Prestons climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Prestons?

Prestons has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 684 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2020, reaching 45.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Prestons?

The coldest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1977, at -2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Prestons?

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

Q: Has the climate of Prestons warmed?

Yes: Prestons warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Prestons?

The wettest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2020, with 175 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Prestons?

The windiest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1975, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Prestons?

The warmest month in Prestons is January (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Prestons?

Prestons receives on average 684 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Prestons?

Prestons gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Prestons (Australia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 684 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 (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Prestons averages 0 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.

Prestons has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.0 °C (on 4 January 2020) and the coldest -2.6 °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

PrestonsNew South Wales

coords: -33.94°, 150.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

16.4°C

Average daily high

22.1°C

Average daily low

11.6°C

Annual rainfall

684mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

15.2km/h

Seasonal range

12.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

34 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

95 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

21.6 °C

Average feels-like low

10.6 °C

Average peak gust

34.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

11 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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

45.0 °C

4 January 2020

Coldest day

-2.6 °C

22 July 1977

Wettest day

175 mm

9 February 2020

Windiest day

54.1 km/h

21 June 1975

Strongest gust

125.3 km/h

21 June 1975

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

1 February 2020

Coldest feels-like

-5.8 °C

22 July 1977

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

4 July 1984

Sunniest day

14.0 h

3 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.7 °C28 January 2025	0.4 °C22 June 2025	17.4 °C	828 mm	53	0
2024	38.3 °C29 February 2024	1.5 °C25 June 2024	17.4 °C	745 mm	45	0
2023	40.2 °C9 December 2023	-0.3 °C20 July 2023	17.1 °C	643 mm	47	1
2022	34.3 °C17 February 2022	1.1 °C15 June 2022	16.3 °C	1,277 mm	15	0
2021	38.7 °C26 January 2021	0.6 °C22 July 2021	16.2 °C	868 mm	21	0
2020	45.0 °C4 January 2020	1.8 °C26 August 2020	16.9 °C	1,157 mm	34	0
2019	42.2 °C31 December 2019	0.5 °C24 August 2019	17.5 °C	427 mm	67	0
2018	43.3 °C7 January 2018	-1.3 °C16 July 2018	17.3 °C	457 mm	59	4
2017	42.4 °C10 February 2017	0.2 °C7 July 2017	17.3 °C	636 mm	48	0
2016	39.5 °C25 February 2016	0.0 °C4 July 2016	17.5 °C	811 mm	44	0
2015	40.5 °C20 November 2015	0.6 °C9 August 2015	16.8 °C	808 mm	36	0
2014	40.3 °C23 November 2014	-0.5 °C9 July 2014	17.1 °C	637 mm	40	1
2013	44.4 °C18 January 2013	1.3 °C4 July 2013	17.1 °C	762 mm	42	0
2012	37.4 °C30 November 2012	1.1 °C5 August 2012	16.3 °C	714 mm	24	0
2011	40.2 °C1 February 2011	1.6 °C29 July 2011	16.5 °C	602 mm	31	0
2010	40.6 °C23 January 2010	0.3 °C30 June 2010	16.8 °C	860 mm	28	0
2009	40.6 °C22 November 2009	1.3 °C9 August 2009	17.3 °C	455 mm	54	0
2008	35.4 °C31 October 2008	1.0 °C10 August 2008	16.3 °C	614 mm	29	0
2007	39.6 °C21 January 2007	-0.6 °C17 July 2007	17.0 °C	742 mm	30	1
2006	44.1 °C1 January 2006	1.4 °C15 June 2006	16.8 °C	385 mm	43	0
2005	40.4 °C14 January 2005	0.8 °C13 August 2005	17.0 °C	673 mm	38	0
2004	39.0 °C30 November 2004	1.8 °C17 July 2004	17.0 °C	549 mm	43	0
2003	43.2 °C30 January 2003	1.0 °C28 July 2003	16.5 °C	639 mm	26	0
2002	39.2 °C25 November 2002	-0.7 °C12 July 2002	16.8 °C	425 mm	37	1
