Tuesday, 1 March 2022 - Monthly Climate Summary for Western Australia - Product code IDCKGC11R0

Western Australia in February 2022: Very warm along the west coast

The west of Western Australia observed above average mean maximum and minimum temperatures, while the Northern Interior District recorded below average overnight temperatures. Rainfall was generally close to February average, although areas of the north and inland south-west of WA recorded above average rainfall, and rainfall was below average in the south-east Kimberley and southern parts of WA.

Wet in the north and inland south-west parts of WA

• February rainfall was 20% below the 1961–1990 average for Western Australia.
• A monsoon trough and associated tropical low produced moderate to heavy rainfall in the Kimberley from the end of January to the start of February.
• Country Downs, north of Broome, recorded daily rainfall of 652.2 mm on the 1st, the second-highest daily total ever recorded for Western Australia.
• Broome Airport recorded 326.0 mm on the 1st, which was its second-highest daily rainfall for February, and all-time fifth-highest daily rainfall on record.
• Marble Bar recorded 104.2 mm on the 8th, which was its highest February daily rainfall on record at the current site, and the highest since 1980 (112.8 mm on 18 February) at the town.
• Tropical Cyclone Anika crossed the north Kimberley coast in the evening of the 26th, and produced isolated heavy falls of 250–330 mm . Kalumburu recorded 250 mm on the 27th, the highest February daily rainfall on record.

Warmer than average maximum and minimum temperatures in the west of WA

• The mean maximum temperature was 1.47 °C above the 1961–1990 average for Western Australia.
• The mean minimum temperature was slightly above the 1961–1990 average (0.11 °C above average) for Western Australia.
• Perth Metro and Perth Airport had their warmest February since 1996 , and the warmest February since 1985 at Brookton and Narrogin (the Central Wheat Belt) in terms of maximum temperatures. It was the warmest February on record at Beverley (about 100 km south-east of Perth).
• The south-west WA experienced a very hot day on the 5th, with maximum temperatures in the low 40s. A number of sites in the South West District had their highest February temperature on record.
• The Great Southern and South East Coastal District had their hottest February day on the 11th, with maximum temperatures over 45 °C at Esperance and Hopetoun.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in February 2022
Hottest day	45.8 °C at Emu Creek Station on the 1st 45.8 °C at Hopetoun North on the 11th
Warmest days on average	40.9 °C at Emu Creek Station
Coolest days on average	23.6 °C at Albany
Coldest day	18.7 °C at Shannon on the 7th
Coldest night	5.0 °C at Eyre on the 9th
Coolest nights on average	13.8 °C at Rocky Gully
Warmest nights on average	28.0 °C at Bedout Island 28.0 °C at Legendre Island
Warmest night	31.0 °C at Meekatharra Airport on the 24th
Warmest on average overall	33.6 °C at Roebourne Aero
Coolest on average overall	20.4 °C at North Walpole
Wettest overall	764.4 mm at Country Downs
Wettest day	652.2 mm at Country Downs on the 1st
Strongest wind gust	137 km/h at Jacup 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 February daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Country Downs	652.2	on the 1st	258.6	on the 24th in 2013	51
Kalumburu	250.0	on the 27th	172.8	on the 13th in 2008	24
Marble Bar	104.2	on the 8th	91.4	on the 16th in 2004	21

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Record highest February total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for February
Country Downs	764.4	700.4	in 2013	48	256.2
Marble Bar	280.4	236.2	in 2004	20	84.5

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Record highest February temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for February
Manjimup	41.9	on the 5th	41.6	on the 23rd in 1991	63	27.1
Esperance Aero	45.0	on the 11th	43.8	on the 11th in 2016	31	27.6
Jacup	44.0	on the 11th	42.5	on the 8th in 2020	29	27.5
Rocky Gully	43.0	on the 5th	40.7	on the 13th in 2013	27	27.3
Hopetoun North	45.8	on the 11th	43.9	on the 27th in 1997	25	25.4
Bridgetown	41.4	on the 5th	40.5	on the 3rd in 2007	24	29.7
Katanning	42.4	on the 11th	41.0	on the 7th in 2020	24	29.6
Shannon	41.0	on the 5th	39.2	on the 5th in 2020	24	26.7
Munglinup West	44.9	on the 11th	44.1	on the 3rd in 2007	20	28.9

