2024 News
This page hosts our operations log and local weather news. This includes monthly, seasonal and annual weather reviews and significant weather events.
Operations Log
| Date | Event | Impact | Further Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Each Sunday | Scheduled computer reboot | Disruption to real-time weather data and services from 20:00 to 20:10 | Nil |
| Disruption to real-time weather data and services | Nil | ||
| 12 January | Burst fire hydrant | Erroneous rainfall recorded in the electronic rain gauge from 14:30 to 15:00 | 10.8 mm of rain removed from the electronic logs |
| 14 December | Malfunction of PWS | PWS offline from 03:09 to 10:32 and 19:45 to 08:16 on 15 December | 55.15 mm of rain removed from the electronic log after PC reboot | 16 December | Malfunction of PWS | PWS offline from 22:40 to 07:43 on 17 December | Replacement PWS console on order |
| 18 December | PWS console replaced | Disruption to real-time data from 11:57 to 12:32 during the change over | All data during the change over removed whilst the system normalised |
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News & Reviews
Seasonal Weather Review for Spring 2024
Published: December 1, 2024
The seasonal weather review for the Spring of 2024 is now available.
Monthly Weather Review for November 2024
Published: December 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 47.0 mm, which is 84% of the long-term November median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 24.3° C, which is 1.5° C warmer than the long-term November mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 13.5° C, which is 1.2° C warmer than the long-term November mean minimum temperature.
Monthly Weather Review for October 2024
Published: November 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 45.8 mm, which is 81% of the long-term October median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 21.3° C, which is 0.9° C warmer than the long-term October mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 10.7° C, which is 0.7° C warmer than the long-term October mean minimum temperature.
Monthly Weather Review for September 2024
Published: October 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 35.9 mm, which is 24% above the long-term September median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 18.4° C, which equals the long-term September mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 9.2° C, which is 1.1° C warmer than the long-term September mean minimum temperature.
Seasonal Weather Review for Winter 2024
Published: September 1, 2024
The seasonal weather review for the Winter of 2024 is now available.
Monthly Weather Review for August 2024
Published: September 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 11.3 mm, which is 25% of the long-term August median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 18.7° C, which is 3.1° C warmer than the long-term August mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 8.2° C, which is 1.5° C warmer than the long-term August mean minimum temperature.
Monthly Weather Review for July 2024
Published: August 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 52.5 mm, which is 84% above the long-term July median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 13.7° C, which is 1.1° C cooler than the long-term July mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 6.4° C, which is 0.3° C warmer than the long-term July mean minimum temperature.
Monthly Weather Review for June 2024
Published: July 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 6.7 mm, which is 21% of the long-term June median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 14.3° C, which is 0.8° C cooler than the long-term June mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 6.2° C, which is 0.4° C cooler than the long-term June mean minimum temperature.
Seasonal Weather Review for Autumn 2024
Published: June 3, 2024
The seasonal weather review for the Autumn of 2024 is now available.
Monthly Weather Review for May 2024
Published: June 3, 2024
The total rainfall was 25.9 mm, which is 59% of the long-term May median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 17.3° C, which is 0.1° C warmer than the long-term May mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 8.0° C, which is 0.5° C cooler than the long-term May mean minimum temperature.
Monthly Weather Review for April 2024
Published: May 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 82.5 mm, which is 53% above the long-term April median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 19.3° C, which is 1.6° C cooler than the long-term April mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 10.9° C, which is 0.5° C cooler than the long-term April mean minimum temperature.
Monthly Weather Review for March 2024
Published: April 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 6.6 mm, which is 19% of the long-term March median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 25.2° C, which is 1.4° C warmer than the long-term March mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 14.1° C, which is 0.1° C cooler than the long-term March mean minimum temperature.
Seasonal Weather Review for Summer 2023-24
Published: March 8, 2024
The weather review for the Summer of 2023/2024 is now available.
Monthly Weather Review for February 2024
Published: March 8, 2024
The total rainfall was 7.7 mm, which is 73% of the long-term February median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 27.0° C, which is 1.6° C warmer than the long-term February mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 15.7° C, which is 0.2° C warmer than the long-term February mean minimum temperature.
Monthly Weather Review for January 2024
Published: February 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 64.2 mm, which is 88% of the long-term January median rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 25.5° C, which is 1.7° C cooler than the long-term January mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 16.4° C, which is 0.1° C warmer than the long-term January mean minimum temperature.
Annual Weather Review for 2023
Published: January 1, 2024
Total rainfall for the year was 471.9 mm. The highest daily rainfall was 30.3 mm on April 16.
Maximum temperatures varied between 11.3° C on June 23 and 41.6° C on February 17.
Minimum temperatures varied between -0.2° C on August 16 and 24.0° C on February 17.
Monthly Weather Review for December 2023
Published: January 1, 2024
The total rainfall was 115.3 mm, which is 181.9% above the long-term December mean rainfall.
The mean maximum temperature was 23.5° C, which is 1.2° C cooler than the long-term December mean maximum temperature.
The mean minimum temperature was 14.8° C, which is 1.0° C warmer than the long-term December mean minimum temperature.
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