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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
WATARRKA
An extended list of climate statistics recorded is provided below. There is also a summary table for printing with the commonly requested statistics and a map showing the location of this site. Monthly statistics are only included if there are more than 10 years of suitable data.
Note: Many statistics are updated quarterly and recent weather events may not be represented in the statistics below. For more current information on recent extreme values, please refer to the corresponding Daily rainfall, Maximum temperature and Minimum temperature data tables for this site, and our Australian Climate and Weather Extremes Monitoring System. Missing observations associated with the observer being unavailable (where observations are undertaken manually), a failure in the observing equipment, or when an event has produced suspect data may result in an extreme event not being recorded.Site details
| Site name: WATARRKA | Site number: 015652 | Commenced: 1990 | Map | |
| Latitude: 24.29° S | Longitude: 131.55° E | Elevation: 614 m | Operational status: Open | |
| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean maximum temperature (°C) | 38.2 | 37.2 | 34.5 | 30.3 | 24.7 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 24.4 | 29.4 | 32.9 | 34.8 | 36.4 | 30.5 | 25 | 1990 2025 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 46.0 | 45.2 | 44.0 | 40.0 | 33.9 | 32.5 | 30.8 | 37.1 | 38.0 | 43.0 | 44.9 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Date | 24 Jan 2024 | 17 Feb 1992 | 01 Mar 2025 | 02 Apr 2017 | 11 May 1996 | 11 Jun 2018 | 31 Jul 2015 | 30 Aug 2024 | 28 Sep 2000 | 31 Oct 1995 | 28 Nov 2020 | 24 Dec 2019 | 24 Dec 2019 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 20.1 | 19.8 | 15.8 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 15.9 | 19.8 | 6.8 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Date | 10 Jan 2015 | 22 Feb 2002 | 23 Mar 2024 | 21 Apr 2000 | 30 May 2009 | 05 Jun 1993 | 11 Jul 1997 | 29 Aug 1992 | 18 Sep 2010 | 05 Oct 2020 | 21 Nov 2011 | 06 Dec 1993 | 11 Jul 1997 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 33.9 | 31.7 | 29.5 | 25.5 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 22.2 | 27.0 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 25 | 1990 2024 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 42.2 | 41.5 | 39.3 | 35.9 | 30.1 | 26.7 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 35.2 | 38.5 | 40.6 | 41.1 | 25 | 1990 2024 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 26.7 | 22.1 | 23.1 | 15.6 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 14.6 | 20.5 | 22.6 | 23.9 | 175.4 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 23.3 | 18.0 | 14.2 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 11.2 | 14.2 | 18.1 | 105.9 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 10.6 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 29.6 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 23.6 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 16.4 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 19.8 | 22.0 | 15.7 | 25 | 1990 2025 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 15.4 | 12.0 | 8.3 | 3.1 | -0.5 | -4.6 | -5.1 | -3.6 | -2.8 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | -5.1 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Date | 08 Jan 2023 | 24 Feb 2008 | 25 Mar 2001 | 30 Apr 1999 | 27 May 2001 | 27 Jun 1990 | 02 Jul 2002 | 24 Aug 2000 | 01 Sep 2001 | 04 Oct 2016 | 22 Nov 1992 | 11 Dec 2023 | 02 Jul 2002 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 32.2 | 32.5 | 30.7 | 28.0 | 22.0 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 28.1 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Date | 17 Jan 1998 | 08 Feb 1994 | 05 Mar 1999 | 13 Apr 2022 | 06 May 1992 | 05 Jun 1998 | 13 Jul 1995 | 26 Aug 1996 | 26 Sep 1999 | 18 Oct 1998 | 28 Nov 2020 | 28 Dec 2019 | 08 Feb 1994 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 19.5 | 19.1 | 16.0 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 25 | 1990 2024 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 27.2 | 27.0 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 16.0 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 14.0 | 18.9 | 22.6 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 25 | 1990 2024 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 33 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C) | 21.1 | 20.7 | 18.0 | 13.3 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 19.5 | 12.7 | 24 | 1990 2025 |
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| Lowest ground temperature (°C) | 0.0 | 10.0 | -3.5 | -0.9 | -5.4 | -8.4 | -10.3 | -6.7 | -3.2 | -0.7 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -10.3 | 32 | 1990 2025 |