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Record highest February mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for February
Beverley	37.2	37.1	in 1996	51	33.6
Jarrahwood	32.8	32.7	in 2013	39	29.9
Gingin Aero	36.0	35.2	in 2013	25	33.0

Highest February mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for February
Brookton	35.0	36.7	in 1985*	32.3
Ravensthorpe	30.8	31.7	in 1985*	28.3
Narrogin	33.2	33.9	in 1985*	30.2
Esperance	28.6	=28.6	in 1989	26.2
Pearce RAAF	36.1	36.9	in 1996	33.3
Perth Airport	35.1	35.7	in 1996	31.9
Perth Metro	34.5	34.6	in 1996	31.5
Dalwallinu	37.1	37.4	in 1998	34.7
Karnet	32.9	33.2	in 1999	30.4

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported

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Record highest February daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for February
Jacup	23.2	on the 6th	22.9	on the 19th in 2004	29	13.7
Southern Cross Airfield	29.4	on the 11th	28.8	on the 8th in 2020	26	17.7
Thevenard Island	30.7	on the 16th	30.5	on the 24th in 2013	26	26.1
Lake Grace	26.3	on the 6th	25.0	on the 2nd in 2003	25	15.6
Shark Bay Airport	28.4	on the 17th	28.2	on the 23rd in 2011	22	22.2

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Record highest February mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for February
Onslow Airport	26.6	= 26.6	in 2015	56	25.1

Highest February mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for February
Thevenard Island	27.6	27.7	in 2000*	26.1

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported

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Lowest February mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Average for February
Bidyadanga	24.4	24.3	in 1967*	25.7
Giles Meteorological Office	20.1	19.6	in 2002	22.8

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported

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Record highest February mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for February
Jacup	22.2	= 22.2	in 2013	28	20.6

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Lowest February mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Average for February
Giles Meteorological Office	27.2	25.4	in 2002	29.5

