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Troughton Island Climate

Troughton Island Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
31.8 31.5 32.0 32.8 31.2 29.0 28.3 28.8 30.3 31.8 33.0 32.9 31.1
Mean Min (°C)
26.4 26.2 26.6 26.9 25.4 23.4 22.2 22.6 24.6 26.3 27.5 27.3 25.5
Mean Rain (mm)
268.1 199.2 135.0 31.2 41.8 6.6 3.0 0.5 0.3 2.7 10.6 125.1 832.2
Median Rain (mm)
179.4 159.9 105.0 6.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 43.2 704.9
Mean Rain Days
13.3 11.9 10.1 3.0 2.7 0.7 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.5 1.5 7.3 48.4

Troughton Island Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
36.3 35.2 35.4 36.3 35.4 33.9 32.0 35.6 34.4 35.6 35.6 36.4 36.4
Low Max (°C)
26.1 26.7 26.9 27.1 24.7 21.7 20.6 22.4 27.6 24.3 29.6 27.7 20.6
High Min (°C)
29.9 29.4 30.2 29.9 29.6 28.8 26.6 26.6 27.9 29.1 30.4 30.1 30.4
Low Min (°C)
20.0 20.0 21.1 22.3 19.6 15.5 15.0 18.2 20.6 18.4 22.2 20.6 15.0
High Rain (mm)
367.3 123.4 260.6 126.4 110.5 59.4 18.3 1.0 2.6 19.2 50.0 313.4 367.3

Troughton Island Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.4 33.3 33.8 34.6 32.8 31.9 29.9 30.4 31.9 33.3 33.9 34.0 32.6
Low Mn. Max (°C)
30.0 29.8 30.4 30.4 29.0 27.0 26.3 26.9 29.0 30.1 31.7 31.5 30.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
27.7 27.9 28.8 28.6 27.1 26.7 24.3 24.6 26.8 27.6 28.5 28.6 27.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
25.2 24.3 24.9 25.2 24.0 21.0 20.0 20.9 22.6 24.4 26.0 26.2 23.9
High Rain (mm)
592.9 455.4 518.2 336.8 214.0 85.3 46.0 4.2 1.4 56.4 79.5 717.2 1595.0
Low Rain (mm)
26.9 8.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 212.0

Troughton Island Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

TROUGHTON ISLAND

Mean daily minimum temp
Mean daily maximum temp
Highest/lowest on record
Highest/lowest on record
Mean monthly rainfall

Troughton Island Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40.0°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
≥ 35.0°C
0.2 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 2.0
≥ 30.0°C
26.3 23.4 28.4 28.3 24.9 9.2 3.2 5.6 17.5 28.7 29.2 28.9 236.0
≤ 2.0°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
≤ 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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
33.3 33.2 33.4 33.9 32.7 30.6 29.6 30.1 31.5 32.8 33.9 34.2 33.3
Low Max
30.1 29.8 30.7 31.7 29.5 27.4 26.8 27.7 29.1 30.7 32.1 31.7 28.6
High Min
28.3 28.2 28.2 28.2 27.0 25.1 24.0 24.2 26.0 27.3 28.4 28.8 27.9
Low Min
24.0 23.9 24.4 25.3 23.8 21.6 20.6 21.1 23.2 25.1 26.3 25.2 22.6

Troughton Island Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
37 37 38 37 37 36 36 37 36 37 37 36 36.8
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017
Years of Maxima
37 37 38 37 37 36 36 37 37 37 37 36 36.9
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017
Years of Rainfall
32 32 32 31 32 31 30 31 32 32 30 32 31.2
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
Latest Entry
2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017

Station Details

TROUGHTON ISLAND
Kimberley, Western Australia
13.7542°S 126.1485°E 6m AMSL
Commenced 1956
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