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Leigh Creek Ap Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
35.4 34.5 31.1 26.2 20.9 17.1 16.5 18.9 23.2 26.7 30.6 33.0 26.2
Mean Min (°C)
20.7 20.4 17.3 12.8 8.8 5.5 4.9 6.1 9.4 12.5 16.2 18.6 12.8
Mean Rain (mm)
21.9 29.6 21.4 14.0 17.0 17.1 18.1 16.4 20.1 20.3 20.6 24.9 241.6
Median Rain (mm)
4.0 7.4 2.7 5.3 5.2 8.7 8.4 8.0 11.0 14.1 11.2 12.8 196.2
Mean Rain Days
3.5 3.0 2.5 2.5 3.9 4.7 6.6 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.2 45.4

Leigh Creek Ap Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
46.1 45.4 41.5 37.3 30.3 27.7 26.3 32.0 37.1 43.0 45.2 45.4 46.1
Low Max (°C)
20.2 17.0 16.8 16.5 9.2 9.6 9.3 10.9 11.7 14.1 18.1 20.0 9.2
High Min (°C)
33.0 33.2 29.7 23.6 19.8 18.5 14.5 19.1 21.5 27.0 29.3 31.3 33.2
Low Min (°C)
11.0 10.5 6.7 2.2 -0.7 -1.7 -2.4 -1.2 0.9 2.5 6.1 7.0 -2.4
High Rain (mm)
54.0 57.4 83.8 67.4 45.0 29.8 15.8 25.8 97.6 33.6 50.0 112.6 112.6

Leigh Creek Ap Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
39.9 38.2 35.0 30.8 24.3 18.7 19.5 22.9 25.8 29.9 33.9 35.9 27.5
Low Mn. Max (°C)
31.8 31.5 27.8 22.9 18.7 14.0 13.9 16.3 19.0 22.2 27.3 29.4 24.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
25.8 23.7 20.9 16.0 11.4 8.6 6.6 7.9 11.6 14.0 19.6 20.6 13.9
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.3 16.7 14.6 10.5 6.9 2.7 2.1 3.6 6.9 10.0 12.9 16.4 11.9
High Rain (mm)
80.1 119.6 175.1 112.4 59.8 77.0 53.4 51.0 112.8 60.2 76.0 157.0 496.0
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 77.6

Leigh Creek Ap Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Leigh Creek Ap annual climate

Leigh Creek Ap Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
5.8 3.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 2.3 13.0
≥ 35°C
16.8 13.5 6.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.1 6.2 11.4 55.6
≥ 30°C
26.2 22.8 18.4 5.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.9 7.8 15.4 21.4 116.6
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.4 5.8 3.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4

Leigh Creek Ap 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
40.7 39.4 36.3 30.8 25.2 19.9 19.8 23.0 28.6 32.7 37.0 38.6 35.6
Low Max
29.9 29.1 25.9 21.3 17.2 14.2 13.6 15.1 18.2 21.3 24.5 27.3 16.9
High Min
25.4 25.0 21.6 17.0 12.5 9.4 8.4 10.0 13.6 16.6 21.3 23.6 20.8
Low Min
15.9 15.7 13.0 8.8 5.0 2.0 1.5 2.7 5.5 8.5 11.6 14.0 4.9

Leigh Creek Ap Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
30 29 29 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29.1
Earliest Entry
1983 1983 1983 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
29 29 29 28 29 29 29 30 29 29 29 29 29.1
Earliest Entry
1983 1983 1983 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
25 25 24 25 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 24.7
Earliest Entry
1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT
NE Pastoral, South Australia
30.5963°S 138.4219°E 259m AMSL
Commenced 1982

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