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What the averages say
On these averages, Mackay has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April to December.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in July to September.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): January to March.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): October to April.
- The warmest month is February (28°C) and the coolest July (21°C). The wettest is February (253 mm) and the driest August (20 mm); about 1,169 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 model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- 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 Mackay
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 26°C | 224 mm | 79% | 56% | 6.4 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 28°C | 26°C | 253 mm | 80% | 55% | 6 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 28°C | 26°C | 197 mm | 79% | 55% | 5.5 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 26°C | 24°C | 87 mm | 77% | 42% | 4.9 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 24°C | 22°C | 54 mm | 73% | 44% | 4.2 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 22°C | 20°C | 50 mm | 74% | 44% | 3.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 21°C | 19°C | 30 mm | 73% | 35% | 4.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 22°C | 19°C | 20 mm | 72% | 29% | 5 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 24°C | 21°C | 21 mm | 74% | 26% | 6 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 25°C | 23°C | 33 mm | 74% | 32% | 6.7 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 27°C | 24°C | 64 mm | 74% | 37% | 7 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 28°C | 26°C | 136 mm | 77% | 44% | 6.9 | 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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