Lightning Ridge Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
36.3 34.8 32.4 28.0 23.1 19.5 19.2 21.8 26.2 29.6 32.1 34.7 28.2
Mean Min (°C)
22.9 21.7 19.1 14.3 9.1 6.6 5.2 6.3 10.5 14.4 18.2 20.2 14.1
Mean Rain (mm)
53.0 44.1 47.7 24.6 24.1 42.2 28.1 19.5 29.6 38.2 55.2 51.7 459.0
Median Rain (mm)
35.3 42.9 37.1 33.5 18.8 33.1 19.8 12.0 13.6 31.5 26.0 34.9 483.2
Mean Rain Days
5.7 4.7 5.6 3.2 4.0 5.1 4.8 4.0 4.1 5.4 7.0 6.5 60.0

Lightning Ridge Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
48.5 47.2 42.0 36.9 32.0 27.7 28.8 36.2 39.3 41.5 44.5 45.8 48.5
Low Max (°C)
20.0 21.4 20.0 15.5 14.2 10.2 9.6 12.4 13.9 16.0 18.0 18.1 9.6
High Min (°C)
32.6 31.0 27.5 22.8 21.8 17.3 16.4 18.9 24.4 25.5 30.5 29.9 32.6
Low Min (°C)
11.5 10.3 5.0 0.0 0.0 -7.0 -4.4 -2.2 1.5 -0.7 6.0 5.0 -7.0
High Rain (mm)
136.8 60.6 79.6 42.8 40.0 70.0 64.1 38.0 54.0 58.2 78.6 67.0 136.8

Lightning Ridge Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
40.0 39.3 35.9 31.0 24.9 21.3 21.4 25.2 29.7 32.9 36.6 38.5 29.6
Low Mn. Max (°C)
32.7 31.1 29.5 24.6 21.3 16.2 16.1 19.5 22.2 26.6 26.7 29.8 26.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
27.0 23.7 21.2 17.1 12.1 9.3 6.7 8.8 12.6 17.3 21.4 22.6 15.8
Low Mn. Min (°C)
19.4 18.4 16.0 11.0 6.4 4.5 2.1 4.1 8.6 9.1 14.6 17.1 12.7
High Rain (mm)
201.1 141.0 216.6 66.8 86.3 224.1 151.7 55.7 138.2 145.0 244.5 170.6 860.7
Low Rain (mm)
3.4 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 98.5

Lightning Ridge Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Lightning Ridge annual climate

Lightning Ridge Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
5.7 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 3.0 13.6
≥ 35°C
20.7 13.7 7.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 4.0 8.3 15.1 69.8
≥ 30°C
28.5 24.7 23.1 10.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.7 15.2 20.3 25.6 153.9
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 3.7 6.7 4.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 15.8
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.8

Lightning Ridge 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
40.0 39.0 35.6 31.8 26.5 23.0 22.3 25.4 31.2 34.2 37.5 39.0 36.0
Low Max
31.7 30.2 28.2 23.5 19.2 15.5 15.4 17.7 21.0 23.7 26.2 30.1 19.4
High Min
25.6 24.8 21.8 18.1 13.0 11.3 9.5 11.1 15.8 18.3 22.4 24.0 21.9
Low Min
18.9 18.4 15.2 10.0 4.5 2.2 1.4 2.0 6.0 9.5 13.5 15.6 5.2

Lightning Ridge Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
26 27 25 25 23 23 23 25 25 26 26 25 24.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
27 27 25 25 24 23 23 24 23 26 25 24 24.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
27 27 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 26.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITOR INFORMATION CENT
Upper Western, New South Wales/ACT
29.4310°S 147.9722°E 154m AMSL
Commenced 1997

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