2001	43.2 °C15 January 2001	1.3 °C24 August 2001	16.8 °C	507 mm	34	0
2000	39.5 °C5 February 2000	0.4 °C15 June 2000	16.5 °C	666 mm	31	0
1999	37.7 °C11 January 1999	1.1 °C3 August 1999	16.4 °C	664 mm	30	0
1998	39.0 °C18 January 1998	0.1 °C17 July 1998	17.1 °C	784 mm	51	0
1997	39.6 °C21 December 1997	0.3 °C11 August 1997	16.6 °C	510 mm	36	0
1996	37.6 °C31 January 1996	0.1 °C12 July 1996	16.0 °C	656 mm	23	0
1995	37.6 °C3 February 1995	-0.1 °C5 July 1995	16.0 °C	697 mm	20	1
1994	43.3 °C21 December 1994	-0.1 °C18 July 1994	16.4 °C	419 mm	40	1
1993	41.0 °C4 February 1993	1.0 °C16 June 1993	16.5 °C	536 mm	32	0
1992	36.8 °C21 January 1992	0.1 °C23 August 1992	15.8 °C	765 mm	11	0
1991	41.1 °C14 February 1991	1.0 °C27 July 1991	16.9 °C	680 mm	54	0
1990	41.2 °C18 December 1990	0.7 °C30 June 1990	16.3 °C	1,184 mm	31	0
1989	36.2 °C10 March 1989	0.3 °C17 July 1989	16.4 °C	748 mm	22	0
1988	39.0 °C3 November 1988	2.9 °C3 August 1988	16.7 °C	1,020 mm	38	0
1987	39.2 °C2 February 1987	-0.2 °C14 July 1987	16.1 °C	807 mm	32	1
1986	40.4 °C2 February 1986	-0.5 °C27 July 1986	16.0 °C	781 mm	29	1
1985	39.2 °C16 February 1985	0.9 °C28 July 1985	16.1 °C	656 mm	33	0
1984	37.0 °C18 December 1984	-0.3 °C23 June 1984	15.8 °C	939 mm	28	1
1983	41.1 °C8 January 1983	-0.8 °C11 July 1983	16.7 °C	651 mm	48	1
1982	43.0 °C25 November 1982	-0.3 °C18 July 1982	16.5 °C	442 mm	46	1
1981	40.7 °C5 December 1981	-0.1 °C11 July 1981	16.7 °C	672 mm	38	1
1980	42.2 °C21 February 1980	0.5 °C13 July 1980	17.3 °C	391 mm	59	0
1979	42.6 °C10 January 1979	0.5 °C31 July 1979	16.6 °C	534 mm	45	0
1978	38.9 °C20 February 1978	-2.2 °C16 July 1978	15.9 °C	1,130 mm	29	3
1977	40.7 °C1 February 1977	-2.6 °C22 July 1977	16.3 °C	670 mm	47	1
1976	38.1 °C7 December 1976	0.6 °C10 July 1976	15.4 °C	930 mm	20	0
1975	38.5 °C21 January 1975	-0.1 °C11 July 1975	15.8 °C	731 mm	28	1
1974	35.6 °C12 November 1974	0.2 °C27 June 1974	15.5 °C	949 mm	17	0
1973	39.9 °C6 February 1973	1.8 °C7 June 1973	16.4 °C	773 mm	30	0
1972	38.9 °C21 December 1972	1.2 °C10 July 1972	15.8 °C	705 mm	19	0
1971	39.5 °C9 January 1971	-0.3 °C2 July 1971	15.7 °C	620 mm	27	1
1970	36.4 °C11 January 1970	0.1 °C16 July 1970	15.6 °C	604 mm	31	0
1969	38.4 °C8 January 1969	1.5 °C12 July 1969	16.1 °C	860 mm	27	0
1968	41.1 °C1 February 1968	-1.1 °C26 July 1968	16.5 °C	459 mm	44	2
1967	39.2 °C21 January 1967	0.3 °C21 July 1967	16.1 °C	659 mm	30	0
1966	38.3 °C15 January 1966	0.4 °C12 July 1966	15.7 °C	650 mm	33	0
1965	39.3 °C6 March 1965	0.9 °C13 July 1965	16.2 °C	398 mm	41	0
1964	38.3 °C7 January 1964	0.1 °C7 July 1964	16.2 °C	711 mm	30	0
1963	36.4 °C25 December 1963	1.0 °C22 June 1963	16.0 °C	1,145 mm	19	0
1962	35.6 °C8 February 1962	1.1 °C23 August 1962	15.7 °C	710 mm	9	0
1961	41.8 °C29 January 1961	0.9 °C4 August 1961	16.1 °C	958 mm	25	0
1960	41.9 °C27 January 1960	0.4 °C9 August 1960	15.9 °C	576 mm	31	0
1959	36.8 °C15 January 1959	0.6 °C15 June 1959	16.0 °C	863 mm	26	0
1958	37.6 °C10 January 1958	0.3 °C13 July 1958	16.2 °C	565 mm	27	0
1957	43.0 °C20 December 1957	-0.4 °C19 July 1957	16.6 °C	309 mm	42	1
1956	37.9 °C31 December 1956	0.2 °C17 August 1956	16.1 °C	906 mm	28	0
1955	41.5 °C3 January 1955	0.0 °C6 August 1955	16.7 °C	433 mm	28	0
1954	35.6 °C28 November 1954	-0.2 °C20 June 1954	16.3 °C	561 mm	23	1
1953	43.3 °C21 December 1953	-0.1 °C30 June 1953	16.3 °C	409 mm	33	1
1952	44.3 °C25 January 1952	0.2 °C15 July 1952	16.3 °C	668 mm	36	0
1951	37.4 °C6 December 1951	0.3 °C14 August 1951	16.0 °C	498 mm	22	0
1950	38.0 °C6 January 1950	0.3 °C6 July 1950	15.9 °C	1,295 mm	21	0
1949	35.3 °C11 February 1949	0.2 °C26 June 1949	16.0 °C	602 mm	26	0
1948	36.7 °C21 January 1948	0.6 °C1 July 1948	15.8 °C	542 mm	29	0
1947	36.3 °C31 December 1947	0.6 °C2 August 1947	15.3 °C	652 mm	10	0
1946	44.0 °C5 January 1946	1.3 °C6 July 1946	16.1 °C	491 mm	49	0
1945	37.2 °C10 December 1945	0.9 °C1 July 1945	15.9 °C	548 mm	30	0
1944	42.1 °C19 November 1944	-0.2 °C18 July 1944	16.0 °C	521 mm	45	1
1943	38.1 °C13 January 1943	0.0 °C24 July 1943	15.5 °C	415 mm	37	0
1942	37.0 °C4 October 1942	0.6 °C11 August 1942	15.4 °C	766 mm	15	0
1941	38.5 °C30 November 1941	-0.7 °C8 July 1941	15.7 °C	683 mm	29	2
1940	39.1 °C26 January 1940	2.0 °C5 August 1940	16.6 °C	433 mm	46	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

