Highton climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Highton?

Highton has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 490 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2009, reaching 42.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Highton?

The coldest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1941, at 0.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Highton?

Almost never: Highton sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Highton warmed?

Yes: Highton warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Highton?

The wettest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Highton?

The windiest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1993, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Highton?

The warmest month in Highton is February (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Highton?

Highton receives on average 490 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Highton?

Highton gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Highton (Australia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 490 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 February (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Highton averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.

Highton has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 7 February 2009) and the coldest 0.7 °C (on 8 July 1941).

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

HightonVictoria

coords: -38.17°, 144.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

13.9°C

Average daily high

17.4°C

Average daily low

10.9°C

Annual rainfall

490mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

20.8km/h

Seasonal range

8.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

96 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

15.6 °C

Average feels-like low

8.5 °C

Average peak gust

40.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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

42.2 °C

7 February 2009

Coldest day

0.7 °C

8 July 1941

Wettest day

78 mm

18 February 1946

Windiest day

54.7 km/h

15 August 1993

Strongest gust

108.4 km/h

15 August 1993

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

7 February 2009

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

9 August 1951

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

13 September 1972

Sunniest day

14.7 h

25 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C27 January 2025	3.7 °C3 August 2025	14.6 °C	448 mm	14
2024	36.2 °C16 December 2024	3.9 °C7 July 2024	14.8 °C	440 mm	10
2023	33.2 °C17 February 2023	3.6 °C16 August 2023	14.4 °C	513 mm	8
2022	32.8 °C27 December 2022	3.2 °C6 July 2022	14.3 °C	718 mm	4
2021	33.2 °C11 January 2021	3.8 °C9 July 2021	13.9 °C	587 mm	6
2020	37.1 °C31 January 2020	3.0 °C28 June 2020	14.0 °C	600 mm	6
2019	39.7 °C20 December 2019	4.7 °C24 June 2019	14.5 °C	375 mm	21
2018	38.5 °C6 January 2018	2.5 °C29 August 2018	14.7 °C	385 mm	13
2017	34.5 °C13 December 2017	3.0 °C2 July 2017	14.6 °C	504 mm	11
2016	37.4 °C13 January 2016	3.4 °C26 June 2016	14.6 °C	567 mm	8
2015	37.8 °C19 December 2015	2.3 °C20 July 2015	14.3 °C	333 mm	14
2014	38.1 °C14 January 2014	3.3 °C3 August 2014	14.7 °C	345 mm	12
2013	37.9 °C4 January 2013	3.6 °C9 July 2013	14.8 °C	519 mm	16
2012	36.5 °C2 January 2012	3.4 °C8 July 2012	14.4 °C	487 mm	12
2011	34.3 °C30 January 2011	3.1 °C16 July 2011	14.2 °C	590 mm	3
2010	37.6 °C11 January 2010	3.5 °C16 June 2010	14.2 °C	589 mm	8
2009	42.2 °C7 February 2009	3.4 °C8 July 2009	14.4 °C	403 mm	15
2008	36.0 °C17 March 2008	4.1 °C29 July 2008	14.0 °C	328 mm	13
2007	36.6 °C31 December 2007	3.1 °C22 July 2007	14.8 °C	519 mm	12
2006	37.8 °C22 January 2006	2.6 °C7 August 2006	13.9 °C	271 mm	14
2005	34.4 °C11 January 2005	4.3 °C10 August 2005	14.5 °C	511 mm	9
2004	34.0 °C20 February 2004	4.4 °C27 July 2004	13.8 °C	466 mm	9
2003	37.9 °C25 January 2003	3.0 °C28 September 2003	14.0 °C	403 mm	14
2002	32.1 °C18 March 2002	3.8 °C19 June 2002	13.9 °C	338 mm	8
