Weather in Blair Athol (New South Wales)

Climate of Blair Athol (New South Wales): 1991–2020 normals

In Blair Athol (New South Wales), January is typically the warmest month (up to 32.3 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 5.2 °C. January sees the most rain, with around 66 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 16.8 °C and 106 mm of rain, spring 25.3 °C and 146 mm, summer 31.2 °C and 176 mm, autumn 24.5 °C and 96 mm. The wettest season is summer (34 % of the annual total), the driest autumn (18 %).

Compared with Sydney, the main town 370 km to the south, highs in the warmest month are 7.3 °C higher here, and the year brings 355 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 9 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Boggabri (17 km to the south-west): almost identical normals; Gunnedah (37 km to the south): summers 0.2 °C cooler and 41 mm wetter a year; Barraba (49 km to the north-east): summers 2.3 °C cooler and 196 mm wetter a year. Among the 330 places we cover in New South Wales whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Blair Athol (New South Wales) ranks 26th for summer warmth and 289th for annual precipitation. The warmest summers are in Bourke and the coolest in Guyra; the wettest year is in Dorrigo and the driest in Broken Hill.