Ashfield climate — normals and trends
Ashfield (Australia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 732 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Ashfield averages 0 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Ashfield has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 5 January 1946) and the coldest 0.4 °C (on 22 July 1977).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AshfieldNew South Wales
- coords
- -33.89°, 151.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
13.4°C
Annual rainfall
732mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
10.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
12.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.3 °C
5 January 1946
Coldest day
0.4 °C
22 July 1977
Wettest day
146 mm
9 February 2020
Windiest day
65.7 km/h
21 June 1975
Strongest gust
131.4 km/h
21 June 1975
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
1 February 2020
Coldest feels-like
-2.7 °C
22 July 1977
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 122 mm | +46 mm |
| Feb | 26.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 65 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 25.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 110 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 69 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 125 mm | +69 mm |
| Jun | 17.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 7 mm | -53 mm |
| Jul | 16.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 94 mm | +58 mm |
| Aug | 16.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 163 mm | +117 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 88 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 25.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 22 mm | -36 mm |
| Nov | 25.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 23 mm | -48 mm |
| Dec | 26.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 62 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ashfield?
Ashfield has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 732 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ashfield?
The hottest day measured in Ashfield between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1946, reaching 43.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ashfield?
The coldest day measured in Ashfield between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1977, at 0.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ashfield?
Almost never: Ashfield sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ashfield warmed?
Yes: Ashfield warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ashfield?
The wettest day measured in Ashfield between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2020, with 146 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ashfield?
The windiest day measured in Ashfield between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1975, with winds reaching 65.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ashfield?
The warmest month in Ashfield is January (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ashfield?
Ashfield receives on average 732 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ashfield?
Ashfield gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ashfield?
Yes: Ashfield has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ashfield?
In Ashfield, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 1 February 2020, and the lowest was -2.7 °C on 22 July 1977.
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