MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW - ARMIDALE NSW

DECEMBER  2015



December 2015 was a warm humid month with good falls of rain.
The rain total of 103.6 millimetres was 15 mm higher than the average with a number of moderate falls throughout the month. The highest daily fall was 36.2 mm on the 23rd.
Due to numerous cloudy days, temperatures were only slightly higher than the long term average with no notable extremes.
Thunderstorm activity was close to normal with some of the storms producing moderate falls of rain, but no hail.
Winds were mostly light to moderate easterlies which is normal during summer.

Noteworthy events:
16th
- An intense low pressure trough moved through eastern New South Wales generating showers and thunderstorms. In Armidale storms arrived in the late afternoon with rain continuing into the night. Total for the 24 hours to 9am on the 17th was 29.2 mm.

22nd - A low pressure trough over north-eastern New South Wales brought heavy falls to Armidale in the afternoon from thunderstorms, with rain continuing into the evening. Total for the 24 hours to 9am on the 23rd was 36.2 mm which was the highest daily fall for over two years.

 

DECEMBER 2015 STATISTICS  (long term averages in brackets)

Rainfall:  103.6 mm  (89.0 mm)

Rain days:  12  (10)
2015 rainfall total:  621.6 mm  (785.1 mm)

Average maximum temp:  25.7 deg  (25.0 deg)  

Average minimum temp:  11.3 deg  (11.1 deg)  

Highest maximum temp:  30.4 deg on the 8th, 21st 

Lowest maximum temp:  18.9 deg on the 3rd 

Highest minimum temp:  17.7 deg on the 9th 

Lowest minimum temp:  6.5 deg on the 30th 

Fine sunny days:  12  (15)

Ideal weather days:  2  (0.4)

Days with thunderstorms:  8  (8)

Days with frosts:  0  (0.3)   

Days with fogs:  1  (1)

Wind direction at 3pm & number of days:  E: 11,  W: 9,  NW: 5,  NE: 2,  SE: 2,  N: 1,  S: 1 

Average daily pan evaporation:  5.1 mm  (5.1 mm)

Thunderstorm details:

1st:    4.30-5.15pm - moderate storm from west - 1.4 mm rain
2nd:    4.50-5.20pm - slight storm from west
10th:   8.30-9.30am - slight storm from west
          12.00-1.45pm - slight storm from west
          2.20-3.00pm - thunder heard, no rain
11th:   2.20-2.30pm - thunder heard in east, no rain
15th:   1.15-2.45pm - slight storm from west
16th:   4.15-6.30pm - slight storm from south-west
22nd:  2.00-5.00pm - slight storm from south-west with moderate rain and flash flooding
25th:   2.10-3.00pm - thunder heard in north, no rain
          3.45-5.15pm - slight storms from west



Data table below



 











 

Daily Weather Data at Armidale NSW
December 2015

East Armidale weather site - Bureau of Meteorology station number 56037

Day

MAX

MIN

LOCAL

GRASS

RAIN

  CLOUD

       WIND

WIND

EVAP

PHEN-

 

& Date

TEMP

TEMP

TIME

MIN

24 hrs

  COVER

     AT 3PM

RUN

24 hrs

OMENA

GENERAL WEATHER DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

TEMP

to 9am

  eighths

 

 

24 hrs

to 9am

 

 

 

 

 

     Max     Min

 

 

 

 

Dirn

Sp

to 9am

 

 

 

 

deg.C.

deg.C.

   Temp  Temp

deg.C.

mm

9am

3pm

 

