Climate
Shepparton has a semi-arid (Köppen climate classification BSfk) climate, with hot summers and cold winters. The hottest summer month is January, when the average temperature reaches 31.7 degrees Celsius. In winter, the weather becomes coldest in July when the minimum averages 3.2 and the maximum gets to 13.2 degrees.
The rainfall in Shepparton is fairly sparse. The rain doesn't get too heavy throughout the year. Even with the wettest month being in November, the rainfall still averages at 53.2mm. The weather is driest at the beginning of Autumn with the rainfall averaging at 17.2mm.
The average wind speed in Shepparton is 4.03 metres per second and the humidity of Shepparton averages 69.81 per cent.
| Climate data for Shepparton | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 44.3 (111.7) |
46.1 (115.0) |
39.7 (103.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
36.8 (98.2) |
41.2 (106.2) |
42.8 (109.0) |
46.1 (115.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.9 (89.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 20.2 (0.795) |
30.9 (1.217) |
17.5 (0.689) |
32.0 (1.26) |
32.4 (1.276) |
36.2 (1.425) |
41.9 (1.65) |
44.9 (1.768) |
38.2 (1.504) |
32.0 (1.26) |
53.9 (2.122) |
27.5 (1.083) |
409.4 (16.118) |
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