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Summary statistics for February 2022
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for February 2022	Diff from average	Highest for February 2022		Mean for February 2022	Diff from average	Lowest for February 2022		Total for February 2022	Average for February	Rank of February 2022	Fraction of February average
North Kimberley (district 01)
Doongan	32.1	-0.7	36.0	21st	22.9	+0.2	21.0	15th	246.4	231.1	average	107%
Mount Elizabeth	32.8	+0.4	35.5	20th	21.1	-0.8	18.0	17th	146.0	226.4	average	64%
Truscott	32.3	0.0	35.4	21st	24.9	-0.6	21.6	26th	439.4	237.4	high	185%
Wyndham Aero	35.1	-0.9	39.0	24th	25.6	-0.4	23.1	14th	205.0	212.8	average	96%
East Kimberley (district 02)
Argyle Aerodrome	36.0	+0.1	39.4	13th	25.6	+0.3	22.9	7th	32.0	177.1	lowest	18%
Halls Creek Airport	35.6		38.6	21st	23.3		20.5	17th	28.4
Kununurra Aero	35.5	+0.3	38.9	13th	24.6	-0.1	22.4	15th	176.8	215.2	average	82%
Warmun	36.3	+0.2	39.5	26th	24.5	+0.2	22.0	16th	43.4	175.5	low	25%
West Kimberley (district 03)
Bidyadanga	35.0	+0.8	41.0	18th	24.4	-1.3	20.0	1st	205.2	137.9	high	149%
Broome Airport	34.3	+1.3	39.6	18th	26.0	-0.1	21.7	25th	375.8	180.5	high	208%
Curtin Aero	35.7	+0.1	39.4	17th	24.4	-0.3	20.9	25th	88.0	179.4	average	49%
Cygnet Bay	33.8	+0.6	36.4	17th	25.4	+0.1	21.5	27th	192.0	195.9	average	98%
Derby Aero	35.0	+0.4	39.3	17th	25.4	-0.1	21.5	25th	169.0	197.7	average	85%
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	36.5	-0.4	39.7	26th	24.9	+0.1	21.8	3rd	85.2	142.1	low	60%
Yampi Sound (Defence)	35.0		38.9	17th	24.6		21.8	25th	281.8
De Grey (district 04)
Bedout Island	33.6	+0.1	36.1	14th	28.0	+0.5	24.6	5th
Karratha Aero	37.7	+2.0	43.4	20th	27.9	+1.2	22.2	10th	20.4	77.5	average	26%
Legendre Island	34.0	+0.6	37.2	15th	28.0	+1.0	23.6	18th
Mandora	36.8	+1.2	43.9	18th	25.5	+0.5	19.9	21st	49.6	102.2	average	49%
Marble Bar	39.2	-0.4	43.5	24th	25.6	-0.4	21.7	21st	280.4	84.5	highest	332%
Port Hedland Airport	36.6	+0.4	42.0	15th	26.5	+1.0	21.4	2nd	165.0	90.2	high	183%
Roebourne Aero	40.1	+2.0	45.5	15th	27.0	+0.8	24.2	21st	14.6	58.5	average	25%
Fortescue (district 05)
Barrow Island Airport	35.1	+1.6	39.7	19th	27.4	+1.2	25.3	9th	12.4	45.3	average	27%
Karijini North	38.7		42.7	27th	24.6		20.8	22nd	112.0
Learmonth Airport	38.5	+1.0	44.9	1st	24.9	+0.9	22.7	27th	37.2	39.2	average	95%
Mardie	39.3	+1.9	45.0	21st	26.8	+1.4	23.9	8th	39.6	62.4	average	63%
Onslow Airport	38.2	+1.9	45.1	25th	26.6	+1.5	24.4	28th	10.2	57.6	average	18%
Thevenard Island	35.5	+1.8	40.2	19th	27.6	+1.5	25.1	28th	0.4	58.8	average	1%
West Gascoyne (district 06)
Carnarvon Airport	34.9	+2.4	45.4	17th	24.6	+1.2	19.4	8th	2.8	21.0	average	13%
Denham	34.1	+2.4	43.0	19th	24.1	+1.3	19.0	8th	0	16.0	lowest	0%
Emu Creek Station	40.9	+0.7	45.8	1st	25.6	+0.5	23.0	27th	153.6	65.3	v high	235%
Murchison	40.4	+1.9	44.5	24th	23.1	-0.1	15.3	9th	11.9	32.0	average	37%
Shark Bay Airport	36.8	+2.1	45.1	5th	23.3	+1.1	17.8	8th	14.8	26.4	average	56%
East Gascoyne (district 07)
Newman Aero	38.3	+1.0	42.8	27th	24.0	-0.1	19.6	21st	73.0	72.3	average	101%