2001	35.3 °C11 January 2001	4.5 °C4 July 2001	14.0 °C	550 mm	18
2000	34.7 °C4 February 2000	3.3 °C14 June 2000	14.3 °C	449 mm	17
1999	32.2 °C15 January 1999	3.9 °C26 July 1999	14.3 °C	471 mm	7
1998	36.8 °C17 January 1998	1.7 °C14 July 1998	13.7 °C	494 mm	10
1997	37.0 °C20 January 1997	2.4 °C5 August 1997	14.0 °C	356 mm	11
1996	30.5 °C21 December 1996	3.6 °C9 July 1996	13.3 °C	545 mm	1
1995	36.2 °C25 February 1995	3.4 °C9 October 1995	13.2 °C	613 mm	8
1994	37.0 °C26 January 1994	2.0 °C21 August 1994	13.6 °C	342 mm	8
1993	35.3 °C3 February 1993	3.5 °C5 August 1993	14.1 °C	591 mm	9
1992	33.5 °C20 January 1992	3.7 °C23 October 1992	13.5 °C	655 mm	5
1991	37.1 °C3 January 1991	4.8 °C16 August 1991	13.8 °C	580 mm	8
1990	34.3 °C31 December 1990	4.1 °C28 June 1990	14.2 °C	478 mm	8
1989	34.9 °C28 January 1989	2.1 °C28 June 1989	13.9 °C	690 mm	11
1988	35.1 °C29 January 1988	4.5 °C12 August 1988	14.5 °C	488 mm	11
1987	35.1 °C7 February 1987	4.1 °C25 July 1987	13.5 °C	553 mm	8
1986	32.6 °C8 February 1986	2.8 °C25 July 1986	13.3 °C	552 mm	4
1985	38.0 °C14 January 1985	2.7 °C24 July 1985	13.8 °C	585 mm	6
1984	30.6 °C20 February 1984	3.9 °C20 July 1984	13.4 °C	489 mm	2
1983	38.4 °C16 February 1983	3.1 °C10 July 1983	13.7 °C	623 mm	9
1982	39.0 °C24 January 1982	2.0 °C22 July 1982	14.0 °C	314 mm	18
1981	37.6 °C26 January 1981	4.8 °C12 July 1981	14.3 °C	442 mm	13
1980	36.4 °C10 December 1980	3.7 °C17 August 1980	14.0 °C	526 mm	11
1979	36.7 °C2 February 1979	2.9 °C25 July 1979	13.8 °C	536 mm	11
1978	35.2 °C11 March 1978	3.5 °C13 September 1978	13.6 °C	696 mm	5
1977	34.2 °C11 February 1977	2.6 °C9 July 1977	13.6 °C	444 mm	7
1976	35.4 °C4 January 1976	3.0 °C28 July 1976	13.6 °C	527 mm	8
1975	34.0 °C7 February 1975	2.1 °C6 July 1975	13.9 °C	567 mm	6
1974	31.7 °C31 January 1974	3.1 °C4 July 1974	13.8 °C	641 mm	7
1973	36.6 °C20 January 1973	2.9 °C28 June 1973	13.8 °C	701 mm	6
1972	33.2 °C14 December 1972	3.8 °C17 June 1972	14.0 °C	345 mm	5
1971	33.5 °C8 January 1971	3.8 °C6 July 1971	13.7 °C	726 mm	3
1970	36.1 °C9 February 1970	2.8 °C8 June 1970	13.6 °C	523 mm	7
1969	34.6 °C8 January 1969	3.7 °C11 September 1969	13.8 °C	463 mm	8
1968	38.7 °C31 January 1968	4.2 °C1 July 1968	13.9 °C	542 mm	15
1967	36.0 °C7 February 1967	3.9 °C16 August 1967	14.0 °C	267 mm	9
1966	35.3 °C8 March 1966	3.6 °C16 July 1966	13.8 °C	493 mm	10
1965	34.8 °C21 February 1965	2.7 °C26 June 1965	13.9 °C	415 mm	14
1964	33.4 °C4 February 1964	4.9 °C5 July 1964	13.6 °C	626 mm	6
1963	31.5 °C20 December 1963	2.8 °C4 July 1963	14.0 °C	582 mm	5
1962	35.6 °C7 February 1962	4.4 °C5 August 1962	14.2 °C	435 mm	10
1961	33.9 °C27 December 1961	4.5 °C20 July 1961	14.8 °C	439 mm	13
1960	36.6 °C16 January 1960	2.1 °C2 July 1960	13.7 °C	595 mm	12
1959	37.0 °C18 January 1959	3.1 °C10 July 1959	14.1 °C	464 mm	9
1958	33.3 °C26 February 1958	2.0 °C9 July 1958	13.5 °C	494 mm	4
1957	34.1 °C18 January 1957	2.2 °C27 July 1957	13.7 °C	453 mm	9
1956	32.4 °C22 February 1956	2.5 °C2 August 1956	13.6 °C	603 mm	3
1955	37.8 °C2 January 1955	2.9 °C9 June 1955	13.8 °C	465 mm	6
1954	34.3 °C26 December 1954	1.2 °C13 July 1954	13.6 °C	457 mm	6
1953	35.0 °C20 December 1953	3.0 °C12 July 1953	13.5 °C	438 mm	6
1952	32.0 °C24 January 1952	2.7 °C24 July 1952	13.2 °C	601 mm	4
1951	36.2 °C1 February 1951	3.1 °C20 July 1951	14.0 °C	418 mm	13
1950	34.0 °C19 December 1950	3.3 °C13 June 1950	14.0 °C	340 mm	8
1949	31.6 °C29 January 1949	1.9 °C17 September 1949	12.9 °C	601 mm	3
1948	36.0 °C12 February 1948	2.5 °C19 July 1948	13.1 °C	401 mm	8
1947	33.2 °C11 March 1947	3.1 °C26 July 1947	13.8 °C	511 mm	7
1946	34.1 °C10 January 1946	2.3 °C2 September 1946	13.0 °C	479 mm	3
1945	33.1 °C8 January 1945	1.1 °C23 July 1945	13.0 °C	436 mm	3
1944	39.0 °C22 January 1944	1.2 °C25 June 1944	13.2 °C	434 mm	6
1943	33.5 °C17 February 1943	3.0 °C13 June 1943	12.8 °C	335 mm	5
1942	34.6 °C4 March 1942	2.5 °C7 August 1942	13.2 °C	445 mm	6
1941	35.0 °C29 November 1941	0.7 °C8 July 1941	13.2 °C	377 mm	8
1940	33.7 °C23 February 1940	2.6 °C21 August 1940	13.6 °C	231 mm	6

