Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - Monthly Climate Summary for Western Australia - Product code IDCKGC11R0

Western Australia in January 2012: Cool wet in WA; record warm nights in the southwest

• Rainfall: Above average for WA.
• Maximum temperature: 3rd coolest January on record for WA; above average for southwest.
• Minimum temperature: below average for WA; warmest January on record for southwest.

Details Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top

Rainfall

Rainfall in WA during January 2012 was above to very much above average for much of WA, from the west Kimberley, Pilbara, Interior, to adjacent parts of the Gascoyne and Goldfields. A number of sites in the west Kimberley, Pilbara, and northern Gascoyne registered their wettest January on record as a result of an active monsoon during the month, along with the passage of Tropical Cyclone Heidi across the Pilbara coast near Port Hedland, and influence of TC Iggy though it remained off the WA coast. Above to very much above average rainfall was also observed in parts of Southwest Land Division (SWLD), mainly in the west. In contrast, below to very much below average rainfall was confined to parts of the east Kimberley as the most significant monsoonal activity remained to the west.

When averaged across the state, January 2012 rainfall was very much above average, whilst the SWLD and the Lower Southwest (southwest a line from Jurien Bay to Bremer Bay) saw above average rainfall.

Tropical Cyclone Heidi made landfall near Port Hedland on the 12th and generally moved in a southerly direction after landfall, bringing very heavy falls to the east Pilbara and west Kimberley, and unconfirmed reports of totals over 300 mm near the TC path. Wallareenya and Wittenoom in the Pilbara, and Mount Vernon in the north Gascoyne recorded January daily rainfall records on the 12th, 13th, and 14th respectively.

A surface trough near the west coast produced slow moving thunderstorms in western parts of WA on the 20th, particularly in the Perth Metropolitan area. Several sites in the Perth hills broke their daily rainfall record for January in more than 100 years of record, whilst Serpentine broke both its daily and monthly record for January with a single daily fall of 60.6 mm.

A very active monsoon over northern WA in association with Tropical Cyclone Iggy northwest of the Pilbara coast brought a very wet spell to parts of the Pilbara and Kimberley between the 26th and 29th. Cygnet Bay and Cape Leveque in the west Kimberley both recorded 4 consecutive days of rainfall over 100 mm. Such a sequence of four consecutive days over 100 mm had not been recorded before in WA. The daily falls of 206.8 mm at Cygnet Bay on the 26th and 239.6 mm at Cape Leveque on the 27th were their highest daily totals for January on record.

Maximum temperature

Below to very much below average mean maximum temperatures were observed across much of WA with up to 5 °C cooler than normal maxima in the southeast Pilbara, east Gascoyne, northern Goldfields, and western Interior. Leonora in the Goldfields experienced its coolest January in 61 years of record with a mean maximum temperature of 32.0 °C. Only in west coast parts of WA were mean maximum temperatures above to very much above average, with up to 4 °C warmer than normal maxima in the Shark Bay region. A few sites in the Lower West and Southwest districts experienced their hottest January on record. The mean maximum temperature of 29.5 °C at Cape Naturaliste was a new record in 108 years of temperature recording, and 1.0 °C warmer than its previous record set in January 1962.

When averaged over the state, January 2012 was the 3rd coolest January on record since comparable records commenced in 1950, however, the Lower Southwest recorded an above average January.

A number of hot spells were experienced in western parts of WA during January, including events in the Perth metropolitan area in the middle and latter part of month. The most notable hot spell was in the latter part of the month when many sites registered four or more consecutive days with daily maxima over 35 °C. Jurien Bay in the Central West experienced eight consecutive days with daily maxima over 35 °C, which equaled its longest hot spell on record, with January 1976 (20th-27th) and February 1995 (16th-23rd).

Minimum temperature

Mean minimum temperatures was above to very much above average in western and southern parts of WA, with up to 3 °C warmer than normal minima along the west coast from Shark Bay to Cape Leeuwin. Many sites in Lower West, Southwest, and Great Southern experienced their warmest January on record including a number with over 100 years of record.

