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Kimba Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
31.4 31.1 27.8 24.0 19.4 16.0 15.5 17.0 20.2 23.6 27.1 29.2 23.8
Mean Min (°C)
15.7 16.1 14.0 11.2 8.3 5.9 5.0 5.5 7.0 9.1 12.0 13.9 10.5
Mean Rain (mm)
15.9 17.1 15.5 20.4 32.5 35.8 37.5 39.3 34.8 29.1 21.7 18.2 315.4
Median Rain (mm)
7.8 9.0 8.2 14.4 26.8 26.2 33.3 37.0 30.0 21.5 18.0 12.4 286.8
Mean Rain Days
2.9 3.0 3.3 5.4 8.9 10.2 11.6 11.8 8.7 7.2 5.1 4.0 80.3

Kimba Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
45.6 44.5 42.3 37.8 29.8 25.8 27.0 30.0 35.5 39.0 43.5 44.0 45.6
Low Max (°C)
17.2 17.8 15.4 12.9 10.6 6.4 8.1 9.4 10.5 10.3 14.0 14.8 6.4
High Min (°C)
31.5 28.5 25.8 21.6 18.2 13.6 16.3 15.0 19.2 23.4 26.2 27.2 31.5
Low Min (°C)
5.3 7.7 4.3 0.6 0.8 -0.8 -1.7 -0.8 -1.1 0.4 2.5 4.6 -1.7
High Rain (mm)
69.6 44.6 47.0 40.6 52.2 41.0 34.3 28.6 41.9 61.2 85.6 85.6 85.6

Kimba Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
36.8 35.1 31.5 28.4 21.6 18.3 17.6 20.8 22.7 26.7 31.2 31.9 25.1
Low Mn. Max (°C)
26.9 27.4 24.2 21.2 16.3 14.0 13.5 14.6 16.1 19.2 24.0 25.6 22.5
High Mn. Min (°C)
19.7 19.8 16.7 13.1 10.0 7.6 6.6 7.5 9.1 10.6 15.8 16.0 11.5
Low Mn. Min (°C)
12.5 13.7 11.8 9.2 6.3 3.9 3.2 3.8 4.2 7.3 9.6 11.5 9.4
High Rain (mm)
140.6 79.6 77.0 77.5 112.8 129.6 127.9 96.6 118.2 117.4 134.5 112.5 591.1
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.3 2.8 3.2 2.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 121.9

Kimba Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Kimba annual climate

Kimba Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
2.7 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 6.1
≥ 35°C
9.3 8.5 3.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.2 6.2 30.9
≥ 30°C
17.0 15.9 11.2 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 4.2 9.7 13.3 74.3
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.7 3.2 2.5 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 8.2
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
38.6 38.1 34.6 29.5 23.5 18.8 18.4 20.9 25.5 30.2 34.1 36.4 32.8
Low Max
24.6 24.0 21.8 19.1 15.6 13.5 12.8 13.4 15.0 17.7 20.4 22.6 15.5
High Min
20.6 20.6 17.8 14.6 11.5 8.7 7.7 8.2 10.5 13.0 16.5 18.6 16.2
Low Min
11.5 12.2 10.4 8.2 5.1 3.1 2.2 2.6 3.5 5.4 7.8 9.8 4.8

Kimba Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
44 44 44 42 38 38 39 39 38 39 43 43 41.0
Earliest Entry
1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1967 1967 1967
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
43 45 44 42 38 38 39 40 39 39 43 43 41.2
Earliest Entry
1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1967 1967 1967
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
91 91 91 89 87 87 85 86 88 89 90 91 88.8
Earliest Entry
1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 1920 1920 1920
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

KIMBA
Eastern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
33.1416°S 136.4126°E 280m AMSL
Commenced 1920

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