Paraburdoo Aero	39.8	+1.0	43.5	25th	25.5	+0.4	21.3	12th	123.4	76.6	high	161%
Murchison (district 07A)
Meekatharra Airport	38.3	+1.5	43.9	23rd	24.2	+0.4	19.3	8th	43.8	36.2	average	121%
Mount Magnet Aero	38.8	+2.0	44.0	6th	23.5	+0.3	16.4	7th	11.6	36.7	average	32%
Paynes Find	38.1	+1.7	43.9	6th	21.4	+0.2	14.3	7th	62.4	24.7	v high	253%
North Coast (district 08)
Dalwallinu	37.1	+2.4	43.1	10th	18.3	-0.1	10.1	8th	5.8	14.3	average	41%
Geraldton Airport	35.2	+2.7	44.7	5th	19.9	+0.3	13.4	8th	0	11.1	v low	0%
Kalbarri			37.0	13th	21.7	+1.1	17.8	9th	0	8.0	lowest	0%
Morawa Airport	38.8	+2.1	44.0	10th	20.8	+0.4	13.2	8th	23.2	20.0	average	116%
Mullewa	38.5	+2.0	43.2	10th	21.7	+1.5	13.4	7th	15.2	19.1	average	80%
North Island	30.3	+2.0	36.5	18th	22.9	+1.0	20.2	7th	0	10.8	lowest	0%
Wongan Hills	36.7	+2.6	43.0	10th	18.2	0.0	11.0	8th	44.6	16.3	high	274%
Central Coast (district 09)
Badgingarra Research Stn	36.3	+1.7	42.9	5th	19.3	+1.5	9.9	8th	0	15.6	lowest	0%
Bickley	32.7	+2.3	40.9	5th	17.1	+1.3	11.9	8th	3.8	21.3	average	18%
Garden Island HSF	29.8	+1.6	37.2	18th	20.5	+1.1	16.9	1st	1.8	16.3	average	11%
Gingin Aero	36.0	+3.0	44.4	5th	17.8	+0.8	8.5	8th	2.0	15.0	average	13%
Jandakot Aero	34.2	+2.7	42.3	5th	18.4	+1.3	10.3	8th	2.8	17.8	average	16%
Jurien Bay	32.5	+1.7	41.1	17th	19.4	+1.4	14.6	8th	0.2	16.1	low	1%
Karnet	32.9	+2.5	40.9	5th	17.0	+1.3	10.8	7th	0	21.2	lowest	0%
Millendon (Swan Valley)	35.6		44.5	5th	18.8		11.7	8th	1.8
Pearce RAAF	36.1	+2.8	44.0	5th	18.7	+1.1	11.1	8th	7.4	13.1	average	56%
Perth Airport	35.1	+3.2	44.1	5th	18.6	+1.1	9.9	8th	1.6	15.0	average	11%
Perth Metro	34.5	+3.0	42.5	5th	19.4	+1.1	12.4	8th	1.6	13.9	average	12%
Rottnest Island	29.0	+1.8	37.6	5th	20.7	+1.2	16.8	7th	0.4	11.3	low	4%
Swanbourne	31.9	+1.6	39.5	3rd	20.0	+1.3	14.7	8th	1.6	12.9	average	12%
South Coast (district 09A)
Albany	23.6	+0.7	31.1	11th	17.1	+1.5	12.8	7th	10.8	22.6	average	48%
Albany Airport	26.2	+1.1	44.2	5th	15.3	+0.5	8.9	9th	10.2	23.9	low	43%
Bridgetown	31.0	+1.3	41.4	5th	14.3	+0.8	8.2	9th	4.4	14.0	average	31%
Bunbury	31.4	+1.4	37.1	16th	16.7	+0.8	12.4	9th	2.8	8.8	average	32%
Busselton Aero	31.6	+1.6	36.4	19th	15.3	+0.6	8.5	7th	3.0	6.8	average	44%
Cape Leeuwin	24.3	+0.9	29.5	3rd	18.3	+1.0	14.8	7th	6.6	16.1	average	41%
Cape Naturaliste	28.9	+3.0	36.9	16th	16.6	+0.9	12.5	7th	5.4	11.9	average	45%
Collie East	32.3	+1.7	41.0	5th	14.7	+0.8	8.4	9th	3.2	12.7	average	25%
Donnybrook	32.5	+2.0	40.6	5th	16.1	+1.7	9.5	7th	3.6	15.1	average	24%
Dwellingup	32.6	+2.9	40.9	5th	16.0	+1.4	11.2	9th	6.6	21.8	average	30%
Esperance	28.6	+2.4	45.2	11th	16.6	+0.4	11.6	16th	12.4	25.4	average	49%
Esperance Aero	30.3	+2.7	45.0	11th	15.6	+0.1	12.0	9th	17.4	29.1	average	60%
Hopetoun North	27.1	+1.7	45.8	11th	16.0	+0.2	10.8	22nd	8.0	24.3	average	33%
Jarrahwood	32.8	+2.9	39.0	18th	14.3	+0.8	6.0	13th	6.6	13.6	average	49%
Mandurah	32.0	+2.3	37.7	17th	20.4	+1.1	15.9	7th	1.2	13.0	average	9%
Manjimup	29.5	+2.4	41.9	5th	14.4	+1.0	9.6	7th	14.0	18.4	average	76%
North Walpole	25.5	+0.7	39.2	4th	15.3	+0.2	10.8	13th	21.8	24.4	average	89%
