The Weather at
Armidale NSW
A compilation of present and past weather at Armidale NSW Australia
Armidale is located
on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, elevation 987 metres
All information from Bureau of Meteorology weather stations in Armidale
IMAGE: Snow was thick on the ground in
North Armidale at 4.30pm
on 2nd August 2025. © Image by
weatherarmidale.com
Armidale Airport: Current temperature and wind
information from the airport HERE.
Note: The airport is 93 metres higher and five kilometres
from the city weather station resulting in slightly different weather
conditions occurring there. Winds are usually around 10 to 15 kms per hour
stronger at the airport. Day temps are about one degree lower, and night and
early morning temps can be around two to four degrees higher at the airport.
Armidale City Weather Station -
click button below for current conditions:
Note -
this link is intermittently off-line
Note: If temperature is
shown in degrees F, go to settings icon at top right of screen and select
degrees C.
Latest maximum/minimum temps and 24 hour rainfall, updated daily
9.30-10am (refresh page to update)
Yesterday’s max 27 Aug: 19.6C This morning’s min 28
Aug: 5.6C
Rainfall 24 hours to 9am today 28
Aug: 0.0
mm
Last
Rain: 21 Aug Next
Rain: 30 Aug (based on latest forecasts,
may change)
Armidale Forecast
Guyra Weather
Guyra
weather website
ARMIDALE JULY 2025 WEATHER
REVIEW
ARMIDALE LONG TERM AVERAGES & EXTREMES Updated to 31st Dec 2024
RAINFALL CHART for your
farm/home rainfall recordings. PDF format - printable.
SNOW IN QUEENSLAND - Yes it does snow in the
Sunshine State! Details of where,
when and why, by Nicholas Oughton.
This
Month - August 2025
Total Rainfall up to 9am on 28 Aug:
93.0 mm (average 48 mm)
This Year - 2025 up to 28 Aug:
Total Rainfall: 672.6 mm (Jan-Aug av: 493 mm, annual av: 783 mm)
Highest Daily
Rainfall: 41.8 mm
on 27th Apr
Highest Temperature: 33.4C on 28 Jan
Lowest Temperature: -7.1C on 17 Jul
Hot Days - Temp 30.0C or higher: 12 (average: 17 days)
Cold Days - Maximum below 10.0C: 12 (average: 15 days)
Cold Mornings with Frosts: 47 (average: 97)
Weather News 2025
(using information from Armidale City weather
station)
NORTHERN TABLELANDS HEAVY
SNOWFALLS - 2nd August - Snow fell over a wide area of the Northern
Tablelands during the day. In Armidale a winter wonderland scene presented
itself to residents as large snowflakes fell from around 9.30am. By 11am snow
had started to settle on the ground and there was a thick cover by 3pm. After
eight continuous hours the snow stopped falling at around 5.30pm.
The snow also extended south to Walcha and the Moonbi Range, east along the Snowy Range to Ebor, north to Guyra, Glen Innes, and across the border to the Granite
Belt with light falls around the Stanthorpe area, and also west to Bundarra and the Narrabri area. The New
England Highway was closed north and south of
Armidale, and also the Waterfall Way east to Ebor due
to snow and fallen trees on the roads. Many areas also experienced loss of
electricity for extended periods due to fallen trees across power lines.
The following morning, 3rd August, snow remained on the ground throughout the
city before gradually melting throughout the day. Depth at the weather station
at 9am: 6 cm.
The snowfalls were the result of upper level cold air
over northern New South Wales combined with moisture from the east along a
surface low pressure trough associated with an intense low
pressure system off the New South Wales North Coast. This was Armidale’s
heaviest snowfall since the big snow event on 3rd-4th July 1984.
From 9.30am for the remainder of the day the temperature stayed between zero
and 1.5C (see graph). The maximum (9am to midnight) of 2.5C occurred at 9.00am, and was the lowest maximum temperature on record for
any month (from 86 years of available records). The previous lowest was 2.6C on
3rd July 1984 recorded at the East Armidale site, and 2.6C on 22nd June 1949
recorded at the Armidale Post Office.
