Whats New

Date	What's New!
10/Nov/2009	The results for the 2008-2009 season have been archived here and this seasons results are now available from here.
9/Nov/2009	Maximum tide heights for 2009-2010: note that tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax and can be used as a prediction of high activity periods.
9/Nov/2009	The SOI updated for October 2009: -14.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
9/Nov/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for October 2009.
9/Nov/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October 2009: Rainfall in NSW was variable throughout the state. The entire coast strip had mostly above average rainfall, with very much average rainfall on the mid-north coast. The south west inland had below average rainfall, with some western areas even having very much below average precipitation. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal in the north coast and central inland, and 1-2 degrees below average along the south coast and north western inland. Minimum temperatures were around average.
20/Oct/2009	The SOI updated for September 2009: -3.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
20/Oct/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for September 2009.
20/Oct/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September 2009: Rainfall in NSW was around normal for most of the state although the mid-north coast had below average precipitation. Maximum temperatures were 2-3 degrees above normal for the entire state. Minimum temperatures were mostly around average.
20/Oct/2009	The SOI updated for August 2009: -5.0. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
20/Oct/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for August 2009.
20/Oct/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August 2009: Rainfall in NSW was below average for the entire state, with areas of the north being very much below average. Maximum temperatures were progressively warmer from the south of the state to the north, where temperatures were up to 4 degrees above normal. Minimum temperatures were mostly around average.
20/Oct/2009	The SOI updated for July 2009: +1.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
20/Oct/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for July 2009.
20/Oct/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July 2009: Rainfall in NSW was below average across the north and south of the state, and around average for the central regions. Maximum temperatures were close to normal. Minimum temperatures were average to slightly above average for most of NSW.
20/Oct/2009	The SOI updated for June 2009: -2.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
20/Oct/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for June 2009.
20/Oct/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June 2009: Rainfall in NSW was above average across the inland and far north coast, and average elsewhere. Maximum temperatures were close to normal. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal.
20/Oct/2009	The SOI updated for May 2009: -5.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
20/Oct/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2009.
20/Oct/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May 2009: Rainfall in NSW was very much above average on the far north coast, although below to very much below average for the southern inland, elsewhere had normal rainfall. Maximum temperatures were close to normal. Minimum temperatures were slightly below average.
15/May/2009	The SOI updated for April 2009: +8.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
15/May/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for April 2009.
15/May/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April 2009: Rainfall in NSW was above average along the entire coastal district and the majority of the slopes. The inland experienced average precipitation levels. Maximum and minimum temperatures were close to normal.
4/Apr/2009	The SOI updated for March 2009: +0.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Apr/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March 2009: Rainfall in NSW was below average for the south coast and northern tablelands, while in the farwest it was above average. Everywhere else, normal precipitation levels were experienced. Maximum and minimum temperatures were close to normal for the entire state.
4/Apr/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for March 2009.
4/Mar/2009	The SOI updated for February 2009: +14.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Mar/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February 2009: Rainfall in NSW was above to very much above average for the mid north coast and average across the inland north. For the south west, Murray and Riverina, rainfall was below to very much below average. Maximum temperatures were slightly above average in the south west and around average in the north east of NSW. Minimum temperatures for the state were generally close to normal.
2/Mar/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for February 2009.
5/Feb/2009	The SOI updated for January 2009: +9.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Feb/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for January 2009.
2/Feb/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January 2009: Rainfall in NSW was below average or lower for most of the state, only the north west corner saw average precipitation. Maximum temperatures were above average across the entire state, in the south they were up to 3-4 degrees above normal. Minimum temperatures for the state were generally close to normal, although some regions had slightly higher temperatures than usual.
22/Jan/2009	Bureau of Meteorology rainfall prediction for February - April 2009; the forecast is for normal rainfall across NSW. Click here for the forecast map.
7/Jan/2009	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for December 2008.
7/Jan/2009	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December 2008: Rainfall in NSW was above average for the south west corner of the state and average elsewhere. Maximum temperatures were around average in the north east of the state and gradually cooler towards the south west where temperatures were down to around 2 degrees below average. Minimum temperatures were close to normal.
7/Jan/2009	The SOI updated for December 2008: +13.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
15/Dec/2008	Bureau of Meteorology rainfall prediction for January - March 2009; the forecast is that most of inland NSW will receive average rainfall, while for the coast rainfall is expected to be above normal. Click here for the forcast map.
15/Dec/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November 2008: Rainfall in NSW was above average for most of NSW and well aabove average in the far north eastern corner. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees below normal for most of the state, while minimum temperatures were around normal.
15/Dec/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for November 2008.
15/Dec/2008	The SOI updated for November 2008: +17.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
13/Nov/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for October 2008.
13/Nov/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October 2008: Rainfall in NSW was below average to very much below average in the southwest of the state and mostly average elsewhere. Maximum temperatures were up to 3 degrees above normal in the Riverina and between 1-2 degrees above average for most of the remainder of the state. Minimum temperatures were average to slightly above average in the north west of NSW.
13/Nov/2008	The SOI updated for October 2008: +13.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
13/Nov/2008	Maximum tide heights for 2008-2009: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax.
31/Oct/2008	All annual reports since the 2002-2003 season can now be downloaded as a pdf, click here to access the page. All publications from the program have also been updated.
15/Oct/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September 2008: Rainfall in NSW was above average in the north east corner of the state, average centrally and below average in the south west and along the Murray. Maximum temperatures were slightly above average for most of the state. Minimum temperatures were around normal for much of the state, although slightly above average in the north and slightly below average in the south.
15/Oct/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for September 2008.
15/Oct/2008	The SOI updated for September 2008: +14.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
16/Sep/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August 2008: Rainfall was average for most of NSW. Maximum temperature were between 1-2 degrees below average throughout NSW. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees below normal for most of the state.
16/Sep/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for August 2008.
16/Sep/2008	The SOI updated for August 2008: +9.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
12/Aug/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July 2008: Rainfall was average for much of the state, although the northwest corner had below average conditions. Maximum temperature were around average for NSW. Maximum temperatures were around normal for most of the state. Minimum temperatures were between average and 1 degree below normal for most of the state.
12/Aug/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for July 2008.
