Walpeup Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
32.4 31.9 28.2 23.4 18.7 15.4 14.9 16.6 19.9 23.8 27.5 30.2 23.5
Mean Min (°C)
15.6 15.5 13.3 10.4 7.9 5.7 4.9 5.4 7.0 9.0 11.6 13.7 10.0
Mean Rain (mm)
22.8 22.6 20.3 23.4 29.9 35.6 31.1 34.2 31.7 34.4 28.2 23.7 336.9
Median Rain (mm)
12.6 14.0 10.0 12.4 24.4 23.5 28.2 33.9 26.8 28.1 24.1 13.8 319.1
Mean Rain Days
4.0 3.5 4.0 5.7 10.3 12.7 14.3 13.5 9.8 8.3 6.4 4.8 96.9

Walpeup Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
46.6 48.1 41.7 38.9 30.0 25.4 28.8 29.7 35.4 40.2 45.2 47.7 48.1
Low Max (°C)
13.9 16.1 12.5 14.2 8.6 7.1 5.9 8.2 10.8 11.3 14.1 13.1 5.9
High Min (°C)
30.1 29.3 25.9 22.8 19.5 14.4 15.0 14.3 18.9 24.0 26.1 29.5 30.1
Low Min (°C)
5.0 4.2 3.8 0.6 -0.9 -1.0 -2.0 -2.2 -2.2 0.3 1.3 3.2 -2.2
High Rain (mm)
94.0 85.0 89.9 56.6 36.3 553.4 30.7 46.6 52.8 43.6 46.4 78.0 553.4

Walpeup Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
37.6 35.5 32.2 27.7 20.7 17.2 17.5 20.8 24.2 30.1 32.5 34.4 25.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)
29.0 29.2 25.7 20.3 15.5 13.0 13.0 14.0 16.0 19.7 23.2 26.6 21.9
High Mn. Min (°C)
18.8 19.0 16.3 12.5 10.4 8.6 7.0 7.0 9.6 12.3 15.9 16.9 10.8
Low Mn. Min (°C)
12.1 13.2 10.6 7.5 5.4 3.4 2.6 3.9 4.7 6.7 9.0 10.7 9.0
High Rain (mm)
128.0 139.0 126.6 100.9 93.7 571.0 84.0 84.0 128.2 171.0 75.4 141.6 1163.2
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.7 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 106.8

Walpeup Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Walpeup annual climate

Walpeup Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
3.1 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.4 7.5
≥ 35°C
10.0 8.1 3.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.3 6.4 32.1
≥ 30°C
19.3 17.4 10.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 4.2 9.1 14.9 78.4
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.4 4.1 3.2 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 12.3
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
38.2 37.8 34.2 28.7 22.5 17.8 17.3 19.9 24.2 29.1 33.8 36.4 32.3
Low Max
26.0 25.6 22.5 18.6 15.1 12.9 12.2 13.3 15.5 18.3 21.3 24.0 15.0
High Min
20.7 20.7 18.3 14.5 11.4 8.4 7.4 8.1 10.5 13.3 16.5 18.9 15.8
Low Min
10.4 10.5 8.5 6.2 4.5 2.8 2.2 2.6 3.5 4.7 6.7 8.8 4.4

Walpeup Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
58 59 58 59 59 59 58 59 58 59 59 58 59.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
59 59 58 58 58 58 58 59 58 59 58 58 59.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
86 86 85 85 83 83 84 84 85 85 85 84 85.0
Earliest Entry
1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

WALPEUP RESEARCH
Mallee, Victoria
35.1201°S 142.0040°E 105m AMSL
Commenced 1939

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Generation gone with the wind

13:20 AEST A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia.  The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average of 13.1% (Mon, April 15 to Wed, April 17).

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