RAYMOND TERRACE
CLIMATE STATISTICS -							All Data recorded by:				Grant Burgess
LOCATION – 140 km N of SYDNEY, & 18.3 km N of NEWCASTLE
Data Since: Jan 1995					Commenced:		01 Jan 1996			Latest:		31 Dec 2008
Latitude: 32.46 S    Longitude: 151.46 E    Elevation:  8 m     State:  NSW
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.	%age
													Yrs	Comp
Mean Daily Max Temperature   (deg C)
30.29	29.70	27.56	24.39	21.11	18.18	17.88	19.95	23.39	25.93	26.43	29.20	24.48	11	100.0
No. Days, Max >= 30.0        (deg C)
14.27	12.73	7.64	1.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.27	7.18	7.18	12.91	65.55	11	100.0
No. Days, Max >= 35.0        (deg C)
5.73	3.82	1.73	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.27	1.00	2.18	4.36	19.09	11	100.0
No. Days, Max >= 40.0        (deg C)
1.27	0.55	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.36	0.45	2.82	11	100.0
Highest Max Temperature      (deg C) + Day & Year
44.5	44.0	40.0	33.0	29.8	24.6	24.9	28.0	35.7	38.8	42.6	42.4	44.5	11	100.0
1	21	21	8	4	14	4	31	23	19	30	1	1
2006	2004	1998	1998	2007	2004	2004	2005	2003	2002	2004	2004	2006
No. Days, Max =< 20.0        (deg C)
0.00	0.36	0.27	2.55	10.73	24.73	26.36	16.09	6.64	3.73	2.64	0.18	94.27	11	100.0
No. Days, Max =< 15.0        (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.36	2.73	3.27	1.18	0.55	0.09	0.00	0.00	8.18	11	100.0
No. Days, Max =< 13.0        (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.36	0.36	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.91	11	100.0
Lowest Max Temperature       (deg C) + Date
20.4	19.5	18.6	17.0	12.6	11.7	11.5	12.4	13.6	15.0	15.6	19.0	11.5	11	100.0
17	5	21	22	28	24	28	27	4	22	20	10	28
2005	2002	2000	1999	2000	1998	2008	2001	2005	2008	2001	2002	2008
Mean Daily Min Temperature   (deg C)
18.22	18.24	16.34	13.09	9.99	7.96	6.85	7.18	9.77	12.44	14.49	16.79	12.59	11	100.0
No. Days, Min >= 15.0        (deg C)
27.09	25.18	22.27	7.36	1.91	0.27	0.00	0.36	2.27	7.18	14.55	23.36	131.82	11	100.0
No. Days, Min >= 20.0        (deg C)
9.18	8.00	2.82	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.64	4.55	25.27	11	100.0
No. Days, Min >= 22.0        (deg C)
2.09	1.73	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45	4.27	11	100.0
Highest Min Temperature      (deg C) + Date
24.2	24.0	21.9	19.3	18.3	15.4	14.0	15.7	18.8	20.1	20.8	22.8	24.2	11	100.0
27	8	1	14	3	30	15	31	29	30	27	1	27
2001	1998	2003	2003	2000	2005	1999	2005	2005	2005	2002	2004	2001
No. Days, Min =< 10.0        (deg C)
0.00	0.09	0.36	4.00	15.45	22.18	26.27	25.36	17.36	7.73	3.55	0.45	122.82	11	100.0
No. Days, Min =< 5.0         (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	1.18	5.18	9.09	8.73	2.45	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.73	11	100.0
No. Days, Min =< 2.0         (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	1.36	0.55	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	11	100.0
Lowest Min Temperature       (deg C) + Date
11.4	9.0	8.3	3.3	2.5	2.0	0.3	1.1	2.5	5.6	6.4	7.3	0.3	11	100.0
11	18	31	23	16	21	3	13	29	1	4	7	3
2001	1998	2008	2006	1999	1999	2002	2005	2003	2002	2003	2002	2002
Mean Daily Max Relative Humidity       (%)
93.24	94.74	96.42	96.10	93.84	92.83	91.15	88.47	91.68	91.30	93.53	92.26	92.98	9	97.9
No. Days, Max >= 90                    (%)
23.44	25.13	29.00	26.56	25.33	21.78	21.33	19.00	21.67	22.44	23.89	23.22	278.67	9	97.9
Highest Max Relative Humidity          (%) + Date
100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	9	97.9
1	27	1	2	1	9	3	1	2	5	1	2	1
2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000
Lowest Max Relative Humidity           (%) + Date
67	54	67	51	49	54	48	35	47	33	53	45	33	9	97.9
8	9	31	7	21	14	5	11	16	1	14	6	1
2002	2002	2007	2006	2002	2002	2002	2007	2003	2007	2004	2002	2007
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.
