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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
CLONCURRY 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: CLONCURRY AIRPORT | Site number: 029141 | Commenced: 1978 | Map | |
| Latitude: 20.67° S | Longitude: 140.51° E | Elevation: 186 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) | 36.2 | 36.0 | 35.6 | 33.5 | 29.2 | 26.3 | 26.2 | 28.9 | 33.1 | 36.2 | 37.6 | 38.5 | 33.1 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 46.3 | 44.9 | 41.5 | 39.9 | 38.7 | 34.9 | 34.8 | 37.1 | 41.3 | 43.5 | 45.1 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Date | 30 Jan 2002 | 02 Feb 2002 | 10 Mar 2004 | 12 Apr 2003 | 04 May 2007 | 15 Jun 2002 | 30 Jul 2010 | 19 Aug 2010 | 30 Sep 2000 | 25 Oct 2004 | 30 Nov 2006 | 01 Dec 2006 | 01 Dec 2006 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 22.6 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 20.2 | 16.5 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 21.0 | 21.4 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 13.4 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Date | 13 Jan 2009 | 28 Feb 1998 | 22 Mar 2006 | 26 Apr 2000 | 14 May 1979 | 10 Jun 2011 | 07 Jul 2010 | 15 Aug 2003 | 28 Sep 1978 | 21 Oct 2000 | 04 Nov 2000 | 29 Dec 1997 | 10 Jun 2011 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 30.0 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 29.4 | 25.2 | 22.0 | 22.1 | 24.5 | 28.1 | 31.9 | 33.2 | 33.2 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 40.9 | 39.8 | 38.9 | 37.0 | 33.0 | 30.7 | 30.0 | 32.9 | 37.2 | 39.9 | 41.1 | 42.7 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 27.2 | 25.0 | 29.2 | 25.1 | 13.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 10.8 | 23.4 | 28.1 | 28.5 | 29.1 | 247.2 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 20.4 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 20.9 | 23.9 | 25.1 | 147.9 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 12.6 | 32.6 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 24.4 | 24.1 | 22.4 | 19.9 | 15.2 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 16.5 | 20.3 | 23.0 | 24.7 | 18.7 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 17.3 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Date | 02 Jan 2000 | 14 Feb 2009 | 06 Mar 1981 | 29 Apr 1999 | 29 May 2000 | 24 Jun 1981 | 31 Jul 1979 | 25 Aug 2000 | 02 Sep 2001 | 04 Oct 1981 | 04 Nov 2010 | 01 Dec 2010 | 31 Jul 1979 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 30.5 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 27.6 | 24.2 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 21.7 | 28.0 | 28.3 | 29.0 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Date | 12 Jan 1979 | 03 Feb 2002 | 11 Mar 2004 | 10 Apr 2005 | 09 May 2005 | 02 Jun 2003 | 25 Jul 2005 | 29 Aug 2008 | 27 Sep 2003 | 21 Oct 1980 | 25 Nov 1978 | 10 Dec 2008 | 10 Dec 2008 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 21.7 | 21.2 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 11.8 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 27.2 | 26.6 | 25.3 | 23.4 | 20.2 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 21.2 | 24.7 | 26.4 | 28.3 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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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 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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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) | 192.8 | 106.3 | 80.8 | 20.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 22.0 | 33.8 | 81.4 | 546.3 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 473.4 | 236.2 | 513.6 | 162.4 | 26.8 | 35.4 | 20.0 | 31.7 | 35.2 | 114.2 | 121.6 | 346.8 | 996.8 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Date | 1981 | 2009 | 1997 | 2006 | 2010 | 1998 | 2010 | 1980 | 2010 | 2000 | 2011 | 2000 | 1999 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 28.4 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 117.4 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Date | 2002 | 2008 | 1982 | 2008 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2011 | 2011 | 2009 | 1980 | 2006 | 2008 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 39.7 | 17.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 176.4 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 193.2 | 85.1 | 29.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 21.4 | 43.4 | 564.5 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 423.2 | 219.1 | 229.1 | 74.0 | 21.4 | 17.9 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 20.4 | 70.6 | 90.2 | 181.5 | 877.9 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 196.4 | 116.8 | 115.0 | 61.6 | 19.4 | 35.4 | 13.0 | 18.8 | 27.8 | 69.8 | 61.2 | 99.6 | 196.4 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Date | 28 Jan 2012 | 10 Feb 2009 | 12 Mar 2011 | 22 Apr 1998 | 25 May 1999 | 29 Jun 1998 | 07 Jul 2010 | 05 Aug 1980 | 24 Sep 2010 | 22 Oct 2000 | 23 Nov 2011 | 22 Dec 1999 | 28 Jan 2012 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 12.4 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 53.5 | 19 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 9.2 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 36.7 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 14.8 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1978 2012 |
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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 daily wind run (km) | 325 | 292 | 287 | 302 | 289 | 288 | 308 | 300 | 312 | 310 | 308 | 301 | 302 | 15 | 1978 2012 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 80 | 118 | 120 | 72 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 68 | 80 | 91 | 100 | 104 | 120 | 11 | 2001 2012 |
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| Date | 06 Jan 2006 | 25 Feb 2005 | 19 Mar 2003 | 07 Apr 2007 | 02 May 2010 | 14 Jun 2006 | 06 Jul 2002 | 23 Aug 2003 | 23 Sep 2008 | 30 Oct 2011 | 22 Nov 2005 | 03 Dec 2007 | 19 Mar 2003 | ||||
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 25.4 | 24.9 | 23.9 | 21.1 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 20.7 | 23.7 | 25.9 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 22.7 | 22 | 1990 2012 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 6.5 | 6.0 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 145.6 | 14 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 27.9 | 14 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | 4 | 1997 2001 |
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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) | 29.4 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 26.1 | 21.3 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 19.7 | 24.8 | 28.6 | 30.6 | 31.4 | 25.3 | 17 | 1978 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 23.1 | 23.5 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 17.3 | 19.8 | 21.4 | 17.2 | 10 | 1978 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 19.0 | 19.2 | 15.2 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 11.3 | 14.7 | 9.8 | 13 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 57 | 59 | 48 | 41 | 41 | 46 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 42 | 13 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 14 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 14.0 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 17 | 1978 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) | 34.6 | 34.6 | 34.7 | 32.7 | 28.5 | 25.5 | 25.4 | 27.9 | 31.8 | 35.2 | 36.4 | 37.4 | 32.1 | 17 | 1978 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 9 | 1978 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 16.9 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 8.2 | 13 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 39 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 14 | 1997 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 15.2 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 17 | 1978 2010 |
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red = highest value
blue = lowest value
Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Thu 24 May 2012 01:03:11 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_029141_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_029141.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_029141.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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- Long term climatology maps for selected elements
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- Latest Weather Observations over the past 72 hours for CLONCURRY AIRPORT
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