Broken Hill Airport Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
33.7 32.5 29.1 24.3 19.2 16.0 15.7 18.0 21.9 25.6 28.8 31.7 24.6
Mean Min (°C)
19.3 18.5 15.4 11.3 7.7 5.6 4.9 5.6 8.4 11.6 14.7 17.3 11.6
Mean Rain (mm)
30.8 18.8 22.0 21.5 20.0 15.4 17.6 17.9 22.1 25.7 20.5 21.3 250.1
Median Rain (mm)
16.1 7.2 7.6 10.2 11.0 11.5 17.8 12.8 14.9 17.0 12.0 13.5 232.6
Mean Rain Days
3.6 2.8 3.2 3.2 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.4 3.4 50.9

Broken Hill Airport Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
46.3 45.5 41.3 36.8 29.9 31.9 36.4 37.0 37.0 39.0 44.7 45.6 46.3
Low Max (°C)
19.7 17.0 15.4 13.8 11.0 7.5 6.9 6.7 11.1 7.5 13.7 17.4 6.7
High Min (°C)
33.6 32.4 28.0 24.1 19.7 19.1 15.0 20.1 22.2 28.6 29.6 31.3 33.6
Low Min (°C)
-0.8 0.0 -1.2 -1.3 -3.0 -2.5 -4.6 -2.6 -3.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 -4.6
High Rain (mm)
75.2 82.4 129.0 85.6 53.6 58.4 29.0 44.5 78.4 54.0 57.0 49.8 129.0

Broken Hill Airport Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
38.3 35.8 32.8 28.6 21.6 17.9 18.2 21.2 26.6 30.9 32.5 35.4 26.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)
28.4 28.6 24.8 21.6 15.7 13.0 13.2 15.3 18.2 21.5 24.5 26.4 22.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
23.3 22.0 18.1 14.7 10.7 9.0 6.6 7.8 11.1 14.7 19.4 20.2 12.7
Low Mn. Min (°C)
13.4 15.9 10.4 8.2 5.5 3.3 2.3 3.2 6.0 8.9 11.4 14.4 9.8
High Rain (mm)
165.8 121.4 233.6 216.3 84.2 77.2 61.6 74.5 136.0 111.4 94.2 106.1 714.3
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.0

Broken Hill Airport Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Broken Hill Airport annual climate

Broken Hill Airport Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
3.9 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.0 8.8
≥ 35°C
12.8 9.4 4.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 4.6 9.1 41.3
≥ 30°C
22.5 18.6 13.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 6.9 12.1 18.4 96.6
≤ 2°C
0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.1 4.9 6.1 4.2 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 17.8
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 1.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.4

Broken Hill Airport 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
38.8 37.5 34.6 29.5 23.2 19.3 18.5 21.6 27.3 31.0 35.4 37.2 33.7
Low Max
27.3 26.5 23.6 19.3 15.3 12.7 12.2 14.0 16.6 19.7 22.4 25.6 15.6
High Min
24.1 23.6 20.3 16.1 12.0 9.5 8.4 9.1 12.6 16.2 20.0 22.2 19.2
Low Min
13.7 13.3 10.5 6.9 3.8 1.9 1.6 2.0 4.6 7.2 9.7 12.5 4.4

Broken Hill Airport Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
36 37 36 36 36 36 37 37 37 35 36 35 35.0
Earliest Entry
1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1959 1960 1957 1960 1960 1960 1957
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
36 37 36 36 35 36 38 37 37 35 36 34 35.0
Earliest Entry
1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1959 1960 1957 1960 1960 1960 1957
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
61 62 60 60 60 62 62 61 62 61 62 61 59.0
Earliest Entry
1949 1948 1952 1952 1952 1952 1950 1950 1947 1949 1950 1950 1947
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS
Lower Western, New South Wales/ACT
32.0012°S 141.4694°E 282m AMSL
Commenced 1947

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