Sunday 1 February 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Western Australia - Product code IDCKGC11R0

Western Australia in January 2026

Rainfall

• Rainfall totals in January were below to very much below average for almost everywhere west of Kalgoorlie, and above average for the Eucla, parts of the Southern Interior and far north of the Kimberley districts.
• Western Australia's area-averaged rainfall total in January was 46.5 mm, 19% below the 1961–1990 average.
• It was the driest January in Western Australia since 2019.
• Some sites had their highest January daily rainfall on record.
• Troughton Island had its highest total January rainfall on record.

Temperature

• Mean maximum temperatures in January were very much above average for much of the Gascoyne, Pilbara, Goldfields and Interior districts, and above average for much of the rest of the State.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 37.7 °C, 2.07 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the fourth-warmest on record for all Januarys since 1910.
• Mean minimum temperatures in January were highest on record for parts of the Pilbara, Gascoyne and Northern Interior districts, and above to very much above average for much of the Goldfields, Eucla and Southern Interior districts.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 22.8 °C, 0.92 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the seventh-warmest on record for all Januarys since 1910.
• Western Australia's area-averaged mean temperature was 30.2 °C, 1.50 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the fourth-warmest on record for all Januarys since 1910.
• Carnarvon Airport and Shark Bay Airport had their hottest January day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record.
• Curtin Aero and Truscott had their coolest January day (lowest daily maximum temperature) on record.
• Learmonth Airport had its highest January mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
• A few sites had their warmest January night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
• Windy Harbour and Truscott had their coldest January night (lowest daily minimum temperature) on record.
• Paraburdoo Aero had its highest January mean minimum temperature on record.
• Windy Harbour had its lowest January mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Giles Meteorological Office had its highest January mean temperature on record.
• Paraburdoo Aero had its highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Events

• A widespread low to severe intensity heatwave with locally extreme conditions affected Western Australia between 4 and 10 January.
• Another heatwave affected western Pilbara and Gascoyne on 20 and 21 January.
• Tropical low 11U developed on 4 January in the Indian Ocean, north-west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and developed into Tropical Cyclone (TC) Jenna.
• Tropical low 16U developed on 22 January over the Indian Ocean to the north-west of Australia. Early on 24 January it reached a tropical cyclone intensity (Category 1) and was named Luana. Tropical Cyclone (TC) Luana made landfall north of Broome, in the afternoon of 24 January as a Category 2 system, bringing heavy rainfall and damaging winds to the northern Dampier Peninsula.
• For more details, visit the January national climate summary.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in January 2026
Hottest day	49.2 °C at Shark Bay Airport on the 20th
Warmest days on average	43.0 °C at Paraburdoo Aero 43.0 °C at Marble Bar
Coolest days on average	23.1 °C at Albany
Coldest day	18.0 °C at Albany on the 9th
Coldest night	4.0 °C at Eyre on the 1st
Coolest nights on average	12.2 °C at Rocky Gully
Warmest nights on average	28.2 °C at Paraburdoo Aero
Warmest night	35.8 °C at Paraburdoo Aero on the 7th
Warmest on average overall	35.6 °C at Paraburdoo Aero
Coolest on average overall	18.4 °C at Windy Harbour
Wettest overall	623.0 mm at Theda
Wettest day	231.8 mm at Curtin Aero on the 25th
Strongest wind gust	122.0 km/h at Curtin Aero on the 4th

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 January daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Udialla	185.0	on the 25th	171.4	on 08 Jan 2015	70	218.5
Lansdowne	182.2	on the 1st	168.4	on 18 Jan 1966	45	180.9
Curtin Aero	231.8	on the 25th	138.0	on 23 Jan 2010	32	244.5
Derby Main Roads	187.4	on the 25th	155.0	on 23 Jan 2025	27	235.6

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Record highest January total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Troughton Island	593.6	592.9	in 1973	40	271.6

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Record highest January temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Carnarvon Airport	47.9	on the 21st	47.8	on 20 Jan 2015	81	31.4
Shark Bay Airport	49.2	on the 20th	47.3	on 20 Jan 2015	26	34.2

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Record lowest January daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Curtin Aero	25.6	on the 24th	25.7	on 07 Jan 2015	36	36.3
Truscott	26.4	on the 18th	26.7	on 03 Jan 2008	22	32.2

