Harwood Island Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
28.1 28.0 28.2 28.4 23.1 20.4 19.6 20.7 23.2 25.4 26.5 27.1 24.6
Mean Min (°C)
18.6 17.9 17.0 14.9 10.1 7.6 6.2 7.5 9.9 13.3 14.4 16.9 12.7
Mean Rain (mm)
144.1 167.7 176.3 132.8 126.5 109.5 70.2 54.1 48.7 73.5 95.9 111.2 1312.3
Median Rain (mm)
105.9 119.2 141.9 99.4 87.8 69.2 41.6 34.0 27.6 52.5 75.6 84.6 1180.0
Mean Rain Days
12.1 12.7 14.9 12.1 11.0 9.5 7.8 6.7 7.2 8.8 9.9 11.2 123.7

Harwood Island Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
40.0 37.8 33.3 36.1 28.9 25.6 24.4 28.9 34.4 38.3 43.3 40.0 43.3
Low Max (°C)
21.1 21.1 18.3 18.9 16.7 13.9 13.9 13.3 16.7 18.9 16.7 21.7 13.3
High Min (°C)
23.3 23.3 21.7 20.6 17.2 15.6 13.9 15.0 17.2 21.1 28.3 25.6 28.3
Low Min (°C)
13.3 13.3 12.2 7.8 3.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 3.9 4.4 5.6 8.3 0.0
High Rain (mm)
163.8 334.2 237.0 179.8 275.0 202.7 152.4 133.6 127.4 179.3 167.6 130.8 334.2

Harwood Island Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
28.8 29.5 29.5 28.4 25.9 20.7 20.5 22.0 24.6 26.1 27.7 27.5 25.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)
27.4 26.7 26.6 28.4 21.0 20.1 18.8 19.4 21.6 23.6 25.5 26.7 23.8
High Mn. Min (°C)
19.5 18.2 18.1 15.3 11.4 9.8 8.2 8.2 10.9 15.0 15.8 18.0 13.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.7 17.7 16.2 14.5 9.6 6.6 4.3 6.9 8.8 11.8 12.9 16.0 12.3
High Rain (mm)
436.5 591.0 672.7 637.2 589.8 573.9 593.4 241.6 220.3 518.7 404.6 378.7 2452.8
Low Rain (mm)
1.6 3.5 7.4 7.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 13.5 480.1

Harwood Island Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Harwood Island annual climate

Harwood Island Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8
≥ 35°C
1.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 1.0 5.4
≥ 30°C
6.0 4.0 7.2 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.8 3.8 4.5 33.4
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6

Harwood Island 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
31.1 30.0 30.0 30.0 25.6 22.2 21.1 23.3 26.7 28.9 31.0 30.6 28.9
Low Max
25.6 25.6 24.4 23.3 20.0 18.3 17.8 17.8 20.0 21.3 22.8 24.0 20.0
High Min
20.6 20.6 18.9 16.7 14.4 12.2 9.0 10.0 13.0 16.2 17.8 20.0 18.3
Low Min
15.6 15.8 14.4 11.1 6.7 4.4 2.2 4.4 6.7 10.0 12.2 14.4 6.7

Harwood Island Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
2 4 4 2 5 5 7 6 8 6 5 3 5.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1971 1972
Years of Maxima
4 4 4 1 5 5 7 6 8 5 6 2 5.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1971 1972
Years of Rainfall
110 109 109 108 109 109 109 108 109 109 109 109 109.0
Earliest Entry
1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

HARWOOD ISLAND (HARWOOD SUGAR MILL)
Northern Rivers, New South Wales/ACT
29.4227°S 153.2533°E 2m AMSL
Commenced 1915

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