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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION
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: BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION | Site number: 038002 | Commenced: 1892 | Map | |
| Latitude: 25.90° S | Longitude: 139.35° E | Elevation: 37 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) | 38.8 | 37.8 | 35.0 | 30.3 | 24.8 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 23.5 | 28.1 | 32.1 | 35.5 | 37.7 | 30.5 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 48.5 | 45.9 | 45.0 | 41.7 | 37.8 | 32.4 | 33.4 | 36.2 | 42.4 | 45.1 | 48.7 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Date | 06 Jan 2004 | 01 Feb 1986 | 08 Mar 1982 | 16 Apr 1968 | 14 May 1958 | 21 Jun 1996 | 30 Jul 1993 | 04 Aug 1991 | 22 Sep 2003 | 31 Oct 1995 | 17 Nov 1990 | 24 Dec 1972 | 24 Dec 1972 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 21.7 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 17.7 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 9.4 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 9.4 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Date | 13 Jan 1964 | 13 Feb 1975 | 30 Mar 1956 | 25 Apr 1983 | 27 May 1977 | 22 Jun 1956 | 12 Jul 1997 | 06 Aug 1966 | 02 Sep 1956 | 21 Oct 1995 | 18 Nov 1981 | 18 Dec 1975 | 06 Aug 1966 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 33.0 | 32.8 | 30.0 | 24.4 | 19.6 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 18.3 | 21.7 | 25.6 | 28.9 | 32.0 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 43.9 | 42.4 | 39.6 | 35.6 | 30.4 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 30.0 | 35.5 | 39.3 | 41.7 | 43.3 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 28.9 | 26.3 | 26.9 | 16.9 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 19.5 | 24.6 | 29.0 | 190.5 | 51 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 24.8 | 22.1 | 16.4 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 16.1 | 22.8 | 119.8 | 51 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 13.2 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 43.8 | 51 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 24.2 | 24.1 | 21.0 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 16.2 | 19.7 | 22.5 | 15.8 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 11.7 | 13.9 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 1.7 | -1.7 | -1.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 9.4 | -1.7 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Date | 02 Jan 1956 | 25 Feb 1964 | 31 Mar 1970 | 29 Apr 1978 | 25 May 1966 | 25 Jun 1965 | 19 Jul 1965 | 10 Aug 1994 | 13 Sep 1972 | 27 Oct 1971 | 02 Nov 1974 | 04 Dec 1955 | 19 Jul 1965 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 34.5 | 34.4 | 31.5 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 20.6 | 18.3 | 22.2 | 28.2 | 29.2 | 31.7 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Date | 30 Jan 2003 | 13 Feb 1963 | 08 Mar 1982 | 10 Apr 1961 | 14 May 1958 | 22 Jun 1996 | 24 Jul 1990 | 29 Aug 2004 | 23 Sep 2003 | 21 Oct 1988 | 05 Nov 1965 | 04 Dec 1988 | 30 Jan 2003 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 19.4 | 19.0 | 16.0 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 17.2 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 28.9 | 28.3 | 25.5 | 21.1 | 16.5 | 13.0 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 18.0 | 21.6 | 25.1 | 27.6 | 50 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 51 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °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 | 51 | 1954 2005 |
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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) | 24.5 | 27.7 | 17.4 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 16.0 | 165.7 | 114 | 1892 2023 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 263.0 | 299.5 | 166.7 | 86.6 | 109.5 | 73.5 | 107.8 | 56.6 | 86.1 | 96.9 | 162.8 | 109.0 | 541.8 | 114 | 1892 2023 |
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| Date | 1974 | 1917 | 1950 | 2000 | 1921 | 1923 | 1986 | 1966 | 1947 | 1952 | 1911 | 1950 | 1916 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.2 | 114 | 1892 2023 |
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| Date | 2008 | 2023 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | 1971 | 1961 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 116 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 7.1 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 116 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 65.8 | 84.9 | 66.0 | 32.2 | 39.9 | 26.2 | 37.4 | 20.2 | 14.7 | 30.0 | 37.4 | 46.5 | 116 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 129.4 | 154.9 | 125.7 | 51.6 | 64.8 | 48.8 | 43.4 | 39.9 | 55.6 | 54.6 | 83.8 | 62.2 | 154.9 | 113 | 1892 2022 |
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| Date | 18 Jan 1974 | 01 Feb 1917 | 16 Mar 1950 | 18 Apr 1904 | 29 May 1921 | 30 Jun 1966 | 24 Jul 1986 | 20 Aug 1947 | 27 Sep 1947 | 24 Oct 1916 | 27 Nov 1911 | 28 Dec 1903 | 01 Feb 1917 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 22.8 | 113 | 1892 2023 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 16.7 | 113 | 1892 2022 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 113 | 1892 2022 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 113 | 1892 2022 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 28.1 | 26.1 | 23.1 | 19.3 | 15.5 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 18.0 | 21.3 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 27.9 | 21.6 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 16.5 | 15.2 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 17.2 | 18.5 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 220.9 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 48.4 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | 14.9 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 9.4 | 34 | 1970 2020 |
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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) | 30.4 | 28.9 | 25.9 | 20.7 | 15.0 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 12.9 | 18.4 | 23.5 | 27.2 | 29.7 | 21.1 | 50 | 1951 2005 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 19.5 | 19.1 | 17.2 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 18.1 | 13.7 | 45 | 1951 2005 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 10.7 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 43 | 1957 2005 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 34 | 38 | 38 | 45 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 51 | 38 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 44 | 45 | 1951 2005 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 47 | 1951 2001 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 13.8 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 13.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 15.2 | 11.4 | 43 | 1957 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 3pm temperature (°C) | 37.6 | 36.6 | 34.2 | 29.6 | 24.2 | 21.1 | 20.3 | 22.9 | 27.4 | 31.2 | 34.5 | 36.6 | 29.7 | 48 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 21.6 | 21.7 | 20.0 | 17.7 | 15.0 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 14.9 | 17.0 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 17.1 | 43 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 9.2 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 43 | 1957 2005 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 22 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 43 | 1954 2005 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 45 | 1954 2003 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 12.3 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 42 | 1957 2003 |
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red = highest value
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Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Wed 17 Sep 2025 23:39:58 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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