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Highest January mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for January
Learmonth Airport	40.2	41.4	in 2005	38.0

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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Record highest January daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Kalbarri	30.5	on the 21st	=30.5	on 22 Jan 1981	55	19.8
Paraburdoo Aero	35.8	on the 7th	34.6	on 02 Jan 2010	30	26.1
Shark Bay Airport	28.9	on the 21st	27.8	on 28 Jan 2019	26	21.7

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Record lowest January temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Windy Harbour	4.2	on the 31st	6.5	on 17 Jan 2023	39	14.3
Truscott	20.7	on the 13th	21.1	on 07 Jan 2008	22	25.5

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Record highest January mean minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Paraburdoo Aero	28.2	27.8	in 2022	30	26.1

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Lowest January mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Average for January
Windy Harbour	13.3	12.2	in 2003	14.3

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 highest January mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Giles Meteorological Office	33.6	=33.6	in 2025	70	30.5

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Highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for January
Paraburdoo Aero	35.6	=35.6	in 2005	33.5

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 January 2026
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for January 2026	Diff from average	Highest for January 2026		Mean for January 2026	Diff from average	Lowest for January 2026		Total for January 2026	Average for January	Rank of January 2026	Fraction of January average
North Kimberley (district 01)
Doongan	32.4	-0.8	35.8	21st	23.2	+0.3	20.5	18th	345.7	302.1	average	114%
Kalumburu	33.3	-0.8	38.1	5th	24.2	-0.6	21.9	10th	451.2	347.2	high	130%
Troughton Island	31.3	-0.6	33.7	6th	26.4	-0.1	22.9	17th	593.6	271.6	highest	219%
Truscott	31.9	-0.3	37.2	6th	24.9	-0.6	20.7	13th	422.2	346.5	average	122%
Wyndham Aero	35.7	-0.7	39.8	4th	25.9	-0.3	23.0	17th	233.8	201.6	average	116%
East Kimberley (district 02)
Halls Creek Airport	37.5	+1.4	41.4	20th	24.4	+0.1	20.8	16th	141.0
Kununurra Aero	36.3	+0.5	40.5	14th	24.9	-0.2	21.7	22nd	226.8	215.5	average	105%
West Kimberley (district 03)
Broome Airport	33.6	+0.3	35.5	13th	26.8	+0.4	21.9	16th	232.8	200.0	high	116%
Curtin Aero	35.9	-0.4	39.1	4th	24.7	-0.3	20.1	22nd	447.2	244.5	high	183%
Cygnet Bay	33.9	+0.4	36.9	10th	25.1	-0.6	22.4	1st	459.3	246.5	high	186%