12/Aug/2008	The SOI updated for July 2008: +2.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
15/Jul/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June 2008: Rainfall was below average along the Murray, although above average in the northwest and central tablelands. Maximum temperature were around 1 degree above normal throughout NSW. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal for most of the state.
15/Jul/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for June 2008.
15/Jul/2008	The SOI updated for June 2008: +5.0. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/Jun/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May 2008: Rainfall across all NSW was below average and well below average along the south coast and parts of the inland. Maximum temperatures were around normal for most of the state. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees below normal for most of the state.
5/Jun/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2008.
5/Jun/2008	The SOI updated for May 2008: -4.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/May/2008	The SOI updated for Apr 2008: +4.5. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/May/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Apr 2008: Rainfall in NSW was below to very much below averages across the northern inland of the state and average for the south. For the mid and north coasts, precipitation levels were above to very much above normal, while the south coast experienced normal rainfall patterns. Maximum temperatures were around normal for most of the state and slightly below average along the coast. Minimum temperatures were slightly below normal.
5/May/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Apr 2008.
3/Apr/2008	The SOI updated for Mar 2008: +12.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Apr/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Mar 2008: Rainfall in NSW was below average for the entire coastal strip and very much below average for the far north coast. Most of the inland had normal rainfall. Maximum temperatures were slightly below normal in the far north coast and were gradually warmer towards the southwest were temperatures were up to 3-4 degrees above average. Minimum temperatures were down to 3 degrees below average in the far north coast going towards average in the south west of the state.
3/Apr/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Mar 2008.
6/Mar/2008	The new trapping site of Georges River.
6/Mar/2008	The new trapping site of Maitland.
4/Mar/2008	The SOI updated for Feb 2008: +21.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Mar/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Feb 2008.
3/Mar/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Feb 2008: Rainfall in NSW was above average for the entire coastal strip, the ranges and the inland slopes. The western areas of the state had normal precipitation patterns, while the southwest corner had below to very much below average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were around 1-2 degrees below normal, although the central north of NSW experienced down to 5 degrees below average. Minimum temperatures for the entire state were 1-2 degrees below normal.
11/Feb/2008	The SOI updated for Jan 2008: +14.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Feb/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Jan 2008.
2/Feb/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Jan 2008: Rainfall in NSW was above average for the mid to north coast and western plains, everywhere else there was normal precipitation levels. Maximum and minimum temperatures in the north east were up to 2 degrees below normal and the state as progressively warmer towards the southwest, where temperatures were 2 degrees above normal.
16/Jan/2008	Yearly rainfall figures (with averages) for 2007.
7/Jan/2008	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Dec 2007: Rainfall in NSW was mostly above average for most of the inland and mid north coast areas, while the north and south coast both had average rainfall. The central north west experienced record rainfall. Maximum temperatures were 2-3 degrees above normal in the north of the state and progressively cooler towards the south. Minimum temperatures were close to average.
7/Jan/2008	The SOI updated for Dec 2007: +14.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
7/Jan/2008	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Dec 2007.
18/Dec/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Nov 2007: Rainfall in NSW was average to above average for much of the state. Maximum temperatures were 2-3 degrees below normal for northern NSW and progessively warmer towards the south, even up to 3 degress above average along the NSW/Vic border. Minimum temperatures were around average in northeast NSW and warmer towards the south, being up to 4 degrees above average.
18/Dec/2007	The SOI updated for Nov 2007: +9.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
18/Dec/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Nov 2007.
12/Nov/2007	Maximum tide heights for 2007-2008: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax.
8/Nov/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Oct 2007: Rainfall in NSW was average across the north of the state, however below to very much below average in the south. Maximum temperatures were at least 1-2 degrees above normal, with some tableland regions experiencing 4 degress higher than average. Minimum temperatures were around average.
8/Nov/2007	The SOI updated for Oct 2007: +5.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/Nov/2007	All 2006-2007 surveillance data has been archived, click here to access the data.
1/Nov/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Oct 2007.
9/Oct/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Sep 2007: Rainfall in NSW was very much below average for the entire inland, with the central region havign record low rainfall. The south coast experienced below average rainfall, while the north coast had normal precipitation patterns. Maximum temperatures were above average across the inland by 1-2 degrees, and around average for the coast. Minimum temperatures were average for much of the state and slightly below average on the southern slopes.
9/Oct/2007	The SOI updated for Sep 2007: +1.5. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
9/Oct/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Sep 2007.
5/Sep/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Aug 2007: Rainfall in NSW was below average across the inland to very much below average in the southwest corner. For north coast NSW, rainfall was very much above average. Maximum temperatures were well above average across the inland, up to 3-4 degrees. Minimum temperatures were average across the inland and 1-2 degrees above normal along the coast.
5/Sep/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Aug 2007.
5/Sep/2007	The SOI updated for Aug 2007: +2.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
8/Aug/2007	The SOI updated for Jul 2007: -4.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/Aug/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Jul 2007: Rainfall for NSW was average across southern areas of the state and progressively drier to the north where rainfall was very much below average. Maximum temperatures were around average to slightly cooler than normal. Minimum temperatures tended towards slightly cooler than normal for most of the state, with the north east corner being down to 2 degrees below average.
1/Aug/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Jul 2007.
30/Jul/2007	The SOI updated for Jun 2007: +5.0. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
30/Jul/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Jun 2007: Rainfall for NSW was above to very much above average along the coast and dividing range, while the west of the state had below average rainfall patterns. Maximum temperatures were around 1 degree below normal for the south of the state and progressively cooler to the north and down to 4 degrees below average. Minimum temperatures were normal along the coast and cooler towards the west and down to 2-3 degrees below normal.
30/Jul/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Jun 2007.
6/Jun/2007	The SOI updated for May, 2007: -2.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
6/Jun/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May, 2007: Rainfall for NSW was above to very much above average for the northwest corner and average for most of the remainder of the inland. The coast had below normal rainfall. Maximum and minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal for most of the state.
1/Jun/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2007.
7/May/2007	The SOI updated for April, 2007: -3.0. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/May/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April, 2007: Rainfall for NSW was around average for most of the state, and slightly above normal in the far south west inland. Maximum and minimum temperatures were slightly above average.
1/May/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Apr 2007.
3/Apr/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March, 2007: Rainfall for NSW was around average for most of the state. Maximum and minimum temperatures were slightly above average.
