Bairnsdale climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bairnsdale?

Bairnsdale has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 707 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bairnsdale?

The hottest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2009, reaching 44.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bairnsdale?

The coldest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1982, at -2.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bairnsdale?

Almost never: Bairnsdale sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bairnsdale warmed?

Yes: Bairnsdale warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bairnsdale?

The wettest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1990, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bairnsdale?

The windiest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2009, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bairnsdale?

The warmest month in Bairnsdale is January (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bairnsdale?

Bairnsdale receives on average 707 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bairnsdale?

Bairnsdale gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bairnsdale (Australia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 707 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Bairnsdale averages 1 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.

Bairnsdale has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.1 °C (on 7 February 2009) and the coldest -2.7 °C (on 22 July 1982).

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

BairnsdaleVictoria

coords: -37.82°, 147.61°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

13.6°C

Average daily high

19.0°C

Average daily low

9.2°C

Annual rainfall

707mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

15.1km/h

Seasonal range

10.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

18 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

107 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

18.0 °C

Average feels-like low

7.2 °C

Average peak gust

37.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

44.1 °C

7 February 2009

Coldest day

-2.7 °C

22 July 1982

Wettest day

151 mm

21 April 1990

Windiest day

39.6 km/h

27 September 2009

Strongest gust

107.3 km/h

26 September 2013

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

17 January 2014

Coldest feels-like

-6.8 °C

22 July 1982

Snowiest day

1.6 cm

19 July 1982

Sunniest day

14.4 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.3 °C27 January 2025	-1.2 °C19 August 2025	14.1 °C	863 mm	19	1
2024	38.6 °C16 December 2024	0.7 °C20 June 2024	14.3 °C	741 mm	22	0
2023	37.0 °C17 February 2023	0.9 °C16 August 2023	14.1 °C	797 mm	14	0
2022	36.1 °C1 January 2022	-0.3 °C30 July 2022	13.6 °C	1,010 mm	8	1
2021	38.0 °C25 January 2021	0.4 °C31 May 2021	13.6 °C	909 mm	13	0
2020	42.6 °C31 January 2020	0.6 °C29 June 2020	13.9 °C	883 mm	19	0
2019	42.2 °C25 January 2019	0.9 °C25 June 2019	14.4 °C	476 mm	33	0
2018	40.0 °C19 January 2018	1.0 °C28 August 2018	14.4 °C	491 mm	27	0
2017	36.3 °C17 January 2017	-0.6 °C2 July 2017	14.1 °C	606 mm	27	1
2016	37.8 °C23 February 2016	1.8 °C17 July 2016	14.3 °C	882 mm	23	0
2015	38.6 °C19 December 2015	-0.2 °C20 July 2015	13.9 °C	698 mm	26	1
2014	42.4 °C17 January 2014	0.3 °C4 August 2014	14.4 °C	783 mm	22	0
2013	41.3 °C4 January 2013	0.8 °C11 July 2013	14.4 °C	773 mm	32	0
2012	36.0 °C3 January 2012	0.4 °C8 July 2012	13.7 °C	800 mm	21	0
2011	38.6 °C1 February 2011	0.0 °C16 July 2011	13.7 °C	899 mm	14	0
2010	39.4 °C12 January 2010	0.9 °C8 August 2010	13.9 °C	725 mm	23	0
2009	44.1 °C7 February 2009	0.1 °C8 July 2009	14.3 °C	466 mm	27	0
2008	38.7 °C1 January 2008	1.0 °C23 August 2008	13.7 °C	624 mm	19	0
2007	38.0 °C11 January 2007	1.2 °C24 June 2007	14.4 °C	796 mm	24	0
2006	41.6 °C22 January 2006	1.6 °C14 July 2006	13.6 °C	430 mm	21	0
2005	37.7 °C30 December 2005	2.2 °C1 September 2005	14.2 °C	703 mm	22	0
2004	37.3 °C8 February 2004	1.1 °C16 August 2004	13.6 °C	675 mm	16	0
2003	41.0 °C25 January 2003	-0.3 °C20 August 2003	13.8 °C	538 mm	22	1
2002	36.5 °C29 December 2002	0.1 °C25 August 2002	13.9 °C	525 mm	22	0
2001	38.7 °C24 January 2001	-0.1 °C24 August 2001	13.7 °C	789 mm	23	1
