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Horn Island Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
 30.8 30.5 30.5 30.4 29.9 29.3 28.8 29.0 30.1 31.0 31.9 31.8 30.3
Mean Min (°C)
 25.1 25.0 25.0 25.2 24.7 23.9 23.1 22.9 23.8 24.8 25.7 25.7 24.6
Mean Rain (mm)
 418.9 481.3 366.7 258.1 71.2 16.5 8.9 6.0 7.0 12.1 56.6 216.8 1940.0
Median Rain (mm)
 393.4 461.4 366.8 217.8 14.2 9.9 5.6 4.6 2.7 2.1 13.6 127.0 1655.6
Mean Rain Days
 21.8 21.8 20.0 16.1 9.7 9.8 8.1 5.5 3.4 4.6 5.6 14.3 131.8

Horn Island Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
 36.7 35.4 34.8 33.9 32.0 32.4 30.9 31.7 35.8 35.2 35.0 37.9 37.9
Low Max (°C)
 25.5 26.0 26.3 26.7 26.0 26.0 26.6 26.7 27.6 26.4 26.5 27.2 25.5
High Min (°C)
 28.1 28.1 29.2 28.0 27.3 26.5 26.2 26.8 27.0 27.8 29.8 29.0 29.8
Low Min (°C)
 22.4 21.1 22.2 21.1 17.7 18.4 16.0 15.3 16.1 18.4 19.9 20.3 15.3
High Rain (mm)
 143.2 197.0 146.0 182.0 111.0 30.0 7.0 7.6 68.4 25.0 120.0 143.0 197.0

Horn Island Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
 31.6 31.7 31.5 31.3 31.1 30.5 30.3 30.8 32.5 32.1 33.2 34.6 31.1
Low Mn. Max (°C)
 29.9 29.4 29.5 29.6 28.8 28.4 27.5 28.4 28.5 29.2 30.5 30.4 29.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
 25.8 25.7 25.7 25.8 25.8 25.1 25.1 25.1 26.0 26.1 26.8 26.8 25.5
Low Mn. Min (°C)
 24.4 24.5 24.3 24.5 23.4 22.4 22.2 21.3 22.5 23.7 24.6 24.8 23.6
High Rain (mm)
 701.6 878.6 530.0 726.2 318.0 45.8 40.8 19.8 70.6 65.8 201.8 707.2 2683.8
Low Rain (mm)
 136.8 193.6 122.8 6.0 0.6 2.2 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 1244.2

Horn Island Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Horn Island annual climate

Horn Island 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≥ 35°C
 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.0
≥ 30°C
 23.0 18.5 19.6 21.3 15.2 6.2 2.5 3.5 14.2 24.7 25.5 25.5 189.8
≤ 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

Horn Island 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
 32.1 31.9 31.8 31.5 30.8 30.3 29.7 29.8 31.1 31.9 32.8 33.1 31.9
Low Max
 29.3 28.8 28.8 29.2 29.0 28.5 27.9 28.2 29.1 29.9 30.9 30.1 28.7
High Min
 26.3 26.0 26.0 26.3 25.9 25.1 24.4 24.3 25.0 26.2 27.0 27.3 26.1
Low Min
 24.0 24.0 23.9 24.2 23.5 22.9 21.8 21.8 22.5 23.4 24.0 24.2 23.1

Horn Island Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16.1
Earliest Entry
 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16.0
Earliest Entry
 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15.7
Earliest Entry
 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1996 1996 1995
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

HORN ISLAND
Peninsula, Queensland
10.5844°S 142.2900°E 4m AMSL
Commenced 1995

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