Cape Grim Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	19.1	19.6	18.7	16.7	14.6	13.1	12.6	12.7	13.4	14.5	16.0	17.5	15.7
Mean Min (°C)	13.4	13.7	13.0	11.5	10.2	8.9	8.2	8.1	8.6	9.2	10.6	12.0	10.6
Mean Rain (mm)	37.5	34.5	49.5	62.2	86.3	86.2	109.6	106.4	76.9	65.6	52.9	45.2	809.9
Median Rain (mm)	30.4	24.0	39.4	51.2	54.8	81.4	102.4	82.6	79.3	49.4	46.9	41.2	723.4
Mean Rain Days	11.1	10.3	14.3	17.9	21.7	21.6	23.9	24.2	22.2	19.0	14.6	13.7	214.3

Cape Grim Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	30.5	29.0	28.0	25.4	21.0	23.0	16.6	18.3	21.0	21.9	27.2	27.0	30.5
Low Max (°C)	13.0	13.0	12.2	10.5	9.6	8.6	8.0	8.0	9.0	8.7	9.8	11.9	8.0
High Min (°C)	20.9	19.8	19.8	17.0	15.1	13.2	12.7	13.0	14.0	15.1	17.1	18.9	20.9
Low Min (°C)	7.0	8.0	4.2	4.9	2.6	0.0	-0.4	1.6	3.0	3.0	4.1	6.6	-0.4
High Rain (mm)	41.0	109.2	50.4	64.4	85.6	55.4	36.0	39.4	47.0	59.6	61.0	39.2	109.2

Cape Grim Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	20.8	21.9	20.9	18.1	15.9	14.2	13.8	13.6	14.7	16.0	18.3	19.6	16.7
Low Mn. Max (°C)	16.8	18.1	17.4	14.6	13.6	11.8	11.6	11.6	12.0	13.2	14.4	16.0	14.6
High Mn. Min (°C)	15.1	15.2	14.8	12.7	11.9	10.4	9.3	9.3	10.0	10.3	12.9	13.5	11.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)	11.5	12.4	11.7	9.9	8.3	6.9	7.3	6.5	7.0	8.2	9.4	10.9	9.9
High Rain (mm)	100.2	155.0	116.4	160.6	234.4	151.4	201.2	252.0	138.0	174.6	115.6	89.2	1124.2
Low Rain (mm)	3.0	6.2	5.4	17.4	19.0	22.0	38.8	33.4	18.2	2.4	8.8	7.4	502.0

Cape Grim Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cape Grim Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jul	Aug	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 35°C	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 30°C	0.0	0.0	0.0
≤ 2°C	0.1	0.1	0.2
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.0	0.1

Cape Grim 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	21.9	22.7	21.0	19.0	16.3	15.0	14.0	14.0	15.0	16.4	18.6	20.0	19.0
Low Max	16.0	16.9	16.0	14.0	13.0	11.3	11.0	11.0	11.6	12.0	13.1	15.0	12.0
High Min	15.0	16.7	15.0	14.0	12.1	11.0	10.0	10.0	10.5	11.0	13.0	14.0	13.4
Low Min	11.0	11.0	10.6	9.0	8.0	6.8	6.0	6.0	6.3	7.0	8.2	10.0	7.6

Cape Grim Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	31	32	32	30	29	29	29	31	32	32	32	32	30.0
Earliest Entry	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1985	1985	1985	1985	1985	1985
Latest Entry	2023	2023	2023	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2023
Years of Maxima	32	32	32	31	30	29	30	32	32	32	32	32	30.0
Earliest Entry	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1985	1985	1985	1985	1985	1985
Latest Entry	2023	2023	2023	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2023
Years of Rainfall	35	35	35	34	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	35	34.0
Earliest Entry	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1985	1985	1985	1985	1985	1985
Latest Entry	2023	2023	2023	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2022	2023

Station Details

CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON)
Northwest Coast, Tasmania

40.6828°S 144.6900°E 94m AMSL
Commenced 1985

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