Conversely, below to very much below average minima were observed in the west Kimberley, east Pilbara, east Gascoyne, and adjacent northern Goldfields and Interior, with up to 4 °C cooler than normal minima in the east Gascoyne.

When averaged across the state, the mean minimum temperature for WA was below average. In contrast, the Lower Southwest recorded its hottest January nights since comparable record commenced in 1950 .

Without the cooling effect of sea breezes, the warmest nights of the month for most western parts of WA coincided with the hottest days, between the 26th and 27th. Jurien Bay in the Central West broke its January minimum record on the 26th, whilst Cape Leeuwin in the Southwest recorded two consecutive days of minima over 23 °C (23.5 °C on the 26th & 23.1 °C on the 27th), which had previously never occurred in 106 years of daily records.

Other Phenomena

Tropical Cyclone Heidi formed north of the Pilbara coast on the evening on the 10th moving southward. Heidi approached Port Hedland on the 11th and crossed the Pilbara coast as a category 2 system on the morning of the 12th approximately 15 km east of Port Hedland. After landfall, Heidi moved on a south-southwest track and weakened into a tropical low over the southern Pilbara. Heidi produced sustained winds of 119 km/h and a maximum gust of 144 km/h to Bedout Island on the 11th, whilst Port Hedland Airport recorded maximum winds of 98 km/h and gusts to 131 km/h early on the 12th. Damage was mainly confined to uprooted trees and minor flooding, with large scale power outages in South Hedland and Wedgefield. The decaying TC and low brought very heavy rainfall to various locations in the Pilbara and western Kimberley, with unconfirmed reports over 300 mm, and associated flooding.

Tropical Cyclone Iggy formed 850 km northwest of Exmouth, off the west Pilbara coast, on the morning of the 26th. Iggy firstly moved southeasterly then changed to a west-southwest track on the 30 and 31 January. Iggy remained offshore and had no significant impact on the WA coast, although the associated monsoonal burst brought heavy rainfall to parts of the west Kimberley and Pilbara coast.

Further information

Western Australia Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 9263 2222
Email climate.wa@bom.gov.au

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Extremes in January 2012
Hottest day	44.9 °C at Eneabba on the 29th
Warmest days on average	39.1 °C at Gascoyne Junction
Coolest days on average	23.8 °C at Albany
Coldest day	17.7 °C at Shannon on the 1st
Coldest night	5.7 °C at Jarrahwood on the 17th
Coolest nights on average	14.1 °C at Rocky Gully
Warmest nights on average	26.7 °C at Troughton Island 26.5 °C at Wyndham
Warmest night	30.3 °C at Wyndham on the 2nd
Warmest on average overall	31.8 °C at Wyndham Aero
Coolest on average overall	20.4 °C at Albany
Wettest overall	978.2 mm at Cape Leveque
Wettest day	239.8 mm at Cape Leveque on the 27th
Highest wind gust	144 km/h at Bedout Island on the 11th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Record highest January daily rainfall
	Highest daily rainfall in January 2012 (mm)		Previous wettest for January		Years of record
Chidlow	86.4	on the 20th	64.3	on the 21st in 1957	105
Jarrahdale	60.6	on the 20th	58.2	on the 21st in 1982	105
Mundaring	68.8	on the 20th	36.8	on the 20th in 1923	104
Cape Leveque	239.8	on the 27th	209.3	on the 23rd in 1963	87
Serpentine	60.6	on the 20th	27.9	on the 1st in 1960	86
Wallareenya	132.0	on the 12th	119.1	on the 21st in 1973	78
Mount Vernon	117.2	on the 14th	90.7	on the 25th in 1961	72
Wittenoom	170.8	on the 13th	170.4	on the 8th in 1997	57
Cygnet Bay	206.8	on the 26th	186.0	on the 17th in 1974	49

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Record highest total January rainfall
	Total rainfall for January 2012 (mm)	Previous wettest for January		Years of record	Average for January
Serpentine	60.6	44.9	in 1960	89	9.6
Cape Leveque	978.2	787.8	in 1974	85	222.7
Wallareenya	292.4	291.4	in 1997	83	67.7
Mount Vernon	249.2	171.2	in 1990	73	36.2
Wittenoom	469.8	358.4	in 1997	62	108.6
Cygnet Bay	907.3	757.2	in 1997	49	242.2
Tangadee	268.6	184.0	in 2011	49	47.0

