Narooma Rvcp is a weather station located 25 m above sea level, 1 km from Narooma. Its records go back to 1911: 25 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 16.3 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2016 (16.9 °C) and the coldest 1995 (15.2 °C). The last complete year, 2024, ranks 2 out of 25, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.24 °C per decade. The station ranks 63 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1911
The first ten years of the series (1974–2006) average 16.0 °C; the last ten (2012–2024) average 16.5 °C, a difference of +0.5 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 9 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2016 (16.9 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 16.5 °C (2023) and bottoms out at 16.2 °C (2012).
Annual rainfall since 1911
On average 894 mm of rain falls per year over the 83 documented years. The wettest year, 1934, received 1774 mm; the driest, 1968, only 361 mm, which is 4.9 times less. Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (105 mm) and September the driest (49 mm). Between 2005 and 2025, 12 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 | – | 20.3 °C | – | – | 84 mm | – |
| February | – | 20.4 °C | – | – | 105 mm | – |
| March | – | 19.3 °C | – | – | 103 mm | – |
| April | – | 17.3 °C | – | 66 mm | 77 mm | +11 mm |
| May | – | 14.8 °C | – | – | 67 mm | – |
| June | – | 12.8 °C | – | – | 82 mm | – |
| July | – | 11.8 °C | – | 32 mm | 56 mm | +24 mm |
| August | – | 12.5 °C | – | – | 56 mm | – |
| September | – | 14.2 °C | – | – | 49 mm | – |
| October | – | 15.7 °C | – | – | 75 mm | – |
| November | – | 17.3 °C | – | – | 83 mm | – |
| December | – | 18.8 °C | – | – | 80 mm | – |
Records at Narooma Rvcp
- Warmest year: 16.9 °C, in 2016
- Coldest year: 15.2 °C, in 1995
- Driest year: 361 mm, in 1968
- Wettest year: 1774 mm, in 1934
- Warmest month: 22.1 °C, in January 2019
- Coldest month: 9.8 °C, in July 1995
- Wettest month: 617 mm, in January 1911
- Hottest day: 36.6 °C, on 21 January 2024
- Coldest day: −1.0 °C, on 29 July 2024
- Heaviest rain in one day: 242.4 mm, on 29 January 1999
1.7 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 37.6 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.24 °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 0.05 °C per decade: the station ranks 63 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 23 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 18 months out of 22 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.5 °C. The highest departure was in June 2026 (+1.5 °C); the lowest, in February 2026 (−0.3 °C). The last twelve months add up to 580 mm of rain, which is 63 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (917 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 15.6 °C | −0.1 °C | 22 mm | 75 mm |
| November 2024 | 18.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | 83 mm |
| December 2024 | 19.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 44 mm | 80 mm |
| January 2025 | 20.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 247 mm | 84 mm |
| February 2025 | 20.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 44 mm | 105 mm |
| March 2025 | 20.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 106 mm | 103 mm |
| April 2025 | 17.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 138 mm | 77 mm |
| May 2025 | 15.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 78 mm | 67 mm |
| June 2025 | – | – | 8 mm | 82 mm |
| July 2025 | 12.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 195 mm | 56 mm |
| September 2025 | 14.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 24 mm | 49 mm |
| October 2025 | 16.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 8 mm | 75 mm |
| November 2025 | 17.1 °C | −0.2 °C | 51 mm | 83 mm |
| December 2025 | 18.6 °C | −0.2 °C | 28 mm | 80 mm |
| January 2026 | 20.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 124 mm | 84 mm |
| February 2026 | 20.1 °C | −0.3 °C | 39 mm | 105 mm |
| March 2026 | 19.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 157 mm | 103 mm |
| April 2026 | 17.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 10 mm | 77 mm |
| May 2026 | 15.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 88 mm | 67 mm |
| June 2026 | 14.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 16 mm | 82 mm |
| July 2026 | 12.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 8 mm | 56 mm |
| August 2026 | 12.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 24 mm | 56 mm |
| September 2026 | 15.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 27 mm | 49 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 Narooma Rvcp 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 Narooma Rvcp?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Narooma Rvcp is 16.3 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Narooma Rvcp?
Since records began in 1911, the warmest year at Narooma Rvcp is 2016, at 16.9 °C on average. The coldest is 1995 (15.2 °C).
Is the climate at Narooma Rvcp getting warmer?
Yes: at Narooma Rvcp, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.24 °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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