3/Apr/2007	The SOI updated for March, 2007: -1.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Apr/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Mar 2007.
7/Mar/2007	The SOI updated for February, 2007: -2.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/Mar/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February, 2007: Rainfall for NSW was mostly average, although below average in the far north west and above average for the south coast. Maximum and minimum temperatures were around average along the coast and 1-2 degrees above normal for the inland.
1/Mar/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Feb 2007.
5/Feb/2007	The SOI updated for January, 2007: -7.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Feb/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January, 2007: Rainfall for NSW was below average along the coast, above average in the far west and normal in central NSW. Maximum temperatures were cooler than average along the coast and preogressively warmer towards northwest NSW. Minimum temperatures were slightly above average for the entire inland region of NSW and slightly cooler than normal along the north coast.
2/Feb/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Jan 2007.
3/Jan/2007	Yearly rainfall figures (with averages) for 2006.
3/Jan/2007	The SOI updated for December, 2006: -3.0. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Jan/2007	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Dec 2006.
3/Jan/2007	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was below average for the north east corner, which includes the north coast, and below to very much below average for the southern part of the state. The northwest and southcoast had normal rainfall activity. Maximum temperatures were around 1 degree below average along the coast and across northern NSW and tended to be slightly above average for the southern inland. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees below average along the coast and around normal elsewhere.
2/Jan/2007	2007! - Happy New Year!
15/Dec/2006	All 2005-2006 surveillance results are now archived and can be accessed via 'Mosquito/Chicken Results' or else click here.
	The SOI updated for November, 2006: -1.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/Dec/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was below average most of southern inland NSW, very much below in the north west corner, while the north coast had above average falls. Maximum temperatures were 2-3 above normal for most of the state. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above average.
1/Dec/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Nov 2006.
10/Nov/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during Cctober, 2006: Rainfall for almost all NSW was well below average; many areas in the south and south west had a record dry month. Most of the state had maximum temperatures that were 3-4 degrees above normal. Minimum temperatures were slightly below normal across the state south, whereas the northwest was up to 3 above normal.
10/Nov/2006	The SOI updated for October, 2006: -15.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
10/Nov/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for October 2006.
10/Oct/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was below to very much below average in the southeast and northwest inland, while the coast had above average rainfall from Sydney north. Maximum temperatures were 2-3 degrees above normal across the entire state. Mimumum temperatures hovered around average.
10/Oct/2006	The SOI updated for September, 2006: -5.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
10/Oct/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Sep 2006.
18/Sep/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was well below average across the inland, while the north coast had above average conditions. Maximum temperatures were 2-3 degrees above normal across the entire state. Mimumum temperatures were well below average, up to 3 degree less than normal for the central west.
18/Sep/2006	The SOI updated for August, 2006: -15.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
18/Sep/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for August 2006.
18/Sep/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was above average for most of the state, excluding the ranges. Maximum temperatures were slightly below average in the west, most of the ranges and coast had just above normal temperatures. Mimumum temperatures hovered around normal across the entire state.
18/Sep/2006	The SOI updated for July, 2006: -8.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
18/Sep/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for July 2006.
18/Sep/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was mostly around average, although slightly above normal in the west. Maximum temperatures were around normal to slightly below average. Mimumum temperatures were 1-2 degrees below average across the entire state.
18/Sep/2006	The SOI updated for June, 2006: -5.5. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
18/Sep/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for June 2006.
6/Jun/2006	The SOI updated for May, 2006: -9.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Jun/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was very much below average for almost the entire state, although the far south coast had above average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were slightly below average and tended to be cooler towards the west of the state. Mimumum temperatures were well below average, even up to 5 degree below in central north.
2/Jun/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2006.
5/May/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was around average for much of the state except for a transerve section of the state from the south east to the north west which had below average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were around average in the north east and progressively cooler towards the south west, with up to 3 degrees below average. Minimum temperatures were well below average, even down to 4 degree below in central NSW.
5/May/2006	The SOI updated for April, 2006: +15.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/May/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for April 2006.
5/Apr/2006	The SOI updated for March, 2006: +13.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Apr/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for March 2006.
3/Apr/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was below average for most of the state east. The farwest had normal precipitation levels. Maximum temperatures were slighty above average across the south of the state. Minimum temperatures were around average, although up to 2 degrees warmer than normal in the far north west.
4/Mar/2006	The SOI updated for February, 2006: +0.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/Mar/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was below average for the south coast and most of the southwest of the state. The northeast corner had normal precipitation levels. Maximum and minimum temperatures were up to 3-4 degrees above average in the northwest of the state but progressively cooler towards the south.
1/Mar/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for February 2006.
7/Feb/2006	The SOI updated for January, 2006: +12.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/Feb/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for January 2006.
1/Feb/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January, 2006: Rainfall for NSW was mostly around avererge for the entire state, although the northeast corner had above average precipitation. Maximum temperatures were up to 5 degrees above average in the west of the state but progressively cooler towards the coast. Minimum temperatures were also above average in the north west, up to 5 degrees.
10/Jan/2006	Annual rainfall figures (with averages) for 2005.
4/Jan/2006	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was below average for the mid-north coast down to the south coast and for the northwest inland corner. Some regions in the northwest had very much below average rainfall patterns. Maximum temperatures were above average for the entire state and progessively warmer toward the north were temperatures were up to 4 degrees above average. Minimum temperatures were around average for most of the state.
4/Jan/2006	The SOI updated for December, 2005: +0.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Jan/2006	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for December 2005.
1/Jan/2006	2006 - Happy New Year!
8/Dec/2005	The SOI updated for November, 2005: -2.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Dec/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was above average for the eastern half of the state and the southwest corner. The northwest had average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were slightly warmer than normal in the northwest and average elsewhere. Minimum temperatures were warmer than normal along the entire coast and along the north.
2/Dec/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for November 2005.
20/Nov/2005	All 2004-2005 surveillance results are now archived and can be accessed via 'Mosquito/Chicken Results' or else click here.
19/Nov/2005	The SOI updated for October, 2005: +10.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
19/Nov/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was above average in the southwest of the state and along the northern tablelands, southern and midnorth coast. The northwest corner experienced lower than average precipitation. Maximum temperatures tended to be around a degree below average in the southwest corner, although in the northeast temperatures were up on normal by up to 3 degrees. Minimum temperatures were warmer than normal along the entire coast and along the north.
