2024 Winter temperatures recorded by Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) weather stations this July month from the 1st to the 23rd regularly showed maximum and minimum temperatures at an uncomfortable level for those Northern Rivers residents who either have no heating in their homes or cannot afford to turn their heating on due to rising costs.
Yamba recorded only 8 July days where the maximum reached in the 20°C range (20.3°C-20.7°C) and 10 days with minimums under 9.7°C (7.3°C-9.6°C). With the coldest maximum ambient temperature occurring on Monday 1 July at 16.0°C and the coldest minimum ambient temperature recorded on Tuesday 23 July at 7.3°C.
Grafton recorded its coldest maximum ambient temperature at 16.5°C on Monday 8 July and its coldest minimum ambient temperature at 1.3°C on Friday 19 July.
Evans Head recorded its coldest maximum ambient temperature as 15.2°C on Monday 1 July and its coldest minimum ambient temperature as 5.3°C on Monday 15 July.
Ballina recorded a coldest maximum ambient temperature on Monday 1 July at 16.5°C and a coldest minimum ambient temperature coming in at 3.5°C on Tuesday 23 July.
Byron Bay's coldest recorded maximum ambient temperature was 15.6°C on Tuesday 16 July and its coldest recorded minimum ambient temperature was 8.3°C on the same day.
Lismore's coldest recorded its coldest maximum ambient temperature was at 14.9°C on Monday 1 July—when temperatures only rose or fell between between 0.6°C all day—and coldest minimum ambient temperature was 1.5°C on Tuesday 23 July.
Casino's coldest maximum ambient temperature was 15.3°C on Monday 1 July and coldest minimum ambient temperature was 2.8 °C on Monday 22 July.
Tabulam recorded its coldest maximum ambient temperature at 11.1°C on Tuesday 2 July and its coldest minimum ambient temperature at a chilly 2.6°C on Monday 15 July.
Murrwillumbah's coldest recorded coldest maximum ambient temperature was at 16.5°C on Tuesday 2 July and its coldest minimum ambient temperature at an icy 1.0°C on Saturday 20 July.
This is the BOM latest temperature outlook issued:
Issued: 18 July 2024
Warmer August to October days and nights likely across most of Australia
August to October
Above average maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to very likely (60% to greater than 80% chance) across most of Australia, however, it is the cool season and periods of unusually cold weather are still possible.
There is an increased chance of unusually high maximum temperatures2 for most of Australia, particularly across northern Australia and Tasmania.
There is an increased chance of unusually high minimum temperatures2 across Australia, particularly across northern, central and eastern Australia.
1 Unusually high maximum and minimum temperatures refer to the warmest 20% of August to October days and nights, respectively, between 1981 and 2018.
For the Northern Rivers region these predicted high maximum and minimum temperatures are spatially distributed thus:
Chance of exceeding median maximum
Chance of exceeding median minimum