													Yrs
Mean Daily Min Relative Humidity       (%)
41.96	45.32	46.13	46.77	46.62	49.67	44.44	37.83	35.96	36.05	41.63	38.88	42.60	9	97.8
Highest Min Relative Humidity          (%) + Date
100	91	92	100	95	100	100	100	82	96	94	89	100	9	97.8
17	4	24	24	25	3	2	18	5	20	4	10	2
2008	2008	2003	2007	2002	2008	2003	2004	2008	2004	2006	2002	2003
No. Days, Min =< 30                    (%)
7.67	4.75	3.56	2.56	1.11	0.67	2.22	5.88	9.78	11.33	7.11	8.56	64.22	9	97.8
Lowest Min Relative Humidity           (%) + Date
13	14	16	21	22	25	23	20	17	5	12	14	5	9	97.8
1	21	19	6	7	1	3	12	22	30	21	4	30
2006	2004	2002	2006	2006	2004	2002	2007	2006	2002	2006	2002	2002
Mean Daily Max Dew Point Temperature  (deg C)
20.45	20.83	19.53	17.08	13.18	10.90	9.32	9.27	12.73	14.84	17.70	19.12	15.37	9	97.8
No. Days, Max >= 20.0                 (deg C)
19.89	20.00	16.33	5.22	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.11	1.56	6.78	14.33	83.00	9	97.7
Highest Max Dew-Point Temperature     (deg C) + Date
25.7	25.9	25.8	22.8	21.0	19.9	17.7	20.0	20.0	21.8	24.0	26.2	26.2	9	97.8
8	16	7	3	16	12	11	13	29	7	22	14	14
2004	2004	2004	2004	2007	2008	2004	2003	2000	2008	2003	2008	2008
Lowest Max Dew-Point Temperature      (deg C) + Date
10.0	9.0	7.8	3.8	1.0	0.0	-0.3	0.2	3.3	2.9	6.0	9.7	-0.3	9	97.8
8	9	31	23	29	15	19	12	13	1	2	19	19
2002	2002	2007	2006	2000	2001	2007	2005	2004	2007	2003	2005	2007
Mean Daily Min Dew Point Temperature  (deg C)
13.45	14.28	12.65	10.03	6.62	4.58	2.89	2.29	4.66	6.62	10.04	11.36	8.25	9	97.6
Highest Min Dew-Point Temperature     (deg C) + Date
21.8	21.9	20.4	18.0	17.2	15.3	11.7	13.0	14.4	18.3	20.0	19.7	21.9	9	97.6
16	15	21	4	9	3	26	13	28	31	21	31	15
2004	2004	2007	2000	2007	2008	2004	2003	2004	2005	2003	2005	2004
No. Days, Min =< 10.0                 (deg C)
6.00	3.50	7.11	13.22	25.33	26.56	30.44	30.38	27.67	24.00	15.33	10.44	216.33	9	97.6
No. Days, Min =< 5.0                  (deg C)
0.67	0.63	1.11	3.56	11.56	17.11	22.00	24.75	16.56	11.22	3.11	2.11	111.67	9	97.6
No. Days, Min =< 0.0                  (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.78	1.67	3.89	7.89	8.75	3.11	2.56	0.56	0.33	28.56	9	97.6
Lowest Min Dew-Point Temperature      (deg C) + Date
1.0	3.7	1.0	-3.0	-3.0	-4.8	-4.2	-3.9	-3.0	-3.0	-3.0	-3.0	-4.8	9	97.6
3	2	2	12	28	15	10	11	12	1	12	10	15
2002	2005	2003	2001	2000	2006	2006	2005	2000	2000	2001	2001	2006
Mean Daily Max Air Pressure {+1000 to All Values}   (hPa)
14.28	14.79	18.59	21.03	21.01	21.87	21.86	21.79	20.42	19.21	16.84	14.57	18.82	5	99.9
No. Days, Max >= 1030                               (hPa)
0.00	0.00	0.00	1.40	0.40	2.00	3.00	2.20	2.40	0.80	0.00	0.00	12.20	5	100.0
Highest Max Air Pressure                            (hPa) + Date
1026	1023	1027	1031	1030	1032	1037	1032	1034	1033	1026	1025	1037	5	99.9
19	14	4	9	30	13	20	17	13	11	21	9	20
2004	2005	2004	2007	2008	2006	2005	2005	2006	2006	2004	2006	2005
Mean Daily Min Air Pressure {+1000 to All Values}   (hPa)
8.33	9.23	13.43	15.91	15.86	16.26	16.28	15.90	13.72	12.72	10.72	8.38	13.01	5	99.9
No. Days, Min =< 1000                               (hPa)
3.20	2.20	0.40	0.60	0.20	1.60	0.40	1.00	0.60	0.80	2.17	3.67	17.40	5	100.0
Lowest Min Air Pressure                             (hPa) + Date
989	989	1000	998	999	995	999	996	998	995	988	991	988	5	99.9
8	3	7	6	1	9	6	15	12	9	23	14	23
2004	2005	2004	2006	2004	2007	2007	2004	2005	2005	2008	2008	2008
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.