JULY RAINFALL: 79.2 mm on 13 days,
wettest July since 2012. Most of the rain fell during the second half of the
month, the highest daily fall was 24.8 mm on the 18th. Details in the July
2025 Weather Review. July 2025 daily data table.
COLDEST MORNING FOR 2 YEARS - 17th July - The minimum of -7.1C
recorded at 6.30am was Armidale city’s lowest temperature since 20th July 2023
when -9.2C was recorded. The cold conditions were caused by clear skies with no
wind throughout the night and early morning. The minimum at Armidale Airport
was a milder -2.0C as the result of a temperature inversion, a common event on
winter nights where cold air drainage causes temperatures in valleys to be
colder than nearby higher areas.
JUNE RAINFALL: 20.6
mm on 8 days, 34 mm less than the average. Daily
falls were mostly light with the highest daily fall being 7.4 mm on the 25th.
Details in the June 2025 Weather Review. June 2025 daily data
table.
COLD OUTBREAK AND SNOW - 9th June - Very cold, windy and showery conditions
affected the Northern Tablelands with light snowfalls in the higher areas
including Black Mountain, Guyra and Ben Lomond. In
Armidale there was no snow apart from a few snowflakes mixed with rain showers
during the morning. The extreme weather conditions were the result of very cold
south-westerly winds following a front and low pressure
trough combined with upper level cold air. The maximum
temperature in Armidale on the 9th was 7.4C, although it felt much colder due
to the strong westerly winds.
UNUSUALLY CLOUDY MAY WEATHER CREATES NEW RECORDS - A high number of low pressure troughs affected New South Wales during the
month generating a greater than normal number of cloudy days and nights. These
conditions resulted in the following new records for the month of May.
Average minimum temperature for the month of 7.4C was the highest on
record at the East Armidale site (long term average 3.0C from 44 years of
records). The previous highest was 7.0C in 1989.
Frosts - only two frosts occurred, lowest on record (long term average
14 frosts from 44 years of records). The previous May lowest was 4 frosts in
1992. The first frost on the 24th also created a new record for the latest
start to the frost season. The previous record was 22nd May 1989.
Sunny days - there were only 4 sunny days, lowest on record (long term
average 15 days from 40 years of records). The previous lowest for May was 6
days in 1991 and 1995.
MAY RAINFALL: 73.8 mm on 21 days, 31
mm higher than the average. Most daily falls were light with
the exception of 34.4 mm on the 22nd.
Details in the May 2025 Weather Review. May 2025 daily data
table.
FIRST FROST OF THE YEAR - 24th May - The first
frost for 2025 with a minimum temperature of 1.3C was recorded in the early morning, ending a 241
day frost-free period since the last frost on 24th September 2024. This
was the latest start to the Armidale frost season on record at the present
weather station site from 44 years of records. The previous record was 22nd May
1989.
RAIN EVENT - 19th-22nd May
- An
intense low pressure trough developed off the New
South Wales Hunter coast on the 19th generating flooding rains to the Newcastle
region. The trough moved north to the Mid-North Coast on the 20th producing
further heavy rain on the 20th, 21st and 22nd resulting in devastating floods,
particularly around the Taree area with over 300 mm
recorded in some areas.
Armidale was on the northern edge of this system recording 46.6 mm of rain over
the 19th to 22nd.
APRIL RAINFALL: 104.4
mm on 11 days, 59 mm higher than the average. Most
of the rain fell in two events - from the 1st to the 3rd (33 mm), and from the
21st to the 27th (69 mm), with the highest daily fall being 41.8 mm on the
27th. April
2025 Weather Review. April 2025 daily data table.
EVENING DOWNPOUR - 26th April - A low pressure trough over northern inland
New South Wales combined with humid easterly winds off the Tasman Sea produced
areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms over the north of the state. Armidale
city recorded its highest daily fall of rain so far this year with 41.8 mm
recorded for the 24 hours to 9am on the 27th. Most of
this rain (approx 36 mm) fell between 5pm and 10pm on
the 26th. Armidale airport recorded a slightly lower total for the 24 hours of
34.6 mm, and Guyra recorded 25 mm.