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Record highest January mean daily maximum temperature
	Mean daily maximum temperature for January 2012 (°C)	Previous warmest for January		Years of record	Average for January
Cape Naturaliste	29.5	28.5	in 1962	108	25.3
Pemberton	28.9	28.7	in 1962	67	26.1
Lancelin	33.3	32.7	in 1978	45	29.0

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Record lowest January mean daily maximum temperature
	Mean daily maximum temperature for January 2012 (°C)	Previous coolest for January		Years of record	Average for January
Leonora	32.0	32.3	in 2000	61	37.1

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Record highest January daily minimum temperature
	Highest daily minimum temperature in January 2012 (°C)		Previous warmest for January		Years of record	Average for January
Cape Leeuwin	23.5	on the 26th	22.7	on the 23rd in 1989	106	16.9
Jurien Bay	27.0	on the 26th	26.5	on the 9th in 1984	42	17.1

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Record highest January mean daily minimum temperature
	Mean daily minimum temperature for January 2012 (°C)	Previous warmest for January		Years of record	Average for January
Cape Leeuwin	19.1	18.4	in 1956	115	16.9
Bridgetown Comparison	15.4	15.2	in 1961	111	12.2
Cape Naturaliste	18.1	17.3	in 1920	108	15.2
Donnybrook	17.4	16.6	in 1915	107	13.9
Narrogin	16.6	16.2	in 2001	87	14.1
Manjimup	15.0	14.7	in 1956	72	13.0
Pemberton	15.7	15.2	in 1956	67	13.1
Perth Airport	19.7	19.5	in 1962	67	17.0
Lake Grace Comparison	16.7	16.6	in 1997	54	15.0
Pearce RAAF	20.0	19.8	in 1989	50	16.9
Albany Airport Comparison	15.2	15.1	in 1974	46	13.7
Lancelin	19.8	19.2	in 2011	45	17.5
Badgingarra Research Stn	19.4	19.0	in 2011	43	17.0
Brookton	17.8	17.1	in 2001	43	15.4
Beverley	18.6	18.2	in 1978	41	16.2
Pingelly	17.5	17.1	in 1978	39	15.4
Wagin	16.1	15.9	in 2001	38	14.5

