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Blowering Creek, NSW:
Blowering Creek, South West Slopes (Tumut Shire), NSW; 659 m AMSL; 35° 37' 07.32" S:
Blowering Creek lies at 35° 37' 07.32" S, and is elevated astride the Western Escarpment of the Great Dividing Range at an altitude of 659 m AMSL, in the South West Slopes and Tumut Shire of the Riverina regional, lying windward of the Snowy Mountains; straddling a steeply-rising tableland, likewise towering above Blowering Dam, Jounama Pondage, and the nearby town of Talbingo—as well as lying just south-westwards of Batlow, and east-north-eastwards of Laurel Hill. Chiefly a stockman's town, the nearby Angus & Merino livestock station—Batlow Paling Yards—services the regional farming community, providing weather forecasts and long-term climate data since 1858. The township of Blowering Creek lay fairly deep in a lofty valley, at the foot of Bago State Forest and likewise the Cumberland Range, hence allowing for the temperature to plummet severely during inversion-based cooling. Precipitation is hefty, falling in the order of 1,413.5 mm annually, of which the grand majority falls from winter to spring, chiefly as snowfall (which averages 602.4 cm annually); thereby, proving of much help to the rural grazier community—especially after September when much of the snowpack shall melt, running-off bountiful spring water amongst the vast paddocks. Thundersnow is frequent from September through to November. Precipitation falls on 153.9 days annually, comprising 92.7 snowy days; sunshine averages 2,662.1 hours annually, with thrice as much concentrated in summer than in winter. The annual mean temperature is 10.2° C; comprising an annual mean maximum of 17.5° C, with an annual mean minimum of 2.9° C; the climate here is chiefly subtropical highland (Cfb), with strong continental influence.
Summers are hot, dry, and frequently stormy, oftentimes with potent supercell activity. Most notable of summer, however, is its extreme variability; the highest annual reading on record was held upon the 12th of January, 1878, clocking in at a sweltering 46.6° C; the lowest summer maximal reading, 3.1° C, was recorded on the 3rd of December, 1943; likewise, a minimal summer reading of –9.6° C was recorded on the 1st of December, 1908. Frosts are frequent and often severe all year-round, with occasional summer snowfall. Notwithstanding, summer minima can also prove to be fairly balmy, with the highest minimal summer reading at 28.1° C recorded on the 14th of January, 1939.
Winters are cold, damp, and tremendously snowy, with persistently fierce South-Westerly squalls received from the passing of Antarctic polar fronts. Contrarywise to summer, winters are fairly stable, as well as yielding a much drearier notion about them. High-pressure systems, resulting from the occasional southerly advancement of namely the Subtropical Ridge and Southern Annular Mode, do allow for clearer skies and warmer, drier conditions to settle in—however, nights and mornings are often particularly frigid beneath such conditions. The lowest annual reading on record had plummeted to –29.8° C on the 5th of July, 1900, in which the snow depth to that very day prior was measured at a remarkable 959.6 cm; henceforth, halting the Riverina, Hume, Central-Western, and New England railway lines in their tracks, alongside the widespread and catastrophic perishing of livestock throughout Western NSW.
Blowering Creek, South West Slopes (Tumut Shire), NSW; 659 m AMSL; 35° 37' 07.32" S:
Blowering Creek lies at 35° 37' 07.32" S, and is elevated astride the Western Escarpment of the Great Dividing Range at an altitude of 659 m AMSL, in the South West Slopes and Tumut Shire of the Riverina regional, lying windward of the Snowy Mountains; straddling a steeply-rising tableland, likewise towering above Blowering Dam, Jounama Pondage, and the nearby town of Talbingo—as well as lying just south-westwards of Batlow, and east-north-eastwards of Laurel Hill. Chiefly a stockman's town, the nearby Angus & Merino livestock station—Batlow Paling Yards—services the regional farming community, providing weather forecasts and long-term climate data since 1858. The township of Blowering Creek lay fairly deep in a lofty valley, at the foot of Bago State Forest and likewise the Cumberland Range, hence allowing for the temperature to plummet severely during inversion-based cooling. Precipitation is hefty, falling in the order of 1,413.5 mm annually, of which the grand majority falls from winter to spring, chiefly as snowfall (which averages 602.4 cm annually); thereby, proving of much help to the rural grazier community—especially after September when much of the snowpack shall melt, running-off bountiful spring water amongst the vast paddocks. Thundersnow is frequent from September through to November. Precipitation falls on 153.9 days annually, comprising 92.7 snowy days; sunshine averages 2,662.1 hours annually, with thrice as much concentrated in summer than in winter. The annual mean temperature is 10.2° C; comprising an annual mean maximum of 17.5° C, with an annual mean minimum of 2.9° C; the climate here is chiefly subtropical highland (Cfb), with strong continental influence.
Summers are hot, dry, and frequently stormy, oftentimes with potent supercell activity. Most notable of summer, however, is its extreme variability; the highest annual reading on record was held upon the 12th of January, 1878, clocking in at a sweltering 46.6° C; the lowest summer maximal reading, 3.1° C, was recorded on the 3rd of December, 1943; likewise, a minimal summer reading of –9.6° C was recorded on the 1st of December, 1908. Frosts are frequent and often severe all year-round, with occasional summer snowfall. Notwithstanding, summer minima can also prove to be fairly balmy, with the highest minimal summer reading at 28.1° C recorded on the 14th of January, 1939.
Winters are cold, damp, and tremendously snowy, with persistently fierce South-Westerly squalls received from the passing of Antarctic polar fronts. Contrarywise to summer, winters are fairly stable, as well as yielding a much drearier notion about them. High-pressure systems, resulting from the occasional southerly advancement of namely the Subtropical Ridge and Southern Annular Mode, do allow for clearer skies and warmer, drier conditions to settle in—however, nights and mornings are often particularly frigid beneath such conditions. The lowest annual reading on record had plummeted to –29.8° C on the 5th of July, 1900, in which the snow depth to that very day prior was measured at a remarkable 959.6 cm; henceforth, halting the Riverina, Hume, Central-Western, and New England railway lines in their tracks, alongside the widespread and catastrophic perishing of livestock throughout Western NSW.
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