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| Date | 03 Jan 2019 | 05 Feb 2022 | 27 Mar 2024 | 30 Apr 1999 | 29 May 2021 | 15 Jun 1997 | 06 Jul 2022 | 15 Aug 2002 | 01 Sep 2001 | 14 Oct 2022 | 01 Nov 2022 | 25 Dec 2018 | 06 Jul 2022 | ||||
| Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 32 | 1990 2025 |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean rainfall (mm) | 44.9 | 37.9 | 33.6 | 15.3 | 19.6 | 16.3 | 11.9 | 5.6 | 10.0 | 22.9 | 49.2 | 37.5 | 303.3 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 185.0 | 377.8 | 237.2 | 161.6 | 158.1 | 133.5 | 82.5 | 38.9 | 104.9 | 123.7 | 172.2 | 103.9 | 824.4 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 30.6 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Date | 2002 | 2024 | 2019 | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 | 2022 | 2023 | 2014 | 2024 | 2019 | 1991 | 2019 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 36 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 30.4 | 15.2 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 9.2 | 43.8 | 28.2 | 36 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 107.1 | 72.8 | 127.9 | 54.9 | 68.0 | 53.0 | 39.2 | 15.4 | 25.9 | 64.0 | 108.1 | 80.0 | 36 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 93.9 | 100.6 | 55.6 | 62.4 | 64.0 | 53.2 | 36.0 | 25.0 | 33.5 | 49.0 | 72.2 | 41.8 | 100.6 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Date | 24 Jan 2017 | 12 Feb 2000 | 15 Mar 2010 | 21 Apr 2000 | 20 May 1990 | 13 Jun 2001 | 24 Jul 1998 | 30 Aug 2016 | 12 Sep 2010 | 15 Oct 2010 | 16 Nov 2008 | 06 Dec 2008 | 12 Feb 2000 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 47.1 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 33.1 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 26.7 | 25.4 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 21.9 | 24.9 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 21.6 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 11.8 | 8.0 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 16.6 | 19.6 | 21.0 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 171.3 | 20 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 6.6 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 9.4 | 72.9 | 20 | 1990 2010 |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean 9am temperature (°C) | 30.1 | 28.9 | 26.4 | 22.4 | 16.5 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 15.2 | 20.7 | 24.6 | 27.2 | 28.5 | 22.1 | 20 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 19.0 | 19.0 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 13.8 | 18 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 10.6 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 18 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 34 | 40 | 35 | 38 | 50 | 57 | 54 | 43 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 18 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 20 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 13.2 | 20 | 1990 2019 |
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| Mean 3pm temperature (°C) | 36.7 | 35.4 | 33.2 | 29.3 | 23.6 | 20.3 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 28.2 | 31.6 | 33.6 | 34.6 | 29.2 | 20 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 20.9 | 20.9 | 18.9 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 16.5 | 18 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 9.3 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 18 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 23 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 20 | 1990 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 12.3 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 20 | 1990 2010 |
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Product IDCJCM0038 Prepared at Thu 23 Oct 2025 02:32:52 AM AEDT
Monthly statistics are only included if there are more than 10 years of data. The number of years (provided in the 2nd last column of the table) may differ between elements if the observing program at the site changed. More detailed data for individual sites can be obtained by contacting the Bureau.
Related Links
- This page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_015652_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_015652.shtml - About climate averages: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cdo/about/about-stats.shtml
- Data file (csv): http://www.bom.gov.au/clim_data/cdio/tables/text/IDCJCM0038_015652.csv
- Climate averages home page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml
- Bureau of Meteorology website: http://www.bom.gov.au
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