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Spring Weather in Armidale New South Wales, Australia

Daily high temperatures increase by 15°F, from 60°F to 75°F, rarely falling below 53°F or exceeding 85°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 17°F, from 33°F to 50°F, rarely falling below 24°F or exceeding 58°F.

For reference, on January 16, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Armidale typically range from 54°F to 80°F, while on July 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 28°F to 55°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Armidale

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°FWinterSummerSep 160°FSep 160°F33°F33°FNov 3075°FNov 3075°F50°F50°FOct 167°FOct 167°F39°F39°FNov 171°FNov 171°F45°F45°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. 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.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Armidale

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerNowNowfreezingvery coldvery coldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa (6,837 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Armidale (view comparison).

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The spring in Armidale experiences rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 24% to 36%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 37% on November 22. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 21% on September 14.

The clearest day of the spring is September 14, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 79% of the time.

For reference, on June 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 42%, while on September 14, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 79%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Armidale

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerSep 1479%Sep 1479%Jun 258%Jun 258%Sep 176%Sep 176%Nov 3064%Nov 3064%Oct 177%Oct 177%Nov 165%Nov 165%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Armidale, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 18% and ending it at 35%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 36% on December 13, and its lowest chance is 13% on July 30.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Armidale

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%WinterSummerSep 118%Sep 118%Nov 3035%Nov 3035%Oct 120%Oct 120%Nov 131%Nov 131%NowNowrainmixed
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

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

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring in Armidale is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 3.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.6 inches or falls below 1.4 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Armidale

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0 in0 in1 in1 in2 in2 in3 in3 in4 in4 in5 in5 in6 in6 inWinterSummerSep 11.6 inSep 11.6 inNov 303.4 inNov 303.4 inOct 11.8 inOct 11.8 inNov 12.8 inNov 12.8 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the spring in Armidale, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 28 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 39 seconds, and weekly increase of 11 minutes, 32 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 11 hours, 29 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 13 hours, 57 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Armidale

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummerSep 2212 hr, 7 minSep 2212 hr, 7 mindaydaydaydaynightNov 3013 hr, 57 minNov 3013 hr, 57 minNov 113 hr, 18 minNov 113 hr, 18 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the spring in Armidale is 5:26 AM on October 5 and the latest sunrise is 59 minutes later at 6:25 AM on October 6.

The earliest sunset is 5:38 PM on September 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 3 minutes later at 7:40 PM on November 30.

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

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:47 AM and sets 14 hours, 7 minutes later, at 7:55 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:49 AM and sets 10 hours, 10 minutes later, at 5:00 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Spring in Armidale

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMWinterSummer5:26 AM5:26 AMOct 55:57 PMOct 55:57 PM5:43 AM5:43 AMNov 307:40 PMNov 307:40 PM6:09 AM6:09 AMSep 15:38 PMSep 15:38 PM5:57 AM5:57 AMNov 17:16 PMNov 17:16 PMOct 6DSTOct 6DSTSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day in the spring. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Armidale

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummer002020303050506080001010303040406070NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the spring of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring of 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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Armidale

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerAug 49:14 PMAug 49:14 PMAug 204:26 AMAug 204:26 AMSep 311:56 AMSep 311:56 AMSep 1812:35 PMSep 1812:35 PMOct 34:50 AMOct 34:50 AMOct 1710:27 PMOct 1710:27 PMNov 111:48 PMNov 111:48 PMNov 168:29 AMNov 168:29 AMDec 15:22 PMDec 15:22 PMDec 158:02 PMDec 158:02 PMDec 319:28 AMDec 319:28 AM6:34 AM6:34 AM4:50 PM4:50 PM6:42 AM6:42 AM6:12 AM6:12 AM5:46 PM5:46 PM5:57 PM5:57 PM6:19 AM6:19 AM6:20 PM6:20 PM6:52 PM6:52 PM6:21 AM6:21 AM7:04 PM7:04 PM6:50 PM6:50 PM5:32 AM5:32 AM5:10 AM5:10 AM7:53 PM7:53 PM8:01 PM8:01 PM5:58 AM5:58 AM8:34 PM8:34 PM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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 Armidale is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on February 5, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time, while on April 10, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Armidale

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerSep 10%Sep 10%Nov 300%Nov 300%Oct 10%Oct 10%Nov 10%Nov 10%humidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Armidale is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 8.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 4, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.5 miles per hour, while on April 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.9 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the spring is 8.5 miles per hour on September 4.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Armidale

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphWinterSummerSep 48.5 mphSep 48.5 mphNov 308.0 mphNov 308.0 mphOct 18.3 mphOct 18.3 mphNov 18.0 mphNov 18.0 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Armidale throughout the spring is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 50% on September 13.

Wind Direction in the Spring in Armidale

Wind Direction in the Spring in ArmidaleWESepOctNov0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummerNowNowwesteastnorthsouth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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 Armidale typically lasts for 6.0 months (182 days), from around October 24 to around April 24, rarely starting before September 30 or after November 24, and rarely ending before March 24 or after May 17.

The spring in Armidale is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season very rapidly increasing from 0% to 93% over the course of the season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Armidale

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerSep 10%Sep 10%93%Nov 3093%Nov 30Oct 111%Oct 111%66%Nov 166%Nov 1NowNowfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Armidale are rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 695°F, from 84°F to 778°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Armidale

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov100°F100°F200°F200°F300°F300°F400°F400°F500°F500°F600°F600°F700°F700°F800°F800°F900°F900°F1,000°F1,000°FWinterSummerSep 184°FSep 184°FNov 30778°FNov 30778°FOct 1218°FOct 1218°FNov 1455°FNov 1455°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the spring, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Armidale is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 2.4 kWh, from 5.1 kWh to 7.5 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Armidale

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in ArmidaleSepOctNov0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWh10 kWh10 kWhWinterSummerSep 15.1 kWhSep 15.1 kWhNov 307.5 kWhNov 307.5 kWhOct 16.4 kWhOct 16.4 kWhNov 17.0 kWhNov 17.0 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Armidale are -30.508 deg latitude, 151.671 deg longitude, and 3,225 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Armidale contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 390 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,315 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,693 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,931 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Armidale is covered by trees (46%), artificial surfaces (36%), and sparse vegetation (16%), within 10 miles by trees (65%) and sparse vegetation (20%), and within 50 miles by trees (77%) and sparse vegetation (13%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Armidale, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Armidale.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Armidale according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Armidale is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Armidale and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Armidale and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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