Leigh Creek Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
35.9 34.9 31.5 26.4 21.0 17.2 16.9 19.3 23.6 27.3 30.8 33.5 26.5
Mean Min (°C)
21.1 20.5 17.6 12.9 8.7 5.5 4.8 6.2 9.4 12.8 16.3 18.9 12.9
Mean Rain (mm)
22.5 24.2 17.5 13.9 15.2 17.1 14.2 14.5 16.8 18.6 19.5 20.3 215.3
Median Rain (mm)
4.0 7.4 2.7 5.3 5.2 8.7 8.4 8.0 11.0 14.1 11.2 12.8 196.2
Mean Rain Days
3.4 2.6 3.1 2.9 3.8 5.5 5.9 4.7 3.9 4.3 4.4 3.8 48.8

Leigh Creek Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
46.9 45.4 42.3 37.8 32.1 28.4 26.7 33.1 37.7 43.0 46.0 46.2 46.9
Low Max (°C)
20.2 17.0 16.8 14.6 9.2 9.6 9.3 9.9 11.7 14.1 16.0 20.0 9.2
High Min (°C)
33.0 33.2 29.8 23.6 19.8 18.5 15.6 19.1 21.5 27.0 29.4 33.2 33.2
Low Min (°C)
11.0 10.3 6.7 2.2 -0.7 -1.7 -2.4 -1.2 0.9 2.5 6.1 7.0 -2.4
High Rain (mm)
93.2 57.4 83.8 67.4 45.0 35.6 19.4 39.8 97.6 59.4 50.0 112.6 112.6

Leigh Creek Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
40.7 38.2 35.0 31.2 24.3 18.9 19.5 22.9 28.8 33.7 34.4 38.3 28.4
Low Mn. Max (°C)
31.8 31.5 27.8 22.9 18.7 14.0 13.9 16.3 19.0 22.2 27.0 29.4 24.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
25.8 23.7 21.7 16.0 11.4 8.6 6.6 9.2 12.2 16.5 19.6 22.0 14.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.3 16.7 14.6 10.5 6.6 2.7 2.1 3.6 6.9 10.0 12.9 16.4 11.9
High Rain (mm)
122.6 119.6 175.1 112.4 59.8 77.0 53.4 64.4 112.8 124.6 76.0 157.0 496.0
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 50.0

Leigh Creek Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Leigh Creek annual climate

Leigh Creek Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
7.0 4.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 3.2 16.1
≥ 35°C
17.7 14.3 7.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.7 6.6 12.6 61.7
≥ 30°C
26.7 23.4 19.8 6.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.3 9.5 16.3 22.7 127.3
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.4 6.3 3.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.6
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5

Leigh Creek 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
40.7 39.4 36.3 30.8 25.2 19.9 19.8 23.0 28.6 32.7 37.0 38.6 35.6
Low Max
29.9 29.1 25.9 21.3 17.2 14.2 13.6 15.1 18.2 21.3 24.5 27.3 16.9
High Min
25.4 25.0 21.6 17.0 12.5 9.4 8.4 10.0 13.6 16.6 21.3 23.6 20.8
Low Min
15.9 15.7 13.0 8.8 5.0 2.0 1.5 2.7 5.5 8.5 11.6 14.0 4.9

Leigh Creek Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
42 43 40 40 43 42 41 43 43 42 42 43 42.0
Earliest Entry
1983 1983 1983 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025
Years of Maxima
43 42 40 39 42 41 41 43 43 43 43 43 42.0
Earliest Entry
1983 1983 1983 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025
Years of Rainfall
38 37 37 37 37 39 38 38 38 38 38 39 36.0
Earliest Entry
1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025

Station Details

LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT
NE Pastoral, South Australia
30.5963°S 138.4219°E 259m AMSL
Commenced 1982

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