WMO Region V (Southwest Pacific, Australia only): Lowest Temperature

Record Value	-23 °C (-9.4°F)
Date of Event	29/6/1994
Length of Record	6/1930-11/1975; 10/1993 (site relocation)-Present (41 years with daily records digitized for 22 of the 41 years but the extremes are known)
Instrumentation	Maximum/Minimum Thermometer in Standard Stevenson Screen
Geospatial Location	Charlotte Pass, New South Wales [36°31'S,148°19'E, elevation: 1755 m (5758 ft)]

References

Buckley, 1995: Charlotte Pass - record minimum temperature for Australia, Weather, 50, pp. 23-25; and Blair Trewin (Bureau of Meteorology)

Discussion

Charlotte Pass is Australia's highest permanently inhabited settlement. The weather station is sited on the valley floor near the local chalet at an elevation of 1755 m. The minimum temperature was confirmed by three independent readings and the minimum thermometer's calibration was checked against other thermometers. Possible effects of vibrations were discounted following check of special rubber anti-vibration mounts which hold the alcohol-in-glass minimum thermometer inside the screen (Buckley, 1955)

WMO Region V (Southwest Pacific)

Charlotte Pass, New South Wales [36°31'S,148°19'E, elevation: 1755 m (5758 ft)]

Closeup and Regional Satellite Images of Charlotte Pass, Australia