													Yrs
Mean Daily Max Heat Index Temperature (deg C)
31.98	31.53	28.86	25.78	22.97	18.92	18.54	21.00	23.69	26.54	27.97	30.31	25.63	5	99.7
No. Days, Max >= 30.0                 (deg C)
17.60	16.20	10.80	2.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.40	6.80	8.50	14.67	77.80	5	99.7
No. Days, Max >= 35.0                 (deg C)
8.20	6.40	2.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.60	2.67	4.33	24.20	5	99.7
No. Days, Max >= 40.0                 (deg C)
1.60	3.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	1.33	6.40	5	99.7
Highest Max Heat Index Temperature    (deg C) + Date
47.9	46.5	42.2	32.5	28.6	24.8	24.8	27.1	33.5	35.8	41.6	42.0	47.9	5	99.7
5	2	9	19	4	14	4	31	29	13	30	25	5
2004	2006	2004	2006	2007	2004	2004	2005	2004	2004	2004	2003	2004
Mean Daily Min Grass Temperature      (deg C)
16.67	16.08	13.86	9.81	5.89	4.26	2.43	3.02	5.86	9.93	13.03	14.58	9.41	5	91.5
Highest Min Grass Temperature         (deg C) + Date
22.3	21.8	20.6	16.6	15.3	15.5	10.3	12.7	15.9	18.4	20.3	20.6	22.3	5	91.5
12	3	17	13	10	4	26	31	30	29	16	22	12
2006	2006	2007	2004	2007	2008	2006	2008	2004	2008	2008	2007	2006
No. Days, Min =< 10.0                 (deg C)
0.75	1.00	4.40	13.40	26.17	21.86	27.43	29.43	23.43	15.00	6.20	2.40	178.00	5	91.9
No. Days, Min =< 5.0                  (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	3.20	12.00	15.86	21.29	23.71	12.14	3.20	0.00	0.00	90.20	5	91.9
No. Days, Min =< 2.0                  (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	2.83	7.43	12.29	13.00	4.29	0.20	0.00	0.00	38.40	5	91.9
No. Days, Min =< 0.0                  (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.67	1.71	6.57	5.14	1.43	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.80	5	91.9
Lowest Min Grass Temperature          (deg C) + Date
8.8	7.6	5.6	-1.2	-2.5	-2.1	-6.4	-4.7	-2.4	2.0	5.6	7.3	-6.4	5	91.5
10	4	31	23	9	28	12	13	28	9	10	26	12
2007	2005	2008	2006	2006	2002	2002	2005	2003	2004	2006	2006	2002
Mean Daily Maximum Wind Gust          (km/h)
31.12	29.02	27.57	24.66	22.72	22.46	25.67	28.59	29.23	30.08	31.76	31.77	28.04	9	91.8
Mean Wind Direction for Max Wind Gusts  (8 Compass Points)
S	S	S	S	SW	NW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	9	87.1
No. Days, Max >= 30.0                 (km/h)
13.67	10.00	9.67	7.22	5.25	4.75	8.75	11.29	11.88	12.22	12.22	14.33	119.50	9	91.8
No. Days, Max >= 50.0                 (km/h)
0.89	0.33	0.33	0.11	0.00	0.25	1.00	1.43	1.13	0.78	2.22	1.33	9.63	9	91.8
Highest Maximum Wind Gust             (km/h) + Date
79.2	55.8	60.5	50.4	46.8	55.8	65.4	62.6	63.1	68.0	67.4	74.9	79.2	9	91.8
25	7	21	12	1	3	11	3	7	9	24	25	25
2004	2006	2007	2001	2006	2006	2008	2002	2008	2006	2008	2004	2004
Lowest Maximum Wind Gust              (km/h) + Date
18.7	16.2	10.1	7.9	10.8	7.9	10.1	10.8	11.9	17.5	12.6	15.5	7.9	9	91.8
4	6	28	20	24	19	26	12	19	18	10	3	19
2001	2008	2003	2007	2000	2003	2001	2003	2006	2008	2008	2002	2003
Mean Daily Wind Run                   (km)
159.03	140.04	129.63	87.59	81.95	92.85	89.90	106.82	109.46	132.31	142.79	143.36	118.70	5	86.5
No. Days, Max >= 200.0                (km)
5.75	4.50	4.40	1.40	1.50	2.25	2.50	3.50	2.50	4.00	5.20	5.20	40.50	5	83.3
No. Days, Max >= 300.0                (km)
1.75	0.50	0.80	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.75	0.00	0.75	0.60	1.40	0.40	6.75	5	83.3
Highest Daily Wind Run                (km) + Date
421.1	354.2	405.1	269.1	260.4	328.9	481.7	278.5	488.6	456.7	397.1	343.3	488.6		86.5
22	4	23	28	10	15	19	16	8	2	16	18	8
2008	2006	2004	2008	2004	2008	2004	2004	2006	2004	2005	2007	2006
No. Days, Min =< 100.0                (Km)
5.00	8.50	10.80	19.20	21.25	18.00	20.50	16.75	16.00	10.40	8.20	7.20	155.00	5	83.3
No. Days, Min =< 50.0                 (Km)
0.25	0.75	3.40	8.40	9.25	11.75	9.75	6.50	5.50	2.20	2.00	1.20	55.75	5	83.3
Lowest Daily Wind Run                 (km) + Date
34.6	14.1	6.6	0.1	3.5	4.6	7.8	22.2	1.8	18.0	13.2	31.9	0.1	5	86.5
25	28	28	20	29	20	13	13	15	11	13	31	20
2007	2007	2007	2007	2006	2005	2005	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2007
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.