19/Nov/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for October 2005.
19/Oct/2005	Maximum tide heights for 2005-2006: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Ochlerotatus vigilax.
12/Oct/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was above average for most of the state to very much above average for the southern tablelands and slopes. Excluding the mid-north coast, which also had above average precipatation, most of the coast had average rainfall. Maximum temperatures tended to be around a degree below average across the inland, and around normal for the coast. Minimum temperatures were around average for the inland, but warmer than normal along the north of the state.
12/Oct/2005	The SOI updated for September, 2005: +3.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
12/Oct/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for September 2005.
5/Sep/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for August 2005.
5/Sep/2005	The SOI updated for August, 2005: -6.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/Sep/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was below average along the entire coastal strip and very much below average for Sydney to the mid-northj coast. The inland had mostly average precipitation, with pockets of above averagea rainfall in the south and below average in the west. Maximum temperatures were around average for the most of the state, although the coast was slightly above normal. Minimum temperatures were slightly below average.
9/Aug/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Jul 2005.
9/Aug/2005	The SOI updated for July, 2005: +0.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
9/Aug/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was below average for northern NSW, while above average across the southwest corner. Maximum temperatures were around average for the most of the state, although the coast was slightly above normal. Minimum temperatures were also around average.
8/Jul/2005	The SOI updated for June, 2005: +2.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Jul/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was above average to very much above average for most of the state. The northern inland even had pockets of record rainfall. The southcoast was the only region that had average rainfall. Maximum temperatures slightly above average for the most of the state, although the southern tablelands was up to 2-3 degrees above normal. Minimum temperatures were also above average; up to 3-4 degrees in the northern inland areas.
4/Jul/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for Jun 2005.
8/June/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was below average to very much below average across the southwest corner of the state, and average for most of the coast. Maximum temperatures around average for the coast and progessively warmer to the west of the state, where temperatures were up to 3 degrees above average. Conversly, minimum temperatures were below average; up to two degrees across the inland.
8/June/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2005.
8/June/2005	The SOI updated for May, 2005: -14.5. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/May/2005	There are three new trapping locations; Port Macquarie (with two sites), Crescent Head and Bellingen.
3/May/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was below average to very much below average. Maximum temperatures were well above average and up to 6 degrees higher than normal across the inland; in fact this was the warmest April on record. Minimum temperatures were also above average; up to four degrees across the inland.
3/May/2005	The SOI updated for April, 2005: -11.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/May/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for April 2005.
5/Apr/2005	The SOI updated for March, 2005: 0.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Apr/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March, 2005: Rainfall for NSW was below average across the inland and north coast. The central and south coast had average rainfall patterns. Maximum temperatures were around average, although cooler in the south of the state. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees below average across the state.
4/Apr/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for March 2005.
3/Mar/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February, 2005: Rainfall was below to very much below average across the north of NSW, and especially dry in the northwest corner. In the south along the Murray, rainall was above average. Maximum temperatures were average in a diagonal line from the southeast corner of NSW to the northwest corner. Above this, temperatures were progessively warmer and up to 2C above average in the northeast. Below the line of average conditions, temperature were progressively cooler and up to 5C below normal. Minimum temperatures were normal in the northeast and up to 2C below normal in the southwest.
3/Mar/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for February 2005.
3/Mar/2005	The SOI updated for February, 2005: -29.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Feb/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January, 2005: Rainfall was average for much of the state of NSW, although the central northern inland had conditions that were below average to very much below average. Maximum and minimum temperatures were around average although were above average in the central inland.
3/Feb/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for January 2005.
3/Feb/2005	The SOI updated for January, 2005: -1.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
11/Jan/2005	Annual rainfall figures (with averages) for 2004.
5/Jan/2005	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December, 2004: Rainfall was above average along the Great Dividing Range of NSW, although around average for the coast and much of the inland. The northwest corner of the state did have exceptionally dry conditions. Maximum and minimum temperatures hovered around average.
5/Jan/2005	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for December 2004.
5/Jan/2005	The SOI updated for December, 2004: -8.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Jan/2005	2005 - Happy New Year!
17/Dec/2004	Dear all users & lovers of the NSW AS&VMP web site. Due to recent changes in computer management systems for the NSW Health internet, I have been unable to update this site since early October. The system is now updated and the results will continue to be provided in a timely & efficient manner as always. Sorry for the inconvenience - Stephen Doggett
5/Dec/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for November 2004.
5/Dec/2004	The SOI updated for November, 2004: -9.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/Dec/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November, 2004: Rainfall was above for most of the inland areas, while the coastal strip had average rainfall. Maximum temperature were around average for the inland and slightly above for the coast. Minimum temperatures were around average.
23/Nov/2004	Tide heights for 2004-2005: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Ochlerotatus vigilax.
23/Nov/2004	All the surveillance data from the 2003-2004 season has now been archived.
5/Nov/2004	The SOI updated for October, 2004: -3.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/Nov/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for October 2004.
5/Nov/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October, 2004: Rainfall was above to very much above average along the entire coast of NSW, while the Murray Valley and below to very much below average. The remainder of the state had average rainfall. Maximum temperature were slightly above average and increasingly warmer towards the west. Minimum temperatures were around average.
11/Oct/2004	The SOI updated for September, 2004: -2.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
11/Oct/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for September 2004.
11/Oct/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September, 2004: Rainfall was around average for most of the state. Maximum temperatures were around average and slightly above average along the coast. Minimum temperatures were around average.
10/Sep/2004	The SOI updated for August, 2004: -7.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
10/Sep/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for August 2004.
10/Sep/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August, 2004: Rainfall was average for most of NSW, although above to ver much above average in the far west of the state. Maximum temperatures were slightly above normal, whereas minimum temperatures were slightly below normal, especially across the north of the state.
3/Aug/2004	The SOI updated for July, 2004: -6.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Aug/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for July 2004.
3/Aug/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July, 2004: Rainfall was mostly around average for NSW, except for pockets in the southwest and far-north coast that were below average. Maximum temperatures were around normal, although slightly above average in the northeast and slightly below average in the south west. Minimum temperatures were around normal, although slightly below average across the north of the state.
2/Jul/2004	New photographs of the egg rafts of Coquillettidia linealis and Coquillettdia xanthogaster.
