Our basic max/min thermometer does not allow us to record the hours in a day of a specific temperature. We would like to know what our winter chill hours are for certain fruit trees and what days have the maximum hours at certain temperatures but alas the almighty dollar, or lack of them, prevails. But, according to a local nurseryman we get about 1400 chill hours per year in this area which is good news for all of the fruit trees.
In 1983 the St. Arnaud weather station (No. 79040) stopped recording temperatures.
The thermometer is read every morning which may lead to a carry over to the next day of the minimum temperature but on the whole the readouts give a good indication of our climate.
Minimum daily temperature in blue. Maximum daily temperature in red. Rainfall in green.
January 2004
| 1st 15° 37° |
2nd 13° 39° |
3rd 21° 42° |
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| 4th 11 ° 22° 4mm |
5th 11° 28° |
6th 12° 22° 1mm |
7th 8° 22° 2mm |
8th 7° 23° |
9th 11° 29° |
10th 9° 31° |
| 11th 10° 28° |
12th 10° 32° |
13th 11° 35° |
14th 10° 28° |
15th 12° 40° |
16th 12° 37° |
17th 6° 26° |
| 18th 8° 33.5° |
19th 10° 34° |
20th 14° 41° |
21st 13° 28° |
22nd 11° 31° |
23rd 11° 31° |
24th 12° 33° |
| 25th 13° 30° |
26th 12° 33° |
27th 8° 31° |
28th 12° 27° |
29th 11° 25° |
30th 10° 28° |
31st 11° 29° |
February 2004
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st 11° 26° |
2nd 9° 24° |
3rd 11° 25° |
4th 11° 34° |
5th 14° 38.5° |
6th 15° 40° |
7th 17° 39.5° |
| 8th 17° 43° |
9th 14.5° 32° |
10th 14° 31° |
11th 15° 28° |
12th 14° 40° |
13th 17° 40° |
14th 18° 47° |
| 15th 14° 45° |
16th 13° 35° |
17th 13° 38° |
18th 10° 36° |
19th 14° 35° |
20th 15.5° 42° |
21st 9° 24° |
| 22nd 8° 25° 2.5mm |
23rd 10° 27° |
24th 14° 31° |
25th 13.5° 33.5° |
26th 13° 34° |
27th 11° 31° |
28th 11.5° 32° |
| 29th 6° 24° |
March 2004
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st 8° 27° |
2nd 12° 24° |
3rd 19.5° 38.5° |
4th 17° 38° |
5th 18° 33.5° |
6th 12° 33° |
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| 7th 8.5° 28° |
8th 15° 29° |
9th 9° 25° |
10th 9.5° 26.5° |
11th 8° 28° |
12th 7.5° 26° |
13th 11° 27° |
| 14th 9° 28° |
15th 9.5° 28° |
16th 9° 27° |
17th 7° 25° |
18th 8° 27° |
19th 9° 27° |
20th 7° 26° |
| 21st 10° 25° |
22nd 8° 28° |
23rd 8.5° 29° |
24th 7° 31° |
25th 8° 30° |
26th 11° 26° |
27th 8° 30° |
| 28th 13° 33° 14mm |
29th 10° 21° |
30th 11° 22° |
31st 10° 21° |
April 2004
| 1st 5° 24° |
2nd 8° 22° |
3rd 10° 24° |
