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What the averages say
Every month in Hervey Bay averages a high between 18°C and 32°C with under 150 mm of rain.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in July to September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to April.
- The warmest month is January (31°C) and the coolest June (21°C). The wettest is February (147 mm) and the driest July (32 mm); about 977 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Hervey Bay
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C | 21°C | 134 mm | 70% | 54% | 6.6 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 30°C | 21°C | 147 mm | 75% | 55% | 6 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 29°C | 20°C | 126 mm | 76% | 56% | 5.2 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 27°C | 17°C | 60 mm | 74% | 46% | 4.7 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 24°C | 14°C | 56 mm | 71% | 46% | 3.9 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 21°C | 12°C | 62 mm | 74% | 49% | 3.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 21°C | 11°C | 32 mm | 70% | 40% | 3.8 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 23°C | 11°C | 43 mm | 65% | 37% | 4.6 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 26°C | 14°C | 35 mm | 66% | 36% | 5.6 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 28°C | 16°C | 84 mm | 66% | 44% | 6.3 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 30°C | 18°C | 69 mm | 66% | 48% | 6.8 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 31°C | 20°C | 129 mm | 69% | 54% | 6.8 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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