Condobolin Ag Research Stn is a weather station located 195 m above sea level, 8 km from Condobolin. Its records go back to 1955: 22 years of temperature are available up to 2024, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 17.8 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2007 (19.0 °C) and the coldest 1992 (15.6 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 13 out of 22, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2024, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade. The station ranks 179 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1955
The first ten years of the series (1976–1988) average 17.4 °C; the last ten (1991–2020) average 17.4 °C, a difference of 0.0 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 3 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2007 (19.0 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 17.6 °C (1988) and bottoms out at 17.1 °C (1996).
Annual rainfall since 1955
On average 454 mm of rain falls per year over the 64 documented years. The wettest year, 1956, received 818 mm; the driest, 2006, only 128 mm, which is 6.4 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (432 mm per year) is 15 mm (3.4 %) below the 1961–1990 one (447 mm). Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (47 mm) and April the driest (22 mm). Between 2001 and 2024, 10 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 | – | 27.1 °C | – | 51 mm | 38 mm | −13 mm |
| February | – | 25.8 °C | – | 35 mm | 47 mm | +12 mm |
| March | – | 22.5 °C | – | 38 mm | 37 mm | −1 mm |
| April | – | 17.4 °C | – | 35 mm | 22 mm | −13 mm |
| May | – | 13.2 °C | – | 41 mm | 29 mm | −12 mm |
| June | – | 10.3 °C | – | 27 mm | 38 mm | +11 mm |
| July | – | 9.4 °C | – | 33 mm | 34 mm | +1 mm |
| August | – | 10.2 °C | – | 36 mm | 29 mm | −7 mm |
| September | – | 13.7 °C | – | 28 mm | 34 mm | +6 mm |
| October | – | 17.8 °C | – | 51 mm | 35 mm | −16 mm |
| November | – | 21.6 °C | – | 34 mm | 46 mm | +12 mm |
| December | – | 24.2 °C | – | 38 mm | 43 mm | +5 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in February (+12 mm) and the smallest in October (−16 mm).
Records at Condobolin Ag Research Stn
- Warmest year: 19.0 °C, in 2007
- Coldest year: 15.6 °C, in 1992
- Driest year: 128 mm, in 2006
- Wettest year: 818 mm, in 1956
- Warmest month: 32.6 °C, in January 2019
- Coldest month: 6.9 °C, in July 1977
- Wettest month: 294 mm, in April 1990
- Hottest day: 46.6 °C, on 11 February 2017
- Coldest day: −7.0 °C, on 13 July 1997
- Heaviest rain in one day: 127.2 mm, on 22 January 1976
3.4 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 53.6 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2024
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2024, about +0.8 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.06 °C per decade: the station ranks 179 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 Condobolin Ag Research Stn 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 Condobolin Ag Research Stn?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Condobolin Ag Research Stn is 17.8 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Condobolin Ag Research Stn?
Since records began in 1955, the warmest year at Condobolin Ag Research Stn is 2007, at 19.0 °C on average. The coldest is 1992 (15.6 °C).
Is the climate at Condobolin Ag Research Stn getting warmer?
Yes: at Condobolin Ag Research Stn, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2024, +0.8 °C in total. 3 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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