Wagga Wagga has a temperate climate with hot dry summers and cold winters. At an elevation of 147 metres (482 ft) above sea level, Wagga Wagga has four distinct seasons. Winters can be cold by Australian standards with the mean maximum temperature falling in July to 12.7 �C (54.9 �F) and a mean minimum of 2.7 �C (36.9 �F). The lowest temperature recorded at Wagga was ?6.3 �C (20.7 �F) on 21 August 1982. Fog and heavy frosts are common in the winter whilst snow is a very rare occurrence.
By contrast, summers in Wagga Wagga are warm to hot, with mean maximum temperatures ranging between 29 and 32 �C (84 and 90 �F). The hottest temperature on record was 45.2 �C (113.4 �F) on 7 February 2009. Relative humidity is low in the summer months with a 3 pm average of around 30%.
In 2009 the city recorded anomalous maximum of 25.03 �C (77.05 �F), which was 2.33 �C (4.19 �F) above the country's average of 22.7 �C (72.9 �F) and the highest anomalous maximum in Australia for 2009.
Wagga Wagga has a mean annual rainfall of 573.4 millimetres (22.57 in) per year. This rainfall is distributed fairly equally over the 12 months.
On 8 March 2010, Wagga Wagga Airport recorded 110.2 millimetres (4.34 in) of rain, breaking the previous all time record of 104.1 millimetres (4.10 in) set on 16 March 1966, with 127 millimetres (5.0 in) of rain recorded at Gurwood Street in the city's CBD.
In December 2010, the city recorded its wettest year on record and the first ever yearly rainfall recording of 1,000 millimetres (39 in)
