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Last and first frost dates in Mount Gambier

Australia

Mount Gambier had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Mount Gambier

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of July
10 °C20 July
15 °C26 October
18 °C2 December

Frost dates near Mount Gambier

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Geelong (1 July) and latest in Ballarat (20 August).

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Ballarat272 km20 August19 June
Geelong316 km1 July—
Bendigo332 km16 July19 June
Melbourne367 km4 August25 June
Adelaide377 km——

Weather in Mount Gambier by month

Average weather in Mount Gambier over 2016–2025: the warmest month is January. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: November–March (20.1–25.7 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 7.2 °C. About 701 mm of rain falls in a year, on 121 days; July is the wettest month (95 mm) and February the driest (23 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January25.714.2285
February24.313.9234
March22.913.2296
April19.411.3437
May15.89.26611
June13.37.36812
July12.87.29516
August13.87.59016
September15.28.38114
October17.69.37913
November20.110.96310
December22.712.2367

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).