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Katherine Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
 34.6 34.1 34.2 34.0 32.1 30.0 30.4 32.3 35.8 37.7 37.5 35.9 34.0
Mean Min (°C)
 24.2 23.9 23.1 20.7 16.8 13.8 13.0 14.7 20.1 23.7 24.7 24.5 20.2
Mean Rain (mm)
 278.3 249.8 203.6 44.6 5.2 0.4 1.1 1.8 6.6 34.2 89.5 227.8 1147.0
Median Rain (mm)
 244.8 255.6 142.5 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 84.0 163.8 1064.4
Mean Rain Days
 17.8 17.2 13.8 3.8 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.8 3.9 9.2 15.1 74.0

Katherine Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
 40.9 39.0 39.8 38.3 36.5 36.1 36.0 37.7 40.5 41.6 43.1 41.5 43.1
Low Max (°C)
 24.2 23.8 26.0 26.0 23.3 16.5 23.8 20.0 25.5 29.0 25.6 26.8 16.5
High Min (°C)
 28.0 27.2 26.4 26.6 25.0 23.5 23.5 24.9 28.3 28.0 28.9 28.4 28.9
Low Min (°C)
 19.0 18.7 15.5 9.8 6.3 3.8 4.2 4.0 8.2 13.3 14.5 19.3 3.8
High Rain (mm)
 227.5 107.7 129.8 88.4 57.2 5.6 18.8 27.0 70.0 71.8 95.6 204.2 227.5

Katherine Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
 36.9 36.1 36.0 35.8 34.0 32.8 32.2 34.7 36.9 39.0 39.7 38.8 34.9
Low Mn. Max (°C)
 31.9 31.6 31.8 31.4 29.5 26.8 28.7 30.9 33.9 35.7 35.4 34.0 33.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
 25.0 24.9 24.3 22.9 21.1 16.2 17.8 18.6 23.8 25.4 25.8 25.5 21.7
Low Mn. Min (°C)
 23.3 22.9 21.1 16.3 13.1 9.2 10.2 10.6 16.6 20.5 23.0 23.4 19.1
High Rain (mm)
 913.8 469.8 564.7 227.8 87.8 8.0 37.9 32.4 75.2 123.8 238.6 531.0 1772.5
Low Rain (mm)
 70.5 59.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 44.7 279.2

Katherine Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Katherine annual climate

Katherine Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.5 2.6 1.3 4.7
≥ 35°C
 15.7 11.4 12.6 9.0 1.6 0.3 0.3 3.9 21.1 28.5 25.6 21.6 131.2
≥ 30°C
 28.4 26.0 30.0 29.2 25.7 17.1 18.9 27.1 29.5 30.5 28.6 29.7 277.4
≤ 2°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≤ 0°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Katherine 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
 37.0 36.5 36.3 35.9 34.3 32.8 32.6 34.8 37.7 39.3 39.6 38.3 37.6
Low Max
 32.0 31.7 32.2 32.5 30.0 27.1 28.2 30.1 33.9 36.0 35.4 33.6 30.5
High Min
 25.5 25.1 24.5 23.8 21.3 18.4 17.4 19.6 24.0 26.1 26.7 26.1 25.1
Low Min
 23.0 22.8 21.5 17.4 12.2 9.4 8.7 10.4 16.2 21.1 23.0 23.0 13.4

Katherine Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
 27 27 26 26 25 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 26.4
Earliest Entry
 1947 1947 1971 1971 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2012
Years of Maxima
 27 27 26 26 25 27 27 27 27 26 26 27 26.4
Earliest Entry
 1947 1947 1971 1971 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2012
Years of Rainfall
 37 35 36 37 36 37 35 35 36 36 36 37 36.0
Earliest Entry
 1944 1944 1944 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943 1943
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM
Darwin-Daly, Northern Territory
14.4437°S 132.2737°E 108m AMSL
Commenced 1942

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