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for January 2012
	Maximum temperatures for January (°C)				Minimum temperatures for January (°C)				Rainfall for January (millimetres)
	Mean for January 2012	Diff from average	Highest for January 2012		Mean for January 2012	Diff from average	Lowest for January 2012		Total for January 2012	Average for January	Rank of January 2012	Fraction of January average
North Kimberley (district 01)
Doongan	32.6	-0.7	35.5	16th	22.5	-0.3	20.8	21st	378.1	306.3	high	123%
Kalumburu	33.7	-0.1	37.6	15th	24.1	-0.5	23.0	30th	328.2	305.2	average	108%
Mount Elizabeth	32.3	-0.8	37.1	14th	21.8	-0.2	19.7	21st	241.7	256.9	average	94%
Troughton Island	32.2	+0.4	34.5	18th	26.7	+0.4	21.8	24th	267.8	273.0	average	98%
Truscott	32.6		35.0	18th	25.1		21.7	24th	279.8
Wyndham	36.8	-0.1	41.2	18th	26.5	+0.1	22.8	21st	150.0	186.0	average	81%
Wyndham Aero	37.3	+1.0	42.3	17th	26.3	+0.1	22.5	21st	88.2	191.9	low	46%
East Kimberley (district 02)
Argyle Aerodrome	37.0	+0.6	41.5	15th	25.9	+0.3	21.8	11th	78.2	153.2	low	51%
Halls Creek Airport	36.1	-0.7	39.8	15th	24.1	-0.2	21.1	28th	90.6	151.3	low	60%
Kununurra Aero	36.5	+0.7	42.2	13th	24.8	-0.3	21.6	21st
Warmun	36.6	-0.7	41.0	15th	25.0	+0.2	22.0	21st	119.0	179.3	average	66%
West Kimberley (district 03)
Bidyadanga	33.5	-0.9	38.7	23rd	25.4	-0.6	22.0	26th	327.5	127.1	v high	258%
Broome Airport	33.2	-0.1	37.8	5th	25.9	-0.4	22.6	25th	239.8	179.4	high	134%
Curtin Aero	35.2	-1.3	39.4	20th	24.6	-0.4	22.1	16th	266.0	218.7	average	122%
Derby Aero	34.1	-1.1	38.2	3rd	25.2	-0.5	22.3	24th	380.8	199.5	v high	191%
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	36.3	-1.4	41.3	20th	24.1	-1.1	21.6	27th	240.2	169.0	high	142%
West Roebuck	34.4	+0.3	38.5	5th	24.8	-0.5	22.4	25th	272.0	209.9	high	131%
De Grey (district 04)
Bedout Island	32.2		35.0	20th	26.5		23.0	14th
Karratha Aero	34.5	-1.5	39.4	21st	26.0	-0.8	23.3	3rd	152.6	47.5	v high	321%
Legendre Island	32.4		35.0	22nd	26.4		24.2	10th
Mandora	33.5	-2.5	39.2	4th	24.8	-0.6	22.0	5th	270.3	82.9	v high	326%
Marble Bar	36.4	-5.1	42.2	4th	24.8	-2.1	21.9	10th	181.2	67.3	v high	269%
Pardoo Station	33.9	-2.6	39.2	20th	25.4	-0.5	21.4	1st	290.9	62.0	v high	469%
Port Hedland Airport	34.0	-2.4	39.0	23rd	25.2	-0.3	22.6	10th	261.8	62.3	v high	420%
Roebourne	36.2	-2.5	41.7	4th	25.5	-0.7	21.0	28th	172.4	60.8	high	284%
Roebourne Aero	36.0	-3.2	42.0	4th	25.4	-1.0	21.2	3rd	210.8	72.0	high	293%
Fortescue (district 05)
Barrow Island Airport	32.6	-0.6	37.7	22nd	26.1	+0.3	23.3	8th	113.0	24.4	v high	463%
Learmonth Airport	35.9	-2.1	41.4	22nd	24.0	+1.1	19.6	4th	87.8	31.8	v high	276%
Mardie	35.6	-2.4	41.2	22nd	25.4	+0.4	20.8	3rd	93.4	37.9	high	246%
