RAYMOND TERRACE
CLIMATE STATISTICS -							All Data recorded by:				Grant Burgess
LOCATION – 140 km N of SYDNEY, & 18.3 km N of NEWCASTLE
------   Raymond Terrace         Commenced: JAN 1995    Last record: DEC 2004
Latitude: 32.46 S    Longitude: 151.44 E    Elevation:  10.0 m     State:  NSW
						2004
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.	%age
													Yrs	Comp
Mean Daily Max Temperature   (deg C)
31.89	31.13	27.66	25.79	21.61	19.39	18.17	20.27	23.24	25.13	27.93	28.54	25.04	1	100
No. Days, Max >= 30.0        (deg C)
19	17	7	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	9	11	75	1	100
No. Days, Max >= 35.0        (deg C)
7	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	25	1	100
No. Days, Max >= 40.0        (deg C)
1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	1	100
Highest Max Temperature      (deg C) + Date
42.2	44.0	40.0	31.8	25.6	24.6	24.9	27.7	34.0	37.8	42.6	42.4	44.0	1	100
5	21	9	17	4	14	4	27	29	14	30	1
No. Days, Max =< 20.0        (deg C)
0	1	0	1	8	18	26	15	6	6	1	0	82	1	100
No. Days, Max =< 15.0        (deg C)
0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	100
No. Days, Max =< 13.0        (deg C)
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
Lowest Max Temperature       (deg C) + Date
24.4	20.0	21.1	18.9	17.3	14.5	12.5	13.1	17.4	17.3	18.8	20.2	12.5	1	100
15	25	22	29	28	18	18	18	2	19	20	2
Mean Daily Min Temperature   (deg C)
18.97	18.74	16.36	12.70	8.38	6.17	5.91	7.33	9.13	12.88	14.73	17.11	12.35	1	100
No. Days, Min >= 15.0        (deg C)
29	26	20	6	0	0	0	0	3	8	15	23	130	1	100
No. Days, Min >= 20.0        (deg C)
11	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	31	1	100
No. Days, Min >= 22.0        (deg C)
1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1	100
Highest Min Temperature      (deg C) + Date
22.5	23.5	21.8	17.9	12.7	11.4	11.7	14.4	17.0	17.7	19.9	22.8	23.5	1	100
1	16	10	13	26	3	27	30	28	27	19	1
No. Days, Min =< 10.0        (deg C)
0	0	0	5	22	27	27	27	20	6	1	0	135	1	100
No. Days, Min =< 5.0         (deg C)
0	0	0	0	2	13	14	5	4	0	0	0	38	1	100
No. Days, Min =< 2.0         (deg C)
0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	100
Lowest Min Temperature       (deg C) + Date
11.7	12.2	11.9	8.3	3.4	2.9	0.4	2.6	4.8	7.2	9.5	11.4	0.4	1	100
9	5	25	26	31	28	7	8	6	7	26	29
Mean Daily Max Relative Humidity       (%)
95.42	96.48	98.55	97.57	90.13	93.20	94.55	89.74	95.47	94.10	95.40	95.52	94.66	1	100
No. Days, Max >= 90                    (%)
27	27	29	28	21	22	26	18	25	23	26	27	299	1	100
Highest Max Relative Humidity          (%) + Date
100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	1	100
4	4	3	1	6	1	3	1	2	1	2	2
Lowest Max Relative Humidity           (%) + Date
77	75	79	68	57	71	54	53	71	73	53	68	53	1	100
19	1	11	25	3	16	1	4	12	13	14	1
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.	%age
													Yrs	Comp
Mean Daily Min Relative Humidity       (%)
41.87	46.07	49.39	48.27	40.61	41.17	48.68	41.06	39.63	42.39	38.40	43.35	43.41	1	100
Highest Min Relative Humidity          (%) + Date
75	79	78	81	69	62	94	100	73	96	68	68	100	1	100
16	25	14	29	25	11	11	18	30	20	20	10
No. Days, Min =< 30                    (%)
11	7	3	2	2	4	1	2	5	7	10	3	57	1	100
Lowest Min Relative Humidity           (%) + Date
18	14	24	26	26	25	30	26	24	16	14	14	14	1	100
8	21	9	24	4	1	4	13	22	14	30	1
Mean Daily Max Dew Point Temperature  (deg C)