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.3 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

14 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

448 mm

-42 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.5 °C	+1.2 °C	20 mm	-12 mm
Feb	24.0 °C	+1.6 °C	26 mm	-5 mm
Mar	23.0 °C	+1.9 °C	19 mm	-10 mm
Apr	20.8 °C	+2.5 °C	21 mm	-16 mm
May	17.4 °C	+2.0 °C	11 mm	-30 mm
Jun	13.5 °C	+0.4 °C	70 mm	+32 mm
Jul	13.3 °C	+0.9 °C	48 mm	+8 mm
Aug	13.7 °C	+0.5 °C	28 mm	-16 mm
Sep	16.0 °C	+1.1 °C	28 mm	-23 mm
Oct	17.5 °C	+0.8 °C	62 mm	+9 mm
Nov	17.5 °C	-1.1 °C	91 mm	+40 mm
Dec	20.4 °C	-0.2 °C	25 mm	-19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

27 Jan 2025

Coldest day

3.7 °C

3 Aug 2025

Wettest day

26.0 mm

8 Jun 2025

Windiest day

45.9 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

104.4 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.8 °C

27 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.0 °C

4 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.7 h

18 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Highton?

Highton has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 490 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Highton?

The hottest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2009, reaching 42.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Highton?

The coldest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1941, at 0.7 °C.

Does it snow in Highton?

Almost never: Highton sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Highton warmed?

Yes: Highton warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Highton?

The wettest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Highton?

The windiest day measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1993, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Highton?

The warmest month in Highton is February (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Highton?

Highton receives on average 490 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Highton?

Highton gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Highton?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Highton between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1972, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Highton?

Yes: Highton has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Highton?

In Highton, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 7 February 2009, and the lowest was -3.4 °C on 9 August 1951.

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