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Main Range · New South Wales · AustraliaSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Twynam
2,195 mSnow likely May–Sep
Elevation2,195 mabove sea level
Prominence155 mindependent height
Isolation5.0 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul-1°average high
36.39° S, 148.31° EElevation 2,195 mUTC+11 · Australian Eastern Daylight Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit2,195 m
- Mid-mountain1,960 m
- Valley · Perisher Valley1,719 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Twynam in brief
Mount Twynam rises to 2,195 m in the Main Range, New South Wales, Australia. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 155 m.
At the summit, January is the mildest month with average highs of 17°, while nights fall below freezing in 7 months of the year. Daytime highs climb above zero from January to December.
The nearest town in the atlas is Perisher Valley, 8.8 km to the E at 1,719 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 2,195 m · 7,201 ft
- Prominence
- 155 m
- Range
- Main Range
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Coordinates
- -36.3933, 148.3147
- Nearest airport
- Cooma Snowy Mountains Airport (OOM) · 60 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Mount Twynam by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 14° |
| Average low | 5° | 5° | 2° | -1° | -3° | -6° | -7° | -7° | -5° | -2° | 1° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 97 mm | 97 mm | 92 mm | 96 mm | 117 mm | 153 mm | 154 mm | 182 mm | 160 mm | 163 mm | 154 mm | 145 mm |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 30% | 30% | 35% | 45% | 51% | 50% | 47% | 43% | 39% | 39% | 36% |
| Daylight | 14h 22 | 13h 26 | 12h 22 | 11h 11 | 10h 13 | 9h 42 | 9h 53 | 10h 43 | 11h 49 | 12h 58 | 14h 02 | 14h 37 |
| Month score | 65 | 63 | 49 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 42 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 3,850 m | 3,800 m | 3,400 m | 2,750 m | 2,300 m | 1,800 m | 1,600 m | 1,750 m | 2,150 m | 2,600 m | 3,100 m | 3,450 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Mount Twynam in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of AustraliaPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kosciuszko | 2,228 m | 2,228 m | 8.3 km SW | -1° |
| Mount Townsend | 2,209 m | 189 m | 5.0 km SW | 1° |
| Rams Head | 2,190 m | – | 11 km SW | -1° |
| Etheridge Ridge | 2,180 m | – | 8.2 km SW | -1° |
| Baldwin's Peak | 2,180 m | – | 8.2 km SW | -1° |
| Carruthers Peak | 2,145 m | 85 m | 2.7 km SW | 0° |
| Mount Tate | 2,068 m | 188 m | 5.8 km NE | 0° |
| Gungartan | 2,068 m | 248 m | 15 km NE | 1° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Around here
Perisher Valley and around
Perisher Valley
New South Wales · Australia
Jan–Feb · Decbest months
2°July high
1,719 maltitude
Nature
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mount Townsend
2,209 m · Snowy Mountains
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