Oakey Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
31.0 30.2 28.9 26.0 22.3 19.3 18.9 20.9 24.5 26.9 28.9 30.5 25.6
Mean Min (°C)
18.1 17.8 16.2 11.7 7.4 4.4 3.0 3.8 7.6 11.7 14.7 16.9 11.0
Mean Rain (mm)
78.6 80.4 55.0 30.1 39.8 28.9 28.5 24.9 30.0 56.9 73.9 90.0 617.0
Median Rain (mm)
45.2 63.9 31.5 17.2 26.4 17.0 23.0 18.1 21.8 40.0 63.0 67.1 575.1
Mean Rain Days
7.9 6.7 6.7 5.0 6.0 6.1 6.0 4.6 5.1 7.1 7.6 8.2 76.7

Oakey Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
41.8 42.8 38.7 35.0 31.6 29.9 27.1 34.4 37.4 39.1 39.8 40.7 42.8
Low Max (°C)
21.0 18.2 19.3 14.2 10.3 8.9 7.7 10.2 11.3 16.5 16.5 17.6 7.7
High Min (°C)
27.1 25.9 23.0 21.7 18.7 17.4 15.2 17.2 17.5 20.7 23.8 23.9 27.1
Low Min (°C)
9.2 8.6 2.3 -1.1 -5.7 -6.9 -7.2 -7.5 -4.1 -2.2 2.0 5.8 -7.5
High Rain (mm)
130.0 115.2 82.8 98.6 102.0 64.0 46.3 45.8 48.0 73.0 101.8 114.3 130.0

Oakey Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.9 34.4 32.4 28.3 25.5 21.2 21.2 24.9 28.0 29.8 33.4 34.7 27.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
27.9 27.1 26.5 24.0 20.5 16.3 17.0 17.0 20.1 23.3 25.3 26.4 23.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
20.2 20.1 18.5 14.0 12.5 7.6 8.1 7.9 11.2 15.1 17.7 19.1 12.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)
15.7 16.1 13.5 8.3 3.3 1.2 -1.6 0.8 4.6 9.0 11.4 13.8 9.1
High Rain (mm)
265.4 262.4 160.4 228.8 189.8 134.8 136.3 84.4 105.2 195.8 252.2 304.2 900.0
Low Rain (mm)
1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 1.2 13.4 169.6

Oakey Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Oakey annual climate

Oakey Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4
≥ 35°C
4.0 2.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.1 3.9 14.3
≥ 30°C
18.5 14.6 10.6 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.4 7.1 11.5 17.0 83.3
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.7 10.6 14.6 12.0 4.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 47.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.1 6.3 9.5 7.8 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.7

Oakey 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
34.1 33.2 31.7 28.6 24.9 22.1 21.4 23.8 28.1 30.9 32.8 34.3 31.3
Low Max
27.5 26.6 25.9 23.3 19.4 15.8 15.2 17.0 19.9 22.4 24.5 26.6 19.2
High Min
20.5 20.4 18.8 16.0 13.4 9.8 9.0 9.6 12.6 15.4 18.0 19.8 18.0
Low Min
15.0 15.0 12.6 7.8 2.5 -1.2 -2.7 -1.4 1.7 7.0 10.7 13.3 2.3

Oakey Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
39 37 38 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 39 37 38.0
Earliest Entry
1974 1974 1974 1974 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
39 37 38 39 40 40 39 41 41 41 40 37 38.0
Earliest Entry
1974 1974 1974 1974 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
54 54 54 54 54 54 54 55 54 55 54 54 53.0
Earliest Entry
1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024

Station Details

OAKEY AERO
Darling Downs, Queensland
27.4034°S 151.7413°E 406m AMSL
Commenced 1970

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