Monto Township is a weather station located 239 m above sea level, 1 km from Monto. Its records go back to 1930: 36 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 the whole series (36 years) the annual mean temperature there is 20.1 °C; the 1961–1990 and 1991–2020 reference periods are not documented well enough for a comparison. The warmest year of the series is 1980 (21.1 °C) and the coldest 1972 (18.9 °C). The last complete year, 2013, ranks 4 out of 36, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade. The station ranks 181 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1930
The first ten years of the series (1962–1972) average 19.7 °C; the last ten (1989–2013) average 20.3 °C, a difference of +0.6 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 3 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1980 (21.1 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 20.4 °C (1988) and bottoms out at 19.7 °C (1972).
Annual rainfall since 1930
On average 730 mm of rain falls per year over the 77 documented years. The wettest year, 2010, received 1400 mm; the driest, 1932, only 306 mm, which is 4.6 times less. Over 1961–1990, January is on average the wettest month (110 mm) and August the driest (27 mm). Between 1987 and 2020, 6 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Records at Monto Township
- Warmest year: 21.1 °C, in 1980
- Coldest year: 18.9 °C, in 1972
- Driest year: 306 mm, in 1932
- Wettest year: 1400 mm, in 2010
- Warmest month: 27.6 °C, in February 2006
- Coldest month: 10.3 °C, in July 1965
- Wettest month: 499 mm, in December 2010
- Hottest day: 43.2 °C, on 11 February 1969
- Coldest day: −4.5 °C, on 7 July 1982
- Heaviest rain in one day: 152.1 mm, on 10 February 1942
2.2 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 47.7 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, 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 181 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 Monto Township 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 Monto Township?
Over the whole series (36 years), the annual mean temperature at Monto Township is 20.1 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Monto Township?
Since records began in 1930, the warmest year at Monto Township is 1980, at 21.1 °C on average. The coldest is 1972 (18.9 °C).
Is the climate at Monto Township getting warmer?
Yes: at Monto Township, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +0.8 °C in total. 3 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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