Wilpena Pound Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	31.1	31.0	27.3	23.7	17.0	14.0	12.8	14.9	19.4	23.7	26.4	28.9	22.8
Mean Min (°C)	15.8	16.0	12.7	9.1	5.5	4.0	2.9	2.7	5.4	8.7	11.2	13.4	9.2
Mean Rain (mm)	31.1	30.5	20.5	21.5	42.1	49.7	55.8	45.5	43.8	35.3	22.6	29.9	419.4
Median Rain (mm)	14.6	15.6	7.1	6.0	44.6	50.8	43.4	39.1	24.8	26.2	16.5	19.0	395.8
Mean Rain Days	3.0	2.8	2.3	2.7	5.1	6.2	7.2	5.7	4.7	4.4	3.6	3.6	50.8

Wilpena Pound Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	41.5	41.5	38.5	32.0	26.1	22.2	17.5	25.0	31.7	36.4	40.0	40.6	41.5
Low Max (°C)	16.4	17.5	17.8	13.9	8.0	6.0	5.6	8.9	9.4	11.1	15.0	13.8	5.6
High Min (°C)	26.0	25.0	25.0	18.0	18.5	12.8	10.0	11.0	18.9	21.5	24.4	26.9	26.9
Low Min (°C)	6.0	7.0	5.0	1.2	-5.0	-3.5	-3.2	-2.5	-0.8	0.8	2.5	3.9	-5.0
High Rain (mm)	123.5	72.0	214.0	77.6	49.2	78.0	68.0	70.0	125.0	56.5	53.8	57.6	214.0

Wilpena Pound Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	34.1	33.4	30.4	26.8	19.3	15.1	13.5	17.6	22.6	25.8	29.3	31.3	24.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)	29.1	28.7	24.5	21.0	13.6	12.6	11.3	13.4	17.4	20.7	25.0	25.3	21.6
High Mn. Min (°C)	19.4	17.5	14.8	10.8	6.8	5.1	4.0	4.0	6.7	10.1	11.9	16.9	10.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)	12.3	14.4	11.3	7.2	4.2	2.4	2.1	1.5	4.2	7.2	10.4	11.9	8.3
High Rain (mm)	140.9	170.0	274.2	104.9	104.3	179.0	171.0	159.6	204.7	118.2	89.8	166.8	767.6
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	0.0	106.8

Wilpena Pound Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Wilpena Pound Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.8
≥ 35°C	7.0	6.7	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	4.4	24.0
≥ 30°C	18.5	16.7	9.1	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	4.1	8.4	12.7	75.3
≤ 2°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	5.0	9.3	14.0	14.4	4.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	44.2
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	3.8	6.8	6.6	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.7

Wilpena Pound 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	36.4	36.1	32.5	29.0	22.3	16.8	15.7	18.5	24.0	29.5	32.5	35.0	32.2
Low Max	26.0	25.7	21.7	18.1	12.9	11.1	10.5	11.7	14.9	17.4	20.7	23.2	13.9
High Min	20.6	20.4	16.7	12.9	9.0	7.5	6.5	6.1	9.0	13.0	15.8	17.8	16.4
Low Min	11.4	11.4	8.6	5.0	1.9	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	1.9	4.5	6.9	9.4	3.0

Wilpena Pound Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	8	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	6	7	7	6.0
Earliest Entry	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965
Latest Entry	1982	1982	1982	1982	1981	1982	1981	1981	1980	1981	1981	1981	1982
Years of Maxima	8	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	6.0
Earliest Entry	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965
Latest Entry	1982	1982	1982	1982	1981	1982	1981	1981	1980	1981	1981	1981	1982
Years of Rainfall	47	44	45	48	47	43	41	42	40	42	45	40	41.0
Earliest Entry	1963	1964	1962	1962	1962	1962	1962	1962	1962	1962	1962	1962	1962
Latest Entry	2022	2021	2021	2021	2022	2021	2023	2022	2022	2023	2022	2022	2023

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Station Details

WILPENA POUND
Flinders, South Australia

31.5286°S 138.6093°E 535m AMSL
Commenced 1962

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