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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT
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: LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT | Site number: 028008 | Commenced: 1956 | Map | |
| Latitude: 12.79° S | Longitude: 143.30° E | Elevation: 19 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) | 31.8 | 31.5 | 30.7 | 29.9 | 28.8 | 27.5 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 29.1 | 30.5 | 31.9 | 32.3 | 29.9 | 59 | 1965 2025 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 38.0 | 37.0 | 36.0 | 34.3 | 33.6 | 31.6 | 31.9 | 32.0 | 35.2 | 37.7 | 40.2 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 05 Jan 2014 | 18 Feb 1983 | 18 Mar 1993 | 13 Apr 2014 | 01 May 1996 | 04 Jun 2016 | 10 Jul 1978 | 28 Aug 2011 | 27 Sep 1974 | 24 Oct 2002 | 19 Nov 1990 | 12 Dec 2023 | 19 Nov 1990 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 23.2 | 25.5 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 24.2 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 22.2 | 23.9 | 26.4 | 25.3 | 24.7 | 21.7 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 11 Jan 1992 | 23 Feb 1997 | 19 Mar 1990 | 15 Apr 1968 | 26 May 2012 | 08 Jun 2014 | 15 Jul 1965 | 13 Aug 1966 | 08 Sep 1975 | 10 Oct 1996 | 30 Nov 1975 | 19 Dec 1989 | 15 Jul 1965 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 29.4 | 29.1 | 28.6 | 28.4 | 27.4 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 26.4 | 27.8 | 29.0 | 30.3 | 30.2 | 57 | 1965 2025 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 34.2 | 33.8 | 32.6 | 31.2 | 29.9 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 29.1 | 30.4 | 32.1 | 33.6 | 34.4 | 57 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 26.0 | 22.5 | 22.4 | 15.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 20.7 | 27.6 | 27.4 | 173.0 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 23.8 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 22.1 | 20.4 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 22.1 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 22.1 | 58 | 1965 2025 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 18.9 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 3.3 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 59 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 27 Jan 1975 | 07 Feb 1990 | 22 Mar 1991 | 17 Apr 1969 | 23 May 2009 | 27 Jun 1965 | 20 Jul 1965 | 14 Aug 2004 | 23 Sep 1965 | 27 Oct 1966 | 04 Nov 2000 | 07 Dec 1996 | 20 Jul 1965 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 28.2 | 27.5 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 26.2 | 27.3 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 59 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 21 Jan 1988 | 01 Feb 1995 | 19 Mar 1981 | 12 Apr 2022 | 07 May 2016 | 28 Jun 2024 | 15 Jul 2012 | 31 Aug 2021 | 26 Sep 2022 | 30 Oct 1998 | 22 Nov 2024 | 31 Dec 1990 | 31 Dec 1990 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 22.4 | 22.5 | 22.0 | 20.4 | 18.5 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 18.0 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 57 | 1965 2025 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 25.2 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.2 | 24.6 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 57 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59 | 1965 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) | 398.9 | 375.3 | 445.1 | 309.2 | 99.5 | 57.9 | 40.6 | 28.1 | 15.3 | 27.6 | 67.8 | 206.9 | 2076.5 | 68 | 1956 2025 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 930.4 | 876.6 | 1285.6 | 1178.2 | 484.6 | 205.3 | 136.5 | 166.2 | 87.3 | 336.4 | 521.4 | 825.7 | 3298.5 | 68 | 1956 2025 |
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| Date | 2010 | 2015 | 1960 | 1977 | 1964 | 1987 | 1976 | 1982 | 1975 | 1996 | 1999 | 1992 | 1960 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 104.2 | 109.7 | 83.1 | 24.9 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 1118.6 | 68 | 1956 2025 |
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| Date | 1983 | 1961 | 1968 | 1997 | 2018 | 1981 | 1963 | 1990 | 2009 | 2021 | 2016 | 2007 | 2016 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 206.2 | 172.3 | 210.4 | 73.7 | 20.4 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 43.3 | 69 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 344.4 | 347.0 | 389.8 | 222.4 | 73.4 | 46.0 | 35.0 | 17.9 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 28.6 | 184.8 | 69 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 648.3 | 626.1 | 678.2 | 635.8 | 214.5 | 108.5 | 77.4 | 55.7 | 38.6 | 75.6 | 215.1 | 444.7 | 69 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 338.6 | 309.2 | 302.0 | 462.3 | 182.4 | 96.6 | 53.7 | 82.8 | 64.6 | 199.4 | 131.8 | 182.2 | 462.3 | 67 | 1956 2025 |
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| Date | 11 Jan 2010 | 11 Feb 2011 | 20 Mar 2019 | 11 Apr 1957 | 09 May 1985 | 01 Jun 2015 | 14 Jul 1976 | 31 Aug 2010 | 13 Sep 1992 | 10 Oct 1996 | 13 Nov 1998 | 30 Dec 1995 | 11 Apr 1957 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 21.4 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 16.2 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 13.9 | 173.5 | 68 | 1956 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 19.2 | 18.9 | 19.6 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 11.6 | 133.4 | 67 | 1956 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 50.2 | 67 | 1956 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 24.0 | 67 | 1956 2025 |
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| Mean daily wind run (km) | 210 | 188 | 200 | 304 | 359 | 348 | 374 | 369 | 426 | 386 | 352 | 256 | 314 | 20 | 2001 2025 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 93 | 83 | 85 | 65 | 102 | 67 | 72 | 65 | 76 | 65 | 67 | 82 | 102 | 39 | 1975 2025 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 19.7 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 19.3 | 22.2 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 22.4 | 19.8 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 36.4 | 43 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 14.6 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 10.7 | 127.3 | 43 | 1965 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) | 27.5 | 27.0 | 26.9 | 26.6 | 25.6 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 23.8 | 25.7 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 26.2 | 43 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 22.0 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 22.2 | 23.0 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 23.5 | 39 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.2 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 21.0 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 22.3 | 23.6 | 22.2 | 41 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 83 | 86 | 86 | 83 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 79 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 80 | 41 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 43 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 7.2 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 14.0 | 9.8 | 12.4 | 42 | 1965 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 3pm temperature (°C) | 29.4 | 29.0 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 27.6 | 28.7 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 28.1 | 43 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 24.6 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 23.9 | 38 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 23.9 | 24.1 | 23.9 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 21.9 | 23.1 | 21.8 | 41 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 74 | 76 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 41 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 43 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 12.8 | 11.9 | 14.0 | 17.7 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 18.9 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 41 | 1965 2010 |
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Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Thu 18 Sep 2025 00:33:40 AM AEST
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_028008_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_028008.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/IDCJCM0036_028008.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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