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Moree: weather history since 1957

Moree is a weather station located 213 m above sea level, 3 km from Moree. Its records go back to 1957: 69 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 19.9 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (19.2 °C): a difference of 0.7 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2019 (21.5 °C) and the coldest 1984 (18.2 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 8 out of 69, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.23 °C per decade. The station ranks 71 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.

Annual mean temperature since 1957

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Mean temperature of the year   10-year running mean   1961–1990 normal (19.2 °C)   1991–2020 normal (19.9 °C)

The first ten years of the series (1957–1966) average 19.3 °C; the last ten (2016–2025) average 20.4 °C, a difference of +1.2 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 9 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2019 (21.5 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 20.4 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 19.0 °C (1978).

Annual rainfall since 1957

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Rainfall of the year   Series average (595 mm)

On average 595 mm of rain falls per year over the 27 documented years. The wettest year, 2022, received 926 mm; the driest, 2019, only 125 mm, which is 7.4 times less. Over 1991–2020, January is on average the wettest month (78 mm) and April the driest (20 mm). Between 2003 and 2025, 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.

Monthly temperature and rainfall normals, 1961–1990 and 1991–2020
MonthTemp. 1961–1990Temp. 1991–2020DifferenceRain 1961–1990Rain 1991–2020Difference
January26.5 °C27.5 °C+1.0 °C–78 mm–
February26.1 °C26.4 °C+0.3 °C–74 mm–
March23.9 °C24.3 °C+0.4 °C–55 mm–
April19.6 °C20.1 °C+0.5 °C–20 mm–
May15.4 °C15.7 °C+0.3 °C–28 mm–
June11.8 °C12.6 °C+0.8 °C–36 mm–
July10.7 °C11.7 °C+1.0 °C–34 mm–
August12.3 °C13.1 °C+0.8 °C–25 mm–
September15.6 °C16.9 °C+1.3 °C–33 mm–
October19.8 °C20.9 °C+1.1 °C–48 mm–
November22.9 °C23.9 °C+1.0 °C–74 mm–
December25.6 °C25.9 °C+0.3 °C–67 mm–

The largest temperature change is in September (+1.3 °C) and the smallest in February (+0.3 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.7 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before.

Records at Moree

  • Warmest year: 21.5 °C, in 2019
  • Coldest year: 18.2 °C, in 1984
  • Driest year: 125 mm, in 2019
  • Wettest year: 926 mm, in 2022
  • Warmest month: 31.1 °C, in January 2019
  • Coldest month: 9.2 °C, in July 1965
  • Wettest month: 263 mm, in March 2021
  • Hottest day: 47.6 °C, on 3 January 2014
  • Coldest day: −6.4 °C, on 24 June 1946
  • Heaviest rain in one day: 150.0 mm, on 23 March 2021

3.3 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 54.0 °C.

Temperature trend over 1961–2025

The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.23 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.5 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.04 °C per decade: the station ranks 71 out of 227.

The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal

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October 2024September 2026
Warmer than the 1991–2020 normal   Cooler than the 1991–2020 normal

Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 10 months out of 15 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.7 °C. The highest departure was in October 2025 (+2.5 °C); the lowest, in June 2025 (−0.8 °C). The last twelve months add up to 415 mm of rain, which is 73 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (572 mm).

Temperature and rainfall of recent months, compared with the 1991–2020 normals
MonthTemperatureDeparture from normalRainNormal rain
October 202421.5 °C+0.6 °C–48 mm
November 202426.0 °C+2.1 °C77 mm74 mm
December 202427.9 °C+2.0 °C40 mm67 mm
January 202528.1 °C+0.6 °C28 mm78 mm
February 202527.3 °C+0.9 °C59 mm74 mm
March 202525.7 °C+1.4 °C74 mm55 mm
April 202520.1 °C0.0 °C105 mm20 mm
May 202516.8 °C+1.1 °C64 mm28 mm
June 202511.8 °C−0.8 °C4 mm36 mm
July 202511.6 °C−0.1 °C92 mm34 mm
August 202512.4 °C−0.7 °C37 mm25 mm
September 202516.6 °C−0.3 °C26 mm33 mm
October 202523.4 °C+2.5 °C47 mm48 mm
November 202525.1 °C+1.2 °C92 mm74 mm
December 202526.6 °C+0.7 °C28 mm67 mm
January 2026––24 mm78 mm
February 2026––39 mm74 mm
March 2026––1 mm55 mm
April 2026––0 mm20 mm
May 2026––99 mm28 mm
June 2026––30 mm36 mm
July 2026––9 mm34 mm
August 2026––46 mm25 mm
September 2026––0 mm33 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 Moree 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 Moree?

Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Moree is 19.9 °C. It was 19.2 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.7 °C.

What is the warmest year ever measured at Moree?

Since records began in 1957, the warmest year at Moree is 2019, at 21.5 °C on average. The coldest is 1984 (18.2 °C).

Is the climate at Moree getting warmer?

Yes: at Moree, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.23 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.5 °C in total. 9 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.

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