Average annual temperature is 12.0 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 29.4 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -1.7 °C
Number of sunny days: 94 days
Number of rainy days: 271 days
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* Weather data for Dorset Australia is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 26.3 | 29.4 | 24.3 | 19.5 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 21.4 | 22.9 | 23.4 | 24.7 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 22.2 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 16.8 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 19.0 | 20.4 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 16.9 | 16.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 14.1 | 15.4 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | 12.8 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | 8.3 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 4.7 | -0.6 | -1.1 | 1.3 | -1.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 10.2 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 64 | 72 | 123 | 86 | 125 | 151 | 124 | 88 | 66 | 78 | 53 | 89 |
| Sunny days | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Rainy days | 25 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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