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All years of record
KARUMBA 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.
Site details
| Site name: KARUMBA AIRPORT | Site number: 029028 | Commenced: 1938 | Map | |
| Latitude: 17.46° S | Longitude: 140.83° E | Elevation: 2 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) | 32.1 | 31.7 | 32.5 | 32.6 | 29.8 | 27.9 | 27.5 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 31.3 | 32.6 | 32.4 | 30.7 | 19 | 1913 1951 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 39.8 | 37.6 | 38.4 | 38.9 | 34.5 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 35.4 | 36.9 | 40.4 | 40.7 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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| Date | 03 Jan 1945 | 10 Feb 1949 | 25 Mar 1948 | 02 Apr 1942 | 05 May 1948 | 30 Jun 1942 | 27 Jul 1948 | 31 Aug 1942 | 24 Sep 1942 | 25 Oct 1943 | 11 Nov 1947 | 02 Dec 1943 | 02 Dec 1943 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 23.2 | 22.2 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 18.2 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 22.9 | 18.2 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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| Date | 11 Jan 1940 | 29 Feb 1940 | 01 Mar 1940 | 06 Apr 1950 | 17 May 1943 | 16 Jun 1939 | 08 Jul 1944 | 21 Aug 1950 | 26 Sep 1947 | 03 Oct 1941 | 22 Nov 1950 | 21 Dec 1950 | 08 Jul 1944 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 29.5 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 27.0 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 25.7 | 26.3 | 28.0 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 13 | 1939 1951 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 34.9 | 33.9 | 34.6 | 34.9 | 32.6 | 30.7 | 30.2 | 31.3 | 33.1 | 35.6 | 37.2 | 35.6 | 13 | 1939 1951 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 26.7 | 22.1 | 26.7 | 25.0 | 18.1 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 13.3 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 27.4 | 220.9 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 22.9 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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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 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 24.4 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 20.7 | 17.2 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 18.2 | 21.0 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 20.1 | 19 | 1913 1951 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 19.6 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 13.6 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 5.3 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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| Date | 19 Jan 1949 | 25 Feb 1949 | 30 Mar 1951 | 24 Apr 1949 | 18 May 1945 | 24 Jun 1950 | 11 Jul 1941 | 11 Aug 1939 | 01 Sep 1939 | 03 Oct 1941 | 11 Nov 1939 | 21 Dec 1950 | 11 Aug 1939 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 29.6 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 26.1 | 23.7 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 24.6 | 26.8 | 28.1 | 29.4 | 29.6 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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| Date | 16 Jan 1944 | 04 Feb 1949 | 02 Mar 1951 | 01 Apr 1942 | 10 May 1942 | 13 Jun 1948 | 09 Jul 1945 | 21 Aug 1944 | 12 Sep 1949 | 23 Oct 1943 | 08 Nov 1940 | 02 Dec 1943 | 16 Jan 1944 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 22.2 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 13 | 1939 1951 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 27.4 | 26.2 | 25.6 | 23.6 | 20.9 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 21.4 | 24.2 | 25.7 | 26.9 | 13 | 1939 1951 |
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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 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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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 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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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) | 231.0 | 260.3 | 156.6 | 30.3 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 45.5 | 142.1 | 833.4 | 23 | 1938 2010 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 516.0 | 436.0 | 544.9 | 319.6 | 12.7 | 85.4 | 69.0 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 102.9 | 142.6 | 616.0 | 1245.5 | 23 | 1938 2010 |
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| Date | 1951 | 1949 | 1947 | 2006 | 1941 | 1939 | 2006 | 1947 | 1947 | 1950 | 2002 | 1942 | 1950 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 21.1 | 54.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 475.5 | 23 | 1938 2010 |
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| Date | 1947 | 1948 | 1946 | 2008 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2006 | 2003 | 1938 | 1943 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 44.6 | 135.0 | 32.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 32.2 | 577.0 | 71 | 1938 2010 |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 250.3 | 254.6 | 131.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 35.0 | 117.2 | 843.8 | 71 | 1938 2010 |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 457.8 | 401.6 | 279.6 | 50.0 | 2.8 | 31.6 | 23.4 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 85.6 | 239.7 | 1245.5 | 71 | 1938 2010 |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 189.5 | 225.6 | 348.0 | 63.0 | 12.7 | 81.3 | 40.1 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 95.8 | 86.4 | 183.1 | 348.0 | 23 | 1938 2010 |
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| Date | 11 Jan 1948 | 14 Feb 1949 | 27 Mar 1947 | 08 Apr 2006 | 28 May 1941 | 16 Jun 1939 | 09 Jul 1944 | 07 Aug 1947 | 26 Sep 1947 | 18 Oct 1950 | 24 Nov 1945 | 26 Dec 1942 | 27 Mar 1947 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 12.7 | 14.7 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 56.3 | 71 | 1938 2010 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 15.4 | 23 | 1938 2010 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 23 | 1938 2010 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 23 | 1938 2010 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 98 | 87 | 84 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 82 | 84 | 87 | 98 | 12 | 1939 1951 |
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| Date | 12 Jan 1947 | 14 Feb 1949 | 07 Mar 1951 | 22 Apr 1949 | 07 May 1949 | 16 Jun 1949 | 26 Jul 1941 | 02 Aug 1949 | 01 Sep 1945 | 23 Oct 1949 | 25 Nov 1944 | 09 Dec 1950 | 12 Jan 1947 | ||||
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 21.8 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 21.4 | 23.8 | 25.6 | 26.1 | 24.3 | 22.1 | 22 | 1990 2012 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 5.4 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 12.5 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 21.0 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 18.4 | 11.7 | 5.7 | 157.6 | 10 | 1940 1951 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 14.7 | 18.5 | 13.1 | 8.4 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 12.3 | 92.2 | 10 | 1940 1951 |
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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) | 28.0 | 27.3 | 27.2 | 25.9 | 22.4 | 19.9 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 24.7 | 27.2 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 25.1 | 17 | 1913 1951 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.1 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 20.1 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 24.6 | 20.3 | 15 | 1913 1951 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 2 | 1941 1951 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 2 | 1941 1951 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 17 | 1913 1951 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 11.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 16.3 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 18.5 | 15.3 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 10 | 1940 1951 |
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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) | 30.6 | 30.4 | 31.3 | 31.1 | 28.3 | 26.5 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 28.1 | 29.6 | 31.0 | 30.9 | 29.2 | 17 | 1913 1951 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 26.4 | 26.3 | 25.1 | 22.8 | 20.2 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 21.5 | 23.4 | 25.0 | 25.8 | 22.9 | 15 | 1913 1951 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 2 | 1941 1951 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 17 | 1913 1951 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 14.8 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 21.0 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 10 | 1940 1951 |
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red = highest value
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Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Thu 24 May 2012 04:03:54 AM EST
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_029028_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_029028.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_029028.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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