Rottnest Island Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
26.6 27.3 26.1 23.8 21.2 18.8 17.9 18.0 19.0 20.6 23.1 25.2 22.2
Mean Min (°C)
19.1 19.4 18.7 17.2 15.2 13.4 12.5 12.4 13.0 14.1 15.9 17.7 15.7
Mean Rain (mm)
14.5 10.9 18.9 33.4 68.5 110.2 115.2 86.2 52.1 27.2 19.6 10.0 561.9
Median Rain (mm)
1.4 2.5 11.2 23.6 58.0 103.7 118.6 89.3 54.6 21.5 18.0 2.6 516.6
Mean Rain Days
2.2 1.9 4.0 7.7 11.2 15.5 19.0 17.3 13.4 8.6 5.5 3.3 109.5

Rottnest Island Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
41.9 41.5 40.8 38.0 29.2 24.9 26.5 28.3 32.8 36.4 38.4 42.5 42.5
Low Max (°C)
19.4 18.0 17.2 16.3 14.0 13.0 12.6 12.4 13.3 14.1 15.0 18.4 12.4
High Min (°C)
26.4 25.7 26.0 23.6 21.1 18.1 17.8 18.0 18.8 20.5 24.9 27.0 27.0
Low Min (°C)
11.3 10.0 2.3 4.0 1.8 3.9 0.0 6.1 6.7 6.7 6.6 10.8 0.0
High Rain (mm)
142.2 93.8 38.0 49.8 61.6 154.7 66.8 34.6 42.0 58.0 52.0 36.2 154.7

Rottnest Island Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
29.7 30.1 28.3 26.0 23.7 20.4 18.9 19.8 20.3 22.7 26.3 28.1 23.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)
24.6 25.3 23.8 21.4 19.9 17.0 16.8 16.7 17.0 18.5 20.4 21.5 21.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
20.8 21.7 20.8 19.3 17.3 15.0 13.5 14.2 14.3 16.0 17.9 19.8 16.6
Low Mn. Min (°C)
17.7 17.3 14.6 15.4 13.9 12.0 11.1 11.4 11.1 12.3 14.2 15.6 14.8
High Rain (mm)
143.2 104.0 61.4 152.2 179.6 282.6 213.8 126.2 107.0 98.8 54.4 70.0 792.6
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 11.8 54.8 24.8 15.2 3.4 3.0 0.0 332.8

Rottnest Island Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Rottnest Island annual climate

Rottnest Island Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
≥ 35°C
1.5 1.6 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.2 5.9
≥ 30°C
5.4 6.7 4.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.9 4.5 25.2
≤ 2°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
≤ 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 0.0

Rottnest Island 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
30.3 32.1 30.0 27.0 23.5 20.8 19.6 19.8 20.8 22.7 25.9 29.4 26.4
Low Max
22.9 23.2 22.3 20.6 18.5 16.3 15.7 15.7 16.5 17.7 19.8 21.4 17.5
High Min
21.1 21.8 21.1 19.6 17.6 15.4 14.3 14.1 14.8 16.0 17.9 20.0 19.3
Low Min
16.6 17.0 15.9 14.8 13.0 11.0 10.2 10.3 10.9 11.6 13.3 15.0 11.9

Rottnest Island Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
34 36 36 36 34 36 36 34 36 34 35 34 34.0
Earliest Entry
1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1983 1986 1986 1985 1983 1990 1983
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
34 36 36 36 35 36 36 34 36 35 35 33 34.0
Earliest Entry
1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1983 1986 1986 1985 1983 1990 1983
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
31 31 31 31 30 33 32 33 32 31 31 29 29.0
Earliest Entry
1984 1984 1984 1984 1990 1984 1983 1985 1986 1985 1983 1995 1983
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

ROTTNEST ISLAND
Lower West, Western Australia
32.0069°S 115.5022°E 44m AMSL
Commenced 1983

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