53 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

828 mm

+144 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.3 °C	-0.2 °C	113 mm	+38 mm
Feb	27.7 °C	+1.0 °C	58 mm	-27 mm
Mar	26.5 °C	+1.3 °C	88 mm	+15 mm
Apr	24.1 °C	+1.7 °C	59 mm	+2 mm
May	19.8 °C	+0.7 °C	114 mm	+69 mm
Jun	17.0 °C	+0.7 °C	7 mm	-43 mm
Jul	16.6 °C	+0.6 °C	76 mm	+47 mm
Aug	17.1 °C	-0.5 °C	109 mm	+69 mm
Sep	22.8 °C	+2.4 °C	98 mm	+62 mm
Oct	26.2 °C	+3.3 °C	20 mm	-37 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+2.5 °C	25 mm	-47 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+2.1 °C	62 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

28 Jan 2025

Coldest day

0.4 °C

22 Jun 2025

Wettest day

48.5 mm

11 Sep 2025

Windiest day

41.6 km/h

1 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

88.6 km/h

1 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

28 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.5 °C

22 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Prestons?

Prestons has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 684 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prestons?

The hottest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2020, reaching 45.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Prestons?

The coldest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1977, at -2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Prestons?

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

Has the climate of Prestons warmed?

Yes: Prestons warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Prestons?

The wettest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2020, with 175 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Prestons?

The windiest day measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1975, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Prestons?

The warmest month in Prestons is January (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Prestons?

Prestons receives on average 684 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Prestons?

Prestons gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Prestons?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prestons between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Prestons?

Yes: Prestons has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prestons?

In Prestons, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 1 February 2020, and the lowest was -5.8 °C on 22 July 1977.

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