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 2005
| 30th 11° 33° |
31st 12° 35° |
1st 13° 31° |
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| 2nd 9° 30° |
3rd 11° 34° 16mm |
4th 13.5° 22° 4mm |
5th 9° 25° |
6th 6° 23° |
7th 6° 23° |
8th 7° 29° |
| 9th 14.5° 34° |
10th 14° 40° |
11th 16° 44° |
12th 11° 33° |
13th 13.5° 37.5° |
14th 15° 36.5° |
15th 12° 23° 5.5mm |
| 16th 12° 25° |
17th Simba 12.5° 28.5° |
18th 12° 33° |
19th 16° 40° |
20th 12° 37° |
21st 11° 31° |
22nd 11° 29° |
| 23rd 14° 36° |
24th 14° 38° |
25th 18° 40° |
26th 20° 39° 4mm |
27th 17° 39.5° |
28th 17° 39° 2mm |
29th 11° 28° |
February 2005
| 1st 10° 39° |
2nd 8° 12° 27mm |
3rd 9° 19.5° 11.5mm |
4th 10° 20.5° 6.5mm |
5th 7° 25° |
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| 6th 8° 27° |
7th 13° 36° |
8th 11° 24° 6mm |
9th 9° 22° 5mm |
10th 7.5° 24° |
11th 11.5° 25° |
12th 9.5° 24° |
| 13th 10° 29° |
14th ° 35° |
15th 7° 27° 1mm |
16th 6.5° 25° |
17th 10° 28.5° |
18th 13° 34° |
19th 13° 30.5° |
| 20th 12.5° 31° |
21st 13.5° 33° |
22nd 14° 35.5° |
23rd 14° 38° |
24th 11° 34° |
25th 11° 26° |
26th 11.5° 26.5° |
| 27th 10.5° 32° |
28th 17° 37° |
March 2005
| 1st 12° 41.5° |
2nd 9° 26° |
3rd 8° 29° |
4th 8° 25° |
5th 5° 20° 2mm |
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| 6th 6° 24° |
7th 6° 26° |
8th 7° 25° |
9th 8° 25° |
10th 8° 26° |
11th 12° 28° |
12th 11° 35° |
| 13th 11.5° 37° |
14th 13.5° 40° |
15th 11° 30° |
16th 8° 33° |
17th 9.5° 21° |
18th 11° 27° |
19th 10° 30° |
| 20th 10.5° 30° |
21st 10° 31° |
22nd 10.5° 25° |
23rd 10.5° 24.5° |
24th 10° 24° |
25th 5.5° 20° |
26th 3.5° 27° |
| 27th 8.5° 27° |
28th 8.5° 27° |
29th 10° 24° |
30th 10° 28° |
31st 11° 30° |
April 2005
| 1st 12.5° 32° |
2nd 16.5° 34° |
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| 3rd 5.5° 24° 6mm |
4th 6° 21° |
5th 6.5° 25.5° |
6th 8° 28° |
7th 12° 27.5° |
8th 13° 31° |
9th 15.5° 34° |
| 10th 8° 35° |
11th 7° 25° |
12th 6° 25° |
13th 7° 29° |
14th 7.5° 17° 15mm |
15th 9° 20° |
16th 5.5° 22° |
| 17th 9° 18° |
18th 8° 19° |
19th 5° 19° |
20th 6.5° 20.5° |
21st 6° 23° |
22nd 10° 26° |
23rd 9.5° 27° |
| 24th 9° 30° |
25th 9° 26° |
26th 5° 23° |
27th 5.5° 25° |
28th 8° 31° |
29th 8° 31° |
30th 11° 20.5° |
May 2005
| 1st 0° 17.5° |
2nd 2° 19° |
3rd 6° 22° |
4th 8° 23° |
5th 8° 22.5° |
6th 7° 17° |
7th 3° 18.5° |
| 8th 2° 18° |
9th 1.5° 20° |
10th 2° 17° |
11th 5° 17.5° |
12th 2° 19° |
13th 2° 18° |
14th 8° 20° |
| 15th 9° 21.5° |
16th 5° 16° |
17th 2° 18° |
18th 3.5° 18.5° |
19th .5° 17° |
20th 5.5° 17° |
21st 2° 19° |
| 22nd 2.5° 19° |
23rd .5° 16° 7mm |
24th 8° 20° |
25th 7.5° 14.5° |
26th 8.5° 14° |
27th 6.5° 14° |
28th 1.5° 15° |
| 29th -1.5° 15° |
30th 5.5° 14° |
31st 2° 14° |
June 2005
| 1st 2° 13° |
2nd 3° 14° |
3rd 1.5° 14.5° |
4th 4° 17° |
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| 5th 2° 17° |
6th 3° 15.5° |
7th 5° 18.5° |
8th 11° 19.5° 24mm |
9th 10° 18° 2mm |
10th 10° 15.5° 30mm |
11th 7° 15° |
| 12th 7° 16.5° |
13th 4° 14° 10mm |
14th 5° 12.5° |
15th 5° 11.5° 11mm |
16th 5° 13° |
17th 4.5° 12.5° 4.5mm |
18th 7.5° 14° 13.5mm |
| 19th 8° 12° 6mm |
20th 7° 12° 5mm |
21st 2.5° 7° 1.5mm |
22nd 1.5° 10° |
23rd 4° 14.5° |
24th 1° 12° |
25th 2.5° 12° |
| 26th 1° 13.5° |
27th 2.5° 14° |
28th 4° 13° |
29th 6° 14.5° |
30th 8° 12° 7mm |
July 2005
| 31st 3° 15° |
1st 7° 12° |
2nd 2.5° 12.5° |
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| 3rd 8° 13.5° |