2/Jul/2004	The SOI updated for June, 2004: -14.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Jul/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June, 2004: Rainfall was below to very much below average along the entire coast of NSW and mostly average across the inland, with some pockets of above average rainfall to the west of the state. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal along the coast and around average for inland areas. Minimum temperatures were 1-3 degrees below average in the north east corner of the state and around average elsewhere.
2/Jul/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for June 2004.
3/Jun/2004	The SOI updated for May, 2004: +13.1. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
1/Jun/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May, 2004: Rainfall was below to very much below average along the entire coast of NSW and mostly average across the inland, although the southwest of the state had below average precipitation, while the northwest corner had above average. Maximum temperatures were slighly below average across inland NSW and slightly above along the coast. Minimum temperatures were 1-3 degrees below average.
1/Jun/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2004.
5/May/2004	The SOI updated for April, 2004: -15.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/May/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April, 2004: Rainfall for the southwest and southeast of NSW was below to very much below average, and average in the north. Maximum temperatures were slighly above average in the east and progressively towards the west. Minimum temperatures were around average.
4/May/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for April 2004.
5/Apr/2004	The SOI updated for March, 2004: +0.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Apr/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March, 2004: Rainfall for the southwestern half of NSW was below average to very much below average, although there were some above average preciptation along the mid north coast and northern inland. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above the norm in the southwest and around average in the northeast. Minimum temperatures were below normal in the southwest.
2/Apr/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for March 2004.
2/Mar/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February, 2004: Rainfall, expect for the Murray Valley, which had below average precipitation, rainfall was around normal for most of the state. Maximum & minimum temperatures were well above average; up to 4-5 degrees above normal.
2/Mar/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for February 2004.
2/Mar/2004	The SOI updated for February, 2004: +8.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Feb/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January, 2004: Rainfall was very much average in the northeast and very much below average in the farwest. The remainder of the state had normal rainfall. Maximum & minimum temperatures were above normal in the north of the state and cooler towards the southwest.
3/Feb/2004	The SOI updated for January, 2004: -11.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Feb/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for January 2004.
5/Jan/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December, 2003: Rainfall was above average for the south west of the state but around normal for the remainder. Maximum & Minimum temperatures were around normal along the coast, but increasinlgy above average towards the west.
5/Jan/2004	The SOI updated for December, 2003: +9.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Jan/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for December 2003.
1/Jan/2004	2004 - Happy New Year!
3/Dec/2003	All the surveillance data from the 2002-2003 season has now been archived.
3/Dec/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November: Rainfall was around average for most of the state. Maximum temperatures were around average in the eastern part of the state and progressively warmer towards the southwest. Minimum temperatures were slightly below average in the east and warmer towards the west of the state.
3/Dec/2003	The SOI updated for November: -3.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Dec/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for November 2003.
5/Nov/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for October 2003.
5/Nov/2003	The SOI updated for October: -1.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/Nov/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October: Rainfall was around average for most of the state, with pockets of above average rainfall in the far west and northern coast. Both maximum and minimum temperatures were slightly below average and progressively cooler towards the southwest.
21/Oct/2003	Tide heights for 2003-2004: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Ochlerotatus vigilax.
17/Oct/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September: Rainfall was below average for most of the state and very much below average towards the north east. Maximum temperatures were average in the southern part of the state and progessively warmer towards the north, with temperatures up to 3-4 degrees above average. Minimum temperatures were around average.
17/Oct/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for September 2003.
17/Oct/2003	The SOI updated for September: -2.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/Sep/2004	Human notification data from the NSW Public Health Bulletin updated and reorganised to fit in with mosquitoes seasons (i.e. data listed for financial year rather than calender).
4/Sep/2004	The SOI updated for August: -1.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Sep/2004	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August: Rainfall was above average to very much above average across inland NSW. Along the coast, rainfall was generaly average, although below average in the far north of the state. Maximum temperatures were slighlty below average in the southwest of the state and progessively warmer to the northeast. Minimum temperatures were around average for the state.
4/Sep/2004	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for August 2003.
4/Aug/2003	The SOI updated for July: +2.9. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Aug/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July: Rainfall was mostly around average across the state, although pockets along the north coast had below average, while areas in the southwest had above average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were average to slighlty above average in the northwest of the state. Minimum temperatures hovered around average for the state.
4/Aug/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for July 2003.
16/Jul/2003	New press releases relating to mosquito-borne diseases.
4/Jul/2003	New images of the larvae of Aedes albopictus, an important Dengue vector and the mosquito species, which is Australia's greatest quarantine risk.
4/Jul/2003	New images of the adult female of Ochlerotatus multiplex.
4/Jul/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for June 2003.
4/Jul/2003	The SOI updated for June: -12.0. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Jul/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June: Rainfall was mostly around average across the state, although pockets out west and on the far south coast had below average rainfall. Maximum and minimum temperatures were slightly above average.
4/Jun/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May: Rainfall was above average to very much above average along the coastal strip, but below average through the central inland areas. Maximum and minimum temperatures were mostly around average.
4/Jun/2003	The SOI updated for May: -7.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Jun/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2003.
2/May/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for April 2003.
2/May/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April: Rainfall was above to very much average across northern NSW, while the remainder fo the state had mostly normal rainfall. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal towards the northeast of the state, while minimums were around normal.
2/May/2003	The SOI updated for April: -5.5. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
11/Apr/2003	New adult images of the important pest mosquito Ochlerotatus vittiger.
7/Apr/2003	New larval and pupal images of the important pest mosquito Ochlerotatus vittiger.
3/Apr/2003	Press releases on Ross River in the Central Coast and Dengue from Cairns.
3/Apr/2003	The SOI updated for March: -6.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Apr/2003	The 2001 - 2002 Annual Report for the New South Wales Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring Program.
1/Apr/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for March 2003.
1/Apr/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March: Rainfall was below to very much below average in the western inland region, while the remainder fo the state had normal rainfall. Maximum and minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees below normal.
31/Mar/2003	New images of the pupa of Mansonia uniformis.
17/Mar/2003	New images of the larvae of Mansonia uniformis.
12/Mar/2003	New image of Aedeomyia venustipes adult female.
7/Mar/2003	New image of Aedeomyia venustipes pupa.
