Coffs Harbour is a weather station located 4 m above sea level, 3 km from Coffs Harbour. Its records go back to 1943: 72 years of temperature are available up to 2025, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 19.1 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (18.4 °C): a difference of 0.7 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2024 (20.0 °C) and the coldest 1961 (17.4 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 2 out of 72, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.27 °C per decade. The station ranks 35 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1943
The first ten years of the series (1952–1961) average 18.0 °C; the last ten (2015–2025) average 19.5 °C, a difference of +1.5 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 9 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2024 (20.0 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 19.5 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 17.8 °C (1968).
Annual rainfall since 1943
On average 1688 mm of rain falls per year over the 59 documented years. The wettest year, 1963, received 2882 mm; the driest, 1968, only 1071 mm, which is 2.7 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (1695 mm per year) is 18 mm (1.1 %) below the 1961–1990 one (1713 mm). Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (232 mm) and September the driest (49 mm). Between 1996 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 | 22.8 °C | 23.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 187 mm | 176 mm | −11 mm |
| February | 22.7 °C | 23.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 195 mm | 232 mm | +37 mm |
| March | 21.7 °C | 22.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 241 mm | 224 mm | −17 mm |
| April | 19.5 °C | 19.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 215 mm | 165 mm | −50 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | 16.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 177 mm | 156 mm | −21 mm |
| June | 13.8 °C | 14.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 125 mm | 117 mm | −8 mm |
| July | 12.6 °C | 13.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 63 mm | 75 mm | +12 mm |
| August | 13.6 °C | 14.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 66 mm | 68 mm | +2 mm |
| September | 16.2 °C | 17.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 62 mm | 49 mm | −13 mm |
| October | 18.7 °C | 19.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 103 mm | 102 mm | −1 mm |
| November | 20.4 °C | 21.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 136 mm | 174 mm | +38 mm |
| December | 22.1 °C | 22.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 143 mm | 157 mm | +14 mm |
The largest temperature change is in July (+1.1 °C) and the smallest in April (+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 November (+38 mm) and the smallest in April (−50 mm).
Records at Coffs Harbour
- Warmest year: 20.0 °C, in 2024
- Coldest year: 17.4 °C, in 1961
- Driest year: 1071 mm, in 1968
- Wettest year: 2882 mm, in 1963
- Warmest month: 25.8 °C, in January 2019
- Coldest month: 10.8 °C, in July 1961
- Wettest month: 782 mm, in March 1974
- Hottest day: 44.3 °C, on 12 January 2002
- Coldest day: −4.8 °C, on 18 August 1970
- Heaviest rain in one day: 404.6 mm, on 28 April 1963
2.6 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 49.1 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.27 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.7 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.08 °C per decade: the station ranks 35 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (January 2024 to December 2025), 20 months out of 24 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.8 °C. The highest departure was in August 2024 (+2.9 °C); the lowest, in June 2024 (−0.2 °C).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 24.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 196 mm | 176 mm |
| February 2024 | 24.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 149 mm | 232 mm |
| March 2024 | 22.6 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 224 mm |
| April 2024 | 20.7 °C | +0.9 °C | – | 165 mm |
| May 2024 | 17.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 183 mm | 156 mm |
| June 2024 | 14.5 °C | −0.2 °C | 83 mm | 117 mm |
| July 2024 | 13.6 °C | −0.1 °C | 118 mm | 75 mm |
| August 2024 | 17.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 29 mm | 68 mm |
| September 2024 | 17.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 216 mm | 49 mm |
| October 2024 | 19.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 90 mm | 102 mm |
| November 2024 | 22.9 °C | +1.8 °C | – | 174 mm |
| December 2024 | 24.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 93 mm | 157 mm |
| January 2025 | 23.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 156 mm | 176 mm |
| February 2025 | 24.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 83 mm | 232 mm |
| March 2025 | 23.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 485 mm | 224 mm |
| April 2025 | 20.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 178 mm | 165 mm |
| May 2025 | 18.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 532 mm | 156 mm |
| June 2025 | 14.6 °C | −0.1 °C | 119 mm | 117 mm |
| July 2025 | 14.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 24 mm | 75 mm |
| August 2025 | 15.0 °C | +0.5 °C | – | 68 mm |
| September 2025 | 18.1 °C | +1.0 °C | – | 49 mm |
| October 2025 | 21.3 °C | +2.1 °C | – | 102 mm |
| November 2025 | 22.7 °C | +1.6 °C | – | 174 mm |
| December 2025 | 22.6 °C | 0.0 °C | – | 157 mm |
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 Coffs Harbour 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 Coffs Harbour?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Coffs Harbour is 19.1 °C. It was 18.4 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.7 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Coffs Harbour?
Since records began in 1943, the warmest year at Coffs Harbour is 2024, at 20.0 °C on average. The coldest is 1961 (17.4 °C).
Is the climate at Coffs Harbour getting warmer?
Yes: at Coffs Harbour, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.27 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.7 °C in total. 9 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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