Watarrka Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
38.1 37.1 34.5 30.5 24.7 21.4 21.8 24.4 29.6 33.1 34.7 36.5 30.4
Mean Min (°C)
23.5 23.3 20.8 16.6 10.7 6.9 6.1 8.4 13.1 17.2 19.8 21.9 15.6
Mean Rain (mm)
43.0 38.0 34.2 13.7 19.4 17.2 11.8 5.7 9.4 22.6 50.3 36.7 301.7
Median Rain (mm)
11.6 9.8 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.9 1.7 2.6 2.4 13.2 42.0 26.0 250.9
Mean Rain Days
5.7 4.7 3.3 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.4 1.5 2.7 4.2 6.8 7.2 46.5

Watarrka Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
46.0 45.2 44.0 40.0 33.9 32.5 30.8 37.0 38.0 43.0 44.9 46.0 46.0
Low Max (°C)
20.1 19.8 15.8 13.2 12.0 10.6 6.8 12.6 11.6 12.5 15.9 19.8 6.8
High Min (°C)
32.2 32.5 30.7 28.0 22.0 19.4 18.2 23.7 24.4 28.1 30.5 32.0 32.5
Low Min (°C)
0.0 12.0 8.3 3.1 -0.5 -6.1 -5.8 -5.0 -2.8 0.0 7.8 8.3 -6.1
High Rain (mm)
93.9 100.6 81.6 62.4 64.0 53.2 36.0 25.0 33.5 49.0 72.2 41.8 100.6

Watarrka Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
41.2 40.2 37.9 34.6 28.3 25.0 25.6 28.9 31.9 36.7 39.0 39.0 31.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
35.1 33.5 27.6 25.4 21.0 18.1 18.3 20.7 25.5 29.2 31.3 33.1 27.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
26.4 24.9 23.2 20.6 13.7 11.3 8.4 11.6 15.9 20.8 23.3 23.9 17.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
21.6 20.6 17.0 12.9 7.7 3.4 2.0 5.9 11.0 13.3 16.4 20.1 13.7
High Rain (mm)
185.0 377.8 237.2 161.6 158.1 133.5 82.5 38.9 104.9 123.7 172.2 103.9 824.4
Low Rain (mm)
1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 30.6

Watarrka Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Watarrka annual climate

Watarrka Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
10.3 7.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 3.3 6.5 27.7
≥ 35°C
24.9 20.7 15.4 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.1 12.1 15.1 21.0 112.2
≥ 30°C
28.7 25.5 26.3 17.4 3.0 0.3 0.2 2.9 15.8 22.6 24.6 27.5 191.5
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 3.6 4.8 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 2.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
41.6 40.9 38.6 34.9 29.4 25.9 26.2 29.3 34.4 37.8 39.9 40.5 38.6
Low Max
34.8 32.5 30.6 26.5 20.2 17.0 17.0 19.6 23.2 27.7 30.5 31.1 21.4
High Min
26.8 26.4 24.6 20.9 15.5 12.1 10.8 13.3 18.3 21.6 24.4 25.8 23.8
Low Min
20.4 20.0 16.7 12.5 5.8 2.0 2.1 3.2 7.8 12.4 16.0 18.0 6.4

Watarrka Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
26 23 24 24 23 27 27 27 27 26 25 24 24.0
Earliest Entry
1991 1991 1991 1991 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
26 23 23 23 22 26 29 27 26 26 26 23 23.0
Earliest Entry
1991 1991 1991 1991 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
32 33 33 34 35 35 35 35 34 33 33 33 33.0
Earliest Entry
1991 1991 1991 1991 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

WATARRKA
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
24.2918°S 131.5490°E 614m AMSL
Commenced 1990

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An electrifying start to October long weekend

17:21 AEST More than 420,000 lightning strikes affected the nation’s east on Friday as a highly unstable trough and a cold front brought thunderstorms, some severe, to northeastern SA, NSW, Vic and southern QLD ahead of the October long weekend.  Thunderstorms began hopping the border from northeastern SA into NSW from 9am on Friday, October 4.

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