The chart on this page allows you to explore the precipitation and maximum and minimum temperatures in Canberra from September 2008 to  October 2009.

The chart utilises the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Daily Weather Observations data, there are some important notes relating to the quality of this data. The charts use an implemention of the flot Javascript plotting library for jQuery. The charts only work in modern browsers that support the HTML Canvas element. 

An interactive version allowing additonal Australian locations to be examined can be found at:
http://weather.wilgatree.com/recent-weather/