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| 4th 10.5° 24.5° |
5th 13° 30° |
6th 10° 30.5° |
7th 8° 24° |
8th 7° 26° |
9th 8° 25° |
10th 10° 27° |
| 11th 11° 27° |
12th 11° 23° |
13th 15° 28.5° |
14th 15° 36° |
15th 11.5° 25.5° |
16th 9° 22° |
17th 8° 20° |
| 18th 3.5° 19° |
19th 3° 19° |
20th 5.5° 23° |
21st 7° 27° |
22nd 10° 30° 4.5mm |
23rd 7° 17° |
24th 5° 16° |
| 25th 8° 16° |
26th 5° 17° |
27th 5° 18.5° |
28th 4° 20° |
29th 7° 21° .5mm |
30th 8° 16° 3mm |
May 2004
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30th 8° 15° |
31st 7° 16° |
1st 2° 14° |
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| 2nd 2° 17° |
3rd 11° 17° |
4th 0° 18.5° |
5th 0° 17° |
6th 0° 16° |
7th 4° 17° |
8th 6.5° 18° |
| 9th 5° 18° |
10th 4° 17° |
11th 3° 18° |
12th 1° 18° |
13th 0° 18° |
14th 1° 19° |
15th 9° 20° 2mm |
| 16th 4.5° 17° 0.5mm |
17th 10° 18° 15mm |
18th 4° 16° 3mm |
19th 4.5° 16° |
20th 11° 16° |
21st 8° 20° |
22nd 11° 17° |
| 23rd 11° 15° 13.5mm |
24th 3° 17° |
25th 3° 17° |
26th 4° 14° |
27th 8° 15° |
28th 1° 15° |
29th 5° 12° |
June 2004
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st 9° 15° 9.5mm |
2nd 9° 10° 3mm |
3rd 3° 14° 1mm |
4th 0° 14° |
5th -1.5° 13° |
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| 6th -2° 16° |
7th 2° 17° |
8th 4.5° 14° |
9th 5° 14.5° 20mm |
10th 2° 14° |
11th 1° 14° |
12th 7° 13° |
| 13th 9° 16° 4.5mm |
14th 7° 12° 3mm |
15th 4° 13° 1.5mm |
16th -1° 12° |
17th 1° 9° 15mm |
18th 5° 13° 4mm |
19th 2° 10° 1mm |
| 20th 5° 12° 0.5mm |
21st 8° 14° |
22nd 6° 13° |
23rd 7° 13° 1.5 |
24th 7.5° 12° 7mm |
25th 5° 11° 3mm |
26th 7.5° 13° |
| 27th 5° 13° |
28th 5° 13° |
29th 6° 16° |
30th 0° 12° 4.5mm |
July 2004
| 1st 0° 12° .5mm |
2nd 6° 13° .5mm |
3rd 6° 15° |
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| 4th 6° 13° |
5th 3° 12° |
6th 5° 11° 1mm |
7th 0° 11.5° |
8th 0° 10° |
9th 6° 13.5° |
10th 5° 15° |
| 11th 5.5° 15° |
12th 3.5° 13° |
13th 3.5° 13.5° |
14th 6° 14° |
15th 0° 12° |
16th 4° 12° 4mm |
17th 2° 9.5° |
| 18th 2° 11.5° |
19th -1° 12° |
20th -1° 11° |
21st -1° 12° |
22nd 3° 12.5° |
23rd 6° 8° 28mm |
24th 8° 11° 5.5mm |
| 25th 5.5° 13° 1mm |
26th -1° 14° |
27th 0° 11° 2mm |
28th 2° 12° |
29th 2° 12° |
30th 1.5° 14.5° |
31st 1° 12° |
August 2004
| 1st 1.5° 13° |
2nd 5° 15° 7.5 |
3rd 5° 13° |
4th 3° 13° 4mm |
5th 7° 13° |
6th 0° 12.5° |
7th 6.5° 13° 2.5mm |
| 8th 5° 15° 1mm |
9th 6° 12° |
10th 8° 14° |
11th 5.5° 14° |
12th 8.5° 16.5° |
13th 5° 16° 3.5mm |
14th 1.5° 10° |
| 15th Black lamb born 3.5° 13° |
16th -1° 15° |
