Bairnsdale Post Office Weather Records (ASN00084080)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Bairnsdale Post Office (ASN00084080), Australia, with 75 years of record.

Key Facts for Bairnsdale Post Office

Bairnsdale Post Office (ASN00084080) is a weather station in Australia at -37.82 latitude and 147.62 longitude, 14 m (46 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1896 to 1970, 75 years of record.
1,464 records set at Bairnsdale Post Office still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Bairnsdale Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 20 March 1970.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -37.82 latitude, 147.62 longitude.
Elevation: 14 m (46 ft).
Period of record: 1896 to 1970, 75 years.
Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Bairnsdale Post Office. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Bairnsdale Post Office, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	43.9 C (111.0 F)	4.7 C (40.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	41.6 C (106.9 F)	5.3 C (41.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	39.6 C (103.3 F)	4.4 C (39.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	32.9 C (91.2 F)	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	n/a	n/a
May	28.0 C (82.4 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	25.7 C (78.3 F)	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	21.2 C (70.2 F)	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	23.4 C (74.1 F)	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	29.2 C (84.6 F)	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	32.7 C (90.9 F)	1.1 C (34.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	36.8 C (98.2 F)	3.3 C (37.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.0 C (37.4 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Bairnsdale Post Office still stand. 1965 holds the most, with 149.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Bairnsdale Post Office between 26 December 1935 and 26 December 1935. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Dec: 165.1 mm (6.5 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Bairnsdale Post Office. The most was 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 26 December 1935.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Bairnsdale Post Office
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 January 1954
Feb	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	19 February 1951
Mar	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	2 March 1961
Apr	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	8 April 1936
May	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	20 May 1963
Jun	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	24 June 1933
Jul	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	11 July 1957
Aug	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 August 1919
Sep	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	18 September 1896
Oct	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	18 October 1905
Nov	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 November 1965
Dec	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	26 December 1935

Period of Record Coverage

1957 to 1970

14 years of record at Bairnsdale Post Office, 1957 to 1970. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1970.

Days with data per year at Bairnsdale Post Office
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1957	363	99%	Yes
1958	365	100%	Yes
1959	361	99%	Yes
1960	359	98%	Yes
1961	361	99%	Yes
1962	363	99%	Yes
1963	361	99%	Yes
1964	365	100%	Yes
1965	364	100%	Yes
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	366	100%	Yes
1969	343	94%	Yes
1970	90	25%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Bairnsdale Post Office
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1970	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1970	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	2 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	6 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1969	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1968	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1968	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1968	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1967	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1967	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	0 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1967	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	6 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1967	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1966	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1966	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	13 years	21 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

12 complete years, 1957 to 1968

One stripe for each of 12 complete years at Bairnsdale Post Office, 1957 to 1968. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 14.3 C (57.7 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1958, at 14.0 C (57.3 F), and the warmest was 1961, at 14.6 C (58.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 0.5 C (0.9 F).

Annual mean temperature at Bairnsdale Post Office as warming stripes, 1957 to 1968
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1957	14.1 C	-0.21 C
1958	14.0 C	-0.25 C
1959	14.6 C	+0.35 C
1960	14.1 C	-0.16 C
1961	14.6 C	+0.36 C
1962	14.4 C	+0.08 C
1963	14.5 C	+0.17 C
1964	14.2 C	-0.10 C
1965	14.3 C	+0.00 C
1966	14.0 C	-0.24 C
1967	14.1 C	-0.20 C
1968	14.5 C	+0.17 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1896 to 1970

Yearly extremes at Bairnsdale Post Office: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	43.9 C (111.0 F)	1968	38.8 C (101.8 F)	14
Coldest night (TNn)	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	1966	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	14
Wettest day (Rx1day)	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	1935	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	70
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	1935	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	70
Longest dry spell (CDD)	41 days	1919	20 days	70

