Tuesday 4 November 2025 - Monthly Climate Summary for Western Australia - Product code IDCKGC11R0

Western Australia in October 2025

Rainfall

• Rainfall totals in October were above to very much above average for large parts of the state but below to very much below average for the South Coastal, South East Coastal and Great Southern districts.
• Rainfall totals in October were below average for the South West Land Division.
• Western Australia's area-averaged rainfall total in October was 16.4 mm, 43% above the 1961–1990 average.
• Some sites had their highest October daily rainfall on record.
• Some sites had their highest total October rainfall on record.
• Some sites had their highest total October rainfall for at least 20 years.

Temperature

• Mean maximum temperatures in October were above to very much above average for all areas away from the Central West, Lower West and South West districts, where they were close to average.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 33.0 °C, 2.48 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the seventh-warmest on record for all Octobers since 1910.
• Mean minimum temperatures in October were above to very much above average for most of the state. Small areas of below average mean minimum temperatures occurred in the Central West, Great Southern and Central Wheat Belt districts.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 17.4 °C, 1.60 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the eighth-warmest on record for all Octobers since 1910.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean temperature was 25.2 °C, 2.04 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the equal seventh-warmest on record for all Octobers since 1910.
• Telfer Aero and Warburton Airfield had their hottest October day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record.
• Curtin Aero and Dalwallinu had their coolest October day (lowest daily maximum temperature) on record.
• Telfer Aero had its equal highest October mean maximum temperature on record.
• Some sites had their warmest October night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
• Fitzroy Crossing Aero had its highest October mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Fitzroy Crossing Aero had its highest October mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Events

• A cold front moved across south-western Western Australia on 3 October, with a band of rain, isolated thunderstorms and showers that brought rain to central and eastern parts of Western Australia. The highest daily rainfall total during this event was 60.0 mm at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport.
• On 15 October, thunderstorms developed over northern Western Australia, with daily totals generally between 20 and 50 mm and locally higher falls, including at Gibb River (104 years of data) where 70.4 mm was observed in the 24 hours to 9 am on 16 October.
• On 17 October, an approaching cold front directed very warm air from the north to the central and southern parts of Western Australia.
• For more details, visit the October national climate summary.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in October 2025
Hottest day	44.3 °C at Telfer Aero on the 18th
Warmest days on average	41.7 °C at Fitzroy Crossing Aero
Coolest days on average	18.7 °C at Witchcliffe West
Coldest day	14.0 °C at Manjimup on the 19th
Coldest night	-1.2 °C at Eyre on the 1st
Coolest nights on average	5.1 °C at Newdegate Research Station
Warmest nights on average	27.2 °C at Troughton Island
Warmest night	32.0 °C at Carnegie on the 19th
Warmest on average overall	33.7 °C at Fitzroy Crossing Aero
Coolest on average overall	13.7 °C at Wandering
Wettest overall	123.2 mm at Gibb River
Wettest day	70.4 mm at Gibb River on the 16th
Strongest wind gust	104.0 km/h at Kununurra Aero on the 18th

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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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Record highest October daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Gibb River	70.4	on the 16th	65.0	on 19 Oct 1960	99	23.4
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	60.0	on the 6th	45.6	on 04 Oct 1982	87	15.5
Giles Meteorological Office	64.0	on the 25th	41.4	on 28 Oct 2011	70	15.9
Perivale Orchard	40.0	on the 4th	39.0	on 08 Oct 1999	50	48.4
Liveringa Station	48.0	on the 16th	21.8	on 14 Oct 2010	24	8.2
Happy Valley	30.8	on the 4th	25.0	on 27 Oct 2021	23	39.1
Capel North	38.6	on the 4th	26.2	on 27 Oct 2021	23	31.1
Paynedale Alert	49.0	on the 4th	27.0	on 27 Oct 2021	23	39.6
Ravenscliffe Alert	28.0	on the 4th	23.0	on 31 Oct 2019	22	39.1

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Record highest October total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Eucla	96.4	73.9	in 1904	144	18.4
Liveringa Station	59.8	43.0	in 2010	23	8.2
Happy Valley	86.2	85.8	in 2021	22	39.1
Capel North	102.6	80.2	in 2021	22	31.1
Paynedale Alert	110.2	91.4	in 2021	22	39.6

