Tailem Bend Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.2 29.1 27.4 24.0 19.2 17.0 15.7 17.0 19.6 23.1 24.9 26.6 22.6
Mean Min (°C)
14.1 13.7 12.0 9.9 7.8 6.1 5.4 6.0 7.0 8.6 10.5 11.7 9.4
Mean Rain (mm)
17.2 19.6 21.2 27.7 39.0 40.5 38.4 39.0 37.0 35.4 28.7 26.0 373.9
Median Rain (mm)
10.7 12.8 10.1 21.6 32.3 31.6 35.0 33.1 33.0 28.4 21.5 17.6 341.9
Mean Rain Days
3.2 3.4 4.1 6.2 9.7 10.5 11.4 11.2 9.7 8.0 6.0 5.0 88.6

Tailem Bend Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
46.7 45.0 40.6 36.7 30.0 27.8 27.5 29.4 36.7 36.7 43.9 45.0 46.7
Low Max (°C)
17.8 17.8 16.5 14.4 11.7 10.0 8.4 9.4 11.1 12.2 13.9 13.3 8.4
High Min (°C)
28.9 26.5 23.3 20.6 17.5 15.6 14.0 13.3 16.7 22.2 23.3 25.6 28.9
Low Min (°C)
7.2 5.6 4.4 0.0 -0.6 -3.2 -3.3 -0.6 -1.1 0.0 3.3 5.6 -3.3
High Rain (mm)
69.6 89.7 69.1 59.0 57.9 54.6 34.4 34.6 37.4 68.6 53.6 53.4 89.7

Tailem Bend Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.9 30.7 28.6 26.1 21.1 21.0 16.9 18.5 22.1 25.7 27.9 31.3 23.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
26.8 26.8 25.8 21.8 16.4 15.0 14.5 15.3 17.0 20.6 23.0 22.2 21.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
16.6 15.9 15.0 12.0 10.3 9.2 6.8 7.1 8.0 9.3 12.1 13.8 10.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
11.8 12.0 9.7 6.6 5.3 3.0 3.9 4.2 4.9 7.7 8.9 10.1 8.6
High Rain (mm)
126.5 122.1 131.6 104.2 94.2 146.2 82.9 112.1 98.8 118.2 88.8 99.9 614.7
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 5.5 2.4 3.6 5.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 164.9

Tailem Bend Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Tailem Bend annual climate

Tailem Bend Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
2.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2 5.4
≥ 35°C
7.1 5.8 2.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.5 3.6 20.7
≥ 30°C
12.1 9.9 8.2 3.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.3 5.7 6.8 49.6
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.1 3.8 3.4 2.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 12.5
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.4

Tailem Bend 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
38.3 36.9 33.9 29.6 23.9 20.0 18.3 20.5 24.4 29.4 32.6 36.2 31.1
Low Max
23.3 22.8 21.7 18.9 15.6 13.9 13.6 13.9 15.0 17.2 18.9 20.6 15.6
High Min
17.8 17.2 16.7 14.3 11.7 10.0 8.3 8.9 10.6 12.8 14.4 15.7 14.4
Low Min
10.0 9.4 8.3 6.7 3.9 1.9 2.8 3.0 3.9 5.0 6.7 8.9 5.0

Tailem Bend Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
13 14 13 7 12 13 14 13 12 12 15 10 12.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1958 1958 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975
Years of Maxima
14 14 12 10 12 13 13 12 12 13 13 9 11.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1958 1958 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975
Years of Rainfall
115 115 115 112 112 110 109 106 114 110 116 115 115.0
Earliest Entry
1908 1908 1908 1908 1908 1908 1908 1908 1908 1908 1907 1907 1907
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

TAILEM BEND
Murraylands, South Australia
35.2546°S 139.4542°E 21m AMSL
Commenced 1907

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