5/Mar/2003	New images of adult Culex halifaxii and Ochlerotatus alboannulatus.
4/Mar/2003	New images of the Dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti.
4/Mar/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for February 2003.
4/Mar/2003	The SOI updated for February: -7.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Mar/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February: Rainfall was above average for the majority of the state. Maximum temperatures were above normal in the south of the state and progressively cooler towards the northeast. Minimum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above the norm.
19/Feb/2003	A list of the mosquito species that appears on the beautiful and educational 'Australian Mosquitoes' poster.
18/Feb/2003	New images of the larvae of Verrallina Marks no. 52 and pupa of Culex halifaxii.
10/Feb/2003	New images of adult Anopheles annulipes bloodfeeding.
5/Feb/2003	New images of the larvae of Mansonia septempunctata and Aedeomyia venustipes.
3/Feb/2003	The SOI updated for January: -2.0. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Feb/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for January 2003.
3/Feb/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January: Rainfall was below average for the majority of the state, with the northeastern corner being very much below average. Maximum temperatures 2-3 degrees above normal and up to 4 degrees above average in the north west. Minimum temperatures showed a similar pattern, but were only around 1-2 degrees above the norm.
15/Jan/2003	Read about sportsmen who have contracted Ross River disease from the bite of a mosquito, their battle with the disease and how it affected their career.
7/Jan/2003	Annual rainfall figures.
2/Jan/2003	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for December 2002.
2/Jan/2003	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December: Rainfall was below average through the centre of the state but around average along the coast and in the far west. The central coast had above average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were slightly above normal, while minimums were around normal.
2/Jan/2003	The SOI updated for December: -10.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
30/Dec/2002	New images of Verrallina funerea and male Ochlerotatus vigilax (the saltmarsh mosquito)
5/Dec/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for November 2002.
3/Dec/2002	The SOI updated for November: -6.7. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Dec/2002	Photographs of the egg of Anopheles farauti.
2/Dec/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November: Rainfall was below average to very much below average through the state. Maximum temperatures were at least 1-2 degrees above the average and progressively warmer towards the northeast, beign up to 5 degrees above normal. Minimum temperatures were around normal to slightly cooler than average.
22/Nov/2002	New images of eggs, male, larvae and pupae of Culex quinquefasciatus.
21/Nov/2002	Tide heights for 2002-2003: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Ochlerotatus vigilax.
13/Nov/2002	New image of an egg raft of Culex quinquefasciatus.
13/Nov/2002	The SOI updated for October: -7.4. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Nov/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October: Rainfall was below average in the northeast corner and very much below average to the lowest on record for the remainder of the state. Maximum temperatures were at least 2 degrees above the average and progressively warmer towards the northeast, while minimums were around normal.
4/Nov/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for October 2002.
30/Oct/2002	New Poster of Australia Mosquitoes for sale. This is full colour and includes 72 different Australian mosquito species including distribution maps. Click here for more details.
30/Oct/2002	Around 40 new Mosquito Images, including: larval Aedeomyia venustipes; larval Aedes aegypti; adult, pupa and larval Anopheles farauti; larval and pupal Coquillettidia linealis; adult Coquillettidia xanthogaster; adult Culex annulirostris; larval Culex pullus; adult and larval Culiseta atra; adult and larval Ochlerotatus australis; adult Mansonia septumpunctata; adults and eggs of Mansonia uniformis; adult and larval Ochlerotatus camptorhynchus; adult Ochlerotatus kochi; larval Ochlerotatus multiplex; larval Ochlerotatus rupestris; adult and larval Ochlerotatus tremulus; adults, larvae and pupa of Tripteroides punctolateralis; adult, larvae and eggs of Verrallina carmenti; and adult, larvae and pupa of Verrallina lineata.
30/Oct/2002	Mosquito Images have been rearranged and now adults and larvae of the same species appear together.
29/Oct/2002	Three new Mosquito Videos. Including Aedeomyia venustipes, and two of Coquillettidia linealis.
3/Oct/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September: Rainfall was mostly around average across the inland, except for the southwest corner, which was below average. The entire coastal strip had below average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were 2-3 above the average, while minimums were around normal.
3/Oct/2002	The SOI updated for September: -7.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
3/Oct/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for September 2002.
11/Sep/2002	Human notification figures for Murray Valley Encephalitis virus.
11/Sep/2002	Human notification figures for Kunjin virus.
11/Sep/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for August 2002.
11/Sep/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August: Rainfall was below average for most of the state, and very much below average for the central inland. Only the far north coast had above average rainfall. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal. Minimum temperatures tended to be below average.
11/Sep/2002	The SOI updated for August: -14.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
6/Aug/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for July 2002.
6/Aug/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July: Rainfall was below average for all of the state, and very much below average for the northern half of the state. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal and progresseively warmer towards the northwest of the state, which experienced up to 3 degrees above average. Minimum temperatures tended to be below average and cooler towards the northeast and down to 4 degrees below average.
6/Aug/2002	The SOI updated for July: -7.6. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/July/2002	Total human disease notifications for Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus, for 2001.
4/July/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for June 2002.
4/July/2002	The SOI updated for June: -6.3. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/July/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June: Rainfall was below average for most of the state, with the western regions experiencing very much below average. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above normal, whereas minimum temperatures tended to be 1-2 degrees below normal.
5/June/2002	The SOI updated for May: -14.5. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
5/June/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May: Rainfall was around average in the south of the state but below average to very much below average in the north. Maximum temperatures tended to be above average and were progressively above average towards the west. Minimum temperatures were mostly 1-2 degrees below average.
5/June/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for May 2002.
8/May/2002	New images of Aedes multiplex & Culex sitiens.
3/May/2002	The images of Culex sitiens infected with microsporidia.
3/May/2002	The SOI updated for April: -3.8. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/May/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April: Rainfall was below average across the state, except for the far south coast, which had above average precipitation. Maximum temperatures were upt to 3-4 degrees above average in the far west of the state and progressively cooler towards the coast, which had average temperatures. Minimum temperatures tended to be slightly above normal.
2/May/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for April 2002.
18/Apr/2002	New image of larval Culex bitaeniorhynchus.
17/Apr/2002	Photographs of Aedes alternans pupal skins.
16/Apr/2002	New photograph of a Toxorhynchites speciosus pupa.