Rocky Gully	28.2	+0.9	43.0	5th	13.8	+0.5	8.6	9th	9.0	19.4	average	46%
Shannon	27.8	+1.1	41.0	5th	14.1	+0.6	9.5	13th	23.8	20.7	average	115%
Windy Harbour	24.6	+0.9	36.0	4th	14.3	-0.3	9.5	13th	18.3	17.5	average	105%
North Central (district 10)
Bencubbin	36.3	+2.8	43.0	10th	19.2	+1.0	13.0	7th	37.0	20.6	high	180%
Cunderdin Airfield	36.1	+2.0	43.4	6th	17.4	0.0	9.8	8th	0	16.9	lowest	0%
Merredin	36.3	+3.1	42.6	6th	19.3	+1.2	11.9	8th	35.8	15.9	high	225%
Northam	36.1	+2.4	43.5	5th	18.0	+0.8	11.0	8th	4.5	13.9	average	32%
York	35.8	+2.2	43.6	5th	17.2	+0.6	9.5	8th	0	18.6	lowest	0%
South Central (district 10A)
Beverley	37.2	+3.6	44.0	5th	17.2	+0.5	10.8	8th	1.0	14.2	average	7%
Brookton	35.0	+2.7	42.2	5th	16.5	+0.5	9.7	8th	0.4	15.4	low	3%
Hyden	35.2	+2.2	43.1	6th	16.8	+0.9	9.8	8th	33.3	20.3	high	164%
Jacup	29.7	+2.2	44.0	11th	14.6	+0.9	10.7	9th	24.2	22.2	average	109%
Katanning	31.8	+2.2	42.4	11th	14.5	+0.4	10.5	7th	3.2	14.7	average	22%
Lake Grace	32.8	+2.2	42.9	11th	16.2	+0.6	11.3	8th	3.8	16.6	average	23%
Narembeen	36.0	+2.9	42.9	6th	17.9	+1.0	11.8	8th	21.4	18.6	high	115%
Narrogin	33.2	+3.0	41.6	5th	15.9	+1.5	11.4	7th	0	16.9	lowest	0%
Newdegate Research Station			42.7	6th	14.0	-0.1	9.4	8th	14.6	22.2	average	66%
Pingelly	34.0	+2.7	42.2	5th					0.2	14.2	low	1%
Ravensthorpe	30.8	+2.5	43.5	11th	15.3	+0.7	10.5	2nd	9.9	26.4	average	38%
Wandering	33.9	+2.3	42.6	5th	15.0	+0.3	9.9	9th	0.8	16.6	low	5%
Eucla (district 11)
Eucla	25.8	+0.1	42.7	7th	16.5	-0.6	10.0	9th	2.0	19.0	low	11%
Eyre	27.0	+0.4	34.3	7th	14.6	-1.4	5.0	9th	1.2	19.1	low	6%
Forrest	31.7	-0.4	42.4	7th	15.1	-1.4	10.3	22nd	0.6	28.7	low	2%
Red Rocks Point	25.4	+0.4	39.7	7th	17.8	-0.6	11.8	9th	4.0	34.5	average	12%
South East (district 12)
Bulga Downs	37.8	+1.2	44.0	27th	21.1	-0.5	16.4	7th	12.2	30.3	average	40%
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	34.0	+1.9	42.5	11th	19.5	+1.6	14.3	8th	0.6	32.0	v low	2%
Laverton Aero	35.9	+2.0	43.4	28th	21.4	+0.6	15.4	2nd	4.2	53.4	low	8%
Leinster Aero	37.0	+1.6	44.3	28th	22.0	-0.2	18.0	8th	38.4	40.9	average	94%
Leonora Aero	36.8	+1.9	44.1	28th	22.4	+0.8	16.3	2nd	1.6	36.2	v low	4%
Munglinup West	31.4	+2.5	44.9	11th	14.9	-0.1	10.6	2nd	11.8	36.8	average	32%
Norseman Aero	33.3	+1.8	42.9	11th	15.9	-0.1	9.1	8th	30.2	26.5	average	114%
Salmon Gums Res.Stn.	32.6	+3.0	43.1	11th	14.3	+0.2	7.0	3rd	21.0	24.6	average	85%
Southern Cross Airfield	36.4	+2.7	43.0	11th	19.1	+1.4	11.8	8th	5.2	26.6	low	20%
North East (district 13)
Carnegie	38.6	+1.5	44.5	28th	22.7	-0.2	17.5	5th	4.0	52.9	low	8%
Giles Meteorological Office	34.3	-1.8	38.6	27th	20.1	-2.7	14.8	4th	8.0	44.2	low	18%
Warburton Airfield	37.8	+1.2	42.2	28th	23.1	+0.8	18.0	2nd	0	34.1	lowest	0%
Wiluna Aero	38.0		45.1	28th	22.9		16.6	20th	16.0
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Adele Island	31.1		33.1	13th	25.7		20.0	27th
Browse Island	30.3		31.8	14th	27.0		22.8	27th
Rowley Shoals	30.4		32.0	19th	28.0		24.1	9th
Varanus Island	33.7	+1.3	36.6	19th	27.6	+1.0	22.8	15th	12.8	47.1	average	27%

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