Tooma | |
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 The It's Not a Tooma Inn aka The Three Stags Inn | |
  Tooma | |
| Coordinates:35°58′0″S148°4′0″E / 35.96667°S 148.06667°E /-35.96667; 148.06667 | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| LGA | |
| Location |
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| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 331 m (1,086 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 104 (2016 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 2642 |
| County | Selwyn |
| Mean max temp | 20.5 °C (68.9 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 7.0 °C (44.6 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 963.5 mm (37.93 in) |
Tooma is a locality and village community in theSnowy Valleys Council local government area, in the eastern part of theRiverina region of New South Wales.
Tooma is in the valley of theTooma River, not far from itsconfluence with theMurray River. The village is adjacent toTumbarumba Creek, a tributary of the Tooma River. It is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east ofWelaregang and 34 kilometres (21 mi) south ofTumbarumba.
Tooma Post Office opened on 1 January 1873.[3] A school opened in Tooma in February 1876 and closed in August 1980.[4]
The Tooma District was one of ten locations that were shortlisted for the site of Australia's national capital in 1900. It was one of the last to be eliminated. In the final series of parliamentary ballots in October 1908, Tooma was one of the eleven sites in contention, and it survived until the eighth of the nine ballots, after which onlyDalgety and the eventual capital siteCanberra remained in contention. The site for the city was identified as being at nearbyWelaregang.[5][6][7][8][9]
Climate data for Tooma are sourced at nearbyKhancoban of approximately the same altitude. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool and rainy with occasionalsnowfalls.
| Climate data for Khancoban SMHEA (1961–1994); 337 m AMSL; 36.23° S, 148.14° E | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.7 (107.1) | 41.7 (107.1) | 37.6 (99.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 38.5 (101.3) | 39.1 (102.4) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.7 (85.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.7 (60.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) | 13.0 (55.4) | 10.4 (50.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 4.2 (39.6) | 1.8 (35.2) | 1.3 (34.3) | 2.6 (36.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.8 (44.2) | 8.9 (48.0) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.0 (44.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | −0.6 (30.9) | −2.4 (27.7) | −4.1 (24.6) | −8.0 (17.6) | −6.4 (20.5) | −5.6 (21.9) | −3.9 (25.0) | −1.8 (28.8) | −0.4 (31.3) | 1.1 (34.0) | −8.0 (17.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 59.8 (2.35) | 53.0 (2.09) | 56.0 (2.20) | 63.3 (2.49) | 80.6 (3.17) | 84.9 (3.34) | 100.9 (3.97) | 112.9 (4.44) | 97.9 (3.85) | 96.8 (3.81) | 81.7 (3.22) | 75.7 (2.98) | 963.5 (37.91) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 135.9 |
| Average afternoonrelative humidity (%) | 34 | 34 | 37 | 48 | 61 | 71 | 68 | 59 | 55 | 48 | 43 | 42 | 50 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 303.8 | 268.4 | 257.3 | 210.0 | 145.7 | 99.0 | 108.5 | 136.4 | 177.0 | 235.6 | 261.0 | 269.7 | 2,472.4 |
| Source:Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Khancoban SMHEA | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Khancoban AWS (1997–2022); 339 m AMSL; 36.23° S, 148.14° E | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 43.3 (109.9) | 43.3 (109.9) | 38.0 (100.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 28.0 (82.4) | 33.8 (92.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 41.1 (106.0) | 43.3 (109.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.3 (86.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 21.3 (70.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 10.7 (51.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 4.2 (39.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | 1.7 (35.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.5 (49.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.3 (45.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −1.4 (29.5) | −4.0 (24.8) | −4.2 (24.4) | −4.6 (23.7) | −5.0 (23.0) | −7.0 (19.4) | −1.3 (29.7) | 0.0 (32.0) | 2.2 (36.0) | −7.0 (19.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 60.0 (2.36) | 60.2 (2.37) | 63.2 (2.49) | 57.3 (2.26) | 68.7 (2.70) | 95.8 (3.77) | 89.0 (3.50) | 106.5 (4.19) | 88.6 (3.49) | 80.4 (3.17) | 92.2 (3.63) | 74.6 (2.94) | 936.5 (36.87) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 14.6 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 152.0 |
| Average afternoonrelative humidity (%) | 31 | 33 | 34 | 43 | 57 | 69 | 69 | 61 | 55 | 49 | 43 | 35 | 48 |
| Source:Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Khancoban AWS | |||||||||||||
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