21.97	21.93	20.50	18.14	10.79	9.62	9.80	10.08	13.14	15.70	17.68	19.22	15.69	1	99.7
No. Days, Max >= 20.0                 (deg C)
27	20	19	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	12	95	1	99.7
Highest Max Dew-Point Temperature     (deg C) + Date
25.7	25.9	25.8	22.8	19.6	17.0	17.7	18.3	19.5	21.1	21.6	23.3	25.9	1	99.7
8	16	7	3	26	4	11	30	30	28	19	10
Lowest Max Dew-Point Temperature      (deg C) + Date
16.6	17.7	16.9	6.7	4.0	3.2	3.2	3.7	3.3	8.1	12.2	12.4	3.2	1	99.7
20	1	25	26	31	30	1	8	13	9	15	29
Mean Daily Min Dew Point Temperature  (deg C)
14.20	15.09	14.18	10.50	4.49	2.90	3.57	3.03	6.25	8.18	9.11	12.43	8.64	1	99.7
Highest Min Dew-Point Temperature     (deg C) + Date
21.8	21.9	19.4	16.0	12.7	9.2	11.7	12.4	14.4	15.6	14.9	18.9	21.9	1	99.7
16	15	6	6	25	10	26	29	28	20	17	9
No. Days, Min =< 0.0                  (deg C)
0	0	0	1	2	4	6	6	2	0	1	0	22	1	99.7
Lowest Min Dew-Point Temperature      (deg C) + Date
3.6	9.6	9.3	-0.9	-1.8	-3.3	-3.0	-3.1	-1.9	0.4	-1.4	4.8	-3.3	1	99.7
8	21	31	24	2	30	6	3	12	8	13	28
Mean Daily Max Air Pressure {+1000 to All Values}   (hPa)
12.32	12.97	17.77	21.80	19.71	22.40	22.19	16.90	20.97	18.32	17.57	14.26	1018.10	1	100
No. Days, Max >= 1030                               (hPa)
0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	100
Highest Max Air Pressure                            (hPa) + Date
1026	1021	1027	1026	1026	1030	1031	1024	1028	1025	1026	1021	1031	1	100
19	24	4	6	22	7	22	25	13	30	21	4
Lowest Max Air Pressure                             (hPa) + Date
998	1000	1008	1012	1010	1010	1014	1004	1013	1007	1009	1006	998	1	100
8	1	8	30	1	19	27	4	9	23	13	1
Mean Daily Min Air Pressure {+1000 to All Values}   (hPa)
5.32	6.62	12.39	17.00	13.77	15.80	16.94	10.61	14.77	11.61	11.47	7.55	1011.99	1	100
Highest Min Air Pressure                            (hPa) + Date
1019	1014	1023	1023	1022	1026	1028	1019	1025	1023	1022	1018	1028	1	100
20	5	3	6	23	6	23	17	21	30	21	4
No. Days, Min =< 1000                               (hPa)
8	4	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	1	5	29	1	100
Lowest Min Air Pressure                             (hPa) + Date
989	995	1000	1000	999	996	1009	996	1006	999	998	997	989	1	100
8	1	7	30	1	20	27	15	24	2	14	2
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.	%age
													Yrs	Comp
Mean Daily Max Heat Index Temperature (deg C)
33.94	34.23	29.09	27.04	24.26	23.88		24.36	25.44	27.25	29.08	29.90	28.57	1	78.1
No. Days, Max >= 35.0                 (deg C)
12	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	39	1	78.1
No. Days, Max >= 40.0                 (deg C)
2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	1	78.1
Highest Max Heat Index Temperature    (deg C) + Date
47.9	45.4	42.2	31.6	25.4	24.8	24.8	27.0	33.5	35.8	41.6	41.3	47.9	1	78.1
5	21	9	3	8	14	4	27	29	13	30	1
Lowest Max Heat Index Temperature     (deg C) + Date
25.7	24.3	24.5	24.0	23.4	23.0	23.2	23.3	23.0	23.8	24.4	24.2	23.0	1	78.1
15	25	22	24	31	28	1	12	13	28	23	28
Mean Daily Min Grass Temperature      (deg C)
	12.68	13.99	9.88	4.36	2.16	2.04	2.62	4.78	9.01	11.18	13.76	7.15	1	80.3
Highest Min Grass Temperature         (deg C) + Date
	14.9	20.2	16.6	9.6	9.6	9.4	11.7	15.9	14.7	19.2	20.2	20.2	1	80.3
	7	13	13	10	11	27	30	30	21	5	23
No. Days, Min =< 2.0                  (deg C)
	0	0	0	5	16	18	15	9	1	0	0	64	1	80.3
No. Days, Min =< 0.0                  (deg C)
	0	0	0	1	5	7	4	3	0	0	0	20	1	80.3
