Bathurst is a weather station located 713 m above sea level, 2 km from Bathurst. Its records go back to 1909: 48 years of temperature are available up to 2021, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2021. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 13.7 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (13.0 °C): a difference of 0.7 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2009 (14.5 °C) and the coldest 1976 (11.5 °C). The last complete year, 2010, ranks 13 out of 48, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2021, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.43 °C per decade. The station ranks 3 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1909
The first ten years of the series (1910–1940) average 12.9 °C; the last ten (2001–2010) average 13.8 °C, a difference of +0.9 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 5 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2009 (14.5 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 13.8 °C (2010) and bottoms out at 13.0 °C (1993).
Annual rainfall since 1909
On average 634 mm of rain falls per year over the 111 documented years. The wettest year, 1950, received 1159 mm; the driest, 1982, only 214 mm, which is 5.4 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (647 mm per year) is 11 mm (1.7 %) below the 1961–1990 one (658 mm). Over 1991–2020, December is on average the wettest month (77 mm) and April the driest (33 mm). Between 2001 and 2021, 9 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.1 °C | 21.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 79 mm | 67 mm | −12 mm |
| February | 20.1 °C | 20.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 60 mm | 64 mm | +4 mm |
| March | 17.5 °C | 17.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 54 mm | 57 mm | +3 mm |
| April | 13.4 °C | 13.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 49 mm | 33 mm | −16 mm |
| May | 9.4 °C | 9.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 49 mm | 35 mm | −14 mm |
| June | 6.4 °C | 7.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | 43 mm | +9 mm |
| July | 5.5 °C | 6.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 45 mm | 46 mm | +1 mm |
| August | 6.9 °C | 7.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 58 mm | 46 mm | −12 mm |
| September | 9.3 °C | 10.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 49 mm | 51 mm | +2 mm |
| October | 12.4 °C | 13.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 62 mm | 57 mm | −5 mm |
| November | 15.6 °C | 16.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 58 mm | 71 mm | +13 mm |
| December | 18.9 °C | 19.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 61 mm | 77 mm | +16 mm |
The largest temperature change is in January (+1.3 °C) and the smallest in May (+0.3 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.7 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in December (+16 mm) and the smallest in April (−16 mm).
Records at Bathurst
- Warmest year: 14.5 °C, in 2009
- Coldest year: 11.5 °C, in 1976
- Driest year: 214 mm, in 1982
- Wettest year: 1159 mm, in 1950
- Warmest month: 24.6 °C, in January 2020
- Coldest month: 4.0 °C, in July 1929
- Wettest month: 236 mm, in February 1971
- Hottest day: 41.5 °C, on 11 February 2017
- Coldest day: −11.5 °C, on 11 June 1927
- Heaviest rain in one day: 108.7 mm, on 25 July 1922
3.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 53.0 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2021
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.43 °C per decade between 1961 and 2021, about +2.6 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.24 °C per decade: the station ranks 3 out of 227.
Data source and licence
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology (ACORN-SAT) and NOAA NCEI (GHCN-Daily) (dataset “ACORN-SAT v2 daily (homogenised) + GHCN-Daily”), licence CC BY 4.0; Public domain (NOAA NCEI). Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Bathurst are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 227 stations in Australia: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Bathurst?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Bathurst is 13.7 °C. It was 13.0 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.7 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Bathurst?
Since records began in 1909, the warmest year at Bathurst is 2009, at 14.5 °C on average. The coldest is 1976 (11.5 °C).
Is the climate at Bathurst getting warmer?
Yes: at Bathurst, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.43 °C per decade between 1961 and 2021, +2.6 °C in total. 5 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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