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Perth, the capital city of the state of Western Australia, has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters.. February is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 31.7 °C (89.1 °F), and July is the coldest month of the year, with an average low of 8.1 °C (46.6 °F). 77.7% of rain in Perth falls between May and Septe
Date recorded 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) South Australia: Oodnadatta: 2 January 1960 Western Australia: Onslow [2] 13 January 2022 50.1 °C (122.2 °F) New South Wales [N 1] Wilcannia: 11 January 1939 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) Queensland: Birdsville: 24 December 1972 48.8 °C (119.8 °F) Victoria: Hopetoun: 7 February 2009 48.3 °C (118.9 °F) Northern ...
Average annual rainfall varies from 300 mm (12 in) at the edge of the Wheatbelt region to 1,400 mm (55 in) in the wettest areas near Northcliffe, the southwesternmost tip of Australia, but in the months of November to March, although rain still falls, evaporation exceeds rainfall and it is generally very dry. Plants must be adapted to this as ...
Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Asia ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Mawsynram: India: 133.0 8.3 15.7 27.4 29.8 26.0 5.7
A blocking high at the end of the month brought record breaking rain for Eastern Australia. 677mm fell in Brisbane in 3 days from the 28th breaking the old 3 day rainfall record of 600.4mm in 1974 [ 4 ] Brisbane recorded its highest February rainfall on record recording 887mm.
Perth had its driest year of the 20th century. Heavy rain in the southeastern States in November 1940 and January 1941 slightly eased the situation and 1942 was a year of good general rain, but an even worse 1944 resulted when dearth of winter–spring rains led to failure of the wheat crop and required populations in northern Victoria to cart ...
A significant reduction in winter rainfall has been observed with a greater number of extreme rainfall events in the summer, [89] such as the slow-moving storms on 8 February 1992 that brought 120.6 millimetres (4.75 in) of rain, [86] [87] heavy rainfall associated with a tropical low on 10 February 2017, which brought 114.4 millimetres (4.50 ...
Between April and October the climate is characterised by dry months with clear blue skies, moderate daytime temperatures and cool nights. The "wet season" however, is hot and humid with monsoonal winds bringing consistent and sometimes torrential rain. Broome, (with a rainfall of 513 mm in 47 days) for instance has had 356 mm of rain in 24 hours.