Kingscote Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
24.3 24.3 22.6 20.3 17.8 15.8 15.0 15.4 16.8 18.9 20.9 22.6 19.5
Mean Min (°C)
15.4 15.9 14.7 12.7 11.0 9.6 8.6 8.7 9.4 10.8 12.4 14.0 11.9
Mean Rain (mm)
15.1 17.4 17.8 33.7 54.5 70.5 76.8 64.0 46.0 36.7 22.8 19.6 479.8
Median Rain (mm)
8.6 7.4 12.0 26.9 49.8 64.9 76.1 63.5 41.2 34.5 17.6 14.3 463.7
Mean Rain Days
3.5 3.5 4.8 8.4 12.5 15.4 17.7 16.3 12.5 9.7 6.6 5.3 116.1

Kingscote Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
40.6 41.0 35.8 31.0 24.7 22.4 22.0 23.0 27.5 37.3 39.4 38.8 41.0
Low Max (°C)
16.1 17.2 15.8 12.8 11.3 8.4 9.7 9.5 11.5 13.3 13.0 14.4 8.4
High Min (°C)
24.4 25.5 23.7 21.2 18.5 15.6 14.2 14.9 17.5 20.4 22.8 23.2 25.5
Low Min (°C)
8.3 8.9 6.1 5.6 2.8 -1.1 2.1 2.0 1.6 2.2 4.7 6.1 -1.1
High Rain (mm)
79.2 148.3 83.3 63.8 82.8 56.4 53.0 43.9 38.0 55.9 57.0 71.4 148.3

Kingscote Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
28.4 26.8 24.3 21.6 18.9 17.7 16.2 17.2 18.2 22.8 22.8 25.8 20.7
Low Mn. Max (°C)
21.6 21.9 21.1 18.4 15.5 14.4 13.8 14.2 15.0 17.6 19.2 20.2 18.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
17.7 18.8 17.2 14.5 13.2 11.8 10.2 10.3 11.6 12.8 14.8 16.0 13.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
12.1 13.1 11.0 9.3 8.3 7.3 7.1 6.5 6.8 7.1 10.0 11.7 9.7
High Rain (mm)
120.1 157.6 106.9 147.2 162.1 188.2 240.1 161.1 136.4 109.6 81.0 97.9 963.9
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 11.7 8.5 17.8 6.8 4.4 2.0 0.4 0.0 287.0

Kingscote Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Kingscote annual climate

Kingscote Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
≥ 35°C
0.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.6
≥ 30°C
3.4 3.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 2.0 10.3
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
≤ 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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
29.0 28.5 26.2 23.2 20.2 17.7 16.5 17.1 19.1 22.4 25.0 26.7 24.2
Low Max
21.0 20.7 19.6 17.7 15.6 14.1 13.3 13.7 14.5 16.2 17.8 19.2 15.1
High Min
17.9 18.0 17.4 15.6 14.0 12.1 11.0 11.1 12.3 13.6 15.0 16.6 16.0
Low Min
12.2 12.9 11.6 9.5 7.8 6.5 5.8 6.0 6.0 7.3 9.0 10.7 7.6

Kingscote Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
38 41 41 40 40 40 39 39 39 35 37 38 40.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002
Years of Maxima
39 41 41 40 40 40 39 40 38 35 36 38 40.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002
Years of Rainfall
130 131 129 127 127 125 125 124 129 129 128 127 128.0
Earliest Entry
1878 1882 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1878
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

KINGSCOTE
Kangaroo Island, South Australia
35.6560°S 137.6377°E 18m AMSL
Commenced 1877

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14:40 AEST The advance of a trough across the north and center of the state spread clouds across the state and, together with humid onshore winds, intensified instability in eastern NSW, leading to intense rainfall.

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