Cape Jaffa Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
24.7 24.4 22.7 20.0 16.9 14.7 14.0 14.7 16.2 18.7 21.2 22.9 19.3
Mean Min (°C)
13.7 13.6 12.6 10.8 9.5 8.0 7.7 7.9 8.6 9.3 10.7 12.3 10.4
Mean Rain (mm)
16.7 17.0 20.4 30.8 55.6 71.4 81.1 70.3 49.9 32.0 28.0 21.9 500.0
Median Rain (mm)
10.5 8.6 15.9 28.3 45.1 68.2 69.6 61.2 41.0 28.4 17.3 10.8 444.2
Mean Rain Days
5.5 4.6 8.4 12.6 17.8 19.5 21.2 21.2 17.0 12.9 9.1 7.9 156.8

Cape Jaffa Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
41.8 40.8 38.4 33.1 27.2 22.4 19.5 23.3 27.6 34.0 38.4 40.3 41.8
Low Max (°C)
15.7 16.4 15.8 13.5 10.7 9.6 9.5 9.2 11.5 11.3 12.6 15.5 9.2
High Min (°C)
26.3 26.5 21.6 21.1 17.6 14.5 14.3 13.5 16.0 17.2 21.5 22.2 26.5
Low Min (°C)
6.5 6.3 5.2 1.3 0.0 -0.7 0.1 0.2 1.0 2.2 3.4 4.7 -0.7
High Rain (mm)
39.0 47.4 41.0 37.0 38.0 31.0 37.0 33.6 35.4 24.0 38.4 76.6 76.6

Cape Jaffa Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
27.0 28.0 25.9 22.3 18.6 16.0 15.1 16.4 18.2 22.2 25.5 27.3 20.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
21.8 22.1 20.2 17.6 15.6 13.6 13.0 13.4 14.4 16.7 19.5 20.1 18.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
15.9 15.5 15.4 12.5 11.9 10.2 9.3 9.3 10.4 10.6 13.8 14.8 11.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
11.6 12.1 10.7 8.4 7.4 5.5 5.7 6.5 7.4 7.6 9.0 10.5 9.6
High Rain (mm)
51.4 64.4 59.0 68.0 115.0 132.8 180.2 127.2 103.4 68.0 80.4 113.2 727.8
Low Rain (mm)
0.4 0.0 1.4 5.0 9.2 21.4 22.4 16.6 24.6 3.2 4.4 1.0 330.2

Cape Jaffa Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cape Jaffa annual climate

Cape Jaffa Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
≥ 35°C
2.1 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.1 5.3
≥ 30°C
5.1 4.0 2.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.4 3.4 19.0
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2
≤ 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 0.1

Cape Jaffa 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
30.4 30.3 28.6 23.4 19.1 16.3 15.3 16.2 18.6 22.6 27.4 28.1 24.2
Low Max
20.4 20.5 19.1 16.8 14.8 13.1 12.5 12.8 13.9 15.3 17.1 18.9 14.2
High Min
16.9 16.8 15.4 14.0 12.8 11.2 10.7 10.7 11.3 12.2 13.7 15.4 14.0
Low Min
9.9 10.0 9.1 7.1 5.7 4.4 4.4 4.7 5.3 5.6 7.0 8.5 6.2

Cape Jaffa Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
33 33 33 33 31 33 33 34 34 33 32 33 32.0
Earliest Entry
1992 1992 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
33 33 33 34 33 34 33 34 33 33 32 33 32.0
Earliest Entry
1992 1992 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
29 29 29 29 28 30 29 30 30 29 28 30 28.0
Earliest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE)
Lower South East, South Australia
36.9655°S 139.7164°E 17m AMSL
Commenced 1991

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