2 9.9 102.6

Somerset Dam Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
40.0 39.7 38.6 33.3 29.4 27.5 30.0 28.3 33.1 40.8 42.2 39.4 42.2
Low Max (°C)
21.1 21.7 20.6 16.4 13.3 13.9 11.1 13.3 16.7 15.0 17.5 20.3 11.1
High Min (°C)
28.3 26.1 23.9 26.1 20.6 18.1 14.4 16.9 19.4 31.1 25.8 26.9 31.1
Low Min (°C)
9.3 11.9 11.1 6.7 0.1 -1.1 -1.1 -1.4 2.5 3.3 7.8 10.0 -1.4
High Rain (mm)
192.0 276.2 162.0 130.0 147.6 99.1 191.3 66.0 53.6 140.0 126.6 165.1 276.2

Somerset Dam Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.0 31.6 30.4 28.7 25.2 22.7 21.3 22.8 26.0 29.4 33.0 34.6 27.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)
28.4 28.2 26.2 25.2 21.4 19.4 18.6 20.3 22.4 24.3 27.8 28.3 24.9
High Mn. Min (°C)
21.5 20.3 19.1 17.1 13.5 12.8 9.9 10.1 11.9 15.6 18.8 19.4 14.6
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.3 17.9 16.5 13.7 8.2 6.2 4.0 5.1 8.6 13.5 15.3 16.9 12.9
High Rain (mm)
580.4 670.1 366.2 504.8 347.5 320.5 366.6 109.2 142.3 334.8 281.2 540.5 1781.5
Low Rain (mm)
6.2 6.4 5.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.1 4.6 431.6

Somerset Dam Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Somerset Dam annual climate

Somerset Dam Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.6
≥ 35°C
3.4 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.4 2.7 11.3
≥ 30°C
16.6 12.8 8.8 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.4 7.2 13.6 16.2 71.8
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 3.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4

Somerset Dam 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
34.3 33.1 31.1 29.4 25.6 23.1 21.9 24.2 27.2 30.8 33.6 34.2 31.1
Low Max
26.1 26.7 25.6 23.9 20.6 18.3 17.2 18.9 21.4 23.3 25.3 26.4 20.6
High Min
21.7 21.1 20.0 17.8 15.3 12.8 10.7 11.5 13.9 17.2 19.7 20.6 19.4
Low Min
16.4 16.9 15.6 11.9 5.6 4.2 2.2 3.6 6.7 10.6 13.3 15.6 6.7

Somerset Dam Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
10 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 9 6 8 10 11.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970
Years of Maxima
11 12 12 11 11 10 10 11 9 6 9 10 11.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970
Years of Rainfall
87 87 87 85 84 85 85 87 86 87 86 88 86.0
Earliest Entry
1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1937 1936 1936 1936
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

SOMERSET DAM
Southeast Coast, Queensland
27.1147°S 152.5550°E 113m AMSL
Commenced 1936

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14:40 AEST The advance of a trough across the north and center of the state spread clouds across the state and, together with humid onshore winds, intensified instability in eastern NSW, leading to intense rainfall.

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