Monday 2 March 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Western Australia - Product code IDCKGC11R0

Western Australia in February 2026

Rainfall

• Rainfall totals in February were average to below average for parts of the south west and areas of the Pilbara and Gascoyne districts, and above to very much above average elsewhere.
• Western Australia's area-averaged rainfall total in February was 89.7 mm, 44% above the 1961–1990 average.
• It was the wettest February in Western Australia since 2018.
• Several sites had their highest February daily rainfall on record.
• Multiple sites had their highest total February rainfall for at least 20 years.

Temperature

• Mean maximum temperatures in February were below to very much below average for most of the eastern half of the state, and above to very much above average for parts of the Gascoyne, Lower West and South West districts.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 35.0 °C, 0.23 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• Western Australia had its lowest mean maximum temperature for February since 2021.
• A few sites had their lowest February mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Mean minimum temperatures in February were above to very much above average for parts of the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne districts as well as pockets of the Goldfields and Eucla districts, and close to average elsewhere.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 21.9 °C, 0.47 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• Western Australia had its lowest mean minimum temperature for February since 2022.
• North Walpole had its coldest February night (lowest daily minimum temperature) on record.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean temperature was 28.4 °C, 0.35 °C above the 1961–1990 average.

Events

• Tropical Cyclone (TC) Mitchell reached its peak intensity late on 7 February as a Category 3 (Severe) system off the Pilbara coast. Later on 8 February it started to weaken and passed close to Exmouth as a category 2 system. Continuing in the southerly direction, Mitchell passed Carnarvon as a Category 1 system and was downgraded to a tropical low, just prior to crossing the Gascoyne coast east of Shark Bay early on 10 February. Ex-TC Mitchell continued to move to the south-east through the inland parts of Western Australia bringing widespread rainfall and thunderstorms to the areas along its track before dissipating on 11 February.
• For more details, visit the February national climate summary.

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Extremes in February 2026
Hottest day	47.3 °C at Carnarvon Airport on the 2nd
Warmest days on average	40.5 °C at Paraburdoo Aero
Coolest days on average	22.6 °C at Albany
Coldest day	17.9 °C at Shannon on the 28th 17.9 °C at Jacup on the 12th
Coldest night	5.2 °C at Bridgetown on the 22nd
Coolest nights on average	12.7 °C at Rocky Gully
Warmest nights on average	27.9 °C at Karratha Aero
Warmest night	32.6 °C at Paraburdoo Aero on the 6th
Warmest on average overall	34.0 °C at Paraburdoo Aero
Coolest on average overall	19.7 °C at Albany
Wettest overall	464.0 mm at Kilto Station
Wettest day	141.0 mm at Kilto Station on the 18th
Strongest wind gust	169.0 km/h at Legendre Island on the 7th

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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	Average for February
Kalbarri	54.4	on the 10th	38.4	on 28 Feb 1994	56	8.1
Mount Gibson	93.2	on the 10th	60.0	on 21 Feb 2008	43	27.1
Dalwallinu	26.6	on the 11th	26.2	on 26 Feb 2018	29	13.9
Norseman Aero	63.2	on the 11th	50.0	on 24 Feb 2001	27	25.3
Shark Bay Airport	103.6	on the 10th	96.6	on 05 Feb 2021	26	23.5
Tenindewa	42.4	on the 10th	42.0	on 14 Feb 2017	25	19.1
Mount Winifred	121.2	on the 10th	97.6	on 13 Feb 2001	22	148.1

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Highest February total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for February
Perenjori	85.3	116.9	in 1970	18.6
Codg Codgen	78.0	106.2	in 1970	16.7
Merredin	78.0	113.4	in 1978	16.2
Doodlakine	58.0	75.2	in 1979	15.9
Carranya	175.6	423.5	in 1982	110.9
Port Smith	324.6	489.8	in 2000	159.1
Meda	191.9	267.4	in 2000	169.6
Mount Winifred	426.0	465.4	in 2001	160.7
Mount Amhurst	385.4	425.2	in 2002	113.7
Billiluna	174.2	311.7	in 2004	122.1
Nanyanine	61.0	65.3	in 2006	17.0