2000	37.8 °C3 February 2000	-1.0 °C18 August 2000	13.8 °C	655 mm	20	1
1999	35.9 °C2 December 1999	0.6 °C26 July 1999	14.1 °C	597 mm	17	0
1998	39.3 °C26 February 1998	0.9 °C18 June 1998	13.8 °C	763 mm	18	0
1997	38.3 °C20 January 1997	-1.0 °C4 August 1997	13.8 °C	490 mm	25	1
1996	31.9 °C6 March 1996	0.4 °C13 July 1996	13.1 °C	755 mm	4	0
1995	37.0 °C25 February 1995	-0.7 °C23 June 1995	13.1 °C	795 mm	15	2
1994	39.7 °C26 January 1994	-0.8 °C24 July 1994	13.4 °C	605 mm	19	5
1993	36.4 °C15 January 1993	-0.5 °C5 July 1993	13.8 °C	860 mm	17	1
1992	36.4 °C20 January 1992	-0.2 °C17 June 1992	13.1 °C	833 mm	7	2
1991	39.4 °C3 January 1991	1.8 °C27 July 1991	13.7 °C	818 mm	19	0
1990	41.1 °C3 January 1990	1.1 °C12 July 1990	14.0 °C	809 mm	20	0
1989	36.3 °C18 February 1989	0.3 °C28 June 1989	13.6 °C	817 mm	21	0
1988	39.2 °C11 January 1988	1.7 °C14 September 1988	14.3 °C	898 mm	23	0
1987	38.4 °C2 February 1987	0.5 °C25 July 1987	13.2 °C	575 mm	22	0
1986	36.8 °C7 March 1986	-0.5 °C14 July 1986	13.0 °C	571 mm	13	1
1985	39.5 °C14 January 1985	-0.7 °C25 July 1985	13.3 °C	873 mm	10	2
1984	32.9 °C25 December 1984	0.8 °C21 June 1984	12.8 °C	780 mm	6	0
1983	41.4 °C8 February 1983	-1.0 °C25 July 1983	13.5 °C	802 mm	18	3
1982	43.0 °C24 January 1982	-2.7 °C22 July 1982	13.6 °C	552 mm	31	5
1981	42.3 °C26 January 1981	-0.1 °C11 July 1981	13.8 °C	762 mm	25	1
1980	38.6 °C20 February 1980	0.0 °C27 August 1980	13.9 °C	692 mm	21	0
1979	38.8 °C2 February 1979	-0.7 °C15 July 1979	13.7 °C	516 mm	32	1
1978	38.3 °C15 January 1978	-0.2 °C25 August 1978	13.4 °C	1,198 mm	14	1
1977	38.8 °C17 February 1977	-0.6 °C20 July 1977	13.3 °C	677 mm	26	2
1976	37.8 °C4 January 1976	-1.7 °C28 July 1976	13.0 °C	704 mm	12	1
1975	36.8 °C8 February 1975	0.9 °C7 July 1975	13.4 °C	863 mm	17	0
1974	34.4 °C31 January 1974	-0.2 °C6 August 1974	13.2 °C	1,055 mm	16	1
1973	40.1 °C3 January 1973	0.3 °C9 June 1973	13.5 °C	755 mm	14	0
1972	37.8 °C14 December 1972	0.7 °C22 June 1972	13.6 °C	346 mm	15	0
1971	33.8 °C23 December 1971	0.8 °C1 July 1971	13.3 °C	822 mm	11	0
1970	37.8 °C9 February 1970	0.5 °C26 September 1970	13.0 °C	961 mm	13	0
1969	36.2 °C17 January 1969	-0.5 °C17 June 1969	13.5 °C	741 mm	21	1
1968	41.9 °C25 February 1968	0.6 °C25 July 1968	13.8 °C	625 mm	24	0
1967	37.5 °C7 February 1967	0.9 °C18 August 1967	13.3 °C	489 mm	13	0
1966	37.9 °C27 January 1966	0.2 °C20 July 1966	13.2 °C	828 mm	17	0
1965	38.9 °C3 March 1965	-0.5 °C20 July 1965	13.7 °C	451 mm	26	2
1964	35.2 °C6 January 1964	1.7 °C12 August 1964	13.3 °C	765 mm	18	0
1963	33.9 °C22 January 1963	-0.1 °C7 August 1963	13.6 °C	788 mm	19	1
1962	37.9 °C1 December 1962	0.8 °C23 August 1962	13.8 °C	595 mm	16	0
1961	35.9 °C22 February 1961	1.0 °C4 August 1961	14.2 °C	626 mm	27	0
1960	37.3 °C16 January 1960	0.8 °C2 July 1960	13.3 °C	782 mm	24	0
1959	40.0 °C18 January 1959	1.1 °C3 September 1959	13.7 °C	811 mm	19	0
1958	35.3 °C26 February 1958	-0.2 °C9 July 1958	13.1 °C	733 mm	9	1
1957	36.8 °C28 December 1957	-0.2 °C5 August 1957	13.5 °C	568 mm	22	2
1956	34.4 °C9 January 1956	-0.5 °C10 July 1956	13.3 °C	740 mm	8	2
1955	38.0 °C2 January 1955	-0.6 °C21 June 1955	13.6 °C	577 mm	10	1
1954	36.3 °C27 January 1954	-0.7 °C11 July 1954	13.2 °C	729 mm	15	3
1953	39.0 °C20 December 1953	-0.6 °C12 July 1953	13.2 °C	644 mm	19	1
1952	39.3 °C24 January 1952	0.7 °C9 July 1952	13.1 °C	815 mm	19	0
1951	38.0 °C13 February 1951	0.7 °C13 August 1951	13.4 °C	765 mm	15	0
1950	37.6 °C14 January 1950	0.7 °C15 June 1950	13.3 °C	754 mm	18	0
1949	34.6 °C30 December 1949	-0.7 °C25 June 1949	12.5 °C	901 mm	7	2
1948	38.1 °C12 February 1948	-0.6 °C4 June 1948	12.9 °C	553 mm	19	1
1947	37.8 °C29 January 1947	0.4 °C3 July 1947	13.4 °C	511 mm	16	0
1946	37.3 °C7 February 1946	0.1 °C20 August 1946	12.6 °C	679 mm	13	0
1945	39.1 °C27 November 1945	-0.3 °C23 July 1945	12.4 °C	635 mm	7	1
1944	41.0 °C7 February 1944	-0.7 °C25 June 1944	12.9 °C	514 mm	20	5
1943	36.2 °C17 February 1943	-0.7 °C14 August 1943	12.2 °C	500 mm	9	3
1942	36.3 °C20 January 1942	-0.3 °C25 July 1942	12.7 °C	762 mm	9	3
1941	36.5 °C29 November 1941	-0.8 °C9 July 1941	12.9 °C	449 mm	18	3
1940	37.7 °C15 February 1940	0.5 °C26 June 1940	13.4 °C	366 mm	25	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.6 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

