Gunnedah · Council (LGA)

Environment & Climate in Gunnedah

The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.

Six hundred and ninety-five millimetres of average annual rainfall defines the environment in Gunnedah. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 515 millimetres. It is an area where the weather is generally warmer than most other similar places.

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📍 Gunnedah, Council (LGA)

Where Gunnedah sits — Average annual rainfall

695
  • 0–71: 0 areas
  • 71–143: 6 areas
  • 143–214: 17 areas
  • 214–286: 31 areas
  • 286–357: 45 areas
  • 357–429: 42 areas
  • 429–500: 34 areas
  • 500–571: 42 areas
  • 571–643: 36 areas
  • 643–714: 62 areas
  • 714–786: 42 areas
  • 786–857: 27 areas
  • 857–929: 21 areas
  • 929–1,000: 24 areas
  • 1,000–1,071: 13 areas
  • 1,071–1,143: 10 areas
  • 1,143–1,214: 13 areas
  • 1,214–1,286: 11 areas
  • 1,286–1,357: 7 areas
  • 1,357–1,429: 13 areas
  • 1,429–1,500: 10 areas
  • 1,500–1,571: 8 areas
  • 1,571–1,643: 6 areas
  • 1,643–1,714: 4 areas
  • 1,714–1,786: 1 area
  • 1,786–1,857: 4 areas
  • 1,857–1,929: 0 areas
  • 1,929–2,000: 16 areas

All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Gunnedah — higher than 57% of areas.

Average annual rainfall compared with the state and national average
Gunnedah695
Rest of NSW 505
New South Wales 515

Climate

Average rainfall and temperature.

The average maximum temperature is 26.4°C, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, the typical minimum temperature of 9.5°C is much lower than in most other similar places.

Sources

  • SILO gridded climate data — Queensland Government (Long Paddock), 2019–2023 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13550/gunnedah/topic/environment-climate