Smoky Cape Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
27.1 27.2 26.4 24.3 21.7 19.5 19.0 20.2 22.1 23.5 24.7 26.1 23.5
Mean Min (°C)
19.7 19.8 18.8 16.8 14.4 12.3 11.4 12.0 13.6 15.3 16.8 18.4 15.7
Mean Rain (mm)
142.9 170.2 195.0 167.7 127.8 134.7 74.4 79.3 54.7 93.0 111.5 121.1 1475.8
Median Rain (mm)
109.0 160.0 167.1 147.4 105.6 104.3 58.1 50.6 53.0 71.3 96.8 91.8 1373.3
Mean Rain Days
13.2 13.6 15.4 13.0 11.0 10.2 7.9 7.8 8.2 10.9 11.5 12.6 134.8

Smoky Cape Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
39.5 39.2 34.3 32.8 29.5 26.3 28.3 31.5 35.6 39.2 41.7 39.5 41.7
Low Max (°C)
18.3 19.4 18.9 16.0 14.4 11.7 11.1 12.2 14.9 14.6 15.6 16.8 11.1
High Min (°C)
25.0 24.5 24.4 22.2 22.2 18.9 18.5 19.0 22.5 21.6 25.0 24.4 25.0
Low Min (°C)
13.3 12.0 11.0 9.1 5.9 4.2 4.4 4.0 4.4 7.8 9.0 8.0 4.0
High Rain (mm)
178.6 158.6 350.0 343.7 227.6 209.3 163.6 215.9 101.0 142.6 147.1 197.0 350.0

Smoky Cape Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
30.1 29.6 28.8 26.5 24.8 21.3 21.3 22.6 25.1 26.4 27.5 28.8 25.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)
24.5 25.5 24.8 22.0 20.3 18.1 17.1 18.2 19.6 20.9 22.7 24.3 22.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
21.2 21.3 20.3 18.5 16.8 14.7 13.2 13.9 16.0 17.3 18.5 20.5 17.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.6 18.3 17.2 14.5 12.5 10.2 9.7 9.9 11.5 13.6 15.1 14.4 14.8
High Rain (mm)
527.0 509.2 688.8 702.6 466.5 573.2 597.5 380.6 254.4 536.4 434.8 513.4 3011.2
Low Rain (mm)
8.2 3.8 24.2 7.2 1.4 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 6.9 15.5 602.6

Smoky Cape Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Smoky Cape annual climate

Smoky Cape Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°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
≥ 35°C
0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4
≥ 30°C
2.7 3.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.4 9.7
≤ 2°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
≤ 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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
29.1 29.2 28.3 26.3 23.6 21.5 20.7 22.0 24.2 25.8 27.0 28.4 27.3
Low Max
24.8 24.8 23.9 21.8 19.2 17.2 16.8 17.8 19.4 20.8 22.0 23.7 19.1
High Min
21.6 21.7 20.9 19.0 16.8 14.5 13.6 14.4 16.2 17.5 19.0 20.6 20.0
Low Min
17.4 17.7 16.6 14.4 12.1 10.0 9.2 9.4 11.0 12.7 14.2 16.0 11.4

Smoky Cape Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
61 65 63 64 64 65 64 64 62 64 62 62 63.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2024
Years of Maxima
64 65 64 65 65 64 64 64 62 64 63 63 63.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2024
Years of Rainfall
85 85 84 85 85 85 85 85 83 84 84 84 85.0
Earliest Entry
1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939
Latest Entry
2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 2024

Station Details

SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE)
Mid North Coast, New South Wales/ACT
30.9225°S 153.0871°E 117m AMSL
Commenced 1939

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Wind returning to southeastern Australia

10:07 AEST After a prolonged period of light winds, a surge of powerful winds and cool air will push through southeastern Australia during the next 48 hours.  As we wrote about last week the National Electricity Market (NEM) saw very low wind power generation during the seven days leading up to Thursday, April 18, with the daily wind generation having been under 41 GWh/day for this period.  Wind power has improved slightly during the past week, with wind power increasing for a few days over last weekend.

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