Australia · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Doonbah.

September leads for comfortable weather in Doonbah: typically 24.2°C by day, 13.3°C at night, with 53 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember

Typical high24.2°C

Typical low13.3°C

Rain in September53 mm

Comfort

September

September · October · August

91climate match

Beach

December

December · January · November

71climate match

Outdoors

July

July · August · September

87climate match

The weakest month is February, scoring 50 against September’s 91 — 175 mm of rain falls, and days average 28°C, 4° above the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

5128.7° / 19.9°

Feb

5028° / 19.9°

Mar

5027° / 19°

Apr

6824.7° / 16.5°

May

7422.1° / 13.3°

Jun

5220° / 11.4°

Jul

6819.9° / 10.3°

Aug

7521.5° / 10.7°

Sep

9124.2° / 13.3°

Oct

8125.6° / 15.2°

Nov

7026.9° / 17°

Dec

6328.2° / 18.8°

Monthly climate evidence for Doonbah — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 23 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	28.7°C	19.9°C	163 mm	10.7	25.7°C	13 h 49	51	Good coverage
February	28°C	19.9°C	175 mm	11.8	26.2°C	13 h 09	50	Good coverage
March	27°C	19°C	201 mm	13.4	25.9°C	12 h 21	50	Good coverage
April	24.7°C	16.5°C	166 mm	12.1	25.0°C	11 h 26	68	Good coverage
May	22.1°C	13.3°C	109 mm	10	23.5°C	10 h 41	74	Good coverage
June	20°C	11.4°C	194 mm	9.9	22.0°C	10 h 18	52	Good coverage
July	19.9°C	10.3°C	76 mm	7.4	21.0°C	10 h 27	68	Good coverage
August	21.5°C	10.7°C	80 mm	6.1	20.6°C	11 h 05	75	Good coverage
September	24.2°C	13.3°C	53 mm	6.1	21.0°C	11 h 57	91	Good coverage
October	25.6°C	15.2°C	94 mm	8.2	22.0°C	12 h 51	81	Good coverage
November	26.9°C	17°C	115 mm	9	23.2°C	13 h 37	70	Good coverage
December	28.2°C	18.8°C	108 mm	9.6	24.5°C	14 h	63	Good coverage

Records at EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE, 1998–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	45.0°C12 Jan 2002	14.2°C20 Jan 2010	125 mm28 Jan 2013	375 mm2012 · driest 3 mm in 2019	28
February	43.1°C12 Feb 2017	14.5°C9 Feb 2009	200 mm7 Feb 2020	444 mm2020 · driest 48 mm in 2019	27
March	37.8°C16 Mar 2014	12.9°C31 Mar 2008	287 mm31 Mar 2017	781 mm2017 · driest 25 mm in 1998	29
April	35.1°C11 Apr 2026	8.1°C30 Apr 2008	153 mm9 Apr 2008	406 mm2008 · driest 65 mm in 2020	29
May	31.2°C4 May 2007	4.8°C31 May 2004	79 mm21 May 2001	277 mm2022 · driest 11 mm in 2004	29
June	29.0°C16 Jun 2002	3.0°C21 Jun 2004	287 mm30 Jun 2005	459 mm2005 · driest 8 mm in 2004	28
July	28.2°C31 Jul 2017	4.1°C9 Jul 2014	70 mm25 Jul 2008	218 mm1999 · driest 2 mm in 2007	29
August	37.6°C24 Aug 2009	4.4°C21 Aug 2018	157 mm12 Aug 2024	321 mm2025 · driest 1 mm in 2017	28
September	39.2°C21 Sep 2023	7.3°C15 Sep 2004	95 mm28 Sep 2024	216 mm2022 · driest 2 mm in 2003	28
October	41.6°C20 Oct 2012	7.3°C17 Oct 2010	223 mm4 Oct 2010	394 mm2010 · driest 17 mm in 2012	28
November	42.2°C15 Nov 2014	10.6°C17 Nov 2006	120 mm5 Nov 2023	300 mm2008 · driest 4 mm in 2019	28
December	41.0°C25 Dec 2001	12.4°C7 Dec 2013	119 mm1 Dec 2021	416 mm2020 · driest 9 mm in 2006	28

Typical days per month at EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	27	9	4
February	25	6	5
March	25	4	5
April	13	1	5
May	4	<1	3
June	1	0	5
July	2	0	2
August	5	<1	2
September	11	2	2
October	16	5	3
November	20	6	4
December	25	8	3

How often, not how much — every day in EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	65%	35%	13%	45%	27.1–30.3°C
February	60%	40%	16%	55%	26.6–29.6°C
March	54%	46%	17%	62%	25.9–28.6°C
April	58%	41%	19%	55%	23.8–26.0°C
May	55%	37%	13%	45%	21.4–23.2°C
June	36%	31%	13%	40%	19.0–21.0°C
July	37%	25%	9%	27%	18.9–20.8°C
August	56%	21%	7%	28%	20.3–23.2°C
September	76%	20%	5%	20%	22.7–26.3°C
October	72%	27%	10%	30%	23.8–27.3°C
November	69%	31%	12%	42%	25.2–28.9°C
December	70%	30%	11%	38%	26.3–30.3°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1999Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 26-year average. Warmest: 2019. Coolest: 2008.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 11746273
NOAA station: ASN00058212 · EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE
Station distance: 10.7 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 21 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude -29.09°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 23 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE is what differs

Evans Head→Woodburn→East Coraki→Swan Bay→Rileys Hill→New Italy→

Or put two places side by side: Doonbah vs Evans Head

Best time to visitDoonbah.