WET START TO APRIL - 1st-3rd April - A low pressure trough over inland
Queensland moved south to the New South Wales border region on 1st April
bringing moderate falls of rain to the north-east third of New South Wales on
the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Armidale recorded a total of 35.0 mm over this period,
and Guyra recorded 39 mm.
MARCH RAINFALL: 104.4 mm on 17 days,
37 mm higher than the average. The highest daily fall was 24.8 mm on the
29th. Details in the March 2025 Weather Review. March 2025 daily
data table.
RAIN EVENT - 28th-30th March - A low pressure system which formed over
southern Queensland on Friday the 28th moved into New South Wales on the 29th
moving rapidly through the inland of the state and out into the Tasman Sea off
the south coast on the 30th. This system brought flooding rains
to areas of both inland Queensland and New South Wales. In Armidale the total
rain for the two days ending 9am on the 30th was 34.4 mm.
TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED - 8th-10th March - The cyclone crossed the
Queensland coast just north of Brisbane on 9th March with heavy rainfall and
strong winds. Severe flooding occurred in many areas including the New South Wales north coast. Some of the rain from the
cyclone made its way onto the Northern Tablelands with Dorrigo recording over
800 mm on the 8th, 9th and 10th March. Armidale recorded 28 mm during this same
period, and Guyra recorded 40 mm.
SUMMER OF 2024/2025 - Rainfall was close to average while temperatures were
warmer than normal. Details in the Summer 2024/2025
Weather Review.
FEBRUARY RAINFALL: 50.2 mm on 6
days, 38 mm less than the average, most of it falling from thunderstorms. The
highest daily fall was 24.6 mm on the 12th.
Details in the February 2025 Weather Review. February 2025 daily
data table.
JANUARY RAINFALL: 147.0 mm on
16 days, 46 mm higher than the average. Most of the rain fell during
thunderstorms. The highest daily fall was 31.2 mm on the 29th. Details in the January
2025 Weather Review. January 2025 daily data table.
SEVERE HAILSTORM - 23rd January - A severe thunderstorm with large hail
passed over Armidale from the south-west between 5.00 and 5.45pm. Large
hailstones fell from 5.10 to 5.20pm. Most of the hailstones were around 30 mm
diameter or less, but there were a number of
hailstones measuring up to 40mm diameter or golf ball size. By the end of the
storm 10 per cent to 90 per cent of the ground was covered by hail depending on
which part of the city you live. Many of the smaller hailstones were spherical
or egg shaped, but the larger ones over 30mm in diameter were irregular shaped,
often a jagged conglomeration of several hailstones fused together while
forming in the storm cloud. Cars, roofs, skylights, outdoor furniture and
gardens all suffered damage in varying degrees. After the storm cleared
Armidale it continued in a north-north-easterly direction depositing hail on
rural properties and also Black Mountain village,
before dissipating east of Guyra. The severe storm was caused by a lingering
intense low pressure trough over north-east New South
Wales. Heavy rain accompanied the storm with the Armidale city weather station
recording 19.4 mm of rain and melted hail between 4.50 and 5.25pm. Armidale
airport recorded 10.2 mm for the same period.
This was the sixth severe hailstorm to hit Armidale in the last 30 years.
Details of the previous five events here.
COOLEST JANUARY DAY FOR 9 YEARS - 17th January - The maximum temperature of
16.5C was 10C below the long term average, and was the
lowest January maximum since 3rd January 2016 when it was 16.2C. The unusually
chilly summer day was the result of cool south-easterly winds following a low
pressure trough which moved through north-eastern New South Wales on the 16th.