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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Lowest February mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for February
Giles Meteorological Office	33.7	31.1	in 2002	36.2
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	34.6	33.8	in 2002	37.0
Warburton Airfield	33.5	33.3	in 2006	36.8

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

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Record lowest February temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for February
North Walpole	8.2	on the 23rd	8.3	on 02 Feb 2005	23	15.1

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Summary statistics for February 2026
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for February 2026	Diff from average	Highest for February 2026		Mean for February 2026	Diff from average	Lowest for February 2026		Total for February 2026	Average for February	Rank of February 2026	Fraction of February average
North Kimberley (district 01)
Doongan	31.7	-1.2	33.8	21st	23.5	+0.7	21.0	2nd	436.6	238.7	high	183%
Kalumburu	32.9	-0.8	35.2	10th	24.7	+0.2	22.7	4th	244.2	290.6	average	84%
Troughton Island	31.1	-0.5	32.7	26th	26.5	+0.2	24.0	28th	321.2	192.4	high	167%
Truscott	31.1	-1.2	32.3	20th	25.2	-0.2	22.9	5th	274.6	267.4	average	103%
Wyndham Aero	34.9	-1.1	37.3	12th	26.3	+0.3	24.1	2nd	139.4	210.3	average	66%
East Kimberley (district 02)
Halls Creek Airport	33.1	-2.7	37.1	1st	23.9	+0.2	21.7	13th	281.6
Kununurra Aero	34.3	-0.9	36.8	12th	25.2	+0.4	24.2	13th	161.0	214.3	average	75%
West Kimberley (district 03)
Broome Airport	32.5	-0.5	34.8	4th	26.3	+0.2	22.6	3rd	461.8	177.0	high	261%
Curtin Aero	33.8	-1.9	37.4	4th	24.8	+0.1	22.3	3rd	343.0	173.0	high	198%
Cygnet Bay	32.3	-1.0	33.9	4th	25.6	+0.2	23.0	3rd	210.0	194.4	average	108%
Derby Aero	33.0	-1.7	36.9	4th	25.9	+0.4	23.6	3rd	102.8	193.6	low	53%
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	34.6	-2.4	38.7	1st	25.3	+0.5	22.1	2nd	243.8	136.3	high	179%
Yampi Sound (Defence)	32.9		35.1	1st	25.2		21.6	3rd	241.6
De Grey (district 04)
Karratha Aero	35.2	-0.7	42.2	1st	27.9	+1.0	25.4	9th	128.2	73.6	high	174%
Legendre Island	32.5	-1.0	35.7	2nd	27.2	+0.1	25.3	9th
Mandora	34.8	-0.9	41.0	4th	26.0	+0.9	22.7	17th	178.8	103.6	high	173%
Marble Bar	39.8	0.0	45.0	4th	26.9	+0.8	23.4	13th	51.8	82.7	average	63%
Pardoo Station	35.2	-0.8	44.0	4th	26.2	+0.6	24.7	8th	67.1	83.3	average	81%
Port Hedland Airport	35.7	-0.6	45.0	5th	27.0	+1.4	23.5	17th	149.2	90.5	high	165%
