King Island Airport Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
21.1 21.3 20.3 17.8 15.6 14.0 13.3 13.8 14.7 16.0 17.6 19.1 17.0
Mean Min (°C)
12.6 13.1 12.3 10.6 9.4 8.1 7.7 7.9 8.4 8.9 10.2 11.1 10.0
Mean Rain (mm)
39.0 30.7 49.9 50.9 88.0 98.1 117.9 112.3 84.0 72.7 52.7 45.9 851.0
Median Rain (mm)
28.9 22.8 38.4 44.9 71.1 89.6 107.7 104.7 70.4 51.8 47.6 33.4 814.6
Mean Rain Days
8.5 7.2 12.0 16.6 19.0 19.8 22.2 22.9 19.0 16.1 12.3 11.2 182.1

King Island Airport Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
37.8 36.1 36.8 31.1 22.6 20.3 17.9 21.4 24.4 28.7 30.7 35.2 37.8
Low Max (°C)
14.5 14.7 13.5 12.6 11.0 10.2 8.5 7.9 9.2 10.2 11.3 12.4 7.9
High Min (°C)
20.0 21.3 21.8 18.6 16.2 14.5 13.7 14.4 15.6 17.0 17.8 18.9 21.8
Low Min (°C)
3.4 4.1 2.8 0.0 1.0 -2.2 -1.2 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 1.3 2.5 -2.2
High Rain (mm)
72.0 45.4 72.0 48.0 64.8 60.2 47.0 56.0 62.0 55.0 77.3 44.0 77.3

King Island Airport Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
23.2 23.3 23.3 19.5 16.9 14.7 14.3 15.7 16.3 18.2 19.9 21.8 17.7
Low Mn. Max (°C)
18.7 19.1 18.7 15.7 14.4 13.1 12.2 12.4 13.3 14.1 15.9 16.5 16.0
High Mn. Min (°C)
14.7 14.8 14.2 12.7 11.6 9.6 9.9 9.4 10.1 10.1 12.5 12.8 10.6
Low Mn. Min (°C)
11.2 11.7 11.2 9.3 7.8 6.4 5.8 6.8 7.1 7.6 8.2 8.8 9.1
High Rain (mm)
131.4 80.8 147.6 102.2 160.6 186.4 214.8 213.6 209.8 158.8 134.9 123.2 1197.6
Low Rain (mm)
3.0 1.6 11.8 16.8 17.8 40.0 36.4 27.0 28.2 3.6 4.0 6.2 605.0

King Island Airport Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

King Island Airport annual climate

King Island Airport Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°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
≥ 35°C
0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5
≥ 30°C
1.2 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 3.2
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.7
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
24.2 24.4 23.3 20.1 17.4 15.3 14.5 15.2 16.5 18.0 20.5 21.6 20.6
Low Max
17.5 17.8 17.0 15.0 13.7 12.3 11.9 11.9 12.7 13.2 14.6 15.7 13.2
High Min
15.8 16.5 14.9 13.4 12.5 10.9 10.1 10.1 10.8 11.2 13.0 13.8 13.4
Low Min
8.5 9.4 8.5 7.0 5.7 5.0 4.5 5.2 5.5 5.7 7.0 7.6 6.1

King Island Airport Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 29 29 29 28.0
Earliest Entry
1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 29 29 29 28.0
Earliest Entry
1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
49 49 50 39 44 44 43 43 45 46 47 45 47.0
Earliest Entry
1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

KING ISLAND AIRPORT
King Island, Tasmania
39.8804°S 143.8857°E 36m AMSL
Commenced 1962

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