Rochester Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.9 30.7 26.8 21.9 16.9 14.1 13.4 14.8 17.4 21.7 24.8 28.4 21.7
Mean Min (°C)
14.9 15.8 13.0 9.7 6.5 3.6 3.5 4.5 5.7 8.2 10.1 12.8 9.0
Mean Rain (mm)
31.0 30.4 31.9 31.7 42.7 43.1 44.0 43.6 40.9 42.9 34.0 31.8 445.0
Median Rain (mm)
21.6 17.5 18.6 25.4 39.6 37.7 44.1 41.7 36.2 32.5 26.8 21.7 443.4
Mean Rain Days
4.2 4.0 4.5 5.8 8.7 10.0 11.9 11.5 9.5 8.1 6.2 5.2 89.1

Rochester Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
45.0 42.9 40.0 31.7 26.4 20.1 23.7 23.3 29.4 36.7 39.0 40.4 45.0
Low Max (°C)
18.6 18.9 12.9 13.5 9.0 6.4 6.2 7.8 7.8 10.3 13.3 13.9 6.2
High Min (°C)
24.7 27.2 21.1 17.3 15.0 11.0 12.4 11.8 16.0 19.0 20.6 24.4 27.2
Low Min (°C)
5.6 7.2 4.0 1.0 -0.8 -2.8 -2.5 -2.5 -1.3 -0.6 2.1 4.6 -2.8
High Rain (mm)
64.3 97.5 82.6 53.1 64.8 58.8 45.5 43.2 68.1 70.2 78.0 57.9 97.5

Rochester Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.3 33.0 29.0 24.0 19.1 16.5 15.7 15.9 20.6 24.5 26.5 30.9 22.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
28.8 29.3 24.3 19.2 14.4 12.4 11.8 13.9 14.8 19.6 23.1 26.7 21.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
17.0 17.2 16.6 11.9 8.9 5.1 6.0 5.8 7.7 9.8 11.3 14.6 10.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
11.8 13.9 10.5 6.9 4.9 1.7 2.2 3.7 4.3 6.8 9.2 11.1 8.3
High Rain (mm)
132.6 193.6 196.7 125.3 131.5 107.5 124.6 117.8 100.2 191.8 115.8 204.6 983.1
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.4 0.5 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 171.8

Rochester Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Rochester annual climate

Rochester Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.8 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.9
≥ 35°C
7.1 5.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 3.6 18.4
≥ 30°C
18.4 16.5 8.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 4.9 12.8 62.7
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.6 9.2 10.5 6.6 3.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 34.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.4 3.6 1.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 10.5

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
36.1 35.8 31.7 26.1 20.4 16.7 15.6 17.5 21.1 26.7 30.4 34.4 31.0
Low Max
25.2 25.3 21.6 17.3 13.9 11.7 11.1 12.2 13.7 17.2 19.8 22.2 13.8
High Min
19.7 20.0 17.2 13.3 10.0 6.7 6.6 7.6 8.8 12.8 14.3 17.4 15.5
Low Min
10.5 11.6 8.5 6.0 2.9 0.4 0.4 1.4 2.2 3.9 5.8 8.7 3.0

Rochester Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1975
Years of Maxima
11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1975
Years of Rainfall
117 118 117 118 115 114 116 117 116 117 117 117 117.0
Earliest Entry
1907 1904 1904 1906 1907 1907 1906 1906 1907 1906 1906 1906 1904
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

ROCHESTER
Northern Country, Victoria
36.3607°S 144.7110°E 114m AMSL
Commenced 1904

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