Queenstown (7Xs) Weather Records (ASN00097034)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Queenstown (7Xs) (ASN00097034), Australia, with 32 years of record.

Key Facts for Queenstown (7Xs)

Queenstown (7Xs) (ASN00097034) is a weather station in Australia at -42.10 latitude and 145.54 longitude, 129 m (423 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1964 to 1995, 32 years of record.
1,464 records set at Queenstown (7Xs) still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Queenstown (7Xs) set a daily record high minimum temperature of 13.1 C (55.6 F) on 30 April 1995.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -42.10 latitude, 145.54 longitude.
Elevation: 129 m (423 ft).
Period of record: 1964 to 1995, 32 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, 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 Queenstown (7Xs). 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 Queenstown (7Xs), with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	37.3 C (99.1 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	36.3 C (97.3 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	35.6 C (96.1 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	29.5 C (85.1 F)	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	n/a	n/a
May	25.0 C (77.0 F)	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	19.5 C (67.1 F)	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	19.5 C (67.1 F)	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	21.0 C (69.8 F)	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	26.8 C (80.2 F)	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	30.0 C (86.0 F)	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	33.3 C (91.9 F)	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	35.6 C (96.1 F)	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Queenstown (7Xs) still stand. 1965 holds the most, with 73.

Standing records at Queenstown (7Xs) by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1965	73
1966	65
1967	73
1968	54
1969	64
1970	49
1971	27
1972	51
1973	55
1974	43
1975	37
1976	39
1977	31
1978	53
1979	41
1980	62
1981	55
1982	50
1983	57
1984	38
1985	35
1986	32
1987	52
1988	31
1989	31
1990	52
1991	44
1992	34
1993	53
1994	61
1995	22

Wettest Day of Each Month

Apr: 78.7 mm (3.1 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Queenstown (7Xs). The most was 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 21 April 1971.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Queenstown (7Xs)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	5 January 1985
Feb	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 February 1968
Mar	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 March 1966
Apr	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 April 1971
May	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	25 May 1987
Jun	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 June 1965
Jul	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 July 1975
Aug	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	5 August 1968
Sep	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	15 September 1989
Oct	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	13 October 1984
Nov	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 November 1975
Dec	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	10 December 1979

Period of Record Coverage

1965 to 1995

31 years of record at Queenstown (7Xs), 1965 to 1995. 9 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1988 and others.

Days with data per year at Queenstown (7Xs)
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1965	361	99%	Yes
1966	360	99%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	349	95%	Yes
1969	337	92%	Yes
1970	322	88%	No
1971	236	65%	No
1972	342	93%	Yes
1973	339	93%	Yes
1974	297	81%	No
1975	290	79%	No
1976	332	91%	Yes
1977	324	89%	No
1978	352	96%	Yes
1979	353	97%	Yes
1980	363	99%	Yes
1981	362	99%	Yes
1982	358	98%	Yes
1983	355	97%	Yes
1984	366	100%	Yes
1985	236	65%	No
1986	265	73%	No
1987	348	95%	Yes
1988	287	78%	No
1989	349	96%	Yes
1990	352	96%	Yes
1991	363	99%	Yes
1992	363	99%	Yes
1993	364	100%	Yes
1994	360	99%	Yes
1995	119	33%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Queenstown (7Xs)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily high min	13.1 C (55.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	9 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max (Tie)	12.0 C (53.6 F)	tie	14 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max (Tie)	12.0 C (53.6 F)	tie	13 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	16 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	2 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	8 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	8 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low min (Tie)	2.5 C (36.5 F)	tie	6 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily low max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	6 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1995	Queenstown (7Xs), AU	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	19 years	8 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

24 complete years, 1965 to 1994

One stripe for each of 24 complete years at Queenstown (7Xs), 1965 to 1994. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 10.9 C (51.7 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1965, at 10.4 C (50.6 F), and the warmest was 1981, at 11.8 C (53.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 0.9 C (1.6 F).

Annual mean temperature at Queenstown (7Xs) as warming stripes, 1965 to 1994
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1965	10.4 C	-0.60 C
1966	10.6 C	-0.32 C
1967	10.4 C	-0.59 C
1968	10.4 C	-0.58 C
1969	10.9 C	-0.10 C
1970	10.7 C	-0.21 C
1972	11.3 C	+0.33 C
1973	11.4 C	+0.42 C
1974	11.5 C	+0.59 C
1975	11.2 C	+0.25 C
1976	11.0 C	+0.01 C
1978	10.9 C	-0.09 C
1979	11.2 C	+0.21 C
1980	11.5 C	+0.58 C
1981	11.8 C	+0.81 C
1982	11.1 C	+0.18 C
1983	10.8 C	-0.11 C
1984	10.6 C	-0.33 C
1987	10.5 C	-0.44 C
1989	11.4 C	+0.40 C
1991	10.6 C	-0.32 C
1992	10.7 C	-0.25 C
1993	11.3 C	+0.34 C
1994	10.7 C	-0.26 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

1964 to 1995

Yearly extremes at Queenstown (7Xs): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	37.3 C (99.1 F)	1981	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31
Coldest night (TNn)	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1978	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	31
Wettest day (Rx1day)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	1971	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	169.8 mm (6.7 in)	1994	128.9 mm (5.1 in)	32
Longest dry spell (CDD)	21 days	1972	11 days	32

