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. Main dam levels are in purple.
January 2008
| 1st 22° 45.5° |
32.52nd 17° ° |
3rd 14° 39° |
4th 19° 40° |
5th 21.5° 42° |
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| 6th 23° 37.5° |
7th 12° 34° |
8th 12° 34° |
9th 14° 40° |
10th 15° 44.5° |
11th 16° 41° |
12th 12° 26° |
| 13th 14° 29° |
14th 10° 31° |
15th 11° 38° |
16th 15° 30.5° |
17th 12° 33° |
18th 16° 30° |
19th 17° 21.5° 10.5mm |
| 20th 17° 26° 8mm |
21st 10.5° 26.5° |
22nd 13° 30.5° |
23rd 14° 35.5° |
24th 19.5° 32° |
25th 15° 37° |
26th 17° 39° |
| 27th 18° 34° |
28th 12° 35° |
29th 18° 37° |
30th 17° 36.5° |
31st 14° 26° 2mm |
February 2008
| 1st 10° 28° |
2nd 11° 29° |
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| 3rd 11.5° 36° |
4th 18° 36.5° |
5th 16.5° 33° |
6th 18° 25.5° |
7th 12° 23.5° |
8th 10.5° 23° |
9th 9° 25.5° |
| 10th 11° 28° |
11th 12° 29° |
12th 15.5° 33° |
13th 11° 25° |
14th 12.5° 30° |
15th 13° 35° |
16th 15° 38° |
| 17th 13° 37° |
18th 16.5° 36.5° |
19th 14° 38° |
20th 21° 25° |
21st 12° 33° |
22nd 13° 26° |
23rd 8.5° 25° |
| 24th 12° 25° |
25th 8° 28° |
26th 12° 29° |
27th 11.5° 28° |
28th 10° 22.5° |
29th 6° 23.5° |
March 2008
| 30th 4° 21° |
31st 8° 23° |
1st 9° 28° |
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| 2nd 10° 30° |
3rd 10° 30° |
4th 10° 32° |
5th 10° 34° |
6th 14° 38° |
7th 12.5° 34° |
8th 13° 33° |
| 9th 16° 37° |
10th 13° 40.5° |
11th 16.5° 36° |
12th 13° 37° |
13th 11° 40.5° |
14th 21.5° 41.5° |
15th 17° 40.5° |
| 16th 17° 42.2° |
17th 19° 40.5° |
18th 23° 36.5° |
19th 11.5° 30.5° |
20th 12° 27° |
21st 7° 24° |
22nd 9° 28.5° |
| 23rd 16° 30.5° |
24th 16° 32° |
25th 12° 23.5° 13mm |
26th 11° 21° |
27th 6° 18° |
28th 3.5° 19° |
29th 5° 18° |
April 2008
| 1st 6° 25° |
2nd 11° 23° |
3rd 5.5° 18° |
4th 8° 20° |
5th 9° 22° |
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| 6th 8° 23° |
7th 9° 23.5° |
8th 8° 27.5° |
9th 8° 25° |
10th 9° 29.5° |
11th 16° 29° |
12th 9° 21° |
| 13th 7° 19° |
14th 4° 20.5° |
15th 7° 21° |
16th 6° 21° |
17th 11° 24° |
18th 9° 23° |
19th 7° 25° |
| 20th 6.5° 23° |
21st 6.5° 22° |
22nd 5.5° 22° |
23rd 5° 22° |
24th 4° 24° |
25th 9° 26° |
26th 10° 19° |
| 27th 7° 15° 2.5mm |
28th 3° 14° |
29th 0.5° 15° |
30th 1° 12° |
May 2008
| 1st 10° 13° 5.5mm |
2nd 7° 16.5° 2mm |
