Charters Towers Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
33.8 33.0 32.2 30.4 27.4 25.1 25.0 27.0 30.3 33.0 34.2 34.8 30.5
Mean Min (°C)
22.4 22.3 21.0 18.4 15.2 12.7 11.6 12.3 15.2 18.2 20.5 22.0 17.6
Mean Rain (mm)
157.2 141.3 73.3 29.6 28.1 18.6 23.8 14.8 8.8 18.2 60.7 78.3 652.1
Median Rain (mm)
133.2 98.4 42.7 9.8 9.4 6.6 0.8 0.6 4.2 1.6 33.0 44.0 493.2
Mean Rain Days
11.0 10.6 8.2 4.8 3.9 3.9 3.0 1.6 1.9 3.3 5.7 7.3 65.0

Charters Towers Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.9 41.1 42.3 36.8 35.0 32.0 32.7 35.1 39.0 41.5 41.9 42.8 44.9
Low Max (°C)
22.6 24.4 24.0 17.3 11.5 10.5 13.1 12.4 19.0 20.8 21.5 24.1 10.5
High Min (°C)
29.7 27.0 31.2 24.0 22.0 21.2 20.8 21.2 22.0 24.8 26.6 27.0 31.2
Low Min (°C)
10.9 15.1 15.2 8.8 4.6 1.4 0.1 0.0 5.7 8.5 14.5 17.3 0.0
High Rain (mm)
186.2 142.2 76.8 61.6 122.8 37.4 56.4 86.6 30.0 36.4 126.8 78.0 186.2

Charters Towers Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
37.8 35.9 36.6 33.2 30.5 28.5 27.6 29.8 33.0 36.3 36.4 38.1 31.5
Low Mn. Max (°C)
30.5 29.7 29.9 27.5 25.0 20.5 22.4 23.6 28.1 30.1 29.4 30.3 28.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
24.2 23.5 23.0 20.6 18.3 15.0 14.4 14.1 18.5 19.9 21.8 23.2 19.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
20.2 21.0 19.7 16.3 12.0 9.7 8.0 10.6 12.6 15.3 18.6 20.2 16.4
High Rain (mm)
408.2 430.6 283.5 141.9 216.2 197.6 145.4 128.6 54.8 72.6 245.4 272.5 1286.8
Low Rain (mm)
29.9 9.0 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 262.4

Charters Towers Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Charters Towers annual climate

Charters Towers Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
1.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.3 3.4
≥ 35°C
10.5 7.1 3.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 7.7 11.6 16.6 58.5
≥ 30°C
28.0 24.2 26.2 19.0 4.5 0.8 0.7 3.8 16.6 27.9 27.5 28.9 206.7
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Charters Towers 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
36.3 35.4 34.2 32.6 29.7 28.0 27.5 29.1 33.1 35.8 36.4 37.7 35.0
Low Max
30.5 29.6 30.0 28.0 25.1 21.5 22.2 23.6 27.6 30.3 31.3 31.0 25.5
High Min
24.0 23.9 22.7 20.7 18.2 16.2 15.4 15.7 18.3 20.9 22.5 24.0 22.5
Low Min
20.9 21.0 19.0 16.3 12.2 9.4 7.8 9.4 12.8 15.8 18.5 20.0 12.1

Charters Towers Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
31 30 32 31 31 31 32 32 31 31 31 30 31.0
Earliest Entry
1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1992 1992
Latest Entry
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2022 2024
Years of Maxima
31 31 32 32 32 31 32 32 31 31 31 30 31.0
Earliest Entry
1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1992 1992
Latest Entry
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2022 2024
Years of Rainfall
31 31 32 32 32 31 32 32 31 31 31 31 31.0
Earliest Entry
1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1992 1992
Latest Entry
2023 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2022 2024

Station Details

CHARTERS TOWERS AIRPORT
Nth Goldfields, Queensland
20.0427°S 146.2716°E 290m AMSL
Commenced 1942

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