Roebourne Aero	37.5	-0.9	45.7	5th	27.1	+0.7	24.9	8th	70.4	54.8	average	128%
Fortescue (district 05)
Barrow Island Airport	33.7	0.0	38.2	5th	26.1	-0.2	24.5	8th	92.2	41.6	high	222%
Karijini North	39.6		43.9	5th	26.6		23.9	17th	11.0
Learmonth Airport	38.1	+0.5	46.3	3rd	24.6	+0.5	21.7	11th	46.4	38.0	high	122%
Mardie	36.0	-1.5	41.0	2nd	26.7	+1.3	24.5	8th	57.2	61.9	average	92%
Onslow Airport	35.8	-0.6	44.9	17th	25.6	+0.4	23.7	15th	55.6	56.3	average	99%
Thevenard Island	33.1	-0.7	39.1	28th	25.9	-0.3	24.2	16th	54.2	54.9	average	99%
West Gascoyne (district 06)
Carnarvon Airport	33.9	+1.3	47.3	2nd	24.2	+0.8	20.7	22nd	31.8	21.3	high	149%
Gascoyne Junction	45.1	+5.1	46.5	8th	27.8	+3.3	25.5	3rd	10.4	30.6	average	34%
Murchison	38.7	-0.1	45.3	8th	30.5	+7.3	28.0	9th	11.9	30.9	average	38%
Shark Bay Airport	35.8	+0.8	45.5	2nd	22.8	+0.5	19.0	22nd	105.2	23.5	high	448%
East Gascoyne (district 07)
Newman Aero	38.6	+1.0	42.5	5th	25.3	+1.1	21.2	26th	28.6	70.2	average	41%
Paraburdoo Aero	40.5	+1.3	45.2	5th	27.6	+2.3	22.8	26th	15.0	73.9	low	20%
Murchison (district 07A)
Meekatharra Airport	37.9	+1.0	43.0	6th	24.3	+0.4	17.0	12th	11.2	35.4	average	32%
Mount Magnet Aero	37.1	-0.1	42.5	3rd	24.1	+0.7	16.5	12th	22.2	34.4	average	64%
Paynes Find	36.5	-0.1	42.8	8th	21.5	+0.3	16.8	19th	46.6	24.1	high	193%
North Coast (district 08)
Carnamah	36.2	+0.5	44.5	8th	18.8	-0.4	16.0	13th	29.4	15.8	high	186%
Dalwallinu	34.9	-0.1	43.2	8th	17.6	-0.8	13.3	12th	51.0	13.4	high	381%
Geraldton Airport	33.4	+0.3	44.8	1st	18.8	-0.7	13.5	23rd	17.6	10.2	high	172%
Kalbarri	34.7	+0.6	45.2	1st	20.9	+0.2	16.9	15th	56.9	8.1	high	702%
Morawa Airport	36.9	-0.1	44.5	8th	20.4	0.0	15.9	17th	83.4	18.7	high	446%
Mullewa	37.3	+0.7	43.4	6th	21.0	+0.8	14.3	22nd	52.4	18.9	high	277%
North Island	27.8	-0.7	33.5	2nd	21.8	-0.2	20.4	22nd	13.6	10.0	high	136%
Wongan Hills	34.7	+0.5	41.8	8th	17.6	-0.6	12.8	12th	38.0	16.1	high	236%
Central Coast (district 09)
Badgingarra Research Stn	34.3	-0.4	41.5	2nd	17.8	-0.1	13.9	12th	8.0	15.1	average	53%
Bickley	31.4	+0.8	38.9	2nd	15.4	-0.5	11.3	22nd	5.4	20.3	average	27%
Garden Island HSF	28.0	-0.4	40.4	2nd	19.0	-0.4	15.2	17th	3.0	14.5	average	21%
Gingin Aero	33.7	+0.4	42.3	2nd	17.0	0.0	12.1	18th	7.2	13.5	average	53%
Jandakot Aero	32.5	+0.8	41.8	2nd	17.4	+0.1	11.2	22nd	3.8	16.8	average	23%
Jurien Bay	30.8	-0.1	41.7	1st	18.2	+0.2	13.9	23rd	5.4	15.4	average	35%
Karnet	31.1	+0.6	38.8	2nd	15.7	-0.1	10.8	22nd	5.6	20.3	average	28%
Lancelin (Defence)	29.1		43.2	2nd	18.0		13.1	23rd	6.8
