Centre Island (Australia)
Centre Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria within the Northern Territory of Australia.[1]
An automated weather station run by the Bureau of Meteorology has been operating on the island since 1968. Temperatures range from 23.8 °C to 31.2 °C and the average annual rainfall is 1053.4 mm.[2]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Centre Island, elevation 12 m (39 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1974–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.2 (104.4) | 37.9 (100.2) | 35.1 (95.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.3 (91.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 39.2 (102.6) | 39.5 (103.1) | 41.6 (106.9) | 41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.3 (91.9) | 32.3 (90.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 31.0 (87.8) | 33.3 (91.9) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.9 (94.8) | 31.5 (88.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 19.8 (67.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.0 (75.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 14.4 (57.9) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.5 (58.1) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 12.0 (53.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 267.2 (10.52) | 265.9 (10.47) | 187.8 (7.39) | 92.9 (3.66) | 7.2 (0.28) | 5.0 (0.20) | 1.8 (0.07) | 1.8 (0.07) | 1.7 (0.07) | 6.1 (0.24) | 43.3 (1.70) | 161.8 (6.37) | 1,042.5 (41.04) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.7 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 46.6 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Centre Island". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "Climate statistics for Australian locations- CENTRE ISLAND". 7 April 2024.
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