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Weather
News 2024
(using information from Armidale City weather
station)
2024
- ARMIDALE’S WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD - While 2024
was Australia’s second warmest year on record, it was Armidale’s warmest on
record (from 134 years of data commencing in 1891) with the mean temperature
for the year exceeding the long term average by 2.07C.
Temperatures were well above average in all months except July. The unusually
warm conditions were caused by a higher than normal
number of slow moving low pressure troughs over New
South Wales bringing warm air into the state from central Australia. The
excessive number of cloudy nights caused by these troughs also contributed to
significantly milder than normal overnight minimum temperatures which in turn
reduced the number of frosts to 65, lowest on record over the last 44 years.
Details in the 2024 YEARLY WEATHER REVIEW. Includes statistics table. (PDF format
- printable)
2024 TOTAL RAINFALL: 865.4 mm, 83 mm
higher than the average. April was the wettest month with 116.2 mm, and August
was the driest with 36.4 mm. See graph at right.
DECEMBER RAINFALL: 74.2 mm on 8
days, 15 mm less than the average. The highest daily fall was 22.4 mm on the
4th.
Details on the December
2024 Weather Review. December 2024 daily
data table.
WARMEST DECEMBER NIGHT FOR 4 YEARS - 8th December - The overnight minimum
temperature of 19.8C recorded at 6.20am was just 0.2C lower than the record
high for the month of December which occurred on 11th December 1988 and again
on 2nd December 2020. The unusually mild overnight conditions were caused by a low pressure trough drawing very warm air into New South
Wales from central Australia.
NOVEMBER RAINFALL: 81.2 mm on 10 days, just one mm below the
average, with the majority (77.8 mm) falling in the first half of the month.
The highest daily fall was 20.4 mm on the 4th.
Details in the November 2024 Weather Review. November 2024 daily data table.
OCTOBER RAINFALL: 62.2 mm on 11
days, 6 mm lower than the average. The highest daily fall was 13.6 mm on the
16th.
Details in the October
2024 Weather Review. October 2024 daily
data table.
SEPTEMBER RAINFALL: 60.4 mm on 6
days, 10 mm higher than the average, with 40 mm falling in one day - the 12th,
and the remainder over the last five days of the month. Details in the September 2024 Weather
Review. September 2024 daily data table.
WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD - The winter of 2024 was Armidale’s warmest winter
on record from 134 years of data. It was also unusually cloudy with fewer
frosts than normal. Rainfall was slightly below average for the three winter
months. Details in the Armidale. Details in the Winter 2024 Weather Review.
WARM LATE WINTER WEATHER - 21st-31st August
- Unseasonably warm weather affected large areas of New South Wales including
the Northern Tablelands. In Armidale temperatures exceeded 20.0C on nine of the
eleven final days of the month with the warmest of 24.3C on the 30th being
Armidale’s highest August temperature since 24th August 2009 when it reached
27.4C. Also the minimum on the 31st of 16.4C was the
highest on record for the month of August. The previous highest was 14.8C on
25th August 2009.
The unusually warm end to winter was caused by a number of low
pressure troughs and fast moving fronts
bringing in warm air to northern New South Wales from central Australia.
AUGUST RAINFALL: 36.4 mm on 6 days, 11 mm less than the average. The rain fell in
the first 15 days with the second half of the month remaining dry. The highest
daily fall was 11.8 mm on the 6th. Details in the August 2024 Weather Review. August 2024 daily data table.
STRONG WINDS - 28th August - A cold front moved rapidly through New South
Wales bringing strong to galeforce winds to southern
and central areas of the state. In Armidale winds gusted to 80 kms per hour at
the Airport at around midday, and up to 50 kms per hour in the Armidale valley.
JULY RAINFALL: 59.8 mm on 18 days,
13 mm higher than the average. The heaviest daily fall was 17.8 mm on the 27th.
Details in the July
2024 Weather Review. July 2024 daily data
table.