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Bairnsdale Post Office, 1896 to 1970. The record is 43.9 C (111.0 F) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.8 C (101.8 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Bairnsdale Post Office by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1896	n/a
1897	n/a
1898	n/a
1899	n/a
1900	n/a
1901	n/a
1902	n/a
1903	n/a
1904	n/a
1905	n/a
1906	n/a
1907	n/a
1908	n/a
1909	n/a
1910	n/a
1911	n/a
1912	n/a
1913	n/a
1914	n/a
1915	n/a
1916	n/a
1917	n/a
1918	n/a
1919	n/a
1920	n/a
1921	n/a
1922	n/a
1923	n/a
1924	n/a
1925	n/a
1926	n/a
1927	n/a
1928	n/a
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1958	35.9 C (96.6 F)
1959	42.6 C (108.7 F)
1960	38.7 C (101.7 F)
1961	37.9 C (100.2 F)
1962	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1963	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1964	38.8 C (101.8 F)
1965	40.2 C (104.4 F)
1966	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1967	39.6 C (103.3 F)
1968	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1969	38.6 C (101.5 F)
1970	34.0 C (93.2 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Bairnsdale Post Office, 1896 to 1970. The record is -3.1 C (26.4 F) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is -1.4 C (29.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Bairnsdale Post Office by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1896	n/a
1897	n/a
1898	n/a
1899	n/a
1900	n/a
1901	n/a
1902	n/a
1903	n/a
1904	n/a
1905	n/a
1906	n/a
1907	n/a
1908	n/a
1909	n/a
1910	n/a
1911	n/a
1912	n/a
1913	n/a
1914	n/a
1915	n/a
1916	n/a
1917	n/a
1918	n/a
1919	n/a
1920	n/a
1921	n/a
1922	n/a
1923	n/a
1924	n/a
1925	n/a
1926	n/a
1927	n/a
1928	n/a
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	-2.6 C (27.3 F)
1958	-0.9 C (30.4 F)
1959	-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1960	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1961	-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1962	-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1963	-0.9 C (30.4 F)
1964	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1965	-2.7 C (27.1 F)
1966	-3.1 C (26.4 F)
1967	-1.0 C (30.2 F)
1968	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1969	-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1970	6.9 C (44.4 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Bairnsdale Post Office, 1896 to 1970. The record is 165.1 mm (6.5 in) in 1935, marked on the chart; the median year is 54.5 mm (2.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Bairnsdale Post Office by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1896	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1897	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1898	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1899	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1900	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1901	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1902	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1903	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1904	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1905	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1906	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1907	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1908	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1909	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1910	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1911	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1912	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1913	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1914	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1915	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1916	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1917	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1918	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1919	89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1920	88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1921	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1922	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1923	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1924	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1925	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1926	70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1927	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1928	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1929	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1930	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1931	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1932	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1933	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1934	70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1935	165.1 mm (6.5 in)
1936	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1937	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1938	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1939	96.3 mm (3.8 in)
1940	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1941	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1942	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1943	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1949	78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1950	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1951	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1952	105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1953	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1954	97.3 mm (3.8 in)
1955	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1956	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1957	85.3 mm (3.4 in)
1958	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1959	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1960	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1961	132.1 mm (5.2 in)
1962	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1963	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1964	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1965	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1966	70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1967	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1968	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1969	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1970	52.3 mm (2.1 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Bairnsdale Post Office, 1896 to 1970. The record is 218.2 mm (8.6 in) in 1935, marked on the chart; the median year is 90.8 mm (3.6 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Bairnsdale Post Office by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1896	123.9 mm (4.9 in)
1897	208.5 mm (8.2 in)
1898	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1899	107.2 mm (4.2 in)
1900	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1901	80.9 mm (3.2 in)
1902	177.5 mm (7.0 in)
1903	87.4 mm (3.4 in)
1904	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1905	105.0 mm (4.1 in)
1906	84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1907	69.3 mm (2.7 in)
1908	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1909	89.8 mm (3.5 in)
1910	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1911	96.3 mm (3.8 in)
1912	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1913	110.6 mm (4.4 in)
1914	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1915	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1916	101.9 mm (4.0 in)
1917	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1918	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1919	130.3 mm (5.1 in)
1920	123.4 mm (4.9 in)
1921	51.9 mm (2.0 in)
1922	77.9 mm (3.1 in)
1923	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1924	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1925	116.5 mm (4.6 in)
1926	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1927	91.7 mm (3.6 in)
1928	104.9 mm (4.1 in)
1929	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1930	85.4 mm (3.4 in)
1931	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1932	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1933	125.8 mm (5.0 in)
1934	111.3 mm (4.4 in)
1935	218.2 mm (8.6 in)
1936	111.5 mm (4.4 in)
1937	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1938	137.2 mm (5.4 in)
1939	141.7 mm (5.6 in)
1940	51.4 mm (2.0 in)
1941	88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1942	145.3 mm (5.7 in)
1943	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1949	101.5 mm (4.0 in)
1950	107.0 mm (4.2 in)
1951	170.2 mm (6.7 in)
1952	194.3 mm (7.6 in)
1953	62.8 mm (2.5 in)
1954	139.9 mm (5.5 in)
1955	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1956	105.9 mm (4.2 in)
1957	106.9 mm (4.2 in)
1958	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1959	66.1 mm (2.6 in)
1960	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1961	176.1 mm (6.9 in)
1962	82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1963	153.5 mm (6.0 in)
1964	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1965	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1966	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1967	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1968	115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1969	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1970	89.6 mm (3.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Bairnsdale Post Office, 1896 to 1970. The record is 41 days in 1919, marked on the chart; the median year is 20 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Bairnsdale Post Office by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1896	18 days
1897	21 days
1898	20 days
1899	26 days
1900	14 days
1901	17 days
1902	27 days
1903	20 days
1904	18 days
1905	19 days
1906	27 days
1907	19 days
1908	18 days
1909	23 days
1910	40 days
1911	28 days
1912	24 days
1913	32 days
1914	24 days
1915	28 days
1916	15 days
1917	18 days
1918	16 days
1919	41 days
1920	19 days
1921	21 days
1922	18 days
1923	32 days
1924	21 days
1925	17 days
1926	33 days
1927	18 days
1928	22 days
1929	18 days
1930	23 days
1931	16 days
1932	36 days
1933	19 days
1934	30 days
1935	17 days
1936	14 days
1937	24 days
1938	22 days
1939	26 days
1940	19 days
1941	16 days
1942	26 days
1943	13 days
1949	26 days
1950	20 days
1951	20 days
1952	22 days
1953	18 days
1954	18 days
1955	17 days
1956	22 days
1957	19 days
1958	28 days
1959	23 days
1960	18 days
1961	20 days
1962	24 days
1963	28 days
1964	17 days
1965	28 days
1966	12 days
1967	31 days
1968	29 days
1969	16 days
1970	13 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

66 years, 1897 to 1969

A day with at least 54.8 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 154.8 mm (6.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Bairnsdale Post Office: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	54.8 mm (2.2 in)
5 years	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
10 years	92.4 mm (3.6 in)
25 years	115.3 mm (4.5 in)
50 years	134.2 mm (5.3 in)
100 years	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	Longer than the 66 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 66 years of values from 1897 to 1969.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 165.1 mm (6.5 in) in 1935; 132.1 mm (5.2 in) in 1961; 105.4 mm (4.1 in) in 1952.

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Data for Bairnsdale Post Office standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).