Derby Aero	35.6	+0.4	38.3	17th	26.0	+0.3	22.7	20th	303.0	208.9	high	145%
Fitzroy Crossing Aero	37.9	+0.4	41.5	4th	25.8	+0.6	21.3	17th	119.2	195.3	low	61%
Yampi Sound (Defence)	34.6		37.8	21st	25.4		22.4	21st	399.8
De Grey (district 04)
Bedout Island	34.4	+1.0	36.7	2nd	28.3	+0.9	26.7	18th
Karratha Aero	36.3	+0.3	42.9	21st	27.9	+1.0	24.8	25th	0.2	51.6	low	0%
Legendre Island	33.0	+0.1	36.1	21st	27.3	+0.5	25.2	29th
Mandora	36.4	+0.4	42.8	3rd	26.6	+1.1	22.0	14th	77.0	89.0	average	86%
Marble Bar	43.0	+2.1	47.8	19th	27.4	+0.9	23.2	11th	21.6	107.3	low	20%
Pardoo Station	38.0	+1.7	43.4	31st	26.8	+1.1	23.6	29th	5.9	70.2	low	8%
Port Hedland Airport	37.4	+1.0	43.0	21st	27.2	+1.5	23.8	3rd	3.0	62.2	low	5%
Roebourne Aero	40.1	+1.2	46.6	21st	27.6	+1.2	24.2	30th	0.6	65.3	low	1%
Fortescue (district 05)
Barrow Island Airport	34.3	+1.0	39.3	7th	26.2	+0.2	23.6	28th	0.2	28.4	low	1%
Karijini North	42.5		47.2	7th	27.3		19.9	13th	72.8
Learmonth Airport	40.2	+2.2	47.1	7th	23.8	+0.7	19.9	28th	0.0	29.6	lowest	0%
Mardie	37.4	-0.4	48.0	7th	26.7	+1.5	22.8	28th	3.6	38.5	average	9%
Onslow Airport	37.0	+0.5	49.0	7th	25.7	+1.1	21.8	28th	0.6	37.8	low	2%
Thevenard Island	33.7	+0.3	38.4	5th	25.9	+0.4	22.5	27th	12.6	31.3	average	40%
West Gascoyne (district 06)
Carnarvon Airport	31.9	+0.5	47.9	21st	22.9	+0.3	19.6	27th	0.0	10.8	lowest	0%
Gascoyne Junction	44.2	+3.3	48.5	20th	25.5	+1.5	19.0	27th	3.0	23.0	average	13%
Murchison	43.7	+4.2	43.7	4th					0.0	20.4	lowest	0%
Shark Bay Airport	34.5	+0.3	49.2	20th	21.6	-0.1	18.5	27th	0.0	6.4	lowest	0%
East Gascoyne (district 07)
Newman Aero	41.9	+2.7	46.5	19th	26.8	+1.6	23.0	3rd	27.6	69.0	average	40%
Paraburdoo Aero	43.0	+2.1	46.9	19th	28.2	+2.1	23.8	31st	32.0	58.3	average	55%
Murchison (district 07A)
Meekatharra Airport	41.3	+2.9	45.4	5th	26.0	+1.5	20.6	27th	2.4	29.3	low	8%
Mount Magnet Aero	39.9	+1.7	45.1	5th	24.1	+0.4	16.6	27th	1.8	23.5	low	8%
Paynes Find	39.0	+1.5	45.2	5th	21.4	+0.2	14.5	27th	0.0	20.6	lowest	0%
North Coast (district 08)
Carnamah	37.7	+1.5	42.8	21st	18.6	+0.1	11.0	27th	0.0	12.6	lowest	0%
Dalwallinu	36.4	+0.9	42.2	22nd	17.4	-0.7	11.6	27th	0.4	19.7	low	2%
Geraldton Airport	32.9	-0.1	47.1	20th	18.2	-1.0	12.7	27th	2.8	6.8	average	41%
Kalbarri	33.7	+0.4	46.6	20th	20.0	+0.2	13.7	24th	0.0	4.8	lowest	0%
Morawa Airport	38.5	+0.9	44.5	22nd	19.4	-0.5	11.9	27th	0.2	18.9	low	1%
Mullewa	37.8	+0.9	44.0	20th	19.5	-0.1	12.9	27th	3.4	13.2	average	26%
North Island	27.9	+0.1	34.7	21st	21.3	-0.1	18.8	28th	0.8	2.2	average	36%
Wongan Hills	36.3	+1.5	42.1	2nd	17.4	-0.5	11.4	27th	1.0	14.8	average	7%
Central Coast (district 09)
Badgingarra Research Stn	34.3	-0.4	42.3	21st	17.4	+0.2	8.3	27th	0.6	10.4	average	6%
Bickley	30.9	+0.2	38.4	21st	15.5	0.0	10.3	27th	5.8	19.6	average	30%
