Strathbogie is a weather station located 502 m above sea level, 18 km from Euroa. Its records go back to 1904: 49 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 12.5 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2007 (13.4 °C) and the coldest 1996 (11.4 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 4 out of 49, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.12 °C per decade. The station ranks 190 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1904
The first ten years of the series (1975–1985) average 12.3 °C; the last ten (2015–2025) average 12.6 °C, a difference of +0.3 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 9 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2007 (13.4 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 12.9 °C (2015) and bottoms out at 12.2 °C (2001).
Annual rainfall since 1904
On average 943 mm of rain falls per year over the 98 documented years. The wettest year, 1956, received 1597 mm; the driest, 2006, only 411 mm, which is 3.9 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (887 mm per year) is 113 mm (11.3 %) below the 1961–1990 one (1000 mm). Over 1991–2020, July is on average the wettest month (106 mm) and March the driest (47 mm). Between 2006 and 2025, 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 | – | 20.0 °C | – | 53 mm | 55 mm | +2 mm |
| February | – | 19.5 °C | – | 37 mm | 51 mm | +14 mm |
| March | – | 16.5 °C | – | 58 mm | 47 mm | −11 mm |
| April | – | 12.4 °C | – | 73 mm | 57 mm | −16 mm |
| May | – | 9.0 °C | – | 107 mm | 75 mm | −32 mm |
| June | – | 6.9 °C | – | 99 mm | 100 mm | +1 mm |
| July | – | 6.2 °C | – | 129 mm | 106 mm | −23 mm |
| August | – | 6.9 °C | – | 134 mm | 104 mm | −30 mm |
| September | – | 9.1 °C | – | 100 mm | 88 mm | −12 mm |
| October | – | 11.8 °C | – | 90 mm | 70 mm | −20 mm |
| November | – | 14.7 °C | – | 61 mm | 69 mm | +8 mm |
| December | – | 17.2 °C | – | 59 mm | 65 mm | +6 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in February (+14 mm) and the smallest in May (−32 mm).
Records at Strathbogie
- Warmest year: 13.4 °C, in 2007
- Coldest year: 11.4 °C, in 1996
- Driest year: 411 mm, in 2006
- Wettest year: 1597 mm, in 1956
- Warmest month: 23.4 °C, in January 2019
- Coldest month: 3.6 °C, in July 1982
- Wettest month: 321 mm, in June 1917
- Hottest day: 42.0 °C, on 7 February 2009
- Coldest day: −8.0 °C, on 21 July 1982
- Heaviest rain in one day: 164.6 mm, on 2 December 2017
2.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 50.0 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.12 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +0.8 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.07 °C per decade: the station ranks 190 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 20 months out of 24 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.9 °C. The highest departure was in March 2025 (+3.3 °C); the lowest, in June 2025 (−1.3 °C). The last twelve months add up to 993 mm of rain, which is 112 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (887 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 12.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 68 mm | 70 mm |
| November 2024 | 16.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 114 mm | 69 mm |
| December 2024 | 18.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 65 mm | 65 mm |
| January 2025 | 20.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 13 mm | 55 mm |
| February 2025 | 20.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 11 mm | 51 mm |
| March 2025 | 19.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 42 mm | 47 mm |
| April 2025 | 15.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 10 mm | 57 mm |
| May 2025 | 10.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 13 mm | 75 mm |
| June 2025 | 5.6 °C | −1.3 °C | 103 mm | 100 mm |
| July 2025 | 6.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 168 mm | 106 mm |
| August 2025 | 7.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 89 mm | 104 mm |
| September 2025 | 9.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 47 mm | 88 mm |
| October 2025 | 11.6 °C | −0.2 °C | 68 mm | 70 mm |
| November 2025 | 13.5 °C | −1.2 °C | 80 mm | 69 mm |
| December 2025 | 16.9 °C | −0.3 °C | 55 mm | 65 mm |
| January 2026 | 22.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | 55 mm |
| February 2026 | 20.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 118 mm | 51 mm |
| March 2026 | 17.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 67 mm | 47 mm |
| April 2026 | 12.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 29 mm | 57 mm |
| May 2026 | 11.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 77 mm | 75 mm |
| June 2026 | 8.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 194 mm | 100 mm |
| July 2026 | 6.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 145 mm | 106 mm |
| August 2026 | 8.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 129 mm | 104 mm |
| September 2026 | 10.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 29 mm | 88 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 Strathbogie 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 Strathbogie?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Strathbogie is 12.5 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Strathbogie?
Since records began in 1904, the warmest year at Strathbogie is 2007, at 13.4 °C on average. The coldest is 1996 (11.4 °C).
Is the climate at Strathbogie getting warmer?
Yes: at Strathbogie, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.12 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +0.8 °C in total. 9 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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