Tuesday, 4 September 2007 - Monthly Climate Summary for Western Australia - Product code IDCKGC11R0
Western Australia in August 2007
A dry and warm month.
August 2007 was the driest August since 1995 for Western Australia as a whole. Large areas across the state registered below to very much below average rainfall with some locations in the central parts of the southern half of the state and the far northeast of the Southwest Land Division experiencing their driest August on record.
The statewide mean maximum temperature was the 7th warmest August on record with an anomaly of 1.51°C. Most of WA, apart from Kimberley, saw maximum temperatures of 1−4°C above the long term (1961−1990) average. The mean minimum temperature across the state as a whole was near average with generally below normal temperatures in the northern half of the state, and slightly above normal minima in some southern parts.
Some extremes and records for individual locations in WA are tabulated below.
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Details
Further information
Western Australia Climate Services CentreBureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 9263 2222
Email climate.wa@bom.gov.au
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Extremes
| Hottest
day Highest temperature | 38.4°C
at West Roebuck on the 31st |
|---|---|
| Warmest days
on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature |
33.3°C at Curtin Aero 33.3°C at Kalumburu 33.3°C at Wyndham Aero |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature | 15.6°C at
Manjimup 15.6°C at Rocky Gully |
| Coldest
day Lowest daily maximum temperature |
11.0°C at Shannon on the 6th 11.0°C at Dwellingup on the 10th 11.0°C at Katanning on the 10th |
| Coldest
night Lowest temperature | −4.4°C
at Eyre on the 13th |
| Coolest nights on
average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature |
3.3°C at Southern Cross Airfield |
| Warmest
nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature |
22.0°C at Troughton Island |
| Wettest
overall Highest total rainfall | 246.8
mm at Northcliffe |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall | 55.0 mm at Rosa Brook on the 20th |
| Highest wind gust |
122 km/h at Cape Leeuwin on the 26th |
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Records
| Record highest August temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest temperature in August 2007 (°C) | Previous highest for August | Years
of record | Normal for August | |||
| Wittenoom | 34.5 | on the 29th | 34.4 | on the 26th in 1977 | 55 | 26.6 |
| Bidyadanga | 38.0 | on the 31st | 37.8 | on the 31st in 1996 | 48 | 30.8 |
| Record highest August mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean daily minimum temperature for August 2007 (°C) |
Previous highest for August | Years of record | Normal for August | ||
| Albany | 10.3 | 10.0 | in 2006 | 90 | 8.3 |
| Record highest August daily minimum temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest daily minimum temperature in August 2007 (°C) | Previous highest for August | Years
of record | Normal for August | |||
| Cape Naturaliste | 17.1 | on the 19th | 17.0 | on the 17th in 1989 | 51 | 10.0 |
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Notes
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Monday 3 September 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