Low Head Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	20.3	20.9	19.7	17.2	14.7	12.6	11.9	12.5	13.6	15.0	16.9	18.7	16.2
Mean Min (°C)	12.9	13.3	12.2	10.3	8.3	6.5	5.9	6.3	7.5	8.7	10.1	11.6	9.4
Mean Rain (mm)	36.3	36.0	41.5	55.2	68.1	74.6	81.3	70.8	58.8	58.6	47.3	45.9	674.6
Median Rain (mm)	34.6	28.1	35.8	47.8	60.4	68.0	75.6	64.5	55.1	55.5	41.3	41.5	670.6
Mean Rain Days	7.6	6.7	8.8	10.9	13.5	14.8	17.1	16.4	14.5	12.8	10.4	9.5	139.4

Low Head Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	29.5	29.5	28.0	25.6	23.2	24.4	17.4	18.0	22.0	23.2	26.5	27.5	29.5
Low Max (°C)	12.0	12.8	12.8	10.6	8.4	6.7	4.9	6.1	8.6	9.0	10.0	12.7	4.9
High Min (°C)	20.5	20.1	19.6	18.6	16.1	14.0	13.0	13.0	14.2	15.0	17.0	18.6	20.5
Low Min (°C)	4.4	4.4	1.1	1.7	-0.6	-1.2	-2.8	-1.1	-0.6	0.0	2.9	5.0	-2.8
High Rain (mm)	42.7	113.0	86.0	66.8	47.0	50.8	43.2	40.1	37.6	40.2	55.9	57.8	113.0

Low Head Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	23.4	24.6	23.5	20.3	16.7	15.6	14.2	14.6	15.8	17.3	20.1	21.2	18.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)	17.4	17.1	17.0	15.3	12.9	10.7	10.3	11.2	11.8	13.3	15.0	16.3	14.9
High Mn. Min (°C)	14.9	15.4	14.5	12.4	11.2	9.2	8.6	8.2	9.5	10.4	12.7	13.0	10.8
Low Mn. Min (°C)	11.2	10.6	10.0	7.9	5.8	4.1	3.0	3.7	5.0	6.4	8.8	9.6	8.2
High Rain (mm)	121.6	168.2	170.3	189.2	211.5	172.0	195.9	231.3	158.5	160.3	146.7	149.4	1033.0
Low Rain (mm)	5.8	1.3	2.0	1.5	8.4	11.3	14.6	19.2	5.4	2.9	0.8	1.0	416.1

Low Head Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Low Head Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 35°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 30°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≤ 2°C	0.4	1.9	3.6	1.9	0.4	0.1	8.3
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7

Low Head 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	22.8	23.5	22.2	19.6	16.8	14.4	13.5	14.0	15.4	17.1	19.0	21.0	20.6
Low Max	17.9	18.4	17.2	15.0	12.7	10.6	10.2	11.0	11.9	13.1	14.7	16.7	12.2
High Min	15.3	16.0	15.0	13.3	11.7	10.0	9.4	9.4	10.0	11.0	12.2	13.9	13.3
Low Min	10.3	10.6	9.4	7.2	5.0	3.0	2.3	3.0	4.4	6.1	7.8	9.4	5.3

Low Head Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	105	105	105	104	105	105	105	105	105	104	105	104	104.8
Earliest Entry	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895
Latest Entry	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
Years of Maxima	106	106	106	106	106	106	106	105	106	106	106	105	105.6
Earliest Entry	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895	1895
Latest Entry	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
Years of Rainfall	106	106	104	107	106	106	106	106	106	106	107	106	106.0
Earliest Entry	1895	1895	1895	1890	1895	1895	1877	1877	1877	1877	1877	1894	1877
Latest Entry	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001

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Station Details

LOW HEAD (COMPARISON)
Central North, Tasmania

41.0567°S 146.7883°E 28m AMSL
Commenced 1877 / Closed 2001

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