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Highest October total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for October
Giles Meteorological Office	87.8	98.4	in 1975	16.9
Kununurra Checkpoint	81.1	115.8	in 1998	30.0
Sophie Downs	85.2	85.6	in 2000	19.7
Woolgorong	25.2	34.0	in 2001	6.0
Brickhouse	8.2	12.4	in 2005	4.3

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported

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Record highest October temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Telfer Aero	44.3	on the 18th	44.1	on 24 Oct 2002	50	37.4
Warburton Airfield	43.9	on the 19th	43.1	on 31 Oct 2009	37	32.1

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Record lowest October daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Curtin Aero	30.3	on the 20th	30.6	on 01 Oct 2022	36	39.1
Dalwallinu	14.3	on the 5th	16.0	on 05 Oct 2002	29	26.6

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Record highest October mean maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Telfer Aero	40.8	=40.8	in 2019	50	37.4

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Record highest October daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Telfer Aero	31.7	on the 19th	30.3	on 31 Oct 2014	50	21.2
Carnegie	32.0	on the 19th	27.4	on 31 Oct 2009	38	16.5
Truscott	28.2	on the 29th	=28.2	on 19 Oct 2024	22	24.7

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Highest October mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for October
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	25.5	26.2	in 1998	23.1

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported

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Highest October mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for October
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	33.5	33.9	in 1998	31.7

