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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cessnock
Cessnock climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Apr · Aug–Sep
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing12°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation817 mm135 wet days a year
32.83° S, 151.36° EElevation 71 mUTC+11 · Australian Eastern Daylight Time
When to goCessnock · weather score
Best timeApr · Aug–Sep
October: high / low24° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Cessnock has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 29° and nights 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 817 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (80 mm, 16 wet days) and September the driest (50 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 20% in August to 35% in November.
Compared with Canberra, the capital, Cessnock is 1.9° warmer on a January afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · January
- Coldest nights
- 7° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 20% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 18 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 00 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 17° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 27° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 11° | 9° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 66 mm | 112 mm | 80 mm | 76 mm | 59 mm | 66 mm | 49 mm | 46 mm | 50 mm | 62 mm | 75 mm | 76 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.5 | 16 | 16.3 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 11.7 |
| Cloud cover | 34% | 34% | 30% | 29% | 30% | 27% | 24% | 20% | 23% | 30% | 35% | 34% |
| Daylight | 14h 05 | 13h 16 | 12h 20 | 11h 18 | 10h 27 | 10h 00 | 10h 10 | 10h 53 | 11h 51 | 12h 51 | 13h 47 | 14h 18 |
| Month score | 51 | 55 | 66 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 67 | 80 | 84 | 75 | 67 | 61 |
ivMonth by month
Cessnock in every month
January51
29° / 19°
66 mm · 14.5 wet days
February55
27° / 19°
112 mm · 16 wet days
March66
25° / 17°
80 mm · 16.3 wet days
April76
23° / 14°
76 mm · 10.2 wet days
May73
19° / 11°
59 mm · 11.3 wet days
June75
17° / 9°
66 mm · 7.2 wet days
July67
16° / 7°
49 mm · 9.2 wet days
August80
18° / 8°
46 mm · 8.2 wet days
September84
21° / 11°
50 mm · 6.8 wet days
October75
24° / 13°
62 mm · 10.8 wet days
November67
25° / 15°
75 mm · 12.7 wet days
December61
27° / 17°
76 mm · 11.7 wet days