Maitland is a weather station located 185 m above sea level, 1 km from Maitland. Its records go back to 1884: 56 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 16.8 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (16.4 °C): a difference of 0.5 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2009 (17.9 °C) and the coldest 1970 (14.9 °C). The last complete year, 2013, ranks 2 out of 56, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.24 °C per decade. The station ranks 68 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1884
The first ten years of the series (1957–1966) average 15.8 °C; the last ten (2004–2013) average 17.1 °C, a difference of +1.3 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 6 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2009 (17.9 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 17.1 °C (2013) and bottoms out at 15.7 °C (1971).
Annual rainfall since 1884
On average 500 mm of rain falls per year over the 137 documented years. The wettest year, 1889, received 830 mm; the driest, 1959, only 287 mm, which is 2.9 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (488 mm per year) is 2 mm (0.4 %) below the 1961–1990 one (490 mm). Over 1991–2020, June is on average the wettest month (71 mm) and January the driest (19 mm). Between 2001 and 2020, 7 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 | 22.1 °C | 22.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 16 mm | 19 mm | +3 mm |
| February | 22.2 °C | 22.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 19 mm | 19 mm | 0 mm |
| March | 20.2 °C | 20.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 22 mm | 23 mm | +1 mm |
| April | 17.3 °C | 17.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 39 mm | 35 mm | −4 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | 14.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 59 mm | 53 mm | −6 mm |
| June | 11.5 °C | 11.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 57 mm | 71 mm | +14 mm |
| July | 10.6 °C | 11.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 73 mm | 63 mm | −10 mm |
| August | 11.3 °C | 11.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 61 mm | 58 mm | −3 mm |
| September | 13.2 °C | 13.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | 53 mm | +3 mm |
| October | 15.6 °C | 16.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 40 mm | 39 mm | −1 mm |
| November | 18.3 °C | 18.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 27 mm | 26 mm | −1 mm |
| December | 20.2 °C | 20.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 27 mm | 29 mm | +2 mm |
The largest temperature change is in September (+0.7 °C) and the smallest in March (+0.1 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.5 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in June (+14 mm) and the smallest in July (−10 mm).
Records at Maitland
- Warmest year: 17.9 °C, in 2009
- Coldest year: 14.9 °C, in 1970
- Driest year: 287 mm, in 1959
- Wettest year: 830 mm, in 1889
- Warmest month: 25.8 °C, in February 2000
- Coldest month: 9.1 °C, in July 1968
- Wettest month: 261 mm, in April 1889
- Hottest day: 46.3 °C, on 24 January 2019
- Coldest day: 0.0 °C, on 29 June 1958
- Heaviest rain in one day: 183.1 mm, on 18 February 1946
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 46.3 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.24 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.4 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.05 °C per decade: the station ranks 68 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 Maitland 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 Maitland?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Maitland is 16.8 °C. It was 16.4 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.5 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Maitland?
Since records began in 1884, the warmest year at Maitland is 2009, at 17.9 °C on average. The coldest is 1970 (14.9 °C).
Is the climate at Maitland getting warmer?
Yes: at Maitland, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.24 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.4 °C in total. 6 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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