Warm days, a late wet and cool nights
January is the warmest month at the station, its days averaging 27.9°C, and from there the maximums ease through autumn, with June and July the coolest days of the year. The nights are where winter shows: July and August share the year's lowest average minimum, 6.7°C, so the cool nights linger into August while August days are already milder than July's.
The wet stretch is late summer into early autumn, February and March together, before April and May ease off. June brings a second, smaller swell of rain, and then the year settles into a quiet run from July to September, with September the driest at 56 mm. October brings a little more rain, and November jumps well past it, wetter even than December.
A November as wet as January
March, the wettest month of the year, belongs to autumn at the station, and the season carries 412 mm in all, closing in a May with average nights of 10.6°C. Spring starts from September, the driest month, stays fairly dry through October, then turns abruptly with a November as wet as January.
Pests and weather, from public sources
Termites
New colonies begin when winged termites leave the nest in a colonising flight. The Australian Museum says these flights happen in warm, humid weather, mostly in spring and autumn.
Australian MuseumCockroaches
The Better Health Channel says cockroaches do best where conditions are warm, humid and unhygienic.
Better Health Channel (Victorian Government)Mosquitoes
“Mosquitoes need water to breed, and some mosquitoes can breed in very small amounts of water.”
NSW HealthTicks
Ticks can be found in any month. The Australian Government’s health advice puts the usual tick season at July to December, and says it differs from place to place.
Australian Centre for Disease ControlWho licenses pest work in New South Wales
In New South Wales, the law requires anyone doing prescribed pesticide work to hold a licence, and pest management technician licences come from the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). NSW EPA
The EPA also accepts some similar licences issued in other states and territories, though not those issued in Queensland. NSW EPA
Every pesticide licence the EPA issues goes on a public register. NSW EPA
The EPA’s advice is to ask to see a pest controller’s licence before agreeing to any pest control work. NSW EPA
How to check a pest controller’s licence, NSW EPA