Shooters Hill (New South Wales)
The tower location at 1,355 metres (4,446 ft) AHD is along Tower Road, accessible by turning off from a turnoff near the Shooters Hill locality area. The locality area (marked as Shooters Hill on most mapping software) is approximately 1,242 metres (4,075 ft) AHD . One can get good views over the area east of Shooters Hill at the tower location.
Shooters Hill Post Office opened on 1 December 1889 and closed in 1978.
Climate
Although there exists no climate data for the summit or even the upper slopes of Vulcan State Forest, there is, however, climate data existing for a lower region located farther south in the Gurnang State Forest.
The region is subject to high winds and volatile weather year-round. Snow falls heavily, although by no means a regular occurrence due to its northern latitude.
Climate data for Gurnang State Forest (1933–1975); 1,148 m AMSL; 34.01° S, 149.84° E | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 34.5 (94.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.8 (3.54) |
78.9 (3.11) |
67.7 (2.67) |
70.4 (2.77) |
76.2 (3.00) |
96.5 (3.80) |
84.6 (3.33) |
89.1 (3.51) |
77.9 (3.07) |
85.2 (3.35) |
85.3 (3.36) |
75.6 (2.98) |
1,008.5 (39.70) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 127.6 |
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