Weather in Tathra

Climate of Tathra: 1991–2020 normals

In Tathra, January is typically the warmest month (up to 24.4 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 6.3 °C. February sees the most rain, with around 79 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 14.5 °C and 150 mm of rain, spring 19.3 °C and 183 mm, summer 23.6 °C and 225 mm, autumn 19.5 °C and 154 mm. The wettest season is summer (32 % of the annual total), the driest winter (21 %).

Compared with Sydney, the main town 337 km to the north, highs in the warmest month are 0.6 °C lower here, and the year brings 167 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 5 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Bega (14 km to the north-west): summers 1.5 °C warmer and 180 mm wetter a year; Merimbula (19 km to the south): summers 0.2 °C cooler and 88 mm wetter a year; Bermagui (35 km to the north): summers 0.8 °C warmer and 12 mm wetter a year. Among the 330 places we cover in New South Wales whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Tathra ranks 321st for summer warmth and 199th 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.