Lowest Min Grass Temperature          (deg C) + Date
	9.9	8.2	3.6	-1.8	-1.5	-4.1	-2.0	-1.1	2.0	6.4	7.7	-4.1	1	80.3
	5	5	25	31	30	7	12	13	9	14	29
Mean Daily Maximum Wind Gust          (km/h)
31.80	30.12	27.28	24.36	23.90	25.52	26.03	28.51	27.65	31.87	30.19	34.88	28.41	1	96.7
Mean Wind Direction for Max Wind Gusts  (8 Compass Points)
N	S	S	S	W	NW	SW	SW	SE	SE	S	S	S	1	96.7
No. Days, Max >= 50.0                 (km/h)
2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	13	1	96.7
Highest Maximum Wind Gust             (km/h) + Date
79.2	52.6	56.5	45.0	40.0	54.4	60.1	50.4	50.4	52.6	55.8	74.9	79.2	1	96.7
25	10	1	8	11	20	19	5	20	2	14	25
Lowest Maximum Wind Gust              (km/h) + Date
18.7	17.6	15.5	15.5	11.2	11.2	16.2	16.2	18.7	18.7	20.2	19.4	11.2	1	96.7
17	5	12	17	25	8	4	25	22	26	2	6
Mean Daily Wind Run                   (km)
		151.01	114.10	121.33	121.55	116.71	133.35	122.00	172.97	151.80	167.09	136.23	1	79.0
No. Days, Max >= 300.0                (km)
		2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	1	79.0
Highest Daily Wind Run                (km) + Date
		405.1	251.3	260.4	265.8	481.7	278.5	237.7	456.7	330.9	267.9	481.7	1	79.0
		23	8	10	19	19	16	12	2	23	30
No. Days, Min =< 50.0                 (Km)
		0	0	4	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	16	1	79.0
Lowest Daily Wind Run                 (km) + Date
		51.7	64.1	37.8	29.1	46.0	43.5	45.8	71.4	53.2	64.5	29.1	1	79.0
		15	21	25	8	4	2	22	31	10	3
Mean Daily Min Wind Chill Temperature (deg C)
17.32	18.04	15.19	11.70	5.42	2.97	2.55	4.26	6.90	9.90	12.34	14.57	9.97	1	97.0
Highest Min Wind Chill Temperature    (deg C) + Date
21	24	19	17	12	11	10	12	15	16	18	22	24	1	97.0
8	16	6	4	25	3	11	30	29	27	18	1
No. Days, Min =< 5                    (deg C)
0	0	0	1	19	26	25	22	10	1	0	0	104	1	97.0
No. Days, Min =< 0                    (deg C)
0	0	0	0	1	4	8	1	1	0	0	0	15	1	97.0
Lowest Min Wind Chill Temperature     (deg C) + Date
12	12	11	4	0	-2	-5	0	-1	5	8	6	-5	1	97.0
9	5	3	25	28	28	18	15	13	2	20	28
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.	%age
													Yrs	Comp
Rainfall                              (mm)
145.7	170.0	77.6	51.9	19.2	16.3	49.6	71.4	105.2	233.4	89.0	90.7	1120.0	1	100
Cumulative Monthly Rainfall           (mm)
145.7	315.7	393.3	445.2	464.4	480.7	530.3	601.7	706.9	940.3	1029.3	1120.0	1120.0	1	100
No. of Rain Days                      (days)
10	12	10	7	4	5	12	7	9	9	10	15	110	1	100
Cumulative No. of Rain Days           (days)
10	22	32	39	43	48	60	67	76	85	95	110	110	1	100
Highest Recorded Daily Rain           (mm) + Date
38.4	77.0	25.4	27.2	14.0	7.8	22.0	43.4	81.6	54.2	27.6	19.0	81.6	1	100
14	25	22	6	26	11	27	19	20	21	10	25
No. Days >= 30.0                      (mm)
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	9	1	100
No. Days >= 50.0                      (mm)
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	100
No. of Days with Thunderstorms
7	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	3	13	36	1	100
No. of Days with Distant Thunderstorms
11	9	1	6	4	1	2	9	11	5	9	17	85	1	100
No. of Days with Hail
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	1	100
No. of Days with Dew
9	11	16	28	14	13	20	12	17	11	8	3	162	1	100
No. of Days with Fog
4	2	3	15	5	6	7	6	6	0	2	2	58	1	100
No. of Days with Frost
0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	100
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANN	No.	%age