Onslow	34.4	-1.3	38.5	25th	25.4	+1.7	20.4	1st	69.9	28.3	high	247%
Onslow Airport	35.0	-1.4	39.6	23rd	24.9	+0.6	20.6	1st	66.8	40.7	high	164%
Wittenoom	35.2	-4.5	42.0	4th	23.5	-2.6	20.0	10th	469.8	108.6	highest	433%
West Gascoyne (district 06)
Carnarvon Airport	34.3	+3.1	43.7	28th	24.2	+1.7	20.5	7th	22.0	12.1	high	182%
Denham	33.3	+2.9	43.0	24th	24.7	+2.8	20.0	8th	3.8	7.6	high	50%
Emu Creek Station	37.8	-3.5	40.3	8th	24.7	+0.3	20.5	2nd	174.4	46.8	v high	373%
Gascoyne Junction	39.1	-1.7	43.7	29th			19.2	2nd	41.4	24.1	high	172%
Murchison	38.1	-1.3	43.2	29th	23.3	+1.2	17.8	1st	30.4	20.2	high	150%
Shark Bay Airport	36.2	+2.8	44.8	24th	23.1	+1.8	17.9	1st	5.2	8.8	average	59%
East Gascoyne (district 07)
Newman Aero	34.7	-4.8	41.3	3rd	23.2	-1.8	18.8	10th	238.4	62.2	v high	383%
Paraburdoo Aero	37.1	-4.0	42.9	4th	23.9	-2.1	19.8	9th	205.2	52.0	v high	395%
Murchison (district 07A)
Meekatharra Airport	34.4	-3.9	40.6	29th	22.3	-2.1	16.5	8th	103.4	28.2	v high	367%
Mount Magnet Aero	35.5	-2.5	41.9	29th	23.0	-0.4	17.9	7th	24.0	25.7	average	93%
North Coast (district 08)
Dalwallinu	34.8	-0.5	41.4	28th	19.2	+1.3	13.6	8th	56.2	24.0	high	234%
Dalwallinu Comparison	34.7	-0.5	41.3	28th	19.9	+1.6	13.9	8th	58.0	15.2	v high	382%
Geraldton Airport	34.7		43.7	25th	21.7		14.2	8th	4.0
Kalbarri	35.4	+2.3	44.8	27th	22.6	+3.2	14.5	7th	1.4	4.3	average	33%
Morawa Airport	37.4	+0.2	42.7	28th	21.4	+1.8	14.4	8th	14.0	24.3	average	58%
Mullewa	37.6	+0.8	42.7	28th	22.0	+2.6	14.9	8th	0.9	13.0	average	7%
North Island	30.1	+3.1	35.0	26th	23.0	+2.0	20.2	8th	2.0	2.5	high	80%
Wongan Hills	34.7	+0.2	41.5	28th	19.2	+1.5	12.8	8th	12.2	13.7	average	89%
Central Coast (district 09)
Badgingarra Research Stn	35.0	+0.3	41.1	28th	19.4	+2.4	11.8	7th	23.6	9.2	high	257%
Bickley	30.5	-0.1	38.0	26th	16.9	+1.7	10.6	8th	52.8	18.1	v high	292%
Champion Lakes	32.6		40.6	28th	20.3		12.1	8th	21.6
Garden Island HSF	30.5	+3.5	40.2	25th	20.4	+1.7	15.0	8th	24.6	11.6	high	212%
Gingin Aero	34.3	+1.3	41.3	28th	19.3	+3.1	10.4	8th	16.0	16.0	average	100%
Gooseberry Hill	32.2	-0.4	41.8	28th	18.5	+1.4	12.1	8th
Gosnells City	34.1	+1.0	42.5	28th	20.6	+2.2	11.0	8th	14.8	12.0	high	123%
Jandakot Aero	33.5	+2.3	41.5	26th	19.4	+2.8	9.8	8th	12.8	14.6	high	88%
Jurien Bay									2.8	6.9	average	41%
Karnet	30.7	0.0	39.0	28th	16.9	+1.7	8.1	8th	31.0	17.3	high	179%
Lancelin	33.3	+4.3	42.7	25th	19.8	+2.3	12.0	8th	3.0	8.8	average	34%
Medina Research Centre	33.2	+2.7	41.8	26th	19.8	+3.0	10.6	8th	35.2	12.2	high	289%
Pearce RAAF	34.0	+0.5	41.3	26th	20.0	+3.1	10.9	8th
Perth Airport	33.4	+1.7	41.5	26th	19.7	+2.7	11.9	8th	27.2	9.7	v high	280%
Perth Metro	33.5	+2.6	42.1	28th	20.1	+2.2	13.5	8th	18.8	9.6	high	196%
Rottnest Island	29.7	+3.4	39.5	25th	20.8	+1.8	16.1	8th	1.0	7.8	average	13%
