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 35.3 37.2 37.7 36.7 34.2
Mean Min (°C)
25.0 24.6 23.5 20.3 15.8 12.7 12.2 13.7 17.6 21.6 24.0 25.2 19.6
Mean Rain (mm)
226.5 226.6 158.6 54.7 6.6 1.8 1.1 0.6 3.6 13.5 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 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.9 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 34.1 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 3.2 4.8 5.0 16.1
≥ 35°C
15.1 10.8 10.9 12.9 3.5 0.4 0.4 2.8 17.6 26.6 26.5 22.6 148.5
≥ 30°C
28.7 25.4 28.3 28.4 26.3 18.2 20.3 26.5 29.1 30.3 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 30 26 28 27 29 28 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 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
26 27 27 28 29 29 27 27 29 29 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 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
26 27 27 28 28 27 28 28 28 28 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 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024

Station Details

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

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