Weather in Howlong

Climate of Howlong: 1991–2020 normals

In Howlong, January is typically the warmest month (up to 30.4 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 4.2 °C. September sees the most rain, with around 73 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 12.9 °C and 204 mm of rain, spring 20.3 °C and 202 mm, summer 29.1 °C and 153 mm, autumn 21.2 °C and 132 mm. The wettest season is winter (30 % of the annual total), the driest autumn (19 %).

Compared with Sydney, the main town 479 km to the north-east, highs in the warmest month are 5.4 °C higher here, and the year brings 188 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 7 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, October, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Rutherglen (17 km to the south-west): summers 0.1 °C warmer and 89 mm drier a year; Chiltern (19 km to the south): summers 0.3 °C cooler and 106 mm wetter a year; Jindera (23 km to the east): summers 0.6 °C cooler and 16 mm wetter a year. Among the 330 places we cover in New South Wales whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Howlong ranks 76th for summer warmth and 210th 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.