Paynes Find Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
37.3 36.5 33.1 28.4 23.3 19.3 18.6 20.2 24.0 28.1 32.0 35.3 28.0
Mean Min (°C)
21.0 21.1 18.4 14.1 9.4 6.5 5.4 6.1 8.2 11.5 15.6 18.6 13.0
Mean Rain (mm)
21.3 24.2 27.1 24.3 34.8 40.6 34.8 27.5 14.1 10.7 12.5 11.8 281.0
Median Rain (mm)
4.9 10.4 9.3 14.2 23.2 31.8 31.6 20.4 13.2 6.5 4.9 6.0 276.4
Mean Rain Days
2.9 3.0 3.3 3.7 6.0 8.2 7.7 6.7 4.8 3.1 2.7 2.3 53.8

Paynes Find Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
48.0 46.8 43.6 39.3 34.9 30.2 27.9 33.1 38.2 39.8 44.8 46.1 48.0
Low Max (°C)
17.3 16.3 19.2 17.0 12.0 10.9 10.0 10.5 11.6 14.2 14.8 18.7 10.0
High Min (°C)
30.8 32.2 29.3 27.4 24.2 17.9 18.6 19.3 20.5 24.2 27.2 30.8 32.2
Low Min (°C)
9.3 9.5 7.7 3.2 0.1 -4.3 -3.4 -4.2 -0.6 0.0 4.6 8.9 -4.3
High Rain (mm)
58.4 124.5 98.3 78.8 57.4 52.1 30.8 34.0 27.0 36.4 85.4 27.6 124.5

Paynes Find Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
39.7 40.1 35.6 32.6 26.4 22.7 21.0 24.9 28.1 32.6 35.4 39.5 30.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
33.8 30.5 28.4 24.3 20.0 16.6 15.2 17.1 18.7 23.9 28.2 31.5 25.9
High Mn. Min (°C)
23.1 24.2 21.4 15.7 13.4 9.3 8.4 8.4 11.5 15.1 19.5 21.2 14.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
18.7 18.7 15.0 10.8 5.3 3.5 2.5 3.2 5.2 7.1 12.8 15.0 11.7
High Rain (mm)
114.0 147.4 142.0 128.8 252.3 111.2 96.8 113.0 54.2 73.2 86.8 86.2 581.6
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.2

Paynes Find Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Paynes Find annual climate

Paynes Find Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
9.2 6.4 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 4.9 23.4
≥ 35°C
22.7 18.5 11.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.0 8.8 16.2 82.3
≥ 30°C
28.4 25.0 22.3 10.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.2 10.7 19.5 26.2 146.7
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 4.5 6.9 4.6 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 17.8
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2

Paynes Find 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
42.0 41.1 38.3 33.5 27.5 22.6 21.5 23.8 28.2 33.2 37.2 40.2 37.2
Low Max
32.6 31.5 27.5 23.5 18.8 16.0 15.3 16.0 19.0 22.2 26.0 29.8 18.6
High Min
24.9 24.5 22.1 17.9 14.5 11.6 10.1 10.2 11.8 15.4 19.3 22.6 20.6
Low Min
16.7 17.1 13.8 10.1 4.7 1.7 0.6 1.7 4.0 6.8 11.3 14.2 4.8

Paynes Find Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
41 41 41 38 42 40 41 40 41 40 40 40 38.0
Earliest Entry
1976 1976 1976 1976 1981 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
41 41 41 39 42 40 37 41 40 39 39 40 38.0
Earliest Entry
1976 1976 1976 1976 1981 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
65 64 63 62 62 64 63 63 62 61 63 66 61.0
Earliest Entry
1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1921 1919 1919 1919
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

PAYNES FIND
Gascoyne, Western Australia
29.2708°S 117.6836°E 339m AMSL
Commenced 1919

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