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Ernabella Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
35.3 34.4 30.9 27.3 21.6 17.9 18.2 21.0 25.9 28.5 31.2 32.9 26.9
Mean Min (°C)
21.1 20.3 17.1 13.2 8.1 4.5 4.5 6.0 10.7 13.8 16.9 18.9 12.8
Mean Rain (mm)
27.4 55.1 32.1 16.2 13.9 20.6 18.0 6.3 16.5 34.1 31.4 70.6 336.5
Median Rain (mm)
7.4 0.6 12.6 7.1 9.5 0.6 3.9 1.8 8.1 15.6 27.6 54.0 227.4
Mean Rain Days
4.8 3.9 3.9 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.7 2.0 3.3 5.9 5.5 7.2 43.8

Ernabella Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
43.7 42.1 41.1 37.0 31.0 29.0 28.7 34.5 36.0 39.0 41.8 42.0 43.7
Low Max (°C)
18.7 15.0 15.6 15.8 8.4 8.9 8.0 12.0 11.0 13.0 13.7 17.0 8.0
High Min (°C)
29.0 29.0 27.0 23.4 17.8 15.5 15.3 18.3 22.0 24.0 28.1 27.9 29.0
Low Min (°C)
12.0 9.9 6.0 2.0 -1.5 -4.0 -5.2 -2.7 -0.7 4.0 7.7 10.1 -5.2
High Rain (mm)
54.6 173.6 46.0 32.0 26.0 43.0 24.0 19.2 26.8 39.4 29.2 80.8 173.6

Ernabella Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
38.1 35.9 32.7 30.4 24.7 19.7 20.9 25.1 28.2 31.4 35.3 34.9 27.7
Low Mn. Max (°C)
33.9 32.2 26.0 25.3 18.9 15.9 13.7 17.1 20.9 24.4 28.5 29.1 24.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
23.1 21.8 21.4 15.0 9.0 6.3 6.2 8.6 12.3 15.6 20.1 20.7 13.7
Low Mn. Min (°C)
20.3 17.5 14.1 10.2 5.7 1.9 3.5 5.0 7.9 10.9 15.1 17.2 10.4
High Rain (mm)
70.0 249.4 124.2 55.4 43.2 115.6 51.2 21.4 76.4 93.8 58.6 192.8 620.6
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 22.2 134.2

Ernabella Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Ernabella annual climate

Ernabella Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
3.1 1.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.1 6.3
≥ 35°C
15.2 10.9 6.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.2 7.5 9.9 47.1
≥ 30°C
23.3 17.7 17.6 8.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.5 10.9 15.6 19.6 106.1
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 8.0 7.1 4.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.0
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.6 3.5 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.2

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
39.2 39.1 36.0 32.0 26.0 21.7 22.9 25.9 31.5 34.6 37.8 37.8 35.7
Low Max
31.0 30.0 26.0 22.6 17.8 14.5 13.7 16.0 19.9 23.0 25.5 27.4 18.0
High Min
24.8 24.1 21.9 17.6 12.2 9.0 8.3 10.7 15.9 18.7 21.7 22.9 20.7
Low Min
17.0 16.0 13.0 9.0 4.0 0.1 0.1 1.6 5.5 9.5 13.0 15.0 4.2

Ernabella Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
10 11 14 13 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 12 12.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
10 11 14 13 11 12 13 13 13 11 13 12 12.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
11 11 14 13 11 11 13 12 12 12 12 12 12.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

ERNABELLA (PUKATJA)
NW Pastoral, South Australia
26.2635°S 132.1771°E 703m AMSL
Commenced 1997

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