Monday, 2 July 2007 - Monthly Climate Summary for Western Australia - Product code IDCKGC11R0
Western Australia in June 2007
A dry and cold month
Summary
June 2007 was a dry month for WA as a whole. Large areas of the state received below to very much below average rainfall with some locations in the Southwest Land Division registering their driest June on record. In contrast, the north and east Kimberley saw above to very much above average rainfall due to unseasonable heavy falls from slow moving middle level cloud-bands in the second half of the month. Several northeast Kimberley locations recorded their highest June rainfall.
The statewide mean maximum temperature was the lowest since 1995 with an anomaly of −0.5°C, although west coast districts generally saw above temperature. Areas in the east Kimberley and northeast Interior were 3 to 5°C cooler than normal with some locations registering record low mean maximum temperatures for June. The mean minimum temperature across the state was 1°C below the long term (1961−1990) average, with most WA districts seeing below normal minimum temperatures on record.
Some extremes and records for individual locations in WA are tabulated below.
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Extremes
| Hottest day Highest temperature |
33.6°C at Curtin Aero on the 1st 33.6°C at Kuri Bay on the 1st |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature | 29.7°C at Kuri Bay |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature | 16.0°C at Bickley 16.0 °C at Rocky Gully |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature | 11.0°C at Balgo Hills on the 20th |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature | −3.8°C at Yeelirrie on the 22nd |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature | 2.8°C at Warburton Airfield |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature | 22.9°C at Troughton Island |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature | 27.1°C at Troughton Island on the 2nd |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall | 171.0 mm at Paynedale |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall | 83.0 mm at Paynedale Alert on the 28th |
| Highest
wind gust | 113 km/h at Rottnest Island on the 22nd |
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Records
| Record highest total June rainfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total rainfall for June 2007 (mm) |
Previous highest for June | Years of record | Normal for June | ||
| Warmun | 80.4 | 76.9 | in 1939 | 99 | 6.1 |
| Kimberley Res.Station | 99.4 | 86.7 | in 1957 | 63 | 4.3 |
| Mount Barnett | 76.8 | 65.8 | in 1986 | 41 | 6.2 |
| Theda | 77.1 | 26.5 | in 1986 | 40 | 2.9 |
| Wyndham | 98.2 | 23.2 | in 1985 | 40 | 4.3 |
| Kununurra Aero | 98.8 | 15.2 | in 1993 | 32 | 4.0 |
| Record lowest total June rainfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total rainfall for June 2007 (mm) |
Previous lowest for June | Years of record | Normal for June | ||
| Mount Barker | 33.8 | 36.6 | in 1987 | 120 | 94.7 |
| Margaret River | 84.1 | 86.3 | in 2006 | 77 | 227.5 |
| Wongan Hills Res.Station | 15.6 | 19.3 | in 1978 | 70 | 63.6 |
| Record lowest June mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily maximum temperature for June 2007 (°C) | Previous lowest for June | Years
of record | Normal for June | ||
| Halls Creek Airport | 23.3 | 24.4 | in 2000 | 60 | 27.3 |
| Warmun | 25.3 | 26.6 | in 1971 | 44 | 29.6 |
| Wyndham | 27.2 | 28.8 | in 2006 | 39 | 31.1 |
| Record highest June temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest temperature in June 2007 (°C) | Previous highest for June | Years of record | Normal
for June | |||
| Narembeen | 28.4 | on the 13th | 25.4 | on the 7th in 1998 | 36 | 17.4 |
| Record lowest June daily maximum temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest daily maximum temperature in June 2007 (°C) | Previous lowest for June | Years
of record | Normal for June | |||
| Kimberley Res.Station | 17.0 | on the 20th | 18.7 | on the 12th in 1978 | 43 | 30.6 |
| Warmun | 15.3 | on the 20th | 16.8 | on the 14th in 1993 | 44 | 29.6 |
| Kuri Bay | 20.8 | on the 20th | 24.2 | on the 14th in 1973 | 37 | 31.3 |
| Wyndham | 17.7 | on the 20th | 20.1 | on the 12th in 1978 | 39 | 31.1 |
| Record lowest June mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily minimum temperature for June 2007 (°C) | Previous lowest for June | Years
of record | Normal for June | ||
| Giles Meteorological Office | 4.7 | 5.0 | in 2000 | 51 | 8.1 |
| Warburton Airfield | 2.8 | 3.6 | in 2006 | 32 | 6.4 |
| Telfer Aero | 8.3 | 9.2 | in 2000 | 31 | 11.9 |
| Record highest June daily minimum temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest daily minimum temperature in June 2007 (°C) |
Previous highest for June | Years of record | Normal for June | |||
| Geraldton Airport | 19.2 | on the 7th | 19.1 | on the 17th in 1988 | 65 | 10.9 |
| Kalbarri | 18.9 | on the 28th | 18.5 | on the 20th in 1996 | 33 | 11.0 |
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Notes
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Monday 2 July 2007. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Normals are long-term
means based on observations from all available years of record, which vary widely
from site to site. They are not shown for sites with less than 30 years of record,
as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median
is sometimes more representative than the mean
of "normal" rain.
Further information
Western Australia Climate Services CentreBureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 9263 2222
Email climate.wa@bom.gov.au