19 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Annual rainfall

863 mm

+156 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.7 °C	+0.6 °C	71 mm	+15 mm
Feb	25.8 °C	+0.9 °C	123 mm	+72 mm
Mar	23.8 °C	+0.9 °C	119 mm	+66 mm
Apr	21.0 °C	+1.5 °C	44 mm	-9 mm
May	17.3 °C	+1.3 °C	36 mm	-13 mm
Jun	13.1 °C	-0.2 °C	44 mm	-11 mm
Jul	13.6 °C	+0.6 °C	96 mm	+51 mm
Aug	14.8 °C	+0.5 °C	32 mm	-18 mm
Sep	18.1 °C	+1.4 °C	21 mm	-39 mm
Oct	20.0 °C	+1.1 °C	69 mm	-7 mm
Nov	19.6 °C	-1.3 °C	171 mm	+86 mm
Dec	22.7 °C	-0.3 °C	39 mm	-35 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.3 °C

27 Jan 2025

Coldest day

-1.2 °C

19 Aug 2025

Wettest day

42.6 mm

9 Feb 2025

Windiest day

30.9 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

72.4 km/h

28 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

27 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-4.4 °C

19 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

14.3 h

29 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bairnsdale?

Bairnsdale has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 707 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bairnsdale?

The hottest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2009, reaching 44.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bairnsdale?

The coldest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1982, at -2.7 °C.

Does it snow in Bairnsdale?

Almost never: Bairnsdale sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bairnsdale warmed?

Yes: Bairnsdale warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bairnsdale?

The wettest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1990, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bairnsdale?

The windiest day measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2009, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bairnsdale?

The warmest month in Bairnsdale is January (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bairnsdale?

Bairnsdale receives on average 707 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bairnsdale?

Bairnsdale gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bairnsdale?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bairnsdale between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1982, with 1.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bairnsdale?

Yes: Bairnsdale has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bairnsdale?

In Bairnsdale, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 17 January 2014, and the lowest was -6.8 °C on 22 July 1982.

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