Australia 
In numbers.
4.1m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
150m
Elevation
The water at Nigretta Falls, month by month
It roars from June to September.
The fullest months: from June to September. The thinnest: from January to March.
- 1.7 m³/sJan
- 1.0 m³/sFeb
- 1.1 m³/sMar
- 2.4 m³/sApr
- 4.8 m³/sMay
- 7.9 m³/sJun
- 9.6 m³/sJul
- 10 m³/sAug
- 8.2 m³/sSep
- 5.4 m³/sOct
- 3.6 m³/sNov
- 2.6 m³/sDec
From about 1.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 10 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Hamiltonnearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Parking 130 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Portland Airport (PTJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 84 km in a straight lineCar hire in Mount GambierDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 32 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 35 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsNigretta Falls
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 3picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Hamilton13 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 29 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 26 |
| Night °C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 36 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 55 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 60 | 47 | 45 | 43 |
| Wet days | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Sun h/day | 10.3 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (150 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 108% | 195% | 110% | 180% | 122% | 74% | 55% | 77% | 120% | 211% | 111% | 112% |
| 2021 | 187% | 51% | 123% | 54% | 86% | 100% | 146% | 68% | 84% | 162% | 92% | 20% |
| 2022 | 134% | 51% | 99% | 46% | 80% | 75% | 42% | 124% | 118% | 315% | 223% | 79% |
| 2023 | 39% | 150% | 148% | 117% | 79% | 136% | 59% | 37% | 34% | 87% | 127% | 189% |
| 2024 | 170% | 2% | 10% | 94% | 41% | 30% | 94% | 53% | 96% | 80% | 117% | 98% |
| 2025 | 33% | 44% | 97% | 60% | 31% | 95% | 99% | 74% | 68% | 143% | 160% | 63% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nigretta Falls
Australia
- —Height
- 4.1 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38244) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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