Tuesday 1 June, 2004

CLIMATE SUMMARY - WESTERN AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL OFFICE

A Chilly end to May for Southwest WA

The Southwest of WA experienced a chilly day on 31st May. Some locations in the Great Southern, Central Wheat Belt and Lower West set new records for lowest May daily maximum temperature. The following table lists some of new records. .


New records of lowest daily maximum temperature in May
Location Daily maximum (°C) 31/05/2004 Previoue record (°C) Date

Years of record
Beverley
10.2
12.6
28/5/1993
33
Brookton
10.6
11.2
28/5/1993
35
Corrigin
8.9
10.7
28/5/1993
46
Cunderdin
10.6
11.8
21/5/1951
53
Hyden
9.0
11.1
23/5/1971
30
Kellerberrin
10.5
11.5
28/5/1993
45
Lake Grace
9.6
10.8
28/5/1993
40
Narembeen
11.0
12.2
23/5/1971
32
Northam
10.4
13.0
31/5/1976
36
Pearce
11.5
13.0
23/5/1995
36

 

†Note: The sites list in the table have at least 30 years of record.

Further information:
Michelle Dal Pozzo, Yanhui Blockley or John Cramb tel: (08) 9263 2222.

© 2004 Bureau of Meteorology Perth Western Australia