3rd 6.5° 19° |
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| 4th 9° 17° |
5th 7° 20° |
6th 5° 18° |
7th 6.5° 16° 3mm |
8th 4° 17° |
9th 4.5° 15.5° |
10th 7.5° 18.5° |
| 11th 5° 16.5° |
12th 3° 16.5° |
13th 3° 18.5° |
14th 3.5° 19° |
15th 3° 20° |
16th 7° 17° |
17th 7.5° 12.5° 18mm |
| 18th 6.5° 14.5° 1.5 |
19th 4° 16° |
20th 10.5° 17° 2.5 |
21st 5° 15° 1mm |
22nd 3° 15° |
23rd 6° 15.5° |
24th 2.5° 15.5° |
| 25th 3.5° 16° |
26th 6.5° 18° |
27th 8.5° 17° |
28th 1° 14° |
29th 0.5° 17° |
30th 0.5° 16° |
31st 2° 16.5° |
June 2008
| 1st 2° 15° |
2nd 1° 16° |
3rd 4° 16.5° |
4th 9° 17° |
5th 10° 16.5° 3mm |
6th 9° 18° |
7th 5° 15.5° |
| 8th 5° 14.5° |
9th 8.5° 12.5° 8mm |
10th 11.5° 15° 5mm |
11th 11° 16° 2mm |
12th 6.5° 15° |
13th 5° 11.5° 20mm |
14th 4° 14° |
| 15th 4.5° 14° |
16th 4° 12° |
17th 2° 15.5° |
18th 2° 15° |
19th 7° 15° |
20th 7° 13.5° |
21st 3.5° 14.5° |
| 22nd 7.5° 16° |
23rd 7.5° 15° |
24th 7° 15° |
25th 10° 14° |
26th 9° 15° |
27th 7° 14° |
28th 4.5° 15° |
| 29th 7° 14° |
30th 9.5° 12° 7.5mm |
July 2008
| 1st 7° 13° |
2nd 10° 13.5° 1mm |
3rd 4° 13° |
4th 4° 13.5° |
5th Frost -0.5° 15° |
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| 6th 3° 13.5° |
7th 8.5° 10.5° 19mm |
8th 3.5° 9.5° 9.5mm |
9th 3° 11° 2mm |
10th 4.5° 10° 2.5mm |
11th 3.5° 10.5° 5.5mm |
12th 6° 11° |
| 13th 2.5° 11.5° 2.5mm |
14th Frost 1.5° 9° |
15th 3° 15° 7mm |
16th 5° 12° 3mm |
17th 4° 12.5° 3.5mm |
18th 6.5° 13° |
19th 3° 12° 2.5mm |
| 20th 7° 14° |
21st 6.5° 11° 1mm |
22nd 1° 11.5° |
23rd 0.5° 11° |
24th Frost -1° 12° |
25th Frost 0° 14° |
26th Frost 0° 13° |
| 27th 2° 12° 2mm |
28th 3° 13° 1mm |
29th Frost 0° 12° |
30th 2° 13° |
31st 3° 13° |
August 2008
| 31st 8° 14° 18mm |
1st 6° 11.5° 3.5mm |
2nd 3° 13.5° 1mm |
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| 3rd 3.5° 15° |
4th 5° 12° 3mm |
5th 2.5° 14.5° 4mm |
6th Frost 0° 14° |
7th 3.5° 13.5° 0.5mm |
8th Frost -1° 11° |
9th Frost -2° 11.5° 3mm |
| 10th 2° 9.5° 5.5mm |
11th 0° 12.5° 1.5mm |
12th 3.5° 13.5° |
13th 1° 12° 1mm |
14th 3° 12.5° |
15th 7° 13.5° |
16th 5.5° 14° |
| 17th 5° 13.5° |
18th 4° 13° |
19th 1° 14.5° |
20th 5.5° 15° |
21st 5.5° 11° |
22nd Frost 0° 12° |
23rd Frost 0° 12° |
| 24th Frost 1° 15° |
25th Frost -1° 13° |
26th Frost 0° 15.5° |
27th Frost 0° 15° |
28th 2° 16.5° |
29th Frost 1° 18° |
30th 4.5° 12.5° |
