Borroloola Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
34.7 34.2 34.3 34.4 32.5 30.5 30.6 32.3 35.2 37.2 37.7 36.7 34.2
Mean Min (°C)
25.0 24.6 23.5 20.3 15.7 12.8 12.2 13.7 17.6 21.5 24.0 25.2 19.6
Mean Rain (mm)
226.5 226.6 158.6 54.7 6.8 1.9 1.2 0.7 3.3 13.7 69.1 140.2 905.6
Median Rain (mm)
152.9 205.0 133.0 12.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 2.0 54.6 92.4 829.8
Mean Rain Days
16.2 15.0 13.0 5.0 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.3 0.8 2.0 6.2 11.0 73.9

Borroloola Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.2 42.7 43.3 41.5 40.3 35.6 36.2 37.7 40.7 43.0 44.2 44.7 44.7
Low Max (°C)
24.0 24.2 23.9 22.5 21.0 18.1 20.2 19.8 25.6 22.6 27.4 25.1 18.1
High Min (°C)
30.5 31.6 28.4 26.2 24.4 25.1 22.4 22.4 26.9 28.0 30.5 29.9 31.6
Low Min (°C)
19.1 18.4 14.9 9.0 1.0 2.7 0.4 5.1 7.8 13.3 13.2 18.2 0.4
High Rain (mm)
179.0 183.2 256.6 184.6 42.0 11.0 12.2 7.2 22.6 39.0 108.0 187.0 256.6

Borroloola Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
38.4 37.9 39.9 37.1 34.7 32.7 32.8 33.8 36.5 39.3 40.3 41.4 35.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
30.9 31.5 31.4 30.8 29.4 26.9 28.7 30.9 33.0 34.2 35.3 32.5 32.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
26.4 25.7 25.1 22.9 20.7 15.9 16.3 15.6 21.3 24.5 26.0 26.5 21.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
23.9 22.2 21.4 16.6 11.5 8.4 8.5 11.4 14.8 18.7 22.2 24.2 18.4
High Rain (mm)
898.0 763.8 499.8 326.8 50.0 31.2 12.2 8.6 37.8 84.6 389.8 426.2 1632.4
Low Rain (mm)
35.0 39.2 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.8 348.4

Borroloola Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Borroloola annual climate

Borroloola Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
1.2 0.5 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.1 4.8 5.0 16.1
≥ 35°C
15.1 10.8 10.9 12.9 3.5 0.4 0.5 2.5 17.4 26.5 26.5 22.6 148.5
≥ 30°C
28.7 25.4 28.3 28.4 26.2 18.1 20.3 26.4 29.1 30.2 29.2 28.9 315.3
≤ 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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
36.9 36.2 35.6 36.0 34.5 33.0 32.5 33.7 36.9 38.8 39.7 39.4 37.2
Low Max
31.1 31.2 31.1 31.9 29.8 27.1 28.1 29.6 32.9 34.6 35.3 33.0 30.1
High Min
26.2 25.9 24.9 23.4 20.0 17.3 16.2 17.7 21.2 24.5 26.1 27.1 25.2
Low Min
23.4 23.5 21.6 17.4 11.6 8.2 7.7 9.7 14.2 18.6 21.5 23.7 12.5

Borroloola Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
27 27 28 28 29 25 27 26 28 27 27 27 27.0
Earliest Entry
1987 1987 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1987
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
26 27 27 28 28 28 26 26 28 28 28 27 27.0
Earliest Entry
1987 1987 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1987
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
26 27 27 28 27 26 27 27 27 27 28 25 27.0
Earliest Entry
1987 1987 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1987
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

BORROLOOLA AIRPORT
Roper-McArthur, Northern Territory
16.0755°S 136.3041°E 17m AMSL
Commenced 1987

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Warm and humid May breaks records

13:47 AEST With the welcoming of a new month as well as a new season, we reminisce on the weather that made May so significant.  In literally every far-reaching corner of the country, notable highs and lows in moisture and temperature were observed for as long as records have been around.  At Sydney Airport, May 2024 was the most humid May since records began in 2005 (2.3ºC average dewpoint departure from temperature).

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