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Queenstown (7Xs), 1964 to 1995. The record is 37.3 C (99.1 F) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.3 C (91.9 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Queenstown (7Xs) by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1964	n/a
1965	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1966	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1967	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1968	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1969	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1970	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1971	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1972	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1973	36.6 C (97.9 F)
1974	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1975	31.5 C (88.7 F)
1976	35.5 C (95.9 F)
1977	35.1 C (95.2 F)
1978	32.6 C (90.7 F)
1979	33.2 C (91.8 F)
1980	35.3 C (95.5 F)
1981	37.3 C (99.1 F)
1982	36.3 C (97.3 F)
1983	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1984	30.2 C (86.4 F)
1985	34.0 C (93.2 F)
1986	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1987	32.7 C (90.9 F)
1988	32.1 C (89.8 F)
1989	34.3 C (93.7 F)
1990	32.3 C (90.1 F)
1991	36.2 C (97.2 F)
1992	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1993	32.1 C (89.8 F)
1994	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1995	36.0 C (96.8 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Queenstown (7Xs), 1964 to 1995. The record is -6.7 C (19.9 F) in 1978, marked on the chart; the median year is -4.0 C (24.8 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Queenstown (7Xs) by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1964	n/a
1965	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1966	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1967	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1968	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1969	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1970	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1971	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1972	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1973	-6.2 C (20.8 F)
1974	-6.0 C (21.2 F)
1975	-3.0 C (26.6 F)
1976	-6.0 C (21.2 F)
1977	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1978	-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1979	-1.6 C (29.1 F)
1980	-1.8 C (28.8 F)
1981	-4.0 C (24.8 F)
1982	-4.1 C (24.6 F)
1983	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1984	-4.2 C (24.4 F)
1985	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1986	-5.5 C (22.1 F)
1987	-5.5 C (22.1 F)
1988	-2.5 C (27.5 F)
1989	-4.0 C (24.8 F)
1990	-3.0 C (26.6 F)
1991	-1.5 C (29.3 F)
1992	-3.0 C (26.6 F)
1993	-3.8 C (25.2 F)
1994	-3.0 C (26.6 F)
1995	0.0 C (32.0 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Queenstown (7Xs), 1964 to 1995. The record is 78.7 mm (3.1 in) in 1971, marked on the chart; the median year is 54.8 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Queenstown (7Xs) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1964	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1965	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1966	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1967	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1968	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1969	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1970	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1971	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1972	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1973	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1974	48.6 mm (1.9 in)
1975	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1976	45.4 mm (1.8 in)
1977	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1978	58.8 mm (2.3 in)
1979	59.6 mm (2.3 in)
1980	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1981	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1982	44.8 mm (1.8 in)
1983	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1984	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1985	78.6 mm (3.1 in)
1986	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1987	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1988	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1989	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1990	65.2 mm (2.6 in)
1991	49.4 mm (1.9 in)
1992	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1993	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
1994	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1995	48.0 mm (1.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Queenstown (7Xs), 1964 to 1995. The record is 169.8 mm (6.7 in) in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is 128.9 mm (5.1 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Queenstown (7Xs) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1964	132.7 mm (5.2 in)
1965	133.6 mm (5.3 in)
1966	114.5 mm (4.5 in)
1967	110.6 mm (4.4 in)
1968	140.2 mm (5.5 in)
1969	98.4 mm (3.9 in)
1970	166.4 mm (6.6 in)
1971	168.6 mm (6.6 in)
1972	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1973	156.2 mm (6.1 in)
1974	119.4 mm (4.7 in)
1975	164.3 mm (6.5 in)
1976	116.7 mm (4.6 in)
1977	128.4 mm (5.1 in)
1978	112.4 mm (4.4 in)
1979	122.8 mm (4.8 in)
1980	132.6 mm (5.2 in)
1981	127.6 mm (5.0 in)
1982	120.6 mm (4.7 in)
1983	128.7 mm (5.1 in)
1984	129.0 mm (5.1 in)
1985	155.2 mm (6.1 in)
1986	138.2 mm (5.4 in)
1987	149.2 mm (5.9 in)
1988	125.8 mm (5.0 in)
1989	115.2 mm (4.5 in)
1990	168.8 mm (6.6 in)
1991	124.0 mm (4.9 in)
1992	153.4 mm (6.0 in)
1993	130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1994	169.8 mm (6.7 in)
1995	113.2 mm (4.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Queenstown (7Xs), 1964 to 1995. The record is 21 days in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 11 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Queenstown (7Xs) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1964	10 days
1965	9 days
1966	12 days
1967	11 days
1968	8 days
1969	9 days
1970	11 days
1971	11 days
1972	21 days
1973	8 days
1974	13 days
1975	14 days
1976	9 days
1977	10 days
1978	11 days
1979	9 days
1980	10 days
1981	11 days
1982	12 days
1983	14 days
1984	9 days
1985	14 days
1986	12 days
1987	8 days
1988	19 days
1989	18 days
1990	9 days
1991	8 days
1992	17 days
1993	7 days
1994	10 days
1995	19 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.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

24 years with a frost

Across 24 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Queenstown (7Xs) falls on 5 November and the median first autumn frost on 29 April, which leaves a median of 184 days between them.

Frost dates and growing season at Queenstown (7Xs)
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1965 to 1994)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	5 November	n/a	5 November	n/a	n/a
First autumn frost	29 April	n/a	29 April	n/a	n/a
Growing days	184 days	n/a	184 days	n/a	n/a

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).