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for October 2025
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for October 2025	Diff from average	Highest for October 2025		Mean for October 2025	Diff from average	Lowest for October 2025		Total for October 2025	Average for October	Rank of October 2025	Fraction of October average
North Kimberley (district 01)
Doongan	36.5	-0.5	39.2	28th	22.0	+0.6	14.6	4th	67.7	38.6	high	175%
Kalumburu	38.0	+0.8	40.7	28th	23.7	+0.9	20.0	5th	17.4	33.6	average	52%
Troughton Island	32.8	+0.9	34.0	16th	27.2	+0.7	23.4	16th	20.6	3.6	high	572%
Truscott	34.9	+0.4	38.7	5th	25.4	+0.7	22.8	6th	4.4	17.4	average	25%
Wyndham Aero	40.1	+0.4	42.2	28th	25.7	+0.7	20.6	5th	69.0	19.5	high	354%
East Kimberley (district 02)
Halls Creek Airport	39.4	+1.2	41.5	27th	23.5	+1.5	15.8	6th	14.0	16.3	average	86%
Kununurra Aero	40.3	+1.4	42.5	26th	23.6	+0.2	17.4	5th	36.6	21.9	high	167%
West Kimberley (district 03)
Bidyadanga	34.5	0.0	40.5	3rd	24.0	+2.7	21.6	10th	0.0	1.2	lowest	0%
Broome Airport	33.4	+0.4	40.7	2nd	24.5	+2.0	17.6	3rd	0.4	1.5	average	27%
Curtin Aero	39.4	+0.3	42.4	29th	23.1	+1.3	18.9	1st	36.6	9.4	high	389%
Cygnet Bay	34.2	-0.1	36.9	19th	24.3	+2.5	21.1	1st	5.3	2.2	high	241%
Derby Aero	38.1	+0.7	42.1	18th	24.4	+1.2	19.2	1st	15.4	3.5	high	440%
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	41.7	+1.5	44.0	28th	25.5	+2.4	19.5	1st	5.6	14.7	average	38%
Yampi Sound (Defence)	39.3		41.7	29th	23.0		13.8	1st	3.2
De Grey (district 04)
Bedout Island	31.4	+0.4	32.3	21st	24.7	+0.4	23.6	10th
Karratha Aero	36.0	+1.8	41.7	14th	22.6	+1.7	19.6	28th	0.0	0.4	lowest	0%
Legendre Island	31.3	+0.4	40.3	14th	23.9	+0.6	21.8	24th
Mandora	37.3	+1.2	43.4	6th	21.1	+1.9	14.2	1st	1.4	1.2	high	117%
Marble Bar	41.0	+2.1	43.9	18th	23.4	+1.7	18.7	26th	8.6	2.8	high	307%
Pardoo Station	38.6	+2.6	43.7	5th	20.7	+0.9	14.9	2nd	0.0	0.9	lowest	0%
Port Hedland Airport	36.7	+1.6	41.6	4th	21.8	+3.1	16.9	1st	0.0	0.9	lowest	0%
Roebourne Aero	39.3	+1.9	42.7	7th	20.8	+1.1	16.0	27th	0.0	1.2	lowest	0%
Fortescue (district 05)
Barrow Island Airport	29.9	+0.2	35.5	13th	22.6	+0.8	19.9	24th	0.2	1.7	average	12%
Karijini North	39.5		42.9	18th	23.4		17.3	2nd	0.0
Learmonth Airport	34.7	+1.7	41.1	17th	17.5	+1.1	14.5	24th	0.0	1.4	lowest	0%
Mardie	35.9	+0.8	43.5	14th	20.1	+2.5	16.2	28th	0.2	0.8	high	25%
Onslow Airport	35.5	+2.5	43.3	13th	20.3	+2.2	16.9	28th	0.2	0.8	average	25%
Thevenard Island	30.3	+0.4	35.9	16th	21.7	+0.9	18.7	24th	0.0	1.1	lowest	0%
West Gascoyne (district 06)
Carnarvon Airport	26.1	0.0	31.0	2nd	17.1	+0.6	13.6	25th	4.6	4.9	high	94%
Gascoyne Junction	33.4	+1.0	38.0	14th	15.9	+0.4	14.0	6th	3.0	4.5	average	67%
Murchison	31.1	+0.2	40.0	17th	12.0	-1.5	8.0	23rd	7.0	5.2	high	135%
Shark Bay Airport	27.6	-0.8	35.6	17th	15.1	-0.3	12.3	25th	13.2	4.8	high	275%
East Gascoyne (district 07)
Newman Aero	37.9	+2.7	41.7	18th	19.4	+1.6	14.3	2nd	1.6	5.7	average	28%
Paraburdoo Aero	37.7	+1.7	42.1	31st	20.0	+1.6	15.3	27th	0.0	3.9	lowest	0%
Murchison (district 07A)
Meekatharra Airport	32.0	+2.0	40.7	17th	16.0	+0.6	10.6	1st	0.6	5.9	average	10%
Mount Magnet Aero	30.2	+0.5	39.8	17th	14.1	-0.5	9.5	9th	11.4	6.9	high	165%