September 2008
| 1st 3° 15.5° 3mm |
2nd 8.5° 17° 4.5 |
3rd 3° 14.5° 0.5mm |
4th 3.5° 17.5° |
5th 6° 15° 3mm |
6th 6° 18° |
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| 7th 3° 20° |
8th Frost 1° 15° |
9th Frost 0.5° 15° |
10th Frost -1° 16° |
11th 5° 21° |
12th 11.5° 23.5° |
13th 9° 26° |
| 14th 10° 17° |
15th 9° 15.5° |
16th 2° 10.5° 2.5mm |
17th 2.5° 16° |
18th 3° 19.5° |
19th 4° 27° |
20th 7.5° 18.5° |
| 21st Frost 0° 21° |
22nd 7° 23° |
23rd 2° 18° 4.5mm |
24th Frost 0° 18° |
25th 2° 19° |
26th 10° 29° |
27th 8° 31° |
| 28th 8.5° 21° |
29th 5° 17° |
30th 0.5° 16.5° |
October 2008
| 1st 1° 24.5° |
2nd 7° 19° 5mm |
3rd 7.5° 18° |
4th 8° 19° |
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| 5th 1.5° 22° |
6th 7.5° 15° 3.5mm |
7th 3° 16° |
8th 5.5° 18.5° |
9th Frost 1° 18.5° |
10th 4° 27° |
11th 5° 30° |
| 12th 6° 33° |
13th 8° 23.5° |
14th 3° 20° |
15th 4° 22° |
16th 5.5° 24.5° |
17th 7.5° 30° |
18th 3° 35° |
| 19th 10.5° 27.5° |
20th 7° 20.5° |
21st 2.5° 19.5° |
22nd 6° 20.5° |
23rd 2° 25° |
24th 6° 32° |
25th 8° 33° |
| 26th 18.5° 35° |
27th 14.5° 23.5° |
28th 5° 30° |
29th 8° 27° |
30th 18° 36° |
31st 15° 23° |
November 2008
| 30th 6° 27° |
1st 9° 31.5° |
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| 2nd 10° 31.5° |
3rd 13° 20° |
4th 7.5° 23.5° |
5th 10° 28° |
6th 10° 28° |
7th 10.5° 18° 25mm |
8th 10° 22° |
| 9th 8° 26.5° |
10th 11° 29° |
11th 10.5° 34° |
12th 12° 39° |
13th 22° 37.5° 7.5mm |
14th 15° 26° |
15th 7° 19° |
| 16th 8° 23° |
17th 7° 27° |
18th 10° 25.5° |
19th 13° 17.5° 17mm |
20th 11.5° 22.5° |
21st 5.5° 21° 5mm |
22nd 5° 15° |
| 23rd 7° 22.5° |
24th 6° 24° |
25th 9° 31° |
26th 12° 33.5° |
27th 17° 36° |
28th 11.5° 22° |
29th 12.5° 22° 5.5mm |
December 2008
| 1st 7.5° 25° |
2nd 8° 25.5° |
3rd 11° 27.5° |
4th 7.5° 29.5° |
5th 15° 31° |
6th 11.5° 29° |
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| 7th 6° 24.5° |
8th 11° 29.5° |
9th 8.5° 22° |
10th 9.5° 26° |
11th 8.5° 33° |
12th 16° 20.5° |
13th 14° 20° 55mm |
| 14th 11.5° 22° 2mm |
15th 11° 26° |
16th 10.5° 27° 2mm |
17th 13° 27.5° 18.5mm |
18th 10° 24.5° |
19th 8° 23° |
20th 7° 30° |
| 21st 10° 34.5° |
22nd 20° 39° |
23rd 15° 27° |
24th 9.5° 32° |
25th 12° 33.5° |
26th 15° 37.5° |
27th 18° 35.5° |
| 28th 12.5° 31.5° .5mm |
29th 12° 27° |
30th 13° 26.5° |
31st 12° 27.5° |