wagga wagga has a temperate climate with hot dry summers and cool to cold winters. under the köppen climate classification, the city has a humid subtropical climate ("cfa"), albeit having a semi-arid influence due to its vegetation. at an elevation of 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 and a mean minimum of . the lowest temperature recorded at wagga was on 21 august 1982.