CLIMATE AVERAGES FOR JENOLAN CAVES

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CLIMATE AVERAGES - long term mean values of weather data                                               
                                                                                                       
 063036    OBERON (JENOLAN CAVES)                  Commenced: 1895    Last record: 2000                
Latitude: 33.82 S    Longitude: 150.03 E    Elevation:  730.0 m     State:  NSW                        
                                                                                                       
    JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    DEC     ANN   No. %age
                                                                                               Yrs comp
                                                                                                       
Mean Daily Max Temp (deg C)                                                                            
    25.6   24.6   21.8   16.7   12.8   10.0    9.4   11.5   15.3   19.5   22.4   25.0    17.9  54.9  83
Mean no. Days, Max >= 40.0 deg 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   7.8  93
Mean no. Days, Max >= 35.0 deg C                                                                       
     0.4    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.4     0.9   7.8  93
Mean no. Days, Max >= 30.0 deg C                                                                       
     6.1    3.3    1.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    1.1    3.1    14.8   7.8  93
Highest Max Temp (deg C)                                                                               
    37.5   35.6   32.8   23.9   19.4   26.1   18.9   20.6   27.8   29.4   33.3   35.5    37.5   7.8  93
                                                                                                       
Mean Daily Min Temp (deg C)                                                                            
    11.6   11.7   10.0    6.3    3.2    1.5    0.2    0.9    2.9    5.7    8.1   10.4     6.1  57.5  85
Mean no. Days, Min =< 2.0 deg C                                                                        
     0.1    0.0    0.3    2.2   14.0   18.2   24.1   19.6   12.4    3.3    1.1    0.1    95.5   9.3  93
Mean no. Days, Min =< 0.0 deg C                                                                        
     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.3    5.9   11.7   17.0   10.3    4.4    0.8    0.0    0.0    50.4   9.3  93
Lowest Min Temp (deg C)                                                                                
     0.6    4.4    1.1   -0.6   -3.9   -5.0   -5.6   -5.5   -2.2   -1.1    1.5    1.7    -5.6   9.3  76
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
Mean Rainfall (mm)                                                                                     
    94.9   90.5   76.7   75.5   67.1   88.4   85.5   84.6   67.6   79.7   74.7   87.1   972.3  93.8  89
Median (Decile 5) Rainfall  (mm)                                                                       
_   84.1   64.5   58.1   57.4   51.8   68.5   69.4   75.1   66.2   70.6   61.6   71.0   950.9    90    
Decile 9 Rainfall (mm)                                                                                 
_  180.8  227.9  153.6  164.1  144.9  191.0  177.4  164.9  116.5  152.7  133.3  170.3  1277.8    90    
Decile 1 Rainfall (mm)                                                                                 
_   22.5   10.1   18.6   16.8   16.0   30.5   21.1   25.6   24.8   25.4   21.6   19.2   679.5    90    
Mean no. of Raindays                                                                                   
    11.2   10.8   11.0   10.0   10.8   12.6   12.3   12.8   11.2   11.4   10.7   10.8   135.8  92.6  88
Highest Monthly Rainfall (mm)                                                                          
   300.3  429.0  289.9  320.2  277.0  359.6  314.9  284.3  171.4  237.6  259.3  323.4          93.8  89
Lowest Monthly Rainfall (mm)                                                                           
     3.5    0.0    5.3    2.9    3.3    7.4    6.4    4.2    9.2    9.9    1.1    1.0          93.8  89
Highest Recorded Daily Rain (mm)                                                                       
   125.2  129.3  108.4   99.6   76.0  134.0  144.4  153.2  112.0   87.6   68.6   85.1   153.2  93.4  89
                                                                                                       

Last modified 10 August 2000

This data obtained from the Bureau of Meteorology

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