Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst Weather Records (ASN00085240)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst (ASN00085240), Australia, with 41 years of record.

Key Facts for Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst

Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst (ASN00085240) is a weather station in Australia at -38.25 latitude and 145.93 longitude, 167 m (548 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1960 to 2000, 41 years of record.
1,464 records set at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst set a daily record precipitation of 17.6 mm (0.7 in) on 4 May 2000.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -38.25 latitude, 145.93 longitude.
Elevation: 167 m (548 ft).
Period of record: 1960 to 2000, 41 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 Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst. 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 Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	39.7 C (103.5 F)	4.5 C (40.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	39.3 C (102.7 F)	4.0 C (39.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	38.6 C (101.5 F)	2.1 C (35.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	30.4 C (86.7 F)	1.5 C (34.7 F)	n/a	n/a
May	25.7 C (78.3 F)	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	20.3 C (68.5 F)	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	19.4 C (66.9 F)	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	25.2 C (77.4 F)	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	29.3 C (84.7 F)	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.2 C (34.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	35.9 C (96.6 F)	1.9 C (35.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	36.2 C (97.2 F)	3.7 C (38.7 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst still stand. 1994 holds the most, with 124.

Standing records at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1983	32
1984	84
1985	76
1986	88
1987	104
1988	90
1989	75
1990	95
1991	97
1992	76
1993	88
1994	124
1995	87
1996	81
1997	82
1998	78
1999	72
2000	35

Wettest Day of Each Month

Dec: 94.0 mm (3.7 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst. The most was 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 26 December 1966.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	25 January 1993
Feb	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	6 February 1973
Mar	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	21 March 1989
Apr	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 April 1960
May	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14 May 1960
Jun	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	29 June 1980
Jul	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	30 July 1996
Aug	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 August 1967
Sep	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	12 September 1992
Oct	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 October 1969
Nov	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	22 November 1988
Dec	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 December 1966

Period of Record Coverage

1983 to 2000

18 years of record at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, 1983 to 2000. 3 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1983, 1999, 2000.

Days with data per year at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1983	152	42%	No
1984	348	95%	Yes
1985	330	90%	Yes
1986	350	96%	Yes
1987	361	99%	Yes
1988	365	100%	Yes
1989	365	100%	Yes
1990	363	99%	Yes
1991	363	99%	Yes
1992	363	99%	Yes
1993	365	100%	Yes
1994	364	100%	Yes
1995	358	98%	Yes
1996	359	98%	Yes
1997	357	98%	Yes
1998	341	93%	Yes
1999	234	64%	No
2000	128	35%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 2000	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 2000	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	1 year	6 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 2000	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1999	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1999	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	4 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1999	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1999	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 November 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	9 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	35 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
25 June 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	4 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	4 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1998	Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, AU	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	16 years	11 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

12 complete years, 1986 to 1997

One stripe for each of 12 complete years at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, 1986 to 1997. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 13.5 C (56.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1996, at 12.8 C (55.1 F), and the warmest was 1988, at 14.4 C (57.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.0 C (1.8 F).

Annual mean temperature at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst as warming stripes, 1986 to 1997
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1986	12.9 C	-0.55 C
1987	13.2 C	-0.26 C
1988	14.4 C	+0.91 C
1989	13.8 C	+0.37 C
1990	14.1 C	+0.66 C
1991	13.6 C	+0.10 C
1992	13.1 C	-0.35 C
1993	13.7 C	+0.22 C
1994	13.3 C	-0.18 C
1995	13.0 C	-0.46 C
1996	12.8 C	-0.63 C
1997	13.7 C	+0.21 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

1960 to 2000

Yearly extremes at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	39.7 C (103.5 F)	1988	36.8 C (98.2 F)	18
Coldest night (TNn)	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	1992	-0.5 C (31.0 F)	18
Wettest day (Rx1day)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	1966	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	41
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	156.6 mm (6.2 in)	1970	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	41
Longest dry spell (CDD)	32 days	1986	17 days	41