km/hr

km

mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tue  1

29.5

8.8

1435  0605

2.6

0

5

8

NNW

28

111.7

7.2

T

Cloudy - afternoon thunderstorm

Wed  2

23.6

15.3

1600 2340p

12.0

1.4

8

8

WNW

24

145.3

5.2

T

Overcast - afternoon t/storm, eve rain

Thu  3

18.9

10.7

1440  0800

12.4

20.4

8

4

ESE

26

183.5

2.4

Early morn rain & drizzle, then partly cloudy

Fri  4

21.1

7.6

1600  0400

2.3

0

2

1

ESE

20

205.6

4.8

Sunny

Sat  5

25.4

7.5

1730  0405

1.4

0

1

1

S

19

126.2

5.0

Sunny

Sun  6

27.3

9.3

1600  0220

3.1

0

1

6

ESE

24

69.5

5.4

G

Early morning fog, then sunny

Mon  7

29.9

8.9

1515  0620

3.4

0

2

1

E

19

91.4

6.4

Sunny

Tue  8

30.4

10.5

1430  0645

5.5

0

2

7

WNW

20

66.0

6.6

Sunny with afternoon high cloud

Wed  9

24.0

17.7

1420  0115

13.2

0

7

8

NW

22

158.6

8.0

Overcast - late afternoon rain 5.30-7.00pm

Thu 10

24.5

10.9

1335  0620

7.5

1.8

8

7

ENE

9

139.1

2.6

T

Cloudy with thunderstorms 8.30am-3.00pm

Fri 11

30.0

11.2

1455  0415

7.3

3.8

1

4

WNW

35

68.2

1.0

T

Partly cloudy - windy - afternoon thunder

Sat 12

26.4

11.1

1600  0410

6.4

0

7

3

W

17

200.2

8.4

Morning: cloudy, afternoon: sunny

Sun 13

27.0

12.0

1730  0640

6.0

0

7

5

W

17

121.3

5.6

Partly cloudy

Mon 14

28.2

11.0

1535  0605

6.1

0

8

6

WNW

24

90.0

5.4

Partly cloudy

Tue 15

27.7

14.4

1205  0645

10.1

1.2

1

7

NW

26

149.2

5.6

T

Cloudy with afternoon thunderstorms

Wed 16

27.4

15.2

1430  0640

12.9

0.2

7

7

W

7

116.9

5.0

T

Cloudy - afternoon t/storms, evening rain

Thu 17

22.8

11.8

1605  0130

10.7

29.2

7

7

ESE

17

74.4

5.2

Cloudy

Fri 18

27.3

8.9

1725  0605

3.0

0

0

1

SSE

9

86.8

2.8

Sunny***

Sat 19

29.9

9.8

1725  0620

5.4

0

0

1

WNW

11

66.6

5.8

Sunny***

Sun 20

29.5

12.0

1745  0625

7.0

0

7

2

NNW

13

76.5

6.4

Sunny

Mon 21

30.4

13.2

1745  0640

6.5

0

6

7

N

11

121.3

6.8

Sunny with high cloud

Tue 22

26.6

15.9

1415  0600

10.6

0

7

8

ENE

20

104.4

7.0

T

Cloudy - aft t/storms, evening rain

Wed 23

19.3

14.0

1600  0800

----

36.2

8

8

ESE

20

115.0

4.4

Cloudy with morning rain

Thu 24

20.1

13.6

1405  0520

12.9

1.2

7

7

ESE

35

130.6

1.6

Cloudy with light intermittent drizzle

Fri 25

22.9

12.4

1515  0700

11.5

0.8

1

6

ESE

22

202.3

3.0

T

Morning: sunny, afternoon: thunderstorms

Sat 26

27.1

10.0

1520  0620

5.6

2.2

1

8

NW

20

73.5

3.4

Morning: sunny, afternoon & early eve rain

Sun 27

27.5

16.8

1630  0030

13.8

5.2

7

3

W

20

141.3

4.2

Partly cloudy

Mon 28

21.6

8.4

1610  0530

4.6

0

2

4

ESE

17

178.9

6.4

Partly cloudy

Tue 29

21.9

7.7

1650  0640

2.0

0

1

1

E

19

169.4

5.4

Sunny

Wed 30

25.1

6.5

1700  0640

1.6

0

1

1

SSE

19

122.3

5.4

Sunny

Thu 31

24.9

8.6

1615  0545

2.8

0

7

1

E

22

127.2

6.0

Sunny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 ----

 ----

 -----    -----

 ----

103.6

 ----

 ----

 ----

 ----

 ----

158.4

MEAN:

25.7

11.3

 -----    -----

7.0

 ----

4.4

4.8

 ----

19.7

123.7

5.1

MAX:

30.4

17.7

 -----    -----

13.8

36.2

8

8

 ----

35

205.6

8.4

MIN:

18.9

6.5

 -----    -----

1.4

 ----

0

1

 ----

7

66.0

1.0

 

 




Abbreviations and Codes Used

V - wind direction variable      n - next day     p - previous day    
+ - no reading taken, next entry is a cumulative total      *** - Ideal Weather Day
Phenomena:  F - frost,  G - fog,  H - hail,  M - mist/haze/smoke, 
S - snow/sleet,  T - thunder heard,  W - strong wind (>40 km/hr)

Note: Wind direction and speed at 3pm taken at Armidale airport. Wind speeds
at the airport are usually around 10-15 km/hr higher than at East Armidale.




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