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What the averages say
On these averages, Townsville 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 July to November.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): December.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): January and February.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to June.
- The warmest month is December (32°C) and the coolest July (25°C). The wettest is February (236 mm) and the driest September (11 mm); about 875 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
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Townsville
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C | 24°C | 215 mm | 74% | 62% | 6.4 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 31°C | 24°C | 236 mm | 79% | 58% | 6.1 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 30°C | 23°C | 131 mm | 79% | 57% | 5.7 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 29°C | 20°C | 48 mm | 75% | 42% | 5.2 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 27°C | 18°C | 28 mm | 71% | 42% | 4.4 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 25°C | 15°C | 23 mm | 72% | 41% | 3.9 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 25°C | 14°C | 22 mm | 69% | 33% | 4.4 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 26°C | 15°C | 12 mm | 66% | 28% | 5.3 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 28°C | 18°C | 11 mm | 65% | 27% | 6.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 30°C | 20°C | 20 mm | 64% | 31% | 7 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 31°C | 22°C | 42 mm | 65% | 40% | 7.2 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 32°C | 24°C | 87 mm | 68% | 46% | 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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