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, 1960 to 2000. The record is 39.7 C (103.5 F) in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.8 C (98.2 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a
1974	n/a
1975	n/a
1976	n/a
1977	n/a
1978	n/a
1979	n/a
1980	n/a
1981	n/a
1982	n/a
1983	34.5 C (94.1 F)
1984	33.2 C (91.8 F)
1985	34.7 C (94.5 F)
1986	36.2 C (97.2 F)
1987	36.5 C (97.7 F)
1988	39.7 C (103.5 F)
1989	35.8 C (96.4 F)
1990	37.3 C (99.1 F)
1991	38.6 C (101.5 F)
1992	36.6 C (97.9 F)
1993	37.0 C (98.6 F)
1994	37.1 C (98.8 F)
1995	37.7 C (99.9 F)
1996	32.0 C (89.6 F)
1997	39.0 C (102.2 F)
1998	39.3 C (102.7 F)
1999	35.4 C (95.7 F)
2000	37.8 C (100.0 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, 1960 to 2000. The record is -2.9 C (26.8 F) in 1992, marked on the chart; the median year is -0.5 C (31.0 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a
1974	n/a
1975	n/a
1976	n/a
1977	n/a
1978	n/a
1979	n/a
1980	n/a
1981	n/a
1982	n/a
1983	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1984	-0.6 C (30.9 F)
1985	-0.5 C (31.1 F)
1986	-1.9 C (28.6 F)
1987	-0.5 C (31.1 F)
1988	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1989	-1.6 C (29.1 F)
1990	-0.4 C (31.3 F)
1991	-0.5 C (31.1 F)
1992	-2.9 C (26.8 F)
1993	0.3 C (32.5 F)
1994	-1.4 C (29.5 F)
1995	-2.0 C (28.4 F)
1996	-1.3 C (29.7 F)
1997	-1.2 C (29.8 F)
1998	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1999	-0.5 C (31.1 F)
2000	-0.2 C (31.6 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, 1960 to 2000. The record is 94.0 mm (3.7 in) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 45.6 mm (1.8 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1960	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1961	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1962	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1963	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1964	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1965	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1966	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1967	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1968	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1969	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1970	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1971	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1972	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1973	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1974	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1975	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1976	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1977	48.4 mm (1.9 in)
1978	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1979	24.8 mm (1.0 in)
1980	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1981	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
1982	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1983	49.4 mm (1.9 in)
1984	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1985	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1986	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1987	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1988	68.2 mm (2.7 in)
1989	59.8 mm (2.4 in)
1990	36.2 mm (1.4 in)
1991	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1992	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
1993	54.2 mm (2.1 in)
1994	49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1995	45.4 mm (1.8 in)
1996	57.8 mm (2.3 in)
1997	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1998	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1999	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
2000	45.6 mm (1.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, 1960 to 2000. The record is 156.6 mm (6.2 in) in 1970, marked on the chart; the median year is 85.4 mm (3.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1960	142.7 mm (5.6 in)
1961	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1962	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1963	79.3 mm (3.1 in)
1964	101.3 mm (4.0 in)
1965	114.6 mm (4.5 in)
1966	98.6 mm (3.9 in)
1967	75.3 mm (3.0 in)
1968	121.6 mm (4.8 in)
1969	91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1970	156.6 mm (6.2 in)
1971	75.8 mm (3.0 in)
1972	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
1973	108.7 mm (4.3 in)
1974	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1975	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1976	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1977	133.2 mm (5.2 in)
1978	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
1979	49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1980	132.8 mm (5.2 in)
1981	82.2 mm (3.2 in)
1982	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1983	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1984	77.6 mm (3.1 in)
1985	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1986	116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1987	92.1 mm (3.6 in)
1988	84.4 mm (3.3 in)
1989	102.6 mm (4.0 in)
1990	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1991	106.6 mm (4.2 in)
1992	85.4 mm (3.4 in)
1993	96.4 mm (3.8 in)
1994	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1995	106.6 mm (4.2 in)
1996	100.2 mm (3.9 in)
1997	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1998	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1999	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
2000	49.9 mm (2.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst, 1960 to 2000. The record is 32 days in 1986, marked on the chart; the median year is 17 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1960	21 days
1961	13 days
1962	18 days
1963	18 days
1964	12 days
1965	18 days
1966	17 days
1967	16 days
1968	18 days
1969	11 days
1970	26 days
1971	21 days
1972	20 days
1973	15 days
1974	22 days
1975	26 days
1976	16 days
1977	17 days
1978	12 days
1979	13 days
1980	13 days
1981	11 days
1982	19 days
1983	22 days
1984	18 days
1985	16 days
1986	32 days
1987	20 days
1988	25 days
1989	20 days
1990	15 days
1991	21 days
1992	11 days
1993	17 days
1994	16 days
1995	13 days
1996	17 days
1997	25 days
1998	11 days
1999	11 days
2000	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

38 years, 1960 to 1998

A day with at least 47.5 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 101.6 mm (4.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
5 years	60.9 mm (2.4 in)
10 years	70.1 mm (2.8 in)
25 years	82.4 mm (3.2 in)
50 years	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	Longer than the 38 years of record
100 years	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	Longer than the 38 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, 38 years of values from 1960 to 1998.

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: 94.0 mm (3.7 in) in 1966; 83.4 mm (3.3 in) in 1980; 83.0 mm (3.3 in) in 1986.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).