Editing Cooma (section)

==Climate==
Cooma has a dry [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb''). Summer averages are warm, though tend to swing wildly between hot and cool; and winters are chilly with particularly cold night time temperatures due to its valley location, high elevation, and frequent clear skies, sometimes recording the lowest temperatures in the country. However, daytime maximum temperatures in winter are often unremarkable, on account of the [[Southeast Australian foehn|foehn effect]].

The area is exceptionally dry by southeast coastal Australian standards as it lies in a major [[rain shadow]]; the region is flanked by mountain ranges on all sides, most notably on the west. Despite its dryness, it has only 90.1 clear days annually, lower than the adjacent coastal areas of [[Wollongong]] and [[Sydney]] (106 and 107 clear days respectively).<ref name=BOM_Woll>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_068188_All.shtml|title=Bureau of Meteorology – Summary statistics WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Meteorology]]|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="acn">{{cite web|title=Climate statistics for Australian locations|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_066062_All.shtml|publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=15 November 2013}}</ref> Strong cold fronts often push through the region in winter and snow is not uncommon in Cooma from June to September, though is generally light and rarely settles for more than 24 hours. Frost occurs in all months of the year and is frequent between April and October. Severe [[thunderstorm]]s are semi-frequent in summer, and owing to the elevation of the town can carry large quantities of [[hail]].<ref name="BOM"/>

Mean daily minimum temperatures range from {{convert|-2.7|C|F}} (July) to {{convert|10.8|C|F}} (January), with an annual mean daily minimum of {{convert|4.1|C|F}}. Mean daily maximum temperatures range from {{convert|11.4|C|F}} (July) to {{convert|27.3|C|F}} (January), with an annual mean daily maximum of {{convert|19.4|C|F}}.<ref name="BOM"/>

{{Weather box
|location = Cooma Visitors Centre (1973–2020); 778 m AMSL; 36.23° S, 149.12° E
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan record high C = 40.0
|Feb record high C = 38.9
|Mar record high C = 35.2
|Apr record high C = 30.4
|May record high C = 24.2
|Jun record high C = 19.6
|Jul record high C = 20.9
|Aug record high C = 24.5
|Sep record high C = 29.4
|Oct record high C = 33.1
|Nov record high C = 36.5
|Dec record high C = 37.8
|year record high C = 
|Jan high C = 27.5
|Feb high C = 26.3
|Mar high C = 23.7
|Apr high C = 19.5
|May high C = 15.6
|Jun high C = 11.9
|Jul high C = 11.5
|Aug high C = 13.3
|Sep high C = 16.4
|Oct high C = 19.6
|Nov high C = 22.5
|Dec high C = 25.2
|year high C = 
|Jan low C = 10.9
|Feb low C = 10.6
|Mar low C = 8.2
|Apr low C = 4.1
|May low C = 0.7
|Jun low C = -1.3
|Jul low C = -2.7
|Aug low C = -1.9
|Sep low C = 1.2
|Oct low C = 3.8
|Nov low C = 7.1
|Dec low C = 9.2
|year low C =
|Jan record low C = -0.2
|Feb record low C = -1.0
|Mar record low C = -1.9
|Apr record low C = -6.5
|May record low C = -8.6
|Jun record low C = -11.5
|Jul record low C = -11.4
|Aug record low C = -10.5
|Sep record low C = -8.6
|Oct record low C = -6.8
|Nov record low C = -3.9
|Dec record low C = -3.0
|year record low C = 
|Jan precipitation mm = 56.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 60.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 57.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 38.7
|May precipitation mm = 29.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 39.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 27.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 27.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 33.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 44.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 62.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 55.1
|year precipitation mm = 536.9
|Jan precipitation days = 8.0
|Feb precipitation days = 7.8	
|Mar precipitation days = 8.4		
|Apr precipitation days = 8.3
|May precipitation days = 7.8
|Jun precipitation days = 9.7
|Jul precipitation days = 8.3
|Aug precipitation days = 8.6	
|Sep precipitation days = 9.6
|Oct precipitation days = 9.5
|Nov precipitation days = 10.8
|Dec precipitation days = 8.9
|year precipitation days = 
|humidity colour= green
|Jan afthumidity = 40
|Feb afthumidity = 44
|Mar afthumidity = 45
|Apr afthumidity = 49
|May afthumidity = 54
|Jun afthumidity = 59
|Jul afthumidity = 54
|Aug afthumidity = 48
|Sep afthumidity = 45
|Oct afthumidity = 44
|Nov afthumidity = 43
|Dec afthumidity = 41
|year humidity = 
|source =,<ref name="BOM">{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_070278_All.shtml | title = Climate statistics for Cooma Visitors Centre| access-date = 10 July 2018
| publisher = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/wData/wdata?p_nccObsCode=40&p_display_type=dataFile&p_stn_num=070278 | title = Monthly highest temperature Cooma Visitors Centree| access-date = 27 November 2018
| publisher = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]}}</ref> and<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/wData/wdata?p_nccObsCode=43&p_display_type=dataFile&p_stn_num=076031 | title = Monthly lowest temperature Cooma Visitors Centre| access-date = 27 November 2018
| publisher = [[Bureau of Meteorology]]}}</ref>
|date=November 2018
}}

