Tuggeranong climate — normals and trends
Tuggeranong (Australia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 749 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Tuggeranong averages 69 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Tuggeranong 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 35.9 °C (on 31 January 2020) and the coldest -8.7 °C (on 31 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
TuggeranongAustralian Capital Territory
- coords
- -35.42°, 149.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
749mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
14.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
69 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
41.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
35.9 °C
31 January 2020
Coldest day
-8.7 °C
31 July 1977
Wettest day
111 mm
14 March 1989
Windiest day
38.3 km/h
29 September 1940
Strongest gust
112.3 km/h
6 November 1994
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
31 January 2009
Coldest feels-like
-13.0 °C
31 July 1977
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
21 October 1959
Sunniest day
14.0 h
4 January 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 73 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 24.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 76 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 23.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 34 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 19 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 71 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 9.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 58 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 9.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 93 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 11.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 48 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 14.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 49 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 27 mm | -51 mm |
| Nov | 19.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 59 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 24.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 57 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tuggeranong?
Tuggeranong has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 749 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tuggeranong?
The hottest day measured in Tuggeranong between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2020, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tuggeranong?
The coldest day measured in Tuggeranong between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1977, at -8.7 °C.
Does it snow in Tuggeranong?
Yes. Tuggeranong gets on average 8.3 cm of snow per year and has around 69 frost days.
Has the climate of Tuggeranong warmed?
Yes: Tuggeranong warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tuggeranong?
The wettest day measured in Tuggeranong between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1989, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tuggeranong?
The windiest day measured in Tuggeranong between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1940, with winds reaching 38.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tuggeranong?
The warmest month in Tuggeranong is January (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Tuggeranong?
Tuggeranong receives on average 749 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tuggeranong?
Tuggeranong gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tuggeranong?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tuggeranong between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1959, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tuggeranong?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tuggeranong.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tuggeranong?
In Tuggeranong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 31 January 2009, and the lowest was -13.0 °C on 31 July 1977.
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