Garden Island HSF	27.5	-0.1	38.9	21st	19.0	-0.1	15.3	18th	4.2	11.9	average	35%
Gingin Aero	33.0	-0.3	42.4	21st	16.3	-0.2	9.5	27th	1.0	13.7	average	7%
Jandakot Aero	32.0	+0.4	41.1	21st	17.6	+0.6	11.2	27th	0.6	14.7	average	4%
Jurien Bay	30.4	+0.2	43.2	20th	18.7	+1.4	12.2	27th	1.6	7.4	average	22%
Karnet	30.1	-0.6	37.2	21st	15.5	+0.1	10.9	27th	5.0	17.6	average	28%
Lancelin (Defence)	28.8		43.1	21st	17.8		11.4	1st	0.0
Millendon (Swan Valley)	33.4		41.1	21st	17.6		10.7	27th	3.0
Pearce RAAF	34.1	+0.5	42.1	2nd	17.9	+0.8	9.5	27th	1.6	9.7	average	16%
Perth Airport	33.6	+1.7	41.6	21st	18.1	+1.0	12.0	27th	0.2	10.3	low	2%
Perth Metro	31.3	-0.1	40.7	21st	18.3	+0.1	13.6	27th	1.8	16.4	average	11%
Rottnest Island	26.5	-0.2	36.2	21st	19.4	+0.2	15.9	18th	1.0	13.7	average	7%
Swanbourne	29.4	-0.5	41.2	21st	18.7	+0.3	13.7	27th	0.2	16.8	low	1%
South Coast (district 09A)
Albany	23.1	+0.3	32.3	22nd	16.1	+0.8	11.0	19th	4.7	23.5	v low	20%
Albany Airport	25.7	+0.1	34.8	22nd	13.6	-0.7	7.6	18th	12.8	20.1	low	64%
Bridgetown	29.2	-0.9	36.6	21st	12.6	-0.5	5.1	18th	5.2	14.3	average	36%
Bunbury	30.3	+0.3	38.8	21st	15.6	+0.1	8.9	18th	3.2	10.1	average	32%
Busselton Aero	30.2	-0.2	37.7	20th	14.2	-0.1	6.9	18th	2.0	12.3	average	16%
Cape Leeuwin	23.8	+0.7	27.3	21st	17.7	+0.7	14.7	28th	10.6	16.1	average	66%
Cape Naturaliste	27.3	+1.7	35.6	21st	15.8	+0.5	11.3	18th	7.2	10.6	average	68%
Collie East	31.5	+0.4	38.2	21st	13.1	-0.4	6.4	18th	0.6	15.9	low	4%
Donnybrook	32.2	+1.5	39.5	21st	15.9	+1.8	12.0	9th	0.4	12.4	low	3%
Dwellingup	31.3	+1.4	38.7	21st	14.8	+0.4	9.5	18th	3.8	16.2	average	24%
Esperance	26.0	-0.2	38.8	22nd	15.8	0.0	11.6	1st	1.2	24.6	v low	5%
Esperance Aero	27.7	-0.2	36.7	4th	14.6	-0.4	9.3	19th	2.0	27.0	v low	7%
Hopetoun North	24.8	-0.4	39.0	22nd	15.1	-0.2	10.1	1st	1.6	29.7	low	5%
Jarrahwood	30.5	+0.5	38.4	21st	12.7	-0.1	6.0	28th	5.2	15.5	average	34%
Mandurah	30.1	+0.4	38.6	20th	19.2	+0.2	14.9	27th	1.0	14.0	average	7%
Manjimup	28.0	+0.6	37.0	16th	13.4	+0.3	8.1	18th	6.4	19.4	low	33%
Mount Barker	28.0	+1.6	32.0	22nd	13.4	+0.6	10.4	28th	3.0	23.3	v low	13%
North Walpole	25.0	+0.5	34.9	16th	14.1	-0.3	8.8	18th	16.8	25.9	average	65%
Rocky Gully	27.8	+0.2	38.3	16th	12.2	-0.5	5.3	18th	9.6	18.5	average	52%
Shannon	26.4	-0.3	36.4	16th	13.1	+0.2	7.0	18th	8.6	16.4	average	52%
Windy Harbour	23.5	+0.1	32.2	21st	13.3	-1.0	4.2	31st	10.8	16.7	average	65%
Witchcliffe West	26.5		36.0	21st	14.2		7.2	18th	10.2
North Central (district 10)
Bencubbin	36.3	+1.7	42.0	22nd	17.7	-0.5	13.8	27th	0.0	16.6	lowest	0%
Cunderdin Airfield	35.9	+0.9	42.9	16th	16.8	-0.4	11.9	25th	3.0	20.6	average	15%
Goomalling	36.8	+1.8	42.0	4th	16.6	-0.2	12.1	27th	0.0	13.7	lowest	0%
Kellerberrin	35.4	+1.2	43.0	12th	15.5	-1.4	10.0	15th	0.0	13.3	lowest	0%
