Elliston Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
26.0 25.7 24.3 22.5 19.5 17.2 16.5 17.3 19.5 21.8 23.6 24.8 21.5
Mean Min (°C)
15.8 15.9 14.4 12.3 10.4 8.4 7.9 8.3 9.6 11.2 13.1 14.7 11.8
Mean Rain (mm)
11.2 13.7 14.8 27.1 52.0 72.5 70.5 59.0 39.2 30.3 19.7 16.8 426.3
Median Rain (mm)
6.2 7.1 8.7 22.0 45.6 65.5 68.4 56.8 35.9 25.4 15.7 12.0 433.2
Mean Rain Days
3.4 3.2 4.5 7.6 12.1 14.7 15.6 14.6 11.1 8.8 5.8 4.6 106.0

Elliston Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.3 43.5 42.2 39.1 33.0 28.6 30.0 29.5 35.4 42.3 44.0 43.5 44.3
Low Max (°C)
17.8 17.4 17.2 15.4 11.4 9.9 9.8 10.9 12.1 13.4 15.0 15.0 9.8
High Min (°C)
30.5 29.8 26.0 25.1 20.5 16.9 15.3 15.4 20.5 25.1 28.1 28.6 30.5
Low Min (°C)
0.0 6.4 4.0 1.6 0.0 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -1.0 2.2 4.2 4.8 -1.0
High Rain (mm)
60.6 77.5 57.7 51.6 50.8 54.6 47.0 40.9 36.6 77.5 49.3 49.8 77.5

Elliston Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
29.7 29.2 29.4 25.4 22.0 18.4 17.8 19.9 23.7 25.0 28.3 29.5 23.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)
22.8 22.5 21.8 19.8 17.7 15.3 15.0 15.1 16.5 18.5 20.8 21.8 20.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
18.2 19.5 17.2 14.8 12.8 10.9 9.9 10.0 12.0 13.2 16.8 16.5 12.8
Low Mn. Min (°C)
13.1 14.1 12.3 9.1 8.3 4.5 5.1 6.6 7.8 9.6 11.5 12.7 11.1
High Rain (mm)
97.2 123.6 63.6 132.5 148.7 193.5 179.5 137.7 126.0 96.9 127.2 78.6 674.0
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 9.5 3.8 11.1 11.7 3.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 183.8

Elliston Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Elliston annual climate

Elliston Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.9 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.9
≥ 35°C
3.5 2.6 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 12.1
≥ 30°C
6.6 5.8 4.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 3.0 5.1 6.0 33.7
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2

Elliston 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
33.5 32.6 30.6 27.2 22.5 18.8 18.3 20.0 24.2 28.2 31.0 31.5 27.1
Low Max
21.2 21.2 20.2 18.9 16.9 15.2 14.6 14.6 15.6 17.0 18.6 19.9 16.2
High Min
18.9 18.9 17.6 15.7 13.8 12.0 11.1 11.4 12.7 14.4 16.4 17.7 16.2
Low Min
12.0 12.5 10.3 8.4 6.7 4.7 4.5 4.7 5.8 7.2 9.4 11.0 6.9

Elliston Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
62 62 60 61 62 60 61 62 62 62 61 62 62.0
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
62 62 61 61 62 61 62 62 62 62 61 62 62.0
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
140 142 141 139 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140.0
Earliest Entry
1884 1882 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1884 1882
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

ELLISTON
West Coast, South Australia
33.6501°S 134.8880°E 7m AMSL
Commenced 1882

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