COLD OUTBREAK - 15th-17th July - A
deep low pressure system near Tasmania directed cold
air from the Southern Ocean into New South Wales from the 15th to the 17th. Upper level cold air combined with this system to produce very low temperatures and snowfalls over the
Central Tablelands, Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands, with some light
snow also falling in southern Queensland.
Snow fell in Guyra and other highland areas of the
Northern Tablelands intermittently over the three days. No snow fell in Armidale.
Minimum/Maximum temperatures in Armidale:
15th: 1.7C/8.5C, 16th: 1.5C/7.6C, 17th: 2.6C/6.2C.
Strong winds on the 16th caused wind chill temperatures to drop as low as -4C
during the morning.
The maximum of 6.2C on the 17th was the lowest (or coldest day) in Armidale
since 10th June 2021 (5.6C).
JUNE RAINFALL: 38.0 mm on 9 days, 16 mm less than the average. Most of the rain
(35.0 mm) fell in the first two weeks with the remainder of the month almost
dry. Details in the June 2024 Weather Review. June 2024 daily data table.
MAY RAINFALL: 78.8 mm on 12 days, 37
mm higher than the average. It was the wettest May since 2009 (87.6 mm) with
most of the rain falling in the first half of the month. The highest daily fall
was 29.0 mm on the 11th.
Details in the May
2024 Weather Review. May 2024 daily data
table.
FIRST FROST OF THE YEAR - 18th May - The first frost for 2024 with a
minimum temperature of 0.7C was
recorded at 5.50am, ending a 213 day frost-free period since the last frost on
17th October 2023.
WETTEST APRIL FOR 34 YEARS - The April total of 116.2 mm on 10 days was 72 mm higher than the average, and highest
for the month of April since 1990 (167 mm). The highest daily fall was 36.4 mm
on the 5th. Details in the April 2024 Weather
Review. April 2024 daily data table.
MARCH RAINFALL: 72.0 mm on 14 days,
12 mm higher than the average. The highest daily fall was 37.2 mm on the 1st.
Details in the March
2024 Weather Review. March 2024 daily data
table.
SUMMER OF 2023/2024 - It was a wet and cloudy summer with temperatures well
above normal. Details in the Summer 2023/2024 Weather Review.
FEBRUARY RAINFALL: 102.4 mm on 10
days, 14 mm higher than the average. The highest daily fall was 56.2 mm on the
18th.
February 2024
Weather Review. February
2024 daily data table.
JANUARY RAINFALL: 83.8 mm on 10
days, 17 mm lower than the average. Daily falls were light except for 17.2 mm
on the 18th and 40.4 mm on the 29th.
January 2024
Weather Review. January 2024 daily
data table.
HOTTEST WEATHER FOR 3 YEARS - 22nd to 27th January - The
maximum temperatures of 34.5C on 22nd January and 34.8C on 25th
January were the highest for any month since 2nd December 2020 when 36.4C was
recorded. The hot conditions were caused by low pressure troughs developing
over inland New South Wales drawing in very warm air from central Australia.
The overnight minimum on 27th January of 20.0C was the highest minimum
temperature recorded for any month since 2nd December 2020, when 20.0C was also
recorded.
FOR WEATHER NEWS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS go to
the Weather News Archive.
TELEVISION REPORTING OF ARMIDALE’S WEATHER - Since 1st August 2015 when
the Armidale city weather station ceased taking 3pm daily readings, all three
television networks (ABC, NBN, Prime) in their evening weather reports report
the day’s maximum and minimum temperatures from Armidale airport.
Unfortunately the airport temperatures are not as
representative of conditions in the city due to its
higher elevation. Overnight minimums in particular are
often around 2 to 5 degrees colder at the city weather station which is located in the Armidale valley where temperature inversions
are common on calm clear nights. More details on the reasons for temperatures
differences between the two stations and a list of Armidale’s lowest
temperatures here.
