Weather in Dorrigo

Climate of Dorrigo: 1991–2020 normals

In Dorrigo, January is typically the warmest month (up to 24.3 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 4.9 °C. January sees the most rain, with around 193 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 14.6 °C and 153 mm of rain, spring 20.8 °C and 311 mm, summer 23.7 °C and 564 mm, autumn 18.9 °C and 316 mm. The wettest season is summer (42 % of the annual total), the driest winter (11 %).

Compared with Sydney, the main town 417 km to the south, highs in the warmest month are 0.7 °C lower here, and the year brings 465 mm more precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 6 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, October, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Bellingen (22 km to the south-east): summers 2.4 °C warmer and 140 mm drier a year; Boambee (34 km to the east): summers 3.3 °C warmer and 100 mm drier a year; Bowraville (37 km to the south): summers 3.2 °C warmer and 314 mm drier a year. Among the 330 places we cover in New South Wales whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Dorrigo ranks 317th for summer warmth and 1st 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.