The airport is located at a higher elevation than the town, causing maximum temperatures to be notably cooler but minima somewhat milder.
{{Weather box
|location = Cooma Airport AWS (1991–2022); 930 m AMSL; 36.29° S, 148.97° E
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan record high C = 39.1
|Feb record high C = 38.0
|Mar record high C = 36.0
|Apr record high C = 30.0
|May record high C = 23.8
|Jun record high C = 21.9
|Jul record high C = 19.7
|Aug record high C = 25.4
|Sep record high C = 27.7
|Oct record high C = 29.3
|Nov record high C = 35.9
|Dec record high C = 37.7
|year record high C = 
|Jan high C = 26.6
|Feb high C = 24.9
|Mar high C = 22.2
|Apr high C = 18.2
|May high C = 14.1
|Jun high C = 10.7
|Jul high C = 10.2
|Aug high C = 11.9
|Sep high C = 15.1
|Oct high C = 18.2
|Nov high C = 21.2
|Dec high C = 24.1
|year high C = 
|Jan low C = 10.9
|Feb low C = 10.2
|Mar low C = 7.8
|Apr low C = 3.9
|May low C = 0.6
|Jun low C = -1.1
|Jul low C = -2.0
|Aug low C = -1.5
|Sep low C = 1.1
|Oct low C = 3.5
|Nov low C = 6.5
|Dec low C = 8.6
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = -2.2
|Feb record low C = -1.2
|Mar record low C = -2.7
|Apr record low C = -8.4
|May record low C = -9.7
|Jun record low C = -11.0
|Jul record low C = -10.8
|Aug record low C = -11.0
|Sep record low C = -9.4
|Oct record low C = -9.2
|Nov record low C = -5.6
|Dec record low C = -3.5
|year record low C = 
|Jan precipitation mm = 53.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 51.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 50.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 39.4
|May precipitation mm = 29.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 39.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 29.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 32.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 37.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 47.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 69.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 54.3
|year precipitation mm = 539.5
|Jan precipitation days = 8.9
|Feb precipitation days = 9.4
|Mar precipitation days = 10.5
|Apr precipitation days = 10.5
|May precipitation days = 11.2
|Jun precipitation days = 12.4
|Jul precipitation days = 12.1
|Aug precipitation days = 10.7
|Sep precipitation days = 11.0
|Oct precipitation days = 11.4
|Nov precipitation days = 11.8
|Dec precipitation days = 9.8
|year precipitation days =
|humidity colour= green
|Jan afthumidity = 39
|Feb afthumidity = 43
|Mar afthumidity = 43
|Apr afthumidity = 46
|May afthumidity = 54
|Jun afthumidity = 60
|Jul afthumidity = 57
|Aug afthumidity = 48
|Sep afthumidity = 46
|Oct afthumidity = 43
|Nov afthumidity = 43
|Dec afthumidity = 39
|Jan dew point C = 7.0
|Feb dew point C = 8.1
|Mar dew point C = 6.3
|Apr dew point C = 4.0
|May dew point C = 3.1
|Jun dew point C = 1.6
|Jul dew point C = 0.2
|Aug dew point C = -0.8
|Sep dew point C = 0.7
|Oct dew point C = 2.1
|Nov dew point C = 4.2
|Dec dew point C = 5.2
|source 1 = [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_070217_All.shtml Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Cooma Airport AWS]
}}