October Weather in Shepparton Australia

Daily high temperatures increase by 7°F, from 67°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 59°F or exceeding 86°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 44°F to 48°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 58°F.

For reference, on January 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Shepparton typically range from 59°F to 88°F, while on July 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°F to 55°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

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The month of October in Shepparton experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 32% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 31% on October 4.

The clearest day of the month is October 4, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 69% of the time.

For reference, on June 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 47%, while on February 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 74%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Shepparton, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is essentially constant, remaining around 18% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 26% on July 30, and its lowest chance is 11% on March 2.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October in Shepparton is essentially constant, remaining about 1.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.2 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of October in Shepparton, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 7 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 14 seconds, and weekly increase of 15 minutes, 38 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is October 1, with 12 hours, 28 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 31, with 13 hours, 35 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Shepparton is 5:48 AM on October 5 and the latest sunrise is 59 minutes later at 6:47 AM on October 6.

The earliest sunset is 6:22 PM on October 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 27 minutes later at 7:49 PM on October 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on October 6, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:57 AM and sets 14 hours, 39 minutes later, at 8:35 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:29 AM and sets 9 hours, 41 minutes later, at 5:10 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for October 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Shepparton is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on May 24, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Shepparton is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on January 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour, while on May 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Shepparton during October is predominantly out of the west from October 1 to October 7 and the south from October 7 to October 31.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Shepparton typically lasts for 9.9 months (301 days), from around August 13 to around June 9, rarely starting after October 8, or ending before May 8.

The month of October in Shepparton is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season increasing from 87% to 99% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Shepparton are increasing during October, increasing by 273°F, from 272°F to 545°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Shepparton is increasing during October, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 5.6 kWh to 7.0 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shepparton are -36.380 deg latitude, 145.399 deg longitude, and 377 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shepparton is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 79 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 377 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (157 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,140 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shepparton is covered by trees (36%), artificial surfaces (35%), and sparse vegetation (21%), within 10 miles by cropland (61%) and trees (22%), and within 50 miles by cropland (65%) and trees (16%).