A winter month that breaks ranks
Rain at the Bellambi station adds up to 1,138 mm in an average year. February leads at 140 mm and March follows close behind, then April and May settle down. June breaks the pattern with 130 mm, wetter than any month but February, before July drops away again. September is the driest month, and rain rises again through October and November.
January brings the station's warmest days, averaging 25.3°C, and February's days are as warm. July holds the coolest nights, averaging 9.7°C, and its days average 17.1°C. Between those ends the days change by small steps from month to month.
March carries summer into autumn
March belongs as much to summer as to autumn at the Bellambi station, with warm days and rain not far short of February's. April and May then lose both warmth and rain, and the season ends cooler and drier than it began. Spring starts from September, the driest month of the year, and grows wetter month by month, yet even November, its wettest month, stays milder than March.
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