													Yrs	Comp
Mean 9am Air Temperature         (deg C)
24.43	23.60	20.08	17.81	12.65	10.54	9.82	12.66	16.57	19.91	21.14	22.19	17.32	1	88.8
Highest 9am Air Temperature      (deg C)
28.2	28.0	23.7	23.0	16.0	16.8	14.6	19.6	22.7	28.7	29.6	36.7	36.7	1	88.8
Lowest 9am Air Temperature       (deg C)
20.5	17.7	15.4	13.3	7.6	6.0	6.1	7.8	11.6	14.4	15.7	17.0	6.0	1	88.8
Mean 9am Relative Humidity         (%)
73.82	78.14	91.04	86.48	68.74	78.87	85.06	72.65	69.57	65.80	64.14	69.68	74.90	1	88.8
Mean 9am Dew Point Temperature     (deg C)
18.97	19.32	18.43	15.17	6.66	6.61	7.14	7.17	10.44	12.47	13.57	15.79	12.25	1	88.8
Highest 9am Dew-Point Temperature  (deg C)
23.2	23.8	21.4	22.3	15.6	16.3	14.4	16.0	17.9	18.1	20.2	21.9	23.8	1	88.8
Lowest 9am Dew-Point Temperature   (deg C)
7.2	13.1	13.8	4.9	1.8	0.8	-1.2	1.9	0.8	3.8	4.7	7.8	-1.2	1	88.8
Mean 9am Air Pressure              {+1000 to All Values}   (hPa)
10.18	11.09	16.22	20.65	18.52	19.73	20.65	14.65	19.00	16.17	15.52	12.16	1016.34	1	88.8
Mean 9am Wind Speed                {10 Minute Average}     (km/h)
6.53	5.21	4.81	5.08	6.55	6.12	5.82	7.25	6.32	7.97	6.90	6.50	6.32	1	87.2
Mean 9am Wind Direction            {10 Minute Average}     (8 Compass Points)
NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	NW	NW	NW	SW	NW	S	NW	1	87.2
Highest 9am Wind Gust              {10 Minute Maximum}     (km/h)
16.2	16.9	28.4	24.8	26.3	33.1	33.8	42.8	29.9	35.3	28.4	33.1	42.8	1	87.2
Mean 9am Wind Chill Temperature    {10 Minute Minimum}     (deg C)
23.77	23.79	18.74	15.74	8.57	6.63	6.23	8.55	13.13	17.00	18.38	19.97	14.50	1	87.2
Lowest 9am Wind Chill Temperature  {10 Minute Minimum}     (deg C)
19	17	12	11	1	2	-3	2	4	8	10	11	-3	1	87.2
Mean 3pm Air Temperature         (deg C)
31.14	30.62	25.98	23.11	19.65	17.86	16.60	18.78	21.67	23.46	26.52	27.35	23.42	1	88.8
Highest 3pm Air Temperature      (deg C)
42.1	40.9	34.6	27.9	24.1	23.1	23.0	24.4	33.3	37.5	42.3	42.4	42.4	1	88.8
Lowest 3pm Air Temperature       (deg C)
23.6	19.0	19.8	19.2	15.6	13.8	12.2	12.2	15.7	15.2	17.4	18.1	12.2	1	88.8
Mean 3pm Relative Humidity         (%)
47.36	51.67	59.15	58.16	44.60	46.52	54.97	45.61	45.40	52.10	48.10	49.77	49.80	1	88.8
Mean 3pm Dew Point Temperature    (deg C)
17.48	18.27	59.15	13.88	6.68	5.65	6.73	6.06	8.61	11.33	13.05	15.05	11.33	1	88.8
Highest 3pm Dew-Point Temperature (deg C)
23.2	23.7	22.7	18.7	14.9	13.0	14.0	14.4	15.7	18.1	20.2	21.9	23.7	1	88.8
Lowest 3pm Dew-Point Temperature  (deg C)
8.4	11.8	11.0	3.4	1.3	-0.8	0.5	0.8	0.8	4.6	6.1	7.8	-0.8	1	88.8
Mean 3pm Air Pressure              {+1000 to All Values}   (hPa)
7.07	8.17	14.30	17.63	15.56	16.59	18.14	11.52	15.70	13.28	12.63	9.77	1013.25	1	88.8
Mean 3pm Wind Speed                {10 Minute Average}     (km/h)
11.31	12.77	10.60	11.24	9.99	9.22	9.15	9.47	9.56	12.40	11.60	11.92	10.72	1	88.3
Mean 3pm Wind Direction            {10 Minute Average}     (8 Compass Points)
NE	SE	NE	S	W	NW	NW	W	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	1	88.3
Highest 3pm Wind Gust              {10 Minute Maximum}     (km/h)
42.8	33.8	38.2	31.3	29.2	45.0	42.8	36.0	31.3	46.8	36.7	32.4	46.8	1	88.3
Mean 3pm Wind Chill Temperature    {10 Minute Minimum}     (deg C)
30.50	30.39	24.35	20.58	16.52	14.34	13.17	15.16	18.43	20.71	23.93	25.00	20.86	1	88.3
Lowest 3pm Wind Chill Temperature  {10 Minute Minimum}     (deg C)
21	22	14	15	9	7	2	5	10	10	13	13	2	1	88.3