4th 7° 13° |
5th 5° 12° |
6th 2.5° 15° |
7th 2.5° 13° |
8th 5° 11.5° |
9th 2° 12.5° |
| 10th 2° 12° |
11th 2° 10° 6.5mm |
12th 7° 10° 1.5mm |
13th 8° 10° 5.5mm |
14th 5° 11° 1.5mm |
15th 3° 13° |
16th 0.5° 10.5° 5.5mm |
| 17th -1° 12.5° |
18th 0° 11.5° |
19th 0° 13° |
20th -2° 12° |
21st 0° 11° |
22nd 7° 11° |
23rd 6.5° 16.5° |
| 24th 6.5° 12° 3mm |
25th 11° 14° 5mm |
26th 9° 15° 1mm |
27th 7° 14.5° 1.5mm |
28th 8° 15° 2mm |
29th 3° 15° |
30th 3° 15° |
August 2005
| 1st 2° 15° |
2nd 6° 17° .5mm |
3rd 7° 20° 1.5mm |
4th 1° 12.5° |
5th 1.5° 13° |
6th 3° 14° |
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| 7th 3° 15° 1mm |
8th 7° 15.5° |
9th 1° 14° 8mm |
10th 1° 9° 2mm |
11th 1° 11° |
12th 6° 12.5° |
13th 5° 14.5° |
| 14th Wind 5° 13.5° |
15th 2.5° 13° 3.5mm |
16th 1.5° 15.5° |
17th 7° 16° |
18th 9.5° 18° 1.5 |
19th 8.5° 14° 10 |
20th 8.5° 14.5° 1mm |
| 21st 3.5° 15° |
22nd 3° 14° |
23rd 3° 13.5° |
24th Frost 2° 15° |
25th Frost 2° 16.5° |
26th Frost -.5° 17° |
27th -.5° 17.5° |
| 28th 10° 20.5° |
29th 10° 23° 1mm |
30th Thunder storm 10° 21° 15.5 |
31st -2° 13° |
September 2005
| 1st -2° 14.5° |
2nd 1.5° 14° |
3rd 8.5° 17° |
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| 4th 2.5° 17.5° |
5th 0.5° 17° |
6th 7° 19° |
7th 8° 21° |
8th 13.5° 23° 3mm |
9th 11° 23° 8mm |
10th 7° 17.5° |
| 11th 5° 13.5° |
12th 4° 14° |
13th 1.5° 14° |
14th 3° 19.5° |
15th -0.5° 16.5° |
16th 3.5° 15.5° 3.5mm |
17th -1° 12.5° |
| 18th -0.5° 16° 3mm |
19th 6° 18° 1.5 |
20th 4° 17° |
21st 7° 21° |
22nd 7.5° 21° |
23rd 8° 18.5° |
24th 9.5° 18° |
| 25th 10° 20° |
26th 1.5° 20° |
27th 6° 21° |
28th 6° 18° 21mm |
29th 6° 18.5° |
30th 6° 21.5° |
October 2005
| 30th 12° 22° |
31st 13.5° 29° |
1st 10° 23° |
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| 2nd 10° 23° |
3rd 3° 21° |
4th 10.5° 22° |
5th 4° 22° |
6th 2° 19° |
7th 4.5° 12° 10mm |
8th 7° 16.5° 4.5mm |
| 9th 2.5° 20° |
10th 7° 20.5° 0.5mm |
11th 15° 18° |
12th 3° 21° |
13th 2° 25° |
14th 1.5° 19° |
15th 5.5° 22° |
| 16th 8° 26° |
17th 8° 27° |
18th 13° 28° 8mm |
19th 14° 20° |
20th 13.5° 25.5° |
21st 11° 25.5° 5mm |
22nd 8° 22.5° |
| 23rd 9.5° 24° |
24th 11° 19° 14.5mm |
25th 14° 21° |
26th 8.5° 21° 1mm |
27th 6° 20° |
28th 17° 27° |
29th 13° 23° |
November 2005
| 1st 17° 33° |
2nd 18° 37° |
3rd 6° 23° |
4th 13.5° 24° |
5th 10° 30° |
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| 6th 10° 33° |
7th 12° 21° 4mm |
8th 13.5° 24° |
9th 11° 31.5° |
10th 4° 16° 12mm |
11th 5.5° 22.5° |
12th 7° 24° |
| 13th 7° 25° |
14th 11° 32° 2mm |
15th 7.5° 20° |
16th 8° 28° |
17th 8.5° 31.5° |
18th 11° 33° |
19th 8.5° 26° |
| 20th 9° 25° |
21st 10° 30° |
22nd 8.5° 25° |
23rd 11° 28.5° |
24th 11.5° 32° |
25th 10° 36° |
26th 5.5° 23° |
| 27th 7° 23° |
28th 7.5° 24° |
29th 11° 28.5° 2.5mm |
30th 10.5° 32.5° 3.5mm |
December 2005
| 1st 7° 37° |
2nd 9° 23° 22.5mm |
3rd 7° 22.5° |
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| 4th 7° 32° |
5th 13° 34° |
6th 10° 27° 34mm |
7th 10° 26° |
8th 6.5° 26.5° |
9th 11° 25° |
10th 10° 30° |
| 11th 11° 36° |
12th 8° 35° |
13th 8° 27° |
14th 12.5° 35.5° 6mm |
15th 12.5° 33° |
16th 12.5° 28° |
17th 9.5° 23° |
| 18th 8° 24° |
19th 11° 29.5° |
20th 12° 38° |
21st 10° 38° |
22nd 10.5° 34.5° |
23rd 12° 42° |
24th 8° 38° |
| 25th 8.5° 27° |
26th 11° 38° |
27th 13° 39.5° |
28th 13° 30.5° |
29th 13.5° 36° |
30th 13.5° 45° |
31st 26° 47° |