October
October · April · September
Australia · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Lidcombe: typically 24.3°C by day, 13.7°C at night, with 67 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · September
January · December · February
August · September · June
The weakest month is July, scoring 58 against October’s 88 — days reach only 17.6°C, 6° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 7.8°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C | 19.3°C | 86 mm | 7.8 | 22.7°C | 14 h 10 | 66 | Good coverage |
| February | 28.1°C | 19.4°C | 119 mm | 7.9 | 23.2°C | 13 h 22 | 62 | Good coverage |
| March | 26.6°C | 17.7°C | 67 mm | 7.6 | 23.1°C | 12 h 24 | 78 | Good coverage |
| April | 23.9°C | 14.3°C | 90 mm | 7 | 22.1°C | 11 h 18 | 87 | Good coverage |
| May | 20.8°C | 11.2°C | 90 mm | 7.8 | 20.8°C | 10 h 24 | 71 | Good coverage |
| June | 18.3°C | 8.9°C | 78 mm | 7 | 19.4°C | 9 h 55 | 61 | Good coverage |
| July | 17.6°C | 7.8°C | 66 mm | 6.5 | 18.4°C | 10 h 06 | 58 | Good coverage |
| August | 19.5°C | 8.7°C | 58 mm | 4.5 | 17.9°C | 10 h 52 | 69 | Good coverage |
| September | 22.5°C | 11.6°C | 54 mm | 5.6 | 18.1°C | 11 h 56 | 84 | Good coverage |
| October | 24.3°C | 13.7°C | 67 mm | 7.2 | 19.0°C | 13 h | 88 | Good coverage |
| November | 25.3°C | 15.9°C | 76 mm | 7.8 | 20.0°C | 13 h 56 | 84 | Good coverage |
| December | 27.4°C | 17.9°C | 64 mm | 7.4 | 21.3°C | 14 h 24 | 75 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44.7°C1 Jan 2006 | 12.8°C2 Jan 1997 | 113 mm31 Jan 2001 | 223 mm1996 · driest 8 mm in 2003 | 16 |
| February | 41.8°C1 Feb 2011 | 12.0°C13 Feb 1996 | 78 mm25 Feb 1999 | 247 mm2008 · driest 8 mm in 2000 | 16 |
| March | 39.8°C9 Mar 2004 | 11.2°C29 Mar 1999 | 61 mm20 Mar 2011 | 228 mm2000 · driest 7 mm in 1998 | 16 |
| April | 33.2°C5 Apr 2006 | 6.8°C23 Apr 2006 | 115 mm28 Apr 2003 | 213 mm1998 · driest 3 mm in 2006 | 16 |
| May | 28.4°C3 May 2007 | 5.4°C16 May 1999 | 90 mm19 May 1998 | 311 mm2003 · driest 9 mm in 2004 | 16 |
| June | 25.6°C14 Jun 2004 | 2.0°C30 Jun 2010 | 86 mm9 Jun 2007 | 391 mm2007 · driest 4 mm in 2004 | 16 |
| July | 25.1°C22 Jul 2009 | 1.7°C17 Jul 2007 | 75 mm14 Jul 1999 | 172 mm2011 · driest 12 mm in 2002 | 16 |
| August | 27.9°C27 Aug 2007 | 3.0°C20 Aug 1996 | 121 mm31 Aug 1996 | 298 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 1997 | 16 |
| September | 35.7°C29 Sep 2000 | 5.6°C11 Sep 2008 | 80 mm7 Sep 2006 | 173 mm2006 · driest 6 mm in 2003 | 15 |
| October | 38.4°C13 Oct 2004 | 6.8°C8 Oct 1998 | 51 mm24 Oct 1999 | 211 mm2004 · driest 7 mm in 2006 | 15 |
| November | 42.4°C22 Nov 2009 | 7.9°C16 Nov 2006 | 46 mm15 Nov 2000 | 170 mm2007 · driest 13 mm in 2009 | 15 |
| December | 41.7°C21 Dec 1997 | 11.7°C2 Dec 2000 | 65 mm11 Dec 2002 | 166 mm2007 · driest 17 mm in 1996 | 15 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 | 10 | 2 |
| February | 21 | 8 | 4 |
| March | 20 | 6 | 2 |
| April | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| May | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| June | <1 | 0 | 3 |
| July | <1 | 0 | 2 |
| August | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| September | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| October | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| November | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| December | 21 | 8 | 2 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 25% | 7% | 29% | 26.1–29.9°C |
| February | 72% | 28% | 13% | 33% | 25.7–29.8°C |
| March | 75% | 25% | 6% | 31% | 25.4–27.3°C |
| April | 70% | 24% | 9% | 29% | 22.4–25.5°C |
| May | 52% | 25% | 9% | 29% | 19.9–21.4°C |
| June | 21% | 24% | 9% | 29% | 17.2–19.7°C |
| July | 14% | 21% | 6% | 17% | 17.0–18.6°C |
| August | 41% | 15% | 5% | 16% | 18.6–20.3°C |
| September | 62% | 19% | 5% | 15% | 21.4–23.9°C |
| October | 67% | 23% | 7% | 22% | 22.8–25.6°C |
| November | 68% | 26% | 9% | 29% | 23.7–27.6°C |
| December | 75% | 24% | 6% | 22% | 25.8–29.2°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.
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