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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ipswich
Ipswich climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation799 mm134 wet days a year
27.62° S, 152.76° EElevation 41 mUTC+10 · Australian Eastern Standard Time
When to goIpswich · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low27° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ipswich 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 30° and nights 21°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 799 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (70 mm, 18 wet days) and August the driest (28 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in August to 32% in February.
Compared with Canberra, the capital, Ipswich is 3.3° warmer on a January afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · January
- Coldest nights
- 9° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 52 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 24 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 | 30° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 30° |
| Average low | 21° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 86 mm | 113 mm | 70 mm | 68 mm | 63 mm | 45 mm | 30 mm | 28 mm | 31 mm | 61 mm | 91 mm | 113 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.7 | 15.7 | 18.2 | 12 | 12.3 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 14 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 32% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 22% | 20% | 17% | 17% | 24% | 29% | 32% |
| Daylight | 13h 42 | 13h 03 | 12h 17 | 11h 27 | 10h 46 | 10h 24 | 10h 33 | 11h 07 | 11h 54 | 12h 43 | 13h 28 | 13h 52 |
| Month score | 46 | 49 | 55 | 70 | 71 | 87 | 83 | 88 | 87 | 69 | 59 | 47 |
ivMonth by month
Ipswich in every month
January46
30° / 21°
86 mm · 15.7 wet days
February49
29° / 21°
113 mm · 15.7 wet days
March55
28° / 19°
70 mm · 18.2 wet days
April70
26° / 16°
68 mm · 12 wet days
May71
23° / 13°
63 mm · 12.3 wet days
June87
20° / 10°
45 mm · 5.5 wet days
July83
20° / 9°
30 mm · 7.2 wet days
August88
21° / 9°
28 mm · 5.3 wet days
September87
25° / 13°
31 mm · 5.5 wet days
October69
27° / 15°
61 mm · 10.3 wet days
November59
28° / 17°
91 mm · 12.2 wet days
December47
30° / 20°
113 mm · 14 wet days