Millendon (Swan Valley)	34.0		42.6	2nd	17.5		12.9	18th	4.2
Pearce RAAF	34.4	+1.0	42.2	2nd	17.6	0.0	13.5	18th	6.2	12.6	average	49%
Perth Airport	34.2	+2.1	42.9	2nd	17.7	+0.1	12.4	16th	6.6	14.4	average	46%
Perth Metro	32.2	+0.5	41.9	2nd	18.2	-0.2	14.7	18th	5.8	12.7	average	46%
Rottnest Island	27.1	-0.2	39.4	2nd	19.2	-0.3	15.6	22nd	2.4	10.3	average	23%
Swanbourne	30.2	-0.2	41.1	2nd	18.7	-0.1	13.7	22nd	4.2	11.8	average	36%
South Coast (district 09A)
Albany	22.6	-0.3	27.0	19th	17.0	+1.3	10.6	23rd	13.8	22.4	average	62%
Albany Airport	25.3	-0.2	36.9	2nd	14.6	-0.3	5.8	23rd	11.8	20.5	average	58%
Bridgetown	29.8	-0.1	38.8	2nd	13.1	-0.5	5.2	22nd	0.2	12.8	v low	2%
Bunbury	30.9	+0.8	37.7	2nd	15.2	-0.8	8.0	22nd	0.0	7.9	lowest	0%
Busselton Aero	30.5	+0.3	36.2	2nd	14.6	-0.2	9.7	12th	3.2	6.1	average	52%
Cape Leeuwin	24.1	+0.7	27.1	2nd	17.8	+0.5	15.7	13th	7.2	15.8	average	46%
Cape Naturaliste	27.4	+1.4	34.8	2nd	15.1	-0.6	11.8	22nd	3.6	11.6	average	31%
Collie East	31.5	+0.7	39.4	2nd	13.4	-0.6	6.1	22nd	0.6	11.1	low	5%
Donnybrook	32.7	+2.2	40.0	2nd	15.6	+1.1	9.4	17th	0.0	14.9	lowest	0%
Dwellingup	31.7	+1.9	39.7	2nd	14.9	+0.3	9.6	22nd	0.2	21.1	low	1%
Esperance	26.7	+0.4	39.6	9th	16.0	-0.2	11.1	23rd	18.2	24.6	average	74%
Esperance Aero	28.1	+0.3	40.0	9th	15.2	-0.3	9.8	17th	18.2	27.9	average	65%
Hopetoun North	24.9	-0.6	31.3	15th	15.9	0.0	11.1	23rd	21.8	22.7	average	96%
Jarrahwood	31.2	+1.0	38.0	2nd	13.3	-0.3	8.2	23rd	1.0	12.9	low	8%
Mandurah	30.5	+0.7	37.3	1st	18.9	-0.5	13.7	22nd	1.2	11.5	average	10%
Manjimup	28.3	+1.0	38.0	2nd	13.6	+0.1	9.3	17th	0.6	18.0	v low	3%
Mount Barker	26.7	+0.6	36.2	2nd	13.0	-0.1	10.0	17th	10.8	23.6	average	46%
North Walpole	24.9	-0.1	35.0	2nd	14.9	-0.2	8.2	23rd	5.8	22.7	v low	26%
Rocky Gully	27.3	-0.2	37.8	2nd	12.7	-0.6	6.1	22nd	5.2	18.4	low	28%
Shannon	26.4	-0.4	36.3	2nd	13.2	-0.4	7.6	23rd	2.4	19.1	lowest	13%
Windy Harbour	23.3	-0.4	30.5	14th	14.8	+0.2	8.8	23rd	23.8	16.7	high	142%
Witchcliffe West	26.5		34.4	2nd	14.6		9.7	17th	9.2
North Central (district 10)
Bencubbin	35.0	+1.3	41.4	12th	18.2	0.0	12.3	13th	72.2	20.3	high	356%
Cunderdin Airfield	34.2	-0.1	40.6	9th	16.9	-0.5	13.0	12th	28.8	15.7	high	183%
Goomalling	36.6	+2.3	41.3	2nd	16.6	-0.8	12.2	23rd	38.0	14.8	high	257%
Kellerberrin	34.0	+0.5	42.0	9th	16.7	-0.2	12.5	5th	42.0	14.9	high	282%
Merredin	34.2	+0.8	44.0	8th	18.6	+0.5	13.5	17th	78.0	15.7	high	497%
Northam	34.4	+0.7	40.9	2nd	16.9	-0.3	13.1	12th	18.1	13.7	high	132%
York	33.9	0.0	41.1	2nd	15.4	-1.1	12.0	18th	12.6	17.1	average	74%
South Central (district 10A)