5/Apr/2002	More & more great mosquito larvae images! Including; Aedes alboannulatus, Culex australicus and Culex annulirostris (with a Vorticella colony).
3/Apr/2002	The great larval photographs continue, with new images of Aedes notoscriptus larvae and pupa, and Toxorhynchites speciosus.
2/Apr/2002	Even more great photographs, including larvae of Aedes alternans, larvae and pupae of Anopheles annulipes, pupa of Culex annulirostris, and adult images of male and female Culex gelidus.
2/Apr/2002	The SOI updated for March: -5.2. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
2/Apr/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for March 2002.
2/Apr/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March: Rainfall was mostly around average across the state. Maximum temperatures were average in the south of the state and progressively warmer and above average to the north. Minimum temperatures were below average across the state.
22/Mar/2002	The most superb photographs of larvae you will ever see! Including Aedes vigilax, Culex annulirostris, Culex gelidus, Culex halifaxii and Culex quinquefasciatus.
20/Mar/2002	Video of larval Culex quinquefasciatus filter feeding.
5/Mar/2002	The SOI updated for February: +7.7 and slowly increasing. Click here for an explanation of the SOI and how it can affect mosquito populations.
4/Mar/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February: Rainfall was very much above average in the south eastern corner of the state, while in the wet and north it was around normal. The far north coast had below average rainfall. Temperatures were mostly below average across the state, but progressively warmer to the north east.
4/Mar/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for February 2002.
15/Feb/2002	Batemans Bay has begun trapping.
5/Feb/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for January 2002.
4/Feb/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January: Rainfall was average to below average for much of the state, with pockets of very much below average rainfall in central NSW and northeastern NSW. Temperatures were up to 1 degree below normal in the southwest and increased towards the northeast, where they were 1-2 degrees above normal.
4/Feb/2002	The SOI updated for January: +2.7.
3/Jan/2002	Annual rainfall figures.
2/Jan/2002	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for December 2001.
2/Jan/2002	The SOI updated for December: -9.1.
2/Jan/2002	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December: Rainfall was below to very much below average across the state. Temperature were below average (up to 3 degrees below average) in the southwest and progressively warmer to the northeast, with temperatures up to 2 degrees above average.
1/Jan/2002	2002!
18/Dec/2001	New photographs of the common domestic pest mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus.
11/Dec/2001	Two new videos of dragonflies feeding on mosquitoes.
3/Dec/2001	Monthly rainfall figures (with averages) for November.
3/Dec/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November: Rainfall was above to very much above average in the northeast, in the far west it was below average, while for the remainder of the state rainfall patterns were around normal. Temperatures were 1-2 degrees below average across the state.
3/Dec/2001	The SOI updated for November: 7.2 & increasing.
27/Nov/2001	Due to popular demand, a whole new page has been added on utilising gas cylinders as the source of CO₂ for mosquito traps (as opposed to using dry ice as the attractant).
21/Nov/2001	The Arbovirus Monitor's Weekly Report Sheet in now available online.
21/Nov/2001	A whole new section on Mosquito Field Methods (note this still under development).
21/Nov/2001	Tide heights for 2001-2002: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax.
12/Nov/2001	All 2000-2001 have been archived and can be accessed via the Mosquito/Chicken Results.
7/Nov/2001	The SOI updated for October: -1.9.
2/Nov/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October: Rainfall was mostly normal, although above average in the far west of the state, while the mid north coast had below to very much below average rainfall. Temperatures tended to be above average along the coast, but conditions were increasingly cooler than normal, further westward in the state.
17/Oct/2001	An updated list of publications arising out of the Arbovirus Surveillance Program.
17/Oct/2001	The 2000 - 2001 Annual Report for the New South Wales Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring Program.
6/Oct/2001	Monthly rainfall figures for September.
2/Oct/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September: Rainfall was generally average to below average, although above average in the far west of NSW. Temperatures were 1-2 degress above average.
2/Oct/2001	The SOI updated for September: 1.4 & increasing.
6/Sep/2001	Monthly rainfall figures for August.
4/Sep/2001	Most of the mosquito species belonging to the genus Aedes have recently had the generic name changed. Click here for a list of the old and new names.
4/Sep/2001	Photographs of microsporidia infected larvae.
4/Sep/2001	Photographs of larval Aedes camptorhynchus.
4/Sep/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August: Rainfall was below average across most of inland NSW and very much below average in the north west corner, although above average along the south coast. Maximum temperatures were 1-2 degrees above average, while minimums were 1-2 degrees below normal.
4/Sep/2001	The SOI updated for August: -8.9.
3/Aug/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July: Rainfall was mostly average, although the South coast and inland northeast had above average precipitation. Temperature were average.
3/Aug/2001	The SOI updated for July: -3.0.
4/June/2001	New photograph of Uranotaenia nivipes.
3/June/2001	The SOI updated for June: 1.8
3/June/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June: Rainfall was above to very much above average in the northwest of NSW, with the remainder of the inland having normal conditions. Along the coast, rain was below average, especially from Sydney to the mid-north coast which was very much below average. Temperatures were 1-2 degress above the normal right across the state.
4/June/2001	The SOI updated for May: -9.0.
1/June/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May: Rainfall was below average in the northwest and southern parts of NSW, for most other locations, rainfall was normal. Maximium temperatures were close to average, while minimums were mostly around 2 degrees below normal.
3/May/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April: Rainfall was below average, especially in western NSW. Temperatures are night were below average, despite daytime temperatures being above normal.
3/May/2001	The SOI updated for April: 0.3 and decreasing.
5/Apr/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March: Temperatures were 2-3 degrees below average for most of the state. Rainfall was average across the inland and south coast, while along the north coast was above average to very much above average.
5/Apr/2001	The SOI updated for March: 6.7 and slightly increasing.
5/Mar/2001	Annual rainfall figures for New South Wales.
2/Mar/2001	Recent Press Releases.
2/Mar/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February: Rainfall was above average for southern inland and coastal NSW, while normal elsewhere. Temperature were 2-3 degrees above the average in western NSW and close to normal along the coast.
2/Mar/2001	The SOI updated for February: 11.9 and continuing to increase slightly.
6/Feb/2001	New trapping site of Narrabri.
5/Feb/2001	The SOI updated for January: 8.9 and increasing slightly.