Swanbourne	33.1	+3.6	43.1	26th	20.4	+2.4	13.1	8th	1.8	16.1	average	11%
South Coast (district 09A)
Albany	23.8	+1.0	31.4	21st	17.1	+2.0	11.4	17th	11.8	23.9	average	49%
Albany Airport Comparison	26.2	+1.5	37.0	21st	15.2	+1.5	8.0	17th	8.4	23.7	low	35%
Bridgetown	31.0	+1.3	40.2	27th	15.0	+2.1	6.2	17th	19.0	16.3	average	117%
Bridgetown Comparison	31.3	+1.5	40.4	27th	15.4	+3.2	7.5	17th	26.4	14.5	high	182%
Bunbury	31.7	+2.1	40.4	25th	18.1	+2.9	8.9	8th	1.8	12.3	average	15%
Busselton Aero	31.6	+1.6	40.2	26th	16.5	+2.4	7.6	17th	1.2	12.6	average	9%
Cape Leeuwin	25.1	+2.1	32.1	27th	19.1	+2.2	14.8	17th	2.0	16.4	v low	12%
Cape Naturaliste	29.5	+4.2	37.5	26th	18.1	+2.9	12.3	17th	0.6	10.7	v low	6%
Collie East	31.3		39.4	28th	15.2		8.6	17th	15.6	17.6	average	89%
Donnybrook	32.1	+1.6	40.5	27th	17.4	+3.5	10.6	17th	1.6	12.2	low	13%
Dwellingup	31.8	+2.2	39.7	26th	16.6	+2.4	8.3	8th	2.4	15.6	low	15%
Esperance	26.1	0.0	36.1	15th	16.6	+1.0	12.2	18th	30.4	27.7	high	110%
Esperance Aero	27.2	-0.4	38.1	22nd	15.6	+0.8	11.7	18th	48.6	27.8	high	175%
Harvey	32.9	+2.0	40.0	26th					16.4	13.2	average	124%
Hopetoun North	25.9	+0.5	36.5	21st	16.0	+0.8	9.9	31st	24.8	45.0	average	55%
Jarrahwood	31.6	+2.2	40.7	26th	15.8	+3.3	5.7	17th	8.4	14.2	average	59%
Mandurah	31.8	+2.8	41.1	25th	20.6	+2.0	13.7	8th	67.8	18.6	high	365%
Manjimup	29.4	+2.3	39.6	27th	15.0	+2.0	9.2	17th	11.8	19.6	average	60%
North Walpole	26.5		35.5	25th	15.7		9.5	17th	13.6
Pemberton	28.9	+2.8	39.3	26th	15.7	+2.6	9.3	17th	16.9	22.0	average	77%
Rocky Gully	28.6	+1.4	40.5	27th	14.1	+1.6	5.8	17th	18.0	17.5	high	103%
Windy Harbour	25.5	+2.5	34.4	25th					5.1	16.4	low	31%
Witchcliffe	29.7	+3.7	40.6	26th	15.7	+1.9	8.2	17th	5.8	11.4	average	51%
North Central (district 10)
Bencubbin	33.6	-0.9	40.2	29th	19.0	+0.9	13.5	8th	25.2	16.3	high	155%
Cunderdin Airfield	34.8	+0.1	43.1	28th	18.6	+1.5	11.6	8th	5.2	23.8	average	22%
Merredin	33.6	-0.2	42.1	28th	18.7	+1.0	11.7	8th	18.6	14.3	high	130%
Northam	34.6	+0.4	41.4	28th	18.7	+1.6	10.3	8th	1.0	10.3	average	10%
York	34.3	+0.2	42.3	28th	17.8	+1.6	10.5	8th	17.8	29.9	average	60%
South Central (district 10A)
Beverley	34.5	+0.3	41.2	26th	18.6	+2.4	10.8	8th	2.4	11.9	average	20%
Brookton	33.1	+0.2	40.5	28th	17.8	+2.4	8.2	8th	3.0	12.6	average	24%
Corrigin	32.3	-0.2	40.3	28th	17.5	+1.7	8.8	8th	4.8	16.3	average	29%
Hyden	33.1	-0.5	42.0	28th	17.0	+1.6	9.5	8th	6.3	19.1	average	33%
Jacup	28.8	+1.4	42.4	28th
Katanning	30.1	+0.4	40.1	27th	15.0	+1.5	9.0	17th	67.0	27.8	high	241%
Katanning Comparison	30.0	-0.2	39.5	28th	15.2	+1.6	9.4	17th	77.0	14.7	v high	524%
Lake Grace	30.8	-0.1	40.4	28th	16.7	+1.6	11.0	9th	32.2	42.8	high	75%
Lake Grace Comparison	30.8	-0.7	41.0	28th	16.7	+1.7	10.9	9th	33.6	18.5	high	182%