Merredin	36.4	+2.3	42.5	21st	17.1	-0.8	13.9	12th	0.0	14.5	lowest	0%
Northam	35.4	+1.1	41.9	2nd	16.5	-0.7	13.0	27th	0.5	11.6	average	4%
York	35.1	+0.6	42.2	2nd	15.4	-1.0	10.2	25th	1.9	25.8	average	7%
South Central (district 10A)
Beverley	35.4	+0.9	41.6	4th	15.7	-0.7	10.6	27th	1.0	12.8	average	8%
Brookton	33.8	+0.7	40.5	16th	14.8	-0.8	9.9	27th	0.6	13.0	low	5%
Corrigin	35.3	+2.6	42.0	18th	17.0	+1.1	13.0	12th	3.0	16.7	average	18%
Hyden	34.9	+1.0	42.2	3rd	15.4	-0.2	11.0	27th	2.2	19.3	average	11%
Jacup	28.5	+0.5	40.4	22nd	12.5	-0.6	7.3	28th	2.8	27.1	low	10%
Katanning	31.1	+0.9	41.0	16th	13.2	-0.5	7.8	18th	0.2	18.1	lowest	1%
Lake Grace	32.2	+0.8	40.9	16th	14.8	-0.5	10.0	28th	0.6	28.5	low	2%
Narrogin	32.1	+1.0	40.0	16th	14.6	+0.3	10.4	27th	0.6	12.7	low	5%
Newdegate Research Station	32.3	+0.8	40.8	22nd	12.3	-1.5	6.5	27th	1.8	17.8	average	10%
Ongerup	31.0	+2.0	38.6	19th	12.1	-1.7	7.1	20th	8.4	18.5	average	45%
Pingelly	32.8	+0.7	39.8	16th	15.1	-0.4	10.4	27th	1.4	11.3	average	12%
Ravensthorpe	28.7	-0.2	39.2	22nd	14.1	-0.1	8.6	11th	3.7	23.9	low	16%
Wagin	31.3	+0.1	40.0	16th	14.1	-0.5	8.2	18th	0.4	12.6	low	3%
Wandering	32.8	+0.4	39.2	16th	13.2	-1.0	6.7	18th	0.4	14.0	low	3%
Eucla (district 11)
Eucla	27.3	+1.3	45.4	23rd	17.3	+0.6	12.1	3rd	64.8	16.0	high	405%
Eyre	28.3	+1.6	44.5	25th	15.8	+0.5	4.0	1st	39.2	18.0	high	218%
Forrest	32.6	-0.5	45.2	23rd	16.7	+0.2	10.4	1st	56.6	22.6	high	250%
Red Rocks Point	25.3	0.0	44.5	23rd	18.0	-0.3	13.4	3rd	68.6	23.6	high	291%
South East (district 12)
Bulga Downs	39.8	+1.7	46.2	6th	23.4	+0.9	18.8	11th	0.6	29.6	low	2%
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	35.7	+2.0	45.0	4th	19.0	+0.6	13.3	11th	1.0	26.2	low	4%
Laverton Aero	37.4	+1.6	47.3	6th	22.3	+0.6	15.5	11th	2.8	46.6	low	6%
Leinster Aero	39.3	+1.9	46.1	6th	24.1	+0.8	18.0	29th	0.4	39.3	low	1%
Leonora Aero	38.4	+1.4	46.4	6th	22.8	-0.1	16.4	11th	0.4	40.1	lowest	1%
Munglinup West	29.3	+0.2	39.9	22nd	13.5	-0.9	9.5	28th	1.6	32.5	lowest	5%
Norseman Aero	33.9	+1.1	43.7	4th	15.9	0.0	10.6	24th	2.8	30.3	low	9%
Salmon Gums Res.Stn.	32.3	+1.6	41.0	4th	13.6	-0.4	6.1	19th	0.2	25.2	v low	1%
Southern Cross Airfield	35.5	+0.6	43.2	3rd	18.1	+0.1	13.9	10th	3.2	26.9	average	12%
North East (district 13)
Carnegie	40.0	+1.2	47.3	7th	23.9	-0.1	17.8	29th	77.0	38.0	high	203%
Giles Meteorological Office	41.0	+3.7	44.1	19th	26.3	+2.7	21.7	3rd	4.2	34.9	low	12%
Telfer Aero	41.7	+1.4	47.2	19th	26.9	+0.8	23.3	3rd	43.8	63.7	average	69%
Warburton Airfield	40.0	+2.0	45.9	13th	25.4	+2.1	19.5	29th	10.6	31.0	average	34%
Wiluna Aero	41.0		46.3	6th	25.5		19.6	29th	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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