17th -.5° 14.5° |
18th 0° 16° |
19th Apricot blossom 7° 14.5° |
20th 8° 18° |
21st 1.5° 20° |
| 22nd 1.5° 17° |
23rd 1.5° 17° 1mm |
24th 6.5° 21° |
25th 5° 23° 2.5mm |
26th 0° 18° |
27th 2° 16.5° |
28th 7° 21.5° |
| 29th 10° 13.5° 10.5mm |
30th 4° 17° |
31st 2° 13.5° |
September 2004
| 1st 0° 14° |
2nd 0° 15° |
3rd 2° 13° 4.5mm |
4th Frost 3° 14° |
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| 5th 2° 16.5° |
6th 2° 18° |
7th 8° 12° 19mm |
8th 9° 15° 3.5mm |
9th 8° 14° |
10th 7° 18° 10.5mm |
11th -.5° 12° .5mm |
| 12th 7° 13° |
13th 7° 16.5° |
14th 7° 15° |
15th 1° 18° |
16th 6° 18° |
17th 4° 17° |
18th 2.5° 19° |
| 19th 2.5° 18° |
20th 3.5° 21.5° |
21st 4.5° 26° |
22nd 7° 27° |
23rd 6.5° 18° |
24th 8.5° 19° |
25th 7° 20° |
| 26th 9.5° 26° |
27th 5.5° 19° |
28th 6° 20.5° 11mm |
29th 4.5° 20° |
30th 6° 20° |
October 2004
| 31st 17° 33° |
1st 2° 20.5° |
2nd 3° 22.5° |
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| 3rd 7° 20° |
4th 5° 22° |
5th 5° 21° |
6th 6.5° 25° 2mm |
7th 4° 22° |
8th 6° 20° |
9th 4.5° 21° |
| 10th 8° 29° |
11th North wind 7° 34.5° |
12th North wind 18° 37° |
13th 6.5° 21° |
14th 3° 20° |
15th -1° 19° |
16th 1.5° 20° |
| 17th 6.5° 23.5° |
18th 7° 23° |
19th 6° 26° |
20th 11° 29° |
21st 10° 30° |
22nd 8° 30° |
23rd 7° 28° |
| 24th 5° 24° |
25th 7° 27° |
26th 8° 30° |
27th 8° 16° |
28th 11° 20° |
29th 9° 22° |
30th 7° 29° |
November 2004
| 1st 8° 29° |
2nd 1.5° 21° 9mm |
3rd 6° 20° 21mm |
4th 8.5° 16° |
5th 9° 21° 5mm |
6th 6.5° 18.5° 14mm |
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| 7th 4.5° 19° |
8th 5° 21° |
9th 7° 25.5° |
10th 18° 29.5° |
11th 9° 21° 26mm |
12th 7° 26° 12mm |
13th 7° 16° |
| 14th 10° 21° |
15th 5° 23° |
16th 5° 26° |
17th 9.5° 34° |
18th 8° 27° |
19th 3° 22° |
20th 6° 22° |
| 21st 8° 24° |
22nd 8° 23° |
23rd 7.5° 28° |
24th 10° 30° |
25th 11° 35.5° |
26th 14° 41° |
27th 18.5° 41.5° |
| 28th 13° 36° |
29th 19° 36° |
30th 14° 30° |
December 2004
| 1st 6° 25° 1.5 |
2nd 6° 25° |
3rd 8° 28° |
4th 11.5° 31.5° |
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| 5th 14° 37° |
6th 15° 36° 16mm |
7th 16° 27° |
8th 16° 30° 4mm |
9th 16° 32° .5mm |
10th 13° 30.5° 20mm |
11th 13° 31.5° 17mm |
| 12th 15° 34° 2.5mm |
13th 15° 25° 13mm |
14th 8° 24° |
15th 9.5° 26.5° |
16th 14° 32° |
17th 15° 35° |
18th 16° 40.5° |
| 19th 9° 26° |
20th 8.5° 26.5° |
21st 8° 34° |
22nd 13.5° 35.5° |
23rd 18° 42° |
24th 7° 29° |
25th 9° 28° |
| 26th 11° 30° |
27th 6° 21° |
28th 6° 20° |
29th 8° 27° |
30th 10.5° 35° |
31st 15° 40° |