Jounama, New South Wales is a rural locality in the Snowy Mountains of New South wales and a civil Parish of the Buccleuch County.[1][2]
Jounama is in the Snowy Mountains National Park on Jounama Creek and the Snowy Mountains Highway, 15 kilometers south west of Canberra, Australia.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Jounama State Forest (1922–1956); 1,067 m AMSL; 35.60° S, 148.45° E | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 75.2 (2.96) |
68.2 (2.69) |
93.1 (3.67) |
102.1 (4.02) |
113.9 (4.48) |
140.8 (5.54) |
137.9 (5.43) |
153.7 (6.05) |
117.9 (4.64) |
141.9 (5.59) |
102.4 (4.03) |
80.9 (3.19) |
1,328 (52.29) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 5.8 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 115.5 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Jounama State Forest | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Buccleuch County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
- ^ Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11.
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