Climate guideThirty-year normals for Griffith
Griffith climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation393 mm72 wet days a year
34.29° S, 146.05° EElevation 128 mUTC+11 · Australian Eastern Daylight Time
When to goGriffith · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low23° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Griffith has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 32° and nights 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 393 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (36 mm, 9 wet days) and February the driest (30 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in January to 33% in June.
Compared with Canberra, the capital, Griffith is 5.2° warmer on a January afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · January
- Coldest nights
- 5° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 25 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 53 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 | 32° | 31° | 28° | 23° | 18° | 15° | 14° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 27° | 29° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 5° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 25 mm | 30 mm | 30 mm | 22 mm | 31 mm | 43 mm | 41 mm | 33 mm | 32 mm | 36 mm | 36 mm | 34 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.7 | 4.2 | 7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 20% | 19% | 23% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 24% |
| Daylight | 14h 12 | 13h 20 | 12h 21 | 11h 15 | 10h 22 | 9h 53 | 10h 04 | 10h 49 | 11h 50 | 12h 54 | 13h 53 | 14h 25 |
| Month score | 53 | 64 | 72 | 89 | 89 | 67 | 62 | 71 | 90 | 83 | 73 | 69 |
ivMonth by month
Griffith in every month
January53
32° / 19°
25 mm · 7.7 wet days
February64
31° / 19°
30 mm · 4.2 wet days
March72
28° / 16°
30 mm · 7 wet days
April89
23° / 12°
22 mm · 4.5 wet days
May89
18° / 9°
31 mm · 4.3 wet days
June67
15° / 6°
43 mm · 6 wet days
July62
14° / 5°
41 mm · 6 wet days
August71
15° / 6°
33 mm · 6.5 wet days
September90
19° / 8°
32 mm · 4.3 wet days
October83
23° / 11°
36 mm · 7.2 wet days
November73
27° / 14°
36 mm · 8.7 wet days
December69
29° / 17°
34 mm · 5.5 wet days