1/Feb/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January: rainfall was average to below average & the temperatures were much higher than normall.
23/Jan/2001	Recent Press Releases.
2/Jan/2001	The SOI updated for December: 7.7 and dropping fast.
2/Jan/2001	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December: rainfall was average to below average for much of the state & the temperatures were slightly warmer than normal.
1/Jan/2001	The New Year!
15/Dec/2000	New Press Releases & Pamphlets.
4/Dec/2000	The SOI updated for November: 22.4 and stable.
4/Dec/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during November: it was extremely wet!!! & slightly cooler than normal.
4/Dec/2000	Tide heights for 2000-2001: note tide heights are influential for the breeding of the saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax.
15/Nov/2000	A whole new page of larval mosquito photographs. With images of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia and pupae.
3/Nov/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during October: temperatures through inland NSW are slightly cooller than normal, with average temperatures for the coast. Rainfall was above average across the inland and normal for the coast.
3/Nov/2000	The SOI updated for October: 9.7 and stable.
31/Oct/2000	Tables for mosquito/virus/chicken results updated for the 2000-2001 season.
31/Oct/2000	All 1999-2000 results have been archived and can be accessed via the Mosquito/Chicken Results.
6/Oct/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during September: rainfall across the north of the state has been below average, especially in the northwest. Temperatures have also been above average in the state; the further north, the higher the temperature was above normal.
5/Oct/2000	The SOI updated for September: 9.9 and still rising.
19/Sep/2000	The 1999 - 2000 Annual Report for the New South Wales Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring Program.
14/Sep/2000	The SOI updated for August: 5.3 and rising.
14/Sep/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during August: in summary rainfall has been close to normal with temperautes slightly below average.
30/Aug/2000	The SOI updated for July: -3.7 and stable.
30/Aug/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during July: in summary it has been dry with close to normal temperatures.
7/Jul/2000	The SOI updated for June: -5.5 and dropping.
7/Jul/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during June: in summary it has been cold and dry for most of the state.
1/Jul/2000	The GST: 10% of all mosquitoes collected goes to the government!
5/Jun/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during May: in summary it has been wet in the north west of the state, dry along the south coast and normal for most elsewhere. Temperatures were below average.
5/Jun/2000	The SOI updated for May: 3.8.
31/May/2000	A search engine for the site - now it is much easier to find the information you are looking for! Click here to conduct a search.
7/May/2000	The SOI updated for April: 16.8 (high for this time of the year).
7/May/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during April: in summary it has been wet in the west of the state, while rainfall has been normal for most elsewhere. Temperatures were normal to above average.
6/Apr/2000	The trapping site of Tibooburra.
4/Apr/2000	The SOI updated for March: 9.4 and slowly dropping.
4/Apr/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during March: in summary it has been mostly wetter and cooler than normal.
30/Mar/2000	Even more mosquito photographs, with new shots of live Aedes alternans, Anopheles annulipes and Coquillettidia linealis.
21/Mar/2000	New photographs of Aedes gahnicola, Aedes sapiens, Aedes Marks no. 52, Aedes Marks no. 71, Aedes Marks no. 85 and Culex squamosus under the 'The Other Mosquitoes of Southeastern Australia'.
9/Mar/2000	New trapping site of Brewarrina.
2/Mar/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during February: in summary rainfall patterns have been dry on the coast, while very wet inland. Temperatures have been cool in the north of the state, while warm in the southern areas.
2/Mar/2000	The SOI updated for February: 12.9 and slowly rising.
7/Feb/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during January: in summary it has been relatively dry and still cool.
3/Feb/2000	The SOI updated for January: 5.1.
30/Jan/2000	New trapping site of Fords Bridge.
26/Jan/2000	New trapping site of Wanaaring.
24/Jan/2000	New trapping site of Collarenebri.
24/Jan/2000	New trapping site of Homebush.
4/Jan/2000	Rainfall Maps & Temperature Maps for Australia during December: in summary it has been wet and cold.
4/Jan/2000	The SOI updated for December: 13 and stable.
1/Jan/2000	The New Millenium! (unless you think it starts 2001).
21/Dec/1999	New photographs of Toxorhynchites speciosus emerging from the pupal case.
14/Dec/1999	Monthly Decile Rainfall maps for Australia.
14/Dec/1999	Monthly Temperature Anomoly maps for Australia.
10/Dec/1999	All mosquito names under the Results are linked to specific information about that species - just click on the species.
6/Dec/1999	The SOI updated for November: 13.1 and rising.
25/Nov/1999	New Video page, with a video of a larval Toxorhynchites feeding.
23/Nov/1999	New photographs of Toxorhynchites speciosus and Aedes notoscriptus.
23/Nov/1999	Maps for the trapping sites for most locations are now included, go to the Mosquito/Chicken Results and then to the location.
22/Nov/1999	New press releases on mosquitoes.
20/Nov/1999	A compilation of the 48 most common mosquitoes of NSW in the one image, all at the same scale.
19/Nov/1999	More mosquito photographs, with 50 full screen images of the mosquitoes of New South Wales.
10/Nov/1999	The Tide Heights (which influence Aedes vigilax breeding) are included for 1999 - 2000, this includes a Graph and a Table of Tide Heights.
9/Nov/1999	Latest SOI values for October (9 and rapidly rising!!!).
9/Nov/1999	The Press Releases page is up & running!
9/Nov/1999	Monthly rainfall figures for October (note that weekly rainfall figures are also placed onto the web site).
9/Nov/1999	The 1998 - 1999 Annual Report for the New South Wales Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring Program.
22/Oct/1999	Contact names & phone numbers for PHUs and monitors involved in the NSW Arbovirus Surveillance Program.
22/Oct/1999	Mosquito Information Pamphlets.
20/Oct/1999	Mosquito Management in Irrigated Wetlands fact sheet.
20/Oct/1999	Mosquito Management in Saline Wetlands fact sheet.
20/Oct/1999	Mosquito Management in Freshwater Wetlands fact sheet.
20/Oct/1999	Teachers Resource Kit for Mosquitoes.
15/Oct/1999	Tables for mosquito/virus/chicken results updated for the 1999-2000 season.
15/Oct/1999	All 1998-1999 results have been archived and can be accessed via the Mosquito/Chicken Results.