Weather in Wattle Ponds

Climate of Wattle Ponds: 1991–2020 normals

In Wattle Ponds, January is typically the warmest month (up to 29.8 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 6.9 °C. February sees the most rain, with around 78 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 16.7 °C and 109 mm of rain, spring 24.1 °C and 154 mm, summer 28.8 °C and 213 mm, autumn 22.7 °C and 144 mm. The wettest season is summer (34 % of the annual total), the driest winter (18 %).

Compared with Sydney, the main town 150 km to the south, highs in the warmest month are 4.8 °C higher here, and the year brings 259 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: Cessnock (38 km to the south-east): equally warm summers and 32 mm wetter a year; Muswellbrook (41 km to the north-west): summers 0.3 °C warmer and 21 mm drier a year; Maitland, New South Wales (41 km to the south-east): summers 0.3 °C cooler and 64 mm wetter a year. Among the 330 places we cover in New South Wales whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Wattle Ponds ranks 88th for summer warmth and 250th 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.