													Yrs
Mean Daily Min Wind Chill Temperature (deg C)
16.55	17.06	14.73	11.59	7.27	5.13	3.45	3.62	7.38	10.36	12.52	15.07	10.79	9	91.2
Highest Min Wind Chill Temperature    (deg C) + Date
23.0	24.0	21.0	18.0	16.0	14.0	12.0	12.0	17.0	19.8	19.0	22.0	24.0	9	91.2
11	16	22	4	2	2	26	13	23	4	26	1	16
2006	2004	2007	2000	2000	2003	2006	2003	2003	2008	2002	2004	2004
No. Days, Min =< 10                   (deg C)
0.11	0.38	2.33	8.89	25.63	26.25	30.13	30.29	24.13	15.00	7.56	1.89	171.75	9	91.2
No. Days, Min =< 5                    (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	1.11	9.25	15.75	22.38	22.71	8.75	1.22	1.00	0.00	79.88	9	91.2
No. Days, Min =< 0                    (deg C)
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.88	3.25	4.88	4.00	0.38	0.22	0.11	0.00	13.50	9	91.2
Lowest Min Wind Chill Temperature     (deg C) + Date
10.0	8.0	7.0	-2.0	-2.0	-2.0	-5.0	-4.0	-1.0	-2.4	0.0	6.0	-5.0		91.2
1	3	23	23	30	4	18	11	10	23	16	28	18
2000	2005	2005	2006	2000	2000	2004	2005	2002	2008	2006	2004	2004
Rainfall                              (mm)
62.4	129.8	127.5	119.6	132.7	113.3	63.8	57.9	78.1	67.9	93.6	71.4	1132.6	11	100.0
Cumulative Monthly Rainfall           (mm)
62.4	192.2	319.7	439.4	572.0	685.4	749.1	807.0	886.4	957.5	1058.8	1132.6	1132.6	11	100.0
No. of Rain Days                      (days)
10.18	10.91	11.36	11.36	9.64	9.45	9.91	8.09	8.17	8.67	11.50	10.75	120.18	11	100.0
Highest Recorded Daily Rain           (mm) + Date
96.6	77.0	80.0	84.0	111.2	198.0	47.0	50.0	88.0	70.4	59.8	105.5	198.0	11	100.0
18	25	22	25	8	9	14	20	10	24	19	11	9
2008	2004	2000	2008	2001	2007	1999	2007	2006	1999	1998	2002	2007
No. Days >= 30.0                      (mm)
0.27	1.36	1.09	1.09	1.45	0.82	0.18	0.45	0.42	0.50	0.42	0.50	8.73	11	100.0
No. Days >= 50.0                      (mm)
0.09	0.45	0.55	0.36	0.64	0.45	0.00	0.09	0.33	0.17	0.17	0.08	3.45	11	100.0
No. of Days with Thunderstorms
2.67	3.50	2.92	2.00	0.83	0.83	0.67	1.50	1.67	2.50	5.33	5.58	30.00	12	100.0
No. of Days with Distant Thunderstorms
5.30	7.40	6.40	4.30	4.00	1.90	2.60	4.30	4.40	5.50	8.50	8.50	63.10	10	100.0
No. of Days with Hail
0.15	0.08	0.15	0.08	0.08	0.23	0.08	0.15	0.46	0.46	0.46	0.38	2.77	13	100.0
No. of Days with Dew
14.73	16.27	20.73	22.27	22.82	18.18	21.27	18.91	18.82	16.73	15.27	15.91	221.91	11	100.0
No. of Days with Fog
4.09	5.09	7.18	9.18	9.27	7.82	6.73	6.00	5.55	4.00	3.45	3.18	71.55	11	100.0
No. of Days with Frost
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.36	1.18	3.45	3.18	0.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.64	11	100.0