Average Weather in Ravenshoe Australia

In Ravenshoe, the wet season is warm, muggy, and mostly cloudy and the dry season is comfortable and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 48°F to 82°F and is rarely below 37°F or above 87°F.

The warm season lasts for 4.0 months, from October 16 to February 16, with an average daily high temperature above 79°F. The hottest day of the year is December 14, with an average high of 82°F and low of 62°F.

The cool season lasts for 2.8 months, from May 24 to August 19, with an average daily high temperature below 71°F. The coldest day of the year is July 30, with an average low of 48°F and high of 68°F.

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

Average Hourly Temperature

The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands: frigid < 15°F < freezing < 32°F < chilly < 45°F < cold < 55°F < cool < 65°F < comfortable < 75°F < warm < 85°F < hot < 95°F < sweltering. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Clouds

In Ravenshoe, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Ravenshoe begins around April 3 and lasts for 7.8 months, ending around November 26. On September 11, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 66% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 34% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 26 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around April 3. On January 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 81% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 19% of the time.

Cloud Cover

The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds: clear < 20% < mostly clear < 40% < partly cloudy < 60% < mostly cloudy < 80% < overcast.

Precipitation

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Ravenshoe varies very significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from December 13 to May 7, with a greater than 39% chance of a given day being a wet day. The chance of a wet day peaks at 66% on February 19.

The drier season lasts 7.2 months, from May 7 to December 13. The smallest chance of a wet day is 12% on September 22.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 66% on February 19.

Daily Chance of Precipitation

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 months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Ravenshoe experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in Ravenshoe. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around February 7, with an average total accumulation of 14.2 inches.

The least rain falls around September 17, with an average total accumulation of 1.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall

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 liquid-equivalent snowfall.

Sun

The length of the day in Ravenshoe varies over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is June 21, with 11 hours, 5 minutes of daylight; the longest day is December 21, with 13 hours, 11 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight

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 is at 5:33 AM on November 25, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 16 minutes later at 6:49 AM on July 8. The earliest sunset is at 5:50 PM on June 4, and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 9 minutes later at 6:59 PM on January 19.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Ravenshoe during 2017.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight

The solar day over the course of the year 2017. 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.

Humidity

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.

Ravenshoe experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 5.6 months, from November 7 to April 26, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 21% of the time. The muggiest day of the year is February 14, with muggy conditions 82% of the time.

The least muggy day of the year is August 7, when muggy conditions are essentially unheard of.

Humidity Comfort Levels

The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point: dry < 55°F < comfortable < 60°F < humid < 65°F < muggy < 70°F < oppressive < 75°F < miserable.

Wind

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 Ravenshoe does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 3.3 miles per hour throughout.

Average Wind Speed

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Ravenshoe is from the east throughout the year.

Wind Direction

The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions (north, east, south, and west), excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Water Temperature

Ravenshoe is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average water temperature experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The time of year with warmer water lasts for 4.0 months, from December 1 to April 1, with an average temperature above 82°F. The day of the year with the warmest water is February 7, with an average temperature of 84°F.

The time of year with cooler water lasts for 3.1 months, from June 10 to September 12, with an average temperature below 76°F. The day of the year with the coolest water is July 27, with an average temperature of 73°F.

Average Water Temperature

The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Solar Energy

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 experiences some seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.1 months, from September 20 to December 22, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.8 kWh. The brightest day of the year is November 1, with an average of 7.4 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.8 months, from May 7 to July 31, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 5.1 kWh. The darkest day of the year is June 10, with an average of 4.5 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy

The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Topography

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ravenshoe are -17.609 deg latitude, 145.484 deg longitude, and 3,127 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ravenshoe contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 764 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,086 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,353 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (5,282 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ravenshoe is covered by trees (87%), within 10 miles by trees (80%) and sparse vegetation (11%), and within 50 miles by trees (56%) and sparse vegetation (30%).

Data Sources

This report illustrates the typical weather in Ravenshoe, 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 is only a single weather station, Cairns International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Ravenshoe.

At a distance of 85 kilometers from Ravenshoe, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

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

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets , 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 aiports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © Esri, with data from National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, and iPC.