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What the averages say
On these averages, Rockhampton has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in March to November.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in June to October.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): December and January.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): February.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to May.
- The warmest month is December (32°C) and the coolest July (23°C). The wettest is February (158 mm) and the driest September (25 mm); about 806 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
- JanHot
- FebWet
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Rockhampton
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°C | 22°C | 125 mm | 70% | 53% | 6.7 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 31°C | 22°C | 158 mm | 75% | 52% | 6.2 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 29°C | 21°C | 116 mm | 76% | 50% | 5.6 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 28°C | 18°C | 42 mm | 74% | 39% | 5 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 25°C | 15°C | 32 mm | 70% | 40% | 4.2 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 23°C | 13°C | 45 mm | 73% | 41% | 3.6 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 23°C | 11°C | 29 mm | 70% | 32% | 4.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 24°C | 12°C | 26 mm | 66% | 29% | 4.9 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 25 mm | 65% | 27% | 6 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 29°C | 18°C | 48 mm | 65% | 34% | 6.7 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 31°C | 20°C | 53 mm | 64% | 39% | 7.1 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 32°C | 21°C | 107 mm | 67% | 48% | 7 | 25°C | Hot |
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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