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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
BURKETOWN POST OFFICE
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: BURKETOWN POST OFFICE | Site number: 029004 | Commenced: 1886 | Map | |
| Latitude: 17.74° S | Longitude: 139.55° E | Elevation: 6 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) | 34.2 | 33.6 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 30.5 | 28.0 | 27.7 | 29.4 | 31.9 | 34.2 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 32.2 | 111 | 1890 2009 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 45.2 | 43.2 | 41.1 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 35.0 | 34.6 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 41.7 | 44.4 | 43.8 | 45.2 | 113 | 1890 2009 |
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| Date | 25 Jan 1899 | 07 Feb 1915 | 01 Mar 1988 | 01 Apr 1942 | 08 May 1985 | 04 Jun 1963 | 20 Jul 1996 | 31 Aug 1892 | 30 Sep 1997 | 24 Oct 1971 | 08 Nov 1965 | 08 Dec 1934 | 25 Jan 1899 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 22.3 | 21.1 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 15.6 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 17.9 | 21.4 | 20.9 | 23.9 | 23.2 | 13.3 | 113 | 1890 2009 |
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| Date | 04 Jan 1924 | 24 Feb 1949 | 29 Mar 1958 | 26 Apr 1983 | 17 May 1943 | 21 Jun 2007 | 03 Jul 1938 | 28 Aug 1924 | 26 Sep 1947 | 25 Oct 1985 | 20 Nov 1950 | 29 Dec 1907 | 03 Jul 1938 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 29.8 | 29.6 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 27.2 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 26.4 | 29.1 | 31.4 | 32.5 | 32.0 | 111 | 1890 2009 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 38.0 | 37.2 | 36.7 | 35.6 | 33.3 | 31.1 | 30.8 | 32.2 | 34.8 | 37.2 | 38.6 | 38.9 | 111 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 26.9 | 24.1 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 19.7 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 12.9 | 23.1 | 28.8 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 260.1 | 113 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 13.2 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 16.5 | 17.7 | 86.1 | 113 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 113 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 25.0 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 20.8 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 14.5 | 17.8 | 21.1 | 23.7 | 24.8 | 20.0 | 111 | 1890 2009 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 17.2 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 9.9 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 3.3 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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| Date | 11 Jan 1897 | 25 Feb 1949 | 27 Mar 1946 | 22 Apr 1924 | 26 May 1925 | 26 Jun 1965 | 12 Jul 1941 | 01 Aug 1905 | 01 Sep 1905 | 02 Oct 1899 | 02 Nov 1905 | 29 Dec 1907 | 12 Jul 1941 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 30.9 | 30.2 | 29.1 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 23.5 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 28.3 | 30.6 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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| Date | 18 Jan 1907 | 03 Feb 2002 | 10 Mar 1903 | 07 Apr 1986 | 12 May 1968 | 20 Jun 2005 | 22 Jul 1922 | 27 Aug 2008 | 29 Sep 1973 | 23 Oct 1962 | 20 Nov 1962 | 19 Dec 1951 | 19 Dec 1951 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 22.8 | 22.6 | 21.1 | 16.9 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 17.6 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 27.2 | 26.7 | 25.7 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 21.2 | 24.3 | 26.1 | 27.2 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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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 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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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 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C) | 23.4 | 23.1 | 21.8 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 18.7 | 21.6 | 23.0 | 17.8 | 58 | 1893 1958 |
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| Lowest ground temperature (°C) | 6.1 | 13.3 | 6.7 | -7.3 | 3.3 | -1.7 | -3.3 | -5.0 | 2.1 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 6.7 | -7.3 | 61 | 1893 1958 |
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| Date | 30 Jan 1899 | 14 Feb 1899 | 17 Mar 1899 | 27 Apr 1893 | 31 May 1955 | 28 Jun 1899 | 08 Jul 1899 | 14 Aug 1899 | 01 Sep 1906 | 04 Oct 1899 | 13 Nov 1898 | 30 Dec 1898 | 27 Apr 1893 | ||||
| Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 61 | 1893 1958 |
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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) | 224.4 | 202.4 | 159.8 | 25.9 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 12.7 | 40.1 | 115.8 | 808.6 | 134 | 1886 2024 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 1015.3 | 682.7 | 877.0 | 333.2 | 101.9 | 92.7 | 54.7 | 32.0 | 32.6 | 117.6 | 235.0 | 907.0 | 2026.6 | 134 | 1886 2024 |
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| Date | 1891 | 2017 | 2011 | 2006 | 1968 | 1935 | 1986 | 1924 | 1926 | 1964 | 1973 | 2000 | 1998 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 8.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 187.6 | 134 | 1886 2024 |
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| Date | 1893 | 1900 | 1991 | 2019 | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2006 | 1941 | 1902 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 54.2 | 29.7 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 23.5 | 137 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 198.1 | 163.1 | 101.9 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 28.9 | 73.4 | 137 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 450.0 | 445.9 | 415.5 | 69.8 | 24.7 | 19.5 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 7.1 | 42.9 | 95.2 | 227.8 | 137 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 344.9 | 366.3 | 368.8 | 230.0 | 58.7 | 49.3 | 31.4 | 28.2 | 31.8 | 105.4 | 99.0 | 293.9 | 368.8 | 133 | 1887 2024 |
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| Date | 15 Jan 1891 | 27 Feb 1998 | 12 Mar 1903 | 02 Apr 2010 | 13 May 1968 | 06 Jun 1891 | 03 Jul 1986 | 25 Aug 2016 | 26 Sep 1926 | 08 Oct 1950 | 12 Nov 1993 | 21 Dec 1956 | 12 Mar 1903 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 11.8 | 11.7 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 48.1 | 136 | 1886 2024 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 10.3 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 40.7 | 133 | 1887 2024 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 19.4 | 133 | 1887 2024 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 9.1 | 133 | 1887 2024 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 22.2 | 21.9 | 22.7 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 25.7 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 35 | 1990 2024 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 4.4 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 21.2 | 22.2 | 19.2 | 16.6 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 161.5 | 109 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 13.3 | 12.5 | 9.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 68.4 | 109 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 50 | 1970 2024 |
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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) | 29.2 | 28.6 | 28.1 | 26.6 | 23.0 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 21.2 | 25.3 | 28.7 | 30.4 | 30.5 | 25.8 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 24.9 | 24.8 | 23.4 | 19.9 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 17.4 | 20.7 | 22.9 | 24.4 | 19.6 | 108 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 22.8 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 14.8 | 10.2 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 17.8 | 21.1 | 14.4 | 108 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 71 | 74 | 67 | 52 | 47 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 47 | 52 | 61 | 54 | 108 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 112 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 10.5 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 14.5 | 108 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 3pm temperature (°C) | 32.6 | 32.1 | 32.4 | 32.1 | 29.6 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 32.9 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 31.0 | 109 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.5 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 19.9 | 22.3 | 23.9 | 25.0 | 21.7 | 105 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 22.0 | 22.2 | 20.0 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 15.1 | 105 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 57 | 59 | 51 | 40 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 42 | 105 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 109 | 1890 2009 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 14.0 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 102 | 1890 2009 |
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Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Wed 11 Sep 2024 23:44:54 PM 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.
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- Data file (csv): http://www.bom.gov.au/clim_data/cdio/tables/text/IDCJCM0036_029004.csv
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- Bureau of Meteorology website: http://www.bom.gov.au
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