Weather in Phillip

Climate of Phillip: 1991–2020 normals

In Phillip, January is typically the warmest month (up to 30.5 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 3.8 °C. November sees the most rain, with around 84 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 15.3 °C and 142 mm of rain, spring 23.3 °C and 201 mm, summer 29.4 °C and 216 mm, autumn 22.9 °C and 111 mm. The wettest season is summer (32 % of the annual total), the driest autumn (17 %).

Compared with Sydney, the main town 306 km to the south, highs in the warmest month are 5.5 °C higher here, and the year brings 210 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 8 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, September, October, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Tamworth (9 km to the north-east): almost identical normals; Manilla (45 km to the north): summers 0.6 °C warmer and 50 mm drier a year; Quirindi (45 km to the south): summers 0.4 °C cooler and 23 mm drier a year. Among the 330 places we cover in New South Wales whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Phillip ranks 62nd for summer warmth and 215th 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.