Narembeen	33.8	-0.2	42.0	28th					32.1	16.2	high	198%
Narrogin	31.2	+0.2	39.9	28th	16.6	+2.5	11.2	8th	17.6	12.8	high	138%
Newdegate Research Station	30.8	0.0	41.3	28th	14.6	+0.8	7.6	9th	6.6	19.0	average	35%
Ongerup	28.9	+0.4	40.7	28th	15.2	+1.4	8.7	17th	19.6	18.8	high	104%
Pingelly	31.9	+0.1	39.5	28th	17.5	+2.1	9.7	8th	24.6	11.0	v high	224%
Ravensthorpe	28.6	-0.3	41.0	28th	15.2	+1.2	9.7	31st	10.8	24.9	average	43%
Wagin	31.1	+0.1	39.7	27th	16.1	+1.6	9.8	8th	3.9	12.6	average	31%
Wandering	32.0	0.0	39.7	28th	16.5	+2.6	8.5	8th	30.6	18.6	high	165%
Eucla (district 11)
Balladonia	30.4	-0.9	39.2	22nd	16.1	+1.5	11.5	9th	46.6	18.6	v high	251%
Eucla	25.5	-0.4	39.0	16th	17.7	+1.2	15.0	9th	14.2	14.6	high	97%
Eyre	26.2	-0.2	39.5	6th	15.8	+0.6	8.8	15th	6.0	15.8	average	38%
Forrest	31.9	-1.2	41.0	6th	16.7	+0.6	11.9	11th	24.8	24.2	high	102%
Red Rocks Point	24.6		36.9	6th	18.7		14.6	29th	7.8
South East (district 12)
Bulga Downs	33.6		42.8	29th	20.9		17.2	8th	65.8	28.2	high	233%
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	32.1	-1.6	40.1	23rd	18.7	+0.4	13.0	8th	22.0	23.6	average	93%
Laverton Aero	31.7	-3.8	40.8	29th	19.8	-1.7	14.5	10th	78.6	41.8	high	188%
Leinster Aero	33.0	-4.4	41.3	29th	21.4	-1.8	17.8	13th	81.6	37.7	high	216%
Leonora	32.0	-5.1	42.0	29th	20.3	-1.4	16.4	31st	84.2	24.6	v high	342%
Leonora Aero	31.8		41.1	29th	20.5		16.9	31st	70.4
Munglinup West	29.1		40.9	28th	15.1		10.2	31st	19.4	52.5	average	37%
Norseman Aero	31.2	-1.3	39.5	28th	16.2	+0.5	9.2	8th	27.2	38.4	average	71%
Salmon Gums Res.Stn.	30.1	-0.5	40.2	22nd	14.6	+0.7	6.7	31st	49.0	26.9	high	182%
Southern Cross Airfield	33.2	-1.6	40.8	22nd	18.5	+1.0	11.3	8th	5.4	29.6	average	18%
Yeelirrie	34.0	-4.0	41.5	3rd	21.0	-1.3	18.0	2nd	63.3	28.5	high	222%
North East (district 13)
Carnegie	34.1	-4.8	40.8	29th	21.6	-2.2	17.0	10th	108.5	30.0	v high	362%
Giles Meteorological Office	34.6	-2.7	40.2	20th	21.4	-2.1	16.3	10th	105.4	30.5	v high	346%
Telfer Aero	36.8	-3.8	41.0	4th	24.4	-1.7	21.0	10th	135.0	49.1	v high	275%
Warburton Airfield	33.7	-4.3	40.6	22nd	21.6	-1.2	16.7	10th	128.6	29.0	v high	443%
Wiluna	34.9	-3.0	41.5	29th					38.8	35.2	high	110%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Christmas Island Aero	27.3	-0.6	29.2	13th	22.6	0.0	21.6	16th	631.4	302.3	v high	209%
Cocos Island Airport	30.2	+0.5	31.1	21st	25.3	+0.5	24.0	1st	148.4	164.7	average	90%
Varanus Island	32.4	+0.4	35.6	21st	26.2	+0.1	24.0	1st	56.6	28.3	high	200%

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Further information

Western Australia Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 9263 2222
Email climate.wa@bom.gov.au

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