Pindari Dam Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
31.3 30.6 29.0 25.5 21.6 18.0 17.2 19.0 22.3 25.4 27.6 30.3 24.8
Mean Min (°C)
17.6 17.2 14.7 10.7 6.7 3.2 1.9 2.8 6.3 10.3 13.5 16.1 10.0
Mean Rain (mm)
90.8 76.6 64.4 44.5 41.6 37.5 40.6 36.8 45.1 62.7 85.8 88.5 735.9
Median Rain (mm)
71.8 78.0 42.1 38.8 34.2 32.8 36.3 31.2 44.7 53.2 93.8 96.2 727.2
Mean Rain Days
9.1 7.6 6.7 5.0 5.9 6.3 7.1 6.1 6.2 7.9 9.1 9.4 87.7

Pindari Dam Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
41.5 42.8 38.0 33.2 29.2 24.9 24.6 33.6 34.4 37.8 39.6 43.0 43.0
Low Max (°C)
19.5 17.5 18.2 14.0 10.6 8.5 5.0 9.0 9.8 15.3 13.3 17.4 5.0
High Min (°C)
25.2 25.0 23.9 22.0 18.6 14.9 15.1 15.5 17.1 20.7 23.0 23.7 25.2
Low Min (°C)
8.0 8.0 2.4 -1.0 -4.2 -5.8 -6.5 -6.0 -5.5 -0.5 1.7 5.2 -6.5
High Rain (mm)
150.0 160.0 84.0 72.4 73.6 81.6 53.4 52.6 92.6 78.4 91.0 61.6 160.0

Pindari Dam Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
34.2 33.4 33.1 28.2 23.4 20.1 19.4 23.0 25.6 28.9 31.5 34.3 26.5
Low Mn. Max (°C)
28.3 27.5 25.9 22.6 20.0 15.3 14.2 15.5 19.2 21.5 24.2 26.9 23.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
19.4 20.2 17.5 14.1 10.7 5.6 6.7 6.8 9.2 12.5 15.8 18.0 12.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
15.6 14.0 12.5 7.8 2.0 0.3 -2.5 0.2 2.2 7.7 10.0 14.1 9.0
High Rain (mm)
283.7 248.8 235.2 216.4 169.6 108.6 152.2 100.2 146.0 175.8 245.6 186.4 1162.8
Low Rain (mm)
10.4 12.4 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 8.4 3.0 5.8 234.8

Pindari Dam Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Pindari Dam annual climate

Pindari Dam Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
≥ 35°C
3.7 2.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 2.6 10.5
≥ 30°C
21.6 17.5 11.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.9 7.9 17.4 81.9
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.4 12.4 18.2 15.0 5.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 56.6
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.5 7.3 12.0 9.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.1

Pindari Dam 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
34.6 33.6 32.1 28.3 24.5 21.0 20.2 22.0 26.5 29.6 32.0 33.9 31.5
Low Max
28.0 27.4 26.2 22.9 18.5 14.5 13.9 15.5 18.2 21.5 23.5 26.4 18.0
High Min
20.6 20.2 18.0 15.0 11.7 7.8 7.0 7.9 11.0 14.6 17.4 19.5 17.5
Low Min
14.5 14.2 11.6 6.6 2.0 -1.3 -2.2 -1.5 1.6 5.5 9.4 12.5 1.7

Pindari Dam Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
38 38 38 38 37 37 37 38 39 37 37 39 37.0
Earliest Entry
1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
38 38 38 38 38 38 38 39 40 38 37 40 38.0
Earliest Entry
1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
52 50 50 51 51 51 51 53 52 49 51 50 51.0
Earliest Entry
1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1972 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

PINDARI DAM
NW Slopes & Plains, New South Wales/ACT
29.3899°S 151.2448°E 462m AMSL
Commenced 1971

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