Paynes Find	28.8	+0.7	38.2	17th	10.9	-0.7	6.0	9th	14.2	10.5	high	135%
North Coast (district 08)
Carnamah	27.6	+1.2	37.0	28th	9.8	-0.6	6.5	13th	15.9	16.2	average	98%
Dalwallinu	26.2	-0.4	36.6	17th	8.3	-1.4	4.9	10th	12.2	13.4	average	91%
Geraldton Airport	24.9	-1.0	34.3	17th	10.0	-1.7	4.8	9th	15.8	18.9	average	84%
Kalbarri	25.2	-1.1	30.4	27th	12.1	-0.7	8.8	16th	1.2	14.1	low	8%
Morawa Airport	26.9	-1.5	37.6	17th	10.1	-1.1	7.2	10th	12.6	9.4	average	134%
Mullewa	27.6	+0.2	37.3	17th	10.6	-0.7	6.1	21st	5.1	13.0	low	39%
North Island	23.7	+0.1	26.2	4th	17.3	+0.1	14.6	20th	14.6	9.5	high	154%
Wongan Hills	25.8	+0.4	35.3	28th	10.3	+0.2	6.8	9th	12.6	19.8	average	64%
Central Coast (district 09)
Badgingarra Research Stn	23.5	-1.1	34.9	28th	8.8	-0.7	3.1	9th	23.6	26.4	average	89%
Bickley	20.2	-1.1	31.8	28th	9.9	+0.1	6.4	6th	73.8	66.7	average	111%
Garden Island HSF	20.6	-0.5	33.5	28th	13.5	-0.2	9.4	2nd	56.6	27.8	high	204%
Gingin Aero	23.5	-1.0	36.0	28th	7.3	-1.9	2.8	11th	28.8	34.2	average	84%
Jandakot Aero	22.6	-0.4	34.5	28th	9.8	-0.2	5.4	6th	70.4	46.3	high	152%
Jurien Bay	23.5	-0.1	31.5	28th	11.2	-0.2	7.0	4th	41.0	25.8	high	159%
Karnet	18.2	-2.7	22.3	12th	9.6	+0.6	5.5	11th	76.2	74.0	average	103%
Lancelin (Defence)	22.3		35.1	28th	12.2		4.2	3rd	32.2
Millendon (Swan Valley)	23.6		34.0	28th	9.2		4.8	9th	56.2
Pearce RAAF	23.7	+0.1	35.6	28th	9.6	-0.6	4.8	9th	42.8	37.0	average	116%
Perth Airport	23.9	+1.0	36.0	28th	9.9	-0.5	5.0	9th	53.6	42.8	high	125%
Perth Metro	22.7	-0.8	34.8	28th	11.3	-0.4	7.2	11th	54.6	39.5	high	138%
Rottnest Island	20.5	-0.1	32.4	28th	14.4	+0.3	11.2	21st	48.4	27.2	high	178%
Swanbourne	21.6	-0.7	34.8	28th	12.6	+0.1	8.6	6th	63.2	43.1	high	147%
South Coast (district 09A)
Albany	19.9	+1.4	27.7	17th	12.1	+1.5	7.5	19th	37.3	77.7	low	48%
Albany Airport	20.9	+0.6	28.6	17th	9.3	-0.3	4.1	6th	34.6	61.7	low	56%
Bridgetown	20.2	-0.3	28.8	28th	8.0	+0.8	1.9	6th	61.8	43.5	high	142%
Bunbury	20.5	-0.7	30.6	28th	10.0	+0.3	4.2	6th	33.4	35.9	average	93%
Busselton Aero	20.1	-1.3	28.9	28th	9.0	+0.3	4.8	6th	53.6	32.0	high	168%
Cape Leeuwin	19.3	+1.0	23.8	28th	13.8	+1.1	10.4	19th	53.2	63.1	average	84%
Cape Naturaliste	20.4	+1.4	26.7	28th	11.9	+0.8	7.9	6th	59.4	48.4	high	123%
Collie East	21.3	-0.5	31.6	28th	7.2	-0.4	1.7	6th	18.4	39.7	low	46%
Donnybrook	22.0	+0.7	31.6	28th	10.0	+1.6	4.4	6th	64.6	62.4	average	104%
Dwellingup	20.2	0.0	31.3	28th	8.2	+0.1	4.3	6th	75.2	78.1	average	96%
Esperance	23.3	+2.0	37.6	3rd	11.9	+1.0	7.6	7th	18.8	47.8	low	39%
Esperance Aero	23.4	+1.7	35.5	17th	10.3	+0.4	6.4	7th	15.2	46.8	v low	32%
Hopetoun North	22.5	+1.1	35.2	17th	10.9	+0.5	6.9	28th	19.0	40.6	low	47%
Jarrahwood	20.7	-0.2	30.0	28th	7.3	-0.2	1.8	6th	72.4	55.0	high	132%
Mandurah	21.1	-0.8	31.0	28th	13.6	+0.1	10.5	20th	54.2	31.0	high	175%
Manjimup	19.8	+0.8	29.4	28th	9.0	+0.6	4.5	20th	48.4	73.8	low	66%
Mount Barker	20.9	+1.9	28.2	28th	9.2	+1.1	5.9	6th	25.8	67.4	v low	38%
North Walpole	19.6	+0.5	28.5	28th	10.6	+0.2	5.6	20th	92.6	73.7	high	126%
Rocky Gully	19.7	+0.3	28.0	28th	8.3	+0.1	2.1	6th	70.2	55.0	high	128%
Shannon	18.8	0.0	28.0	28th	8.9	+0.5	3.5	20th	68.8	76.5	average	90%
