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Best time to visit
Amherst Head.

July leads for comfortable weather in Amherst Head: typically 24.3°C by day, 13.5°C at night, with 81 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortJuly

Typical high24.3°C

Typical low13.5°C

Rain in July81 mm

Comfort

July

July · August · September

85climate match

Beach

July

July · August · September

51climate match

Outdoors

September

September · June · August

83climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against July’s 85 — days reach only -1.7°C, 26° below 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

5-1.7° / -11.4°

Feb

5-1.3° / -11.1°

Mar

52.5° / -6.9°

Apr

89.4° / -0.9°

May

4115.6° / 4.2°

Jun

5820.2° / 9.3°

Jul

8524.3° / 13.5°

Aug

8524.1° / 12.9°

Sep

6420° / 8.8°

Oct

2613.8° / 3.9°

Nov

57.8° / -0.9°

Dec

51.8° / -6.5°

Monthly climate evidence for Amherst Head — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 28 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	-1.7°C	-11.4°C	88 mm	13.2	-0.4°C	9 h 01	5	Good coverage
February	-1.3°C	-11.1°C	86 mm	12	-0.8°C	10 h 17	5	Good coverage
March	2.5°C	-6.9°C	75 mm	11.7	-0.6°C	11 h 45	5	Good coverage
April	9.4°C	-0.9°C	87 mm	11.7	1.0°C	13 h 28	8	Good coverage
May	15.6°C	4.2°C	75 mm	10.7	5.2°C	14 h 55	41	Good coverage
June	20.2°C	9.3°C	120 mm	11.3	11.6°C	15 h 43	58	Good coverage
July	24.3°C	13.5°C	81 mm	8.9	16.9°C	15 h 24	85	Good coverage
August	24.1°C	12.9°C	88 mm	7.4	18.7°C	14 h 08	85	Good coverage
September	20°C	8.8°C	92 mm	7.5	16.9°C	12 h 29	64	Good coverage
October	13.8°C	3.9°C	119 mm	12.4	12.9°C	10 h 50	26	Good coverage
November	7.8°C	-0.9°C	122 mm	11.6	7.3°C	9 h 24	5	Good coverage
December	1.8°C	-6.5°C	127 mm	13.4	2.1°C	8 h 40	5	Good coverage

Records at NAPPAN AUTO, 2003–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	18.0°C13 Jan 2018	-29.7°C22 Jan 2022	40 mm20 Jan 2019	212 mm2023 · driest 41 mm in 2004	23
February	16.2°C29 Feb 2016	-27.3°C15 Feb 2020	53 mm4 Feb 2022	158 mm2022 · driest 19 mm in 2007	23
March	24.2°C22 Mar 2012	-26.7°C6 Mar 2014	62 mm8 Mar 2008	230 mm2024 · driest 34 mm in 2020	23
April	24.6°C28 Apr 2009	-15.9°C6 Apr 2015	30 mm19 Apr 2006	157 mm2019 · driest 33 mm in 2008	23
May	28.5°C22 May 2022	-4.4°C8 May 2022	40 mm9 May 2011	156 mm2011 · driest 22 mm in 2010	23
June	31.0°C20 Jun 2024	-2.5°C4 Jun 2018	68 mm21 Jun 2015	215 mm2006 · driest 21 mm in 2020	23
July	32.0°C21 Jul 2022	3.7°C9 Jul 2009	52 mm10 Jul 2010	174 mm2021 · driest 25 mm in 2018	23
August	31.7°C13 Aug 2020	3.9°C19 Aug 2025	121 mm29 Aug 2019	170 mm2008 · driest 26 mm in 2005	22
September	31.2°C1 Sep 2010	-2.8°C21 Sep 2020	118 mm5 Sep 2012	302 mm2012 · driest 0 mm in 2005	22
October	27.0°C1 Oct 2010	-6.6°C30 Oct 2004	69 mm8 Oct 2005	228 mm2005 · driest 46 mm in 2007	22
November	21.8°C6 Nov 2017	-15.8°C25 Nov 2008	87 mm23 Nov 2015	217 mm2010 · driest 53 mm in 2023	23
December	18.5°C12 Dec 2008	-23.1°C19 Dec 2007	80 mm10 Dec 2014	198 mm2013 · driest 53 mm in 2024	23

Typical days per month at NAPPAN AUTO, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	0	29	3
February	0	27	3
March	0	28	2
April	0	18	3
May	<1	4	2
June	4	<1	3
July	14	0	3
August	13	0	3
September	3	<1	3
October	<1	7	4
November	0	18	4
December	0	27	4

How often, not how much — every day in NAPPAN AUTO’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	0%	42%	10%	64%	-3.8–0.0°C
February	0%	42%	10%	55%	-2.5–0.4°C
March	<1%	38%	7%	55%	0.7–5.5°C
April	1%	39%	10%	54%	8.4–11.2°C
May	16%	33%	7%	41%	14.6–17.4°C
June	42%	38%	11%	46%	18.9–22.0°C
July	68%	29%	10%	32%	23.0–25.9°C
August	71%	24%	9%	25%	22.8–25.6°C
September	42%	25%	9%	29%	19.0–21.7°C
October	6%	37%	12%	51%	13.1–16.3°C
November	<1%	39%	14%	57%	6.2–9.7°C
December	0%	43%	13%	60%	-0.5–4.1°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.

2004Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 22-year average. Warmest: 2024. Coolest: 2004.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 5884479
NOAA station: CA008203702 · NAPPAN AUTO
Station distance: 23.1 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 17 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 45.89°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 28 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 NAPPAN AUTO is what differs

Amherst→Tidnish→Athol→Athol Road→Athol Station→Beecham Settlement→

Or put two places side by side: Amherst Head vs Amherst

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The whole year,without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Amherst Head.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,
and named.