Australia · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Lightning Ridge.

May leads for comfortable weather in Lightning Ridge: typically 23.1°C by day, 9°C at night, with 23 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortMay

Typical high23.1°C

Typical low9°C

Rain in May23 mm

Comfort

May

May · April · September

86climate match

Beach

March

March · April · February

82climate match

Outdoors

June

June · July · May

90climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 43 against May’s 86 — days average 36.4°C, 12° 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

4336.4° / 22.8°

Feb

5034.8° / 21.8°

Mar

6332.4° / 19°

Apr

8528.1° / 14.4°

May

8623.1° / 9°

Jun

6819.4° / 6.5°

Jul

6619.2° / 5.2°

Aug

7621.6° / 6.1°

Sep

8526.1° / 10.4°

Oct

7929.5° / 14.4°

Nov

6332.2° / 18.3°

Dec

5035° / 20.5°

Monthly climate evidence for Lightning Ridge — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	36.4°C	22.8°C	45 mm	4.2	13 h 50	43	Good coverage
February	34.8°C	21.8°C	43 mm	3.7	13 h 10	50	Good coverage
March	32.4°C	19°C	40 mm	4.1	12 h 21	63	Good coverage
April	28.1°C	14.4°C	27 mm	2.6	11 h 25	85	Good coverage
May	23.1°C	9°C	23 mm	3.2	10 h 40	86	Good coverage
June	19.4°C	6.5°C	41 mm	3.8	10 h 16	68	Good coverage
July	19.2°C	5.2°C	29 mm	3.3	10 h 25	66	Good coverage
August	21.6°C	6.1°C	17 mm	2.5	11 h 04	76	Good coverage
September	26.1°C	10.4°C	28 mm	3.1	11 h 57	85	Good coverage
October	29.5°C	14.4°C	39 mm	4.3	12 h 51	79	Good coverage
November	32.2°C	18.3°C	51 mm	5.2	13 h 38	63	Good coverage
December	35°C	20.5°C	50 mm	5	14 h 01	50	Good coverage

Records at LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFOR, 1997–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	48.5°C3 Jan 2014	11.5°C20 Jan 2010	137 mm30 Jan 2024	201 mm2012 · driest 3 mm in 2019	29
February	47.2°C12 Feb 2017	10.3°C3 Feb 2005	61 mm14 Feb 2009	141 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 2016	29
March	42.0°C20 Mar 2015	5.0°C30 Mar 2008	138 mm29 Mar 2025	208 mm2025 · driest 7 mm in 2005	29
April	36.9°C4 Apr 2018	2.0°C30 Apr 2008	54 mm2 Apr 2025	76 mm2025 · driest 0 mm in 2019	29
May	32.0°C3 May 2007	0.0°C17 May 2016	42 mm15 May 2025	86 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 2018	29
June	27.2°C15 Jun 2002	-7.0°C26 Jun 2008	70 mm4 Jun 2016	224 mm2016 · driest 0 mm in 2017	30
July	28.8°C31 Jul 2021	-4.4°C14 Jul 1997	64 mm21 Jul 1998	152 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 2002	29
August	36.2°C29 Aug 2009	-2.2°C12 Aug 2008	38 mm5 Aug 2022	58 mm2025 · driest 0 mm in 2019	28
September	39.3°C27 Sep 2017	1.5°C1 Sep 2015	54 mm14 Sep 2016	138 mm2016 · driest 0 mm in 2003	29
October	41.5°C26 Oct 2014	-0.7°C16 Oct 2023	58 mm25 Oct 2000	145 mm2000 · driest 0 mm in 2012	29
November	44.5°C20 Nov 2009	6.0°C2 Nov 2010	79 mm16 Nov 2000	245 mm2000 · driest 1 mm in 2020	29
December	45.8°C1 Dec 2020	5.0°C27 Dec 2006	67 mm27 Dec 2015	129 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 2000	29

Typical days per month at LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFOR, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	30	28	0	1
February	27	25	0	1
March	29	23	0	1
April	23	10	0	<1
May	10	<1	<1	<1
June	1	0	1	1
July	1	0	2	<1
August	5	<1	1	<1
September	16	6	0	<1
October	25	15	0	1
November	27	20	0	2
December	28	25	0	2

How often, not how much — every day in LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFOR’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	87%	13%	5%	7%	33.8–38.8°C
February	86%	13%	5%	12%	32.6–36.5°C
March	86%	14%	4%	8%	30.8–34.5°C
April	90%	9%	3%	5%	26.6–29.9°C
May	74%	11%	3%	7%	22.0–24.3°C
June	42%	14%	5%	9%	18.3–20.6°C
July	40%	10%	3%	7%	18.1–20.6°C
August	63%	9%	2%	5%	19.9–23.7°C
September	85%	10%	3%	5%	24.5–28.7°C
October	85%	14%	4%	12%	27.2–32.1°C
November	82%	17%	6%	16%	28.9–35.0°C
December	84%	16%	5%	11%	32.7–36.9°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.

1998Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 20-year average. Warmest: 2019. Coolest: 2008.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 2160232
NOAA station: ASN00048243 · LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFOR
Station distance: 0.7 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 22 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude -29.43°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
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 LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITORS INFOR is what differs

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The whole year,without the guesswork.

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Best time to visit
Lightning Ridge.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,
and named.