Beverley	34.8	+1.0	40.8	2nd	16.1	-0.6	11.0	22nd	11.4	14.1	average	81%
Brookton	32.9	+0.5	39.7	25th	15.3	-0.7	9.6	22nd	8.6	15.1	average	57%
Corrigin	33.6	+1.9	40.5	9th	17.4	+1.4	13.0	17th	15.6	16.8	high	93%
Hyden	32.9	-0.3	40.6	9th	15.8	-0.1	10.0	17th	37.9	20.3	high	187%
Jacup	27.8	0.0	38.0	9th	13.8	+0.1	7.2	17th	28.6	20.3	high	141%
Katanning	30.0	+0.2	39.5	9th	13.5	-0.7	8.8	22nd	3.0	13.2	average	23%
Lake Grace	30.9	0.0	40.2	9th	15.1	-0.5	9.9	17th	17.4	15.4	average	113%
Narrogin	31.3	+1.0	39.3	9th	14.3	-0.1	8.7	17th	7.9	16.6	average	48%
Newdegate Research Station	30.9	+0.2	40.4	9th	14.1	0.0	9.1	2nd	35.4	21.6	high	164%
Ongerup	29.3	+1.0	41.2	9th	13.5	-0.8	6.2	17th	16.0	18.8	average	85%
Pingelly	32.0	+0.6	38.7	2nd	15.5	-0.5	9.5	17th	10.6	14.0	average	76%
Ravensthorpe	28.0	-0.4	38.5	9th	14.5	-0.2	9.2	17th	13.8	26.1	average	53%
Wagin	31.2	+0.7	39.3	9th	14.1	-0.8	7.6	22nd	5.3	16.1	average	33%
Wandering	32.2	+0.4	39.7	2nd	13.9	-0.7	6.2	22nd	5.0	14.9	average	34%
Eucla (district 11)
Eucla	24.9	-0.9	36.3	15th	17.5	+0.3	13.9	24th	26.0	18.6	high	140%
Eyre	27.5	+0.8	39.9	15th	15.3	-0.6	5.4	9th	6.7	18.7	average	36%
Forrest	29.6	-2.8	41.4	10th	16.1	-0.4	11.9	24th	34.2	26.0	high	132%
Red Rocks Point	24.0	-1.3	29.4	20th	18.3	-0.2	14.4	3rd	2.8	29.7	average	9%
South East (district 12)
Bulga Downs	36.9	-0.1	41.3	3rd	21.3	-0.5	14.1	12th	5.4	29.7	average	18%
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	33.1	+0.9	41.1	3rd	18.2	+0.2	12.5	13th	15.6	31.8	average	49%
Laverton Aero	34.0	-0.3	41.0	10th	19.9	-1.1	14.7	12th	44.2	49.1	average	90%
Leinster Aero	35.8	0.0	41.0	4th	21.7	-0.7	13.8	12th	4.8	39.8	low	12%
Leonora Aero	35.0	-0.4	41.2	10th	20.8	-1.1	14.0	12th	11.6	34.4	low	34%
Munglinup West	28.4	-0.8	39.7	9th	14.6	-0.4	8.1	17th	21.6	32.6	average	66%
Norseman Aero	31.2	-0.6	41.4	3rd	15.5	-0.6	10.7	17th	63.6	25.3	high	251%
Salmon Gums Res.Stn.	30.3	+0.5	40.6	3rd	13.9	-0.2	7.7	17th	46.8	24.3	high	193%
Southern Cross Airfield	33.4	-0.6	42.0	9th	18.2	+0.3	12.1	12th	69.4	25.6	high	271%
North East (district 13)
Carnegie	34.8	-2.6	40.2	5th	22.2	-0.9	16.5	19th	89.6	51.0	high	176%
Giles Meteorological Office	33.7	-2.5	39.8	4th	22.3	-0.6	19.3	13th	97.2	42.8	high	227%
Telfer Aero	37.3	-1.6	41.9	4th	25.9	+0.3	22.0	19th	146.8	95.9	high	153%
Warburton Airfield	33.5	-3.3	41.5	5th	22.1	-0.4	16.7	19th	48.0	32.6	average	147%
Wiluna Aero	37.3		42.4	4th	23.1		16.9	12th	16.0
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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