Temperatures recorded at the city weather
station can be accessed from the Bureau of Meteorology after about 9.40am
here:
9am daily
summary - scroll down to Northern Tablelands.
Also here after mid-afternoon: Armidale daily
observation tables.
The previous day’s maximum and the current day’s overnight minimum in the city
are also shown at the top of this page after about 9.30am.
EVAPORATION - How
much water is lost through evaporation every day/month/year from water storages
on farms? During times of low rainfall, water loss through evaporation can be
critical for the survival of pastures, crops and livestock. Evaporation
readings have been taken at the East Armidale weather station since 1983, and
this data has been used to build up a profile for the Armidale area of this
important aspect of the weather. Details here:
Evaporation in
Armidale.
IS ARMIDALE’S CLIMATE BECOMING WARMER? Go to the
bottom of this page for the 134 year Armidale temperature graph.
SNOW IMAGES - Gallery of snow
photographs taken in various locations on the Northern Tablelands over the last
30 years:
Snow images
1984 to 2015.
EBOR FALLS ICE AND SNOW (Historic
Event) - In July 2007, after several mornings of sub-zero temperatures,
Ebor Falls, 80 kms east of Armidale, partly froze and a mini snowfield was
created by spray at the base of the falls. Photographs of this amazing event here.
Forecast Rainfall
Where will it fall,
when will it fall, and how much is likely to fall?
Click HERE to
access the Bureau of Meteorology's four day rainfall predictions.
This Month’s Daily Data
Click HERE
for daily data for this month compiled by the Bureau of Meteorology. Data is
from the city weather station at East Armidale except for wind and pressure
readings which sourced from the Armidale Airport weather station.
More detailed daily data can be found HERE.
September in Armidale - what can we expect?
Normal
conditions in September…
After the long cold winter September brings milder
weather with temperatures reaching into the low twenties on about one in four
days. It is a mostly sunny month, winds can often become gusty and strong from
the west, rainfalls are light, and the first spring thunderstorms are likely
towards the end of the month. The winter weather isn’t completely over, cold
fronts from the south-west will drop temperatures back to winter levels at times,
and morning frosts will persist throughout the month.
Average
max temp: 18.0
deg
Average min temp: 2.6 deg
Average rainfall: 50.3 mm on 8
days
Average fine sunny days: 19
Average days with thunderstorms: 2.1 Average
frosts: 14
Average hours of sunshine per day: 6.8
Hottest: 28.7 deg on 26 Sep 2013
Coldest: -7.0 deg on 23 Sep 1991 & 14 Sep 1992
National
Climate Centre outlook for September 2025:
The El Nino
Southern Oscillation is currently neutral and is expected to remain neutral
until at least January 2026. El Nino events usually cause lower than normal
rainfall over eastern Australia along with warmer than normal temperatures in
the southern two thirds of the continent, while La Nina events can cause higher
than normal rainfall.
A negative Indian
Ocean Dipole is expected to develop and remain in the negative phase during
the spring months of 2025, returning to neutral in early December. A negative
IOD can lead to above average rainfall over central and south-east Australia,
while a positive IOD usually leads to reduced rainfall.
Armidale in September 2025 -
Rainfall higher than the long term average.
Maximum temperatures close to the long term average.
Minimum temperatures higher than the long term average.
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Information and
statistics in these pages referring to Armidale are sourced from the Bureau of
Meteorology weather station in East Armidale, station number 56037. Some data
is also used from the Bureau’s automatic weather station at Armidale airport,
station number 56238.
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Armidale Yearly
Rainfall 1878-2024
Armidale Yearly Temperatures 1891-2024
The above graph
shows the average (mean of average max and average min) temperature for each
year from 1891 to 2024.
The dotted line is the ten year average which shows
periods of warming and cooling.
Until 1997 temperatures were recorded in Armidale’s CBD. Temperatures recorded
since 1997 at the East Armidale site have been weighted to be compatible with
the earlier recordings.