February
February · January · March
Australia · 1991–2020
February leads for comfortable weather in Howden: typically 21.3°C by day, 12.5°C at night, with 44 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
February · January · March
February · January · March
December · March · February
The weakest month is July, scoring 37 against February’s 82 — days reach only 12.4°C, 12° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
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 | 21.4°C | 12.2°C | 50 mm | 6.2 | 15.7°C | 15 h 01 | 81 | Good coverage |
| February | 21.3°C | 12.5°C | 44 mm | 6.1 | 16.5°C | 13 h 52 | 82 | Good coverage |
| March | 19.9°C | 11.4°C | 47 mm | 8 | 16.3°C | 12 h 31 | 74 | Good coverage |
| April | 17.3°C | 9.6°C | 50 mm | 7.9 | 15.0°C | 10 h 59 | 62 | Good coverage |
| May | 15.1°C | 8.1°C | 40 mm | 8.3 | 13.7°C | 9 h 43 | 52 | Good coverage |
| June | 12.7°C | 6.3°C | 45 mm | 8.9 | 12.9°C | 9 h 01 | 40 | Good coverage |
| July | 12.4°C | 5.8°C | 48 mm | 9.7 | 12.6°C | 9 h 17 | 37 | Good coverage |
| August | 13.4°C | 6.1°C | 57 mm | 10.1 | 12.0°C | 10 h 23 | 39 | Good coverage |
| September | 14.9°C | 6.9°C | 54 mm | 10.1 | 11.9°C | 11 h 52 | 46 | Good coverage |
| October | 16.4°C | 8°C | 51 mm | 10 | 12.3°C | 13 h 21 | 54 | Good coverage |
| November | 17.8°C | 9.3°C | 54 mm | 9.5 | 13.2°C | 14 h 41 | 61 | Good coverage |
| December | 19.9°C | 10.7°C | 51 mm | 8.1 | 14.3°C | 15 h 21 | 72 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41.0°C4 Jan 2013 | 6.0°C18 Jan 2004 | 83 mm22 Jan 1997 | 122 mm1997 · driest 3 mm in 2008 | 23 |
| February | 38.5°C25 Feb 1995 | 5.8°C22 Feb 2011 | 88 mm7 Feb 1999 | 154 mm1999 · driest 9 mm in 2001 | 23 |
| March | 37.0°C14 Mar 2008 | 2.8°C31 Mar 1995 | 70 mm21 Mar 2003 | 188 mm2003 · driest 9 mm in 1992 | 23 |
| April | 28.3°C4 Apr 1992 | 2.5°C25 Apr 1997 | 75 mm13 Apr 2011 | 199 mm1996 · driest 13 mm in 2000 | 23 |
| May | 25.0°C8 May 2002 | 2.0°C23 May 2014 | 35 mm26 May 2012 | 120 mm2012 · driest 13 mm in 2008 | 23 |
| June | 20.0°C7 Jun 2002 | 1.2°C28 Jun 1994 | 47 mm25 Jun 1998 | 95 mm1998 · driest 15 mm in 2006 | 23 |
| July | 19.0°C23 Jul 2000 | 0.8°C12 Jul 2006 | 31 mm29 Jul 1995 | 98 mm2013 · driest 9 mm in 2010 | 22 |
| August | 22.5°C27 Aug 1994 | 0.0°C11 Aug 2005 | 37 mm12 Aug 2010 | 92 mm2004 · driest 11 mm in 2006 | 21 |
| September | 26.5°C28 Sep 1999 | 0.4°C12 Sep 2013 | 51 mm12 Sep 2005 | 95 mm2005 · driest 14 mm in 1999 | 21 |
| October | 33.5°C12 Oct 2006 | 1.0°C28 Oct 2006 | 31 mm12 Oct 2001 | 131 mm2001 · driest 16 mm in 2003 | 21 |
| November | 33.5°C20 Nov 2009 | 2.2°C8 Nov 1994 | 44 mm29 Nov 2009 | 112 mm2001 · driest 9 mm in 2003 | 23 |
| December | 38.0°C6 Dec 1994 | 4.8°C12 Dec 2006 | 62 mm19 Dec 1995 | 182 mm1993 · driest 3 mm in 1994 | 23 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 | 1 | <1 |
| February | 4 | <1 | 1 |
| March | 3 | <1 | 1 |
| April | <1 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 0 | <1 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| September | <1 | 0 | 1 |
| October | <1 | <1 | 1 |
| November | 1 | <1 | 2 |
| December | 3 | <1 | 1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58% | 22% | 4% | 21% | 20.0–22.7°C |
| February | 55% | 22% | 4% | 18% | 19.5–22.3°C |
| March | 40% | 25% | 3% | 27% | 18.6–21.1°C |
| April | 20% | 27% | 4% | 26% | 15.7–18.5°C |
| May | 5% | 28% | 3% | 35% | 14.1–15.9°C |
| June | <1% | 29% | 4% | 37% | 11.6–13.5°C |
| July | 0% | 32% | 5% | 38% | 11.5–13.5°C |
| August | <1% | 33% | 5% | 41% | 12.5–14.0°C |
| September | 5% | 34% | 4% | 41% | 13.7–16.3°C |
| October | 14% | 33% | 5% | 41% | 15.4–17.6°C |
| November | 21% | 30% | 5% | 37% | 16.8–18.9°C |
| December | 41% | 27% | 5% | 28% | 18.7–21.2°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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