Whyalla Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.1 29.7 27.5 24.1 20.3 17.2 17.1 18.7 21.6 24.1 26.6 28.3 23.7
Mean Min (°C)
17.8 17.7 15.7 11.9 8.6 6.3 5.3 6.0 8.1 10.9 14.0 16.1 11.5
Mean Rain (mm)
22.5 18.9 16.4 19.6 22.2 28.0 21.5 21.2 24.9 23.0 24.5 23.8 266.1
Median Rain (mm)
5.8 7.4 9.2 12.4 22.1 24.3 20.8 21.1 19.9 19.6 19.4 15.4 248.5
Mean Rain Days
3.4 3.2 3.9 5.0 8.2 10.7 10.0 9.6 7.1 6.6 5.2 4.8 77.4

Whyalla Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
48.5 48.0 44.1 40.4 32.9 26.3 27.0 32.4 38.0 42.1 46.1 46.8 48.5
Low Max (°C)
20.0 19.0 17.0 15.7 11.8 9.4 10.6 10.2 13.0 12.6 12.8 16.9 9.4
High Min (°C)
32.5 30.0 26.6 25.4 18.3 16.9 15.4 20.6 22.2 23.8 28.7 28.1 32.5
Low Min (°C)
5.9 8.6 5.5 2.2 -0.4 -3.2 -3.2 -2.0 -0.7 0.3 3.9 4.7 -3.2
High Rain (mm)
62.8 101.6 50.0 44.5 31.2 40.0 40.0 24.4 52.0 49.0 53.0 51.0 101.6

Whyalla Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
35.0 33.3 31.2 28.2 22.4 18.5 19.3 22.0 26.0 27.9 30.7 32.5 24.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
26.5 27.1 24.7 21.2 17.9 14.9 15.0 16.4 17.5 20.9 22.9 25.1 21.0
High Mn. Min (°C)
20.9 20.9 17.8 13.9 10.8 8.4 7.4 8.2 10.1 13.6 17.0 17.2 12.3
Low Mn. Min (°C)
15.3 15.8 13.7 10.0 5.9 2.7 2.2 3.9 6.0 8.0 11.5 14.0 9.5
High Rain (mm)
172.6 139.8 79.6 91.4 56.9 97.4 73.4 50.7 105.5 82.8 106.4 81.2 510.3
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 4.2 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 87.0

Whyalla Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Whyalla annual climate

Whyalla Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
2.9 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 1.7 7.7
≥ 35°C
6.8 5.6 3.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.9 4.1 5.2 27.6
≥ 30°C
12.9 11.8 8.5 3.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.6 5.9 8.3 10.2 63.5
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.0 5.3 3.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 13.6
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
38.2 36.7 35.1 29.6 24.5 20.1 19.9 22.6 28.0 31.3 34.5 35.8 31.5
Low Max
23.7 23.7 21.9 19.7 17.0 14.5 13.8 14.8 16.2 18.0 20.2 22.0 16.5
High Min
20.7 21.1 19.2 15.7 12.5 9.9 8.7 9.8 12.4 14.4 17.7 19.0 17.6
Low Min
14.3 14.4 12.0 8.0 4.8 2.2 1.5 2.4 3.9 6.6 10.3 12.5 4.8

Whyalla Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
40 38 39 39 39 41 42 42 42 40 41 41 39.0
Earliest Entry
1983 1984 1984 1984 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
40 38 39 39 40 41 42 42 42 41 41 41 39.0
Earliest Entry
1983 1984 1984 1984 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
43 43 43 43 43 42 42 43 43 41 41 43 42.0
Earliest Entry
1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

WHYALLA AERO
Eastern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
33.0539°S 137.5206°E 10m AMSL
Commenced 1945

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