Cape Wessel Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
32.9 32.4 32.4 32.2 31.0 30.0 29.8 30.7 31.9 33.4 34.4 34.5 32.1
Mean Min (°C)
26.2 26.1 26.0 26.0 25.7 24.7 23.9 23.6 24.2 25.2 26.2 26.5 25.3
Mean Rain (mm)
274.2 256.7 220.4 206.1 90.6 39.3 17.8 10.2 7.0 10.7 33.0 144.3 1270.3
Median Rain (mm)
47.4 0.6 994.2 - - - - - - - - - -
Mean Rain Days
17.0 15.7 16.5 14.8 10.5 8.4 7.3 4.9 3.3 3.2 4.4 11.4 117.8

Cape Wessel Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
36.8 35.7 35.1 34.8 33.5 32.6 33.1 32.9 34.9 36.1 37.1 37.5 37.5
Low Max (°C)
26.9 26.9 27.1 27.6 26.2 26.2 25.5 27.3 28.3 31.2 27.4 27.8 25.5
High Min (°C)
29.5 29.1 29.2 28.8 27.8 27.2 25.9 25.6 26.7 27.6 28.6 29.6 29.6
Low Min (°C)
22.3 21.4 21.3 22.0 22.1 21.6 21.1 21.1 20.4 21.4 23.3 22.2 20.4
High Rain (mm)
154.0 303.0 206.0 298.4 153.0 109.4 29.0 20.0 33.0 49.0 60.0 148.8 303.0

Cape Wessel Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
34.6 33.7 33.3 33.8 32.4 30.9 31.1 31.7 33.0 34.5 35.3 36.2 32.9
Low Mn. Max (°C)
31.8 31.3 31.3 31.2 29.7 28.2 28.0 29.4 31.4 32.1 33.1 32.7 31.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
27.3 27.1 27.1 27.6 26.4 25.8 24.6 24.4 25.0 26.0 26.9 27.4 26.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
25.5 25.2 25.0 25.2 24.9 23.4 22.9 22.7 23.2 24.4 25.4 25.6 24.8
High Rain (mm)
788.6 689.2 459.4 1061.2 594.4 278.4 85.4 64.0 57.6 118.2 337.8 419.4 2195.0
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 14.4

Cape Wessel Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cape Wessel annual climate

Cape Wessel 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
4.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 9.5 15.2 32.3
≥ 30°C
28.2 25.6 28.0 27.8 25.8 17.7 14.6 24.1 29.1 30.8 29.5 29.6 309.8
≤ 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 0.0
≤ 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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Low Max
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
High Min
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Low Min
- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cape Wessel Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 12.0
Earliest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 12.0
Earliest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
32 30 30 29 33 32 30 31 31 31 31 30 28.0
Earliest Entry
1987 1987 1987 1987 1974 1974 1987 1987 1974 1987 1987 1987 1974
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

CAPE WESSEL
Arnhem, Northern Territory
11.0047°S 136.7586°E 18m AMSL
Commenced 1968

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