Windy Harbour	19.4	+0.5	27.6	28th	11.8	+1.3	6.5	20th	71.6	68.4	average	105%
Witchcliffe West	18.7		27.4	28th	9.8		5.0	22nd	64.2
North Central (district 10)
Bencubbin	26.6	+1.2	37.0	17th	9.4	-0.6	6.5	10th	9.8	15.8	average	62%
Cunderdin Airfield	26.3	+0.1	36.2	17th	6.4	-1.8	1.2	2nd	20.2	17.7	high	114%
Goomalling	26.6	+1.0	35.5	28th	8.6	-0.6	5.9	10th	17.0	19.6	average	87%
Kellerberrin	27.3	+2.5	30.5	2nd	3.9	-4.8	1.5	10th	0.0	18.3	lowest	0%
Merredin	26.4	+1.2	36.2	17th	8.8	-1.1	4.0	9th	12.4	18.5	average	67%
Northam	24.9	+0.7	35.0	28th	8.2	-0.8	3.2	9th	43.4	24.4	high	178%
York	25.6	+0.3	35.0	28th	5.6	-1.7	0.3	9th	17.1	22.2	average	77%
South Central (district 10A)
Beverley	25.1	+0.4	34.0	28th	7.4	-0.7	2.2	9th	17.8	23.0	average	77%
Brookton	23.6	0.0	32.1	17th	6.6	-0.9	1.0	9th	12.4	24.9	low	50%
Corrigin	24.7	+1.3	32.5	28th	7.9	-0.3	2.5	2nd	18.0	21.5	average	84%
Hyden	26.5	+1.5	36.0	17th	7.6	-0.8	2.5	9th	1.2	21.6	v low	6%
Jacup	23.7	+1.6	33.6	17th	7.4	-0.4	2.0	6th	8.2	39.1	low	21%
Katanning	22.1	+0.1	30.3	28th	7.4	-0.3	1.2	20th	9.0	30.3	low	30%
Lake Grace	24.3	+0.8	33.8	17th	8.2	-0.8	3.7	10th	5.6	25.0	low	22%
Narrogin	22.5	+1.2	31.3	28th	7.5	0.0	1.5	6th	18.0	30.8	average	58%
Newdegate Research Station	24.8	+1.2	33.8	17th	5.1	-1.9	-0.4	10th	10.2	23.7	low	43%
Ongerup	24.2	+2.7	32.5	17th	6.9	-1.2	1.2	7th	9.6	33.1	v low	29%
Pingelly	22.8	+0.2	32.4	28th	7.9	-0.6	3.7	9th	9.2	24.7	low	37%
Ravensthorpe	24.0	+1.4	35.0	17th	8.9	-0.2	2.7	2nd	17.6	38.0	low	46%
Wagin	22.5	+0.4	31.5	28th	7.5	-0.4	2.9	6th	9.4	29.0	low	32%
Wandering	22.1	-0.4	32.1	28th	5.3	-1.0	0.6	10th	24.2	29.1	average	83%
Eucla (district 11)
Eucla	25.5	+2.3	41.5	18th	12.3	+0.9	4.9	2nd	96.4	18.4	highest	524%
Eyre	26.0	+2.6	41.8	18th	10.0	-0.1	-1.2	1st	24.2	20.4	average	119%
Forrest	28.0	+0.4	41.9	18th	12.3	+1.5	6.2	2nd	33.2	11.5	high	289%
South East (district 12)
Bulga Downs	30.4	0.0	39.3	17th	14.2	+0.3	7.5	9th	19.6	8.1	high	242%
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	27.3	+1.3	38.0	3rd	12.4	+1.1	6.7	9th	66.4	15.5	high	428%
Laverton Aero	31.6	+2.8	39.6	18th	16.8	+2.3	10.2	1st	3.0	12.9	average	23%
Leinster Aero	31.7	+1.6	39.6	17th	15.8	+0.7	9.4	1st	1.4	11.4	average	12%
Leonora Aero	30.8	+0.7	39.0	18th	15.6	+0.3	8.9	1st	12.2	9.6	average	127%
Munglinup West	24.8	+1.4	35.5	17th	8.7	-0.6	4.4	22nd	11.6	40.5	low	29%
Norseman Aero	27.0	+1.0	38.0	3rd	9.7	0.0	3.4	9th	29.2	22.8	high	128%
Salmon Gums Res.Stn.	26.2	+2.6	37.5	3rd	7.4	-0.3	0.6	7th	2.0	27.5	v low	7%
Southern Cross Airfield	26.9	+0.2	37.3	17th	8.7	-0.9	3.7	9th	14.0	17.3	average	81%
North East (district 13)
Carnegie	36.5	+3.3	43.2	18th	18.1	+1.6	11.0	9th	0.0	7.5	lowest	0%
Giles Meteorological Office	35.5	+3.5	41.4	18th	20.0	+2.7	13.3	1st	87.8	15.9	high	552%
Telfer Aero	40.8	+3.4	44.3	18th	24.2	+3.0	18.5	28th	0.2	3.5	average	6%
Warburton Airfield	35.9	+3.9	43.9	19th	20.3	+4.2	12.4	1st	14.6	15.6	average	94%
Wiluna Aero	34.1		40.7	17th	16.5		10.2	2nd	0.0
Note: From 2017, information about Christmas Island and the Cocos and Keeling Islands can be found in the climate summary for the Remote Islands and Antarctica

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