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Karnet Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.7 30.4 27.9 23.2 19.2 16.3 15.4 15.9 17.5 20.7 24.4 28.2 22.4
Mean Min (°C)
15.3 15.7 14.2 11.7 9.0 7.3 6.3 6.2 7.2 8.9 11.4 13.5 10.5
Mean Rain (mm)
17.2 20.3 23.4 67.8 136.9 216.7 223.2 187.8 131.9 79.7 47.5 18.3 1151.5
Median Rain (mm)
4.3 9.7 17.5 56.3 127.3 203.2 203.4 187.0 121.4 74.8 36.0 11.9 1137.8
Mean Rain Days
2.9 3.1 4.6 9.0 13.6 17.3 19.1 18.4 16.1 10.6 7.5 4.2 120.6

Karnet Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
43.5 44.5 40.0 35.0 30.7 25.3 24.0 25.0 28.9 35.8 39.9 42.0 44.5
Low Max (°C)
17.2 15.5 14.1 11.9 11.0 7.9 7.8 8.0 9.1 10.8 10.9 16.7 7.8
High Min (°C)
29.5 25.8 24.1 20.5 18.0 16.0 13.6 14.0 16.0 18.3 22.3 22.6 29.5
Low Min (°C)
6.5 6.5 4.1 3.0 0.4 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 0.6 1.6 4.0 -2.0
High Rain (mm)
106.8 82.8 58.0 77.4 84.6 145.8 113.0 116.8 68.4 77.8 81.4 54.2 145.8

Karnet Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.7 34.7 30.9 27.2 22.1 18.1 16.8 18.0 20.0 24.3 27.9 31.4 24.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
27.6 27.0 23.4 18.6 16.9 13.8 14.0 13.5 15.3 17.7 20.0 22.6 20.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
17.3 18.8 16.9 13.9 11.9 9.4 8.4 8.6 8.9 10.9 13.8 16.1 11.9
Low Mn. Min (°C)
13.3 13.1 11.7 7.8 5.6 4.7 4.6 4.4 5.6 6.6 8.8 9.9 8.9
High Rain (mm)
167.0 107.1 92.3 166.9 281.5 455.3 440.9 294.1 280.7 189.4 152.4 82.6 1648.3
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.6 45.7 104.6 34.0 15.8 2.0 1.0 0.0 596.3

Karnet Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Karnet annual climate

Karnet Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1
≥ 35°C
6.2 4.7 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.8 16.2
≥ 30°C
17.4 15.2 10.3 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 4.5 10.9 59.8
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 2.5 2.4 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 7.3
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
36.0 35.5 32.9 27.8 22.5 18.8 17.7 18.4 21.1 25.5 30.0 33.9 30.8
Low Max
25.4 25.3 22.7 19.0 16.0 13.9 13.0 13.5 14.5 16.5 19.1 22.5 15.2
High Min
18.8 19.3 17.6 15.1 12.3 10.5 9.5 9.5 10.3 12.2 14.6 17.0 15.6
Low Min
11.7 12.0 10.6 8.4 5.6 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.5 8.0 10.0 5.4

Karnet Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
45 46 46 47 46 46 46 46 45 46 46 45 45.7
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
46 46 47 46 45 46 46 46 45 46 46 44 45.7
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
49 49 49 49 46 46 46 47 46 47 47 48 47.5
Earliest Entry
1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1965 1965 1964 1964 1964 1964 1963 1963
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

KARNET
Lower West, Western Australia
32.4389°S 116.0789°E 286m AMSL
Commenced 1963

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