Ernabella/Pukatja Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
35.5 34.6 31.7 27.2 21.7 18.1 18.5 21.6 26.0 29.5 32.1 33.7 27.2
Mean Min (°C)
21.6 20.1 18.0 13.2 8.2 4.9 4.5 6.3 10.7 14.3 17.3 19.5 12.9
Mean Rain (mm)
33.7 38.8 25.9 14.7 15.0 18.3 12.0 6.9 16.0 21.4 29.8 65.2 280.9
Median Rain (mm)
7.4 0.6 12.6 7.1 9.5 0.6 3.9 1.8 8.1 15.6 27.6 54.0 227.4
Mean Rain Days
6.1 3.6 4.0 3.2 3.3 3.9 3.2 2.1 3.2 5.3 6.3 8.6 50.2

Ernabella/Pukatja Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.5 42.9 42.2 37.1 31.6 29.2 28.7 34.9 36.2 39.3 43.5 45.1 45.1
Low Max (°C)
15.5 15.0 13.9 15.0 8.4 8.9 8.0 10.7 10.3 10.5 13.7 17.0 8.0
High Min (°C)
30.3 29.0 27.5 23.7 17.8 15.5 15.3 20.6 22.2 27.4 28.1 30.5 30.5
Low Min (°C)
12.0 9.6 6.0 2.0 -1.5 -4.0 -5.2 -3.1 -0.7 4.0 7.6 9.9 -5.2
High Rain (mm)
54.6 173.6 50.8 32.0 47.2 45.0 24.0 19.4 47.0 39.4 29.2 117.2 173.6

Ernabella/Pukatja Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
39.2 37.4 34.9 30.9 24.7 19.7 21.0 25.4 30.4 34.1 35.9 38.9 29.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)
33.4 31.5 26.0 24.5 18.9 15.9 13.7 17.1 20.9 24.4 28.0 29.1 24.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
23.5 22.2 21.4 15.8 10.5 7.8 6.2 10.4 13.9 18.0 20.4 22.5 14.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
20.1 17.1 14.1 10.1 5.7 1.9 1.4 4.4 7.9 10.9 15.1 17.2 10.4
High Rain (mm)
92.0 249.4 124.2 69.8 54.0 115.6 51.2 48.6 76.4 93.8 126.2 217.0 620.6
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 19.0 66.0

Ernabella/Pukatja Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Ernabella/Pukatja annual climate

Ernabella/Pukatja Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
4.9 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.8 9.5
≥ 35°C
18.3 15.0 8.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 5.3 9.7 13.5 65.1
≥ 30°C
27.4 24.4 21.1 8.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 7.6 15.2 20.2 24.1 141.0
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 7.9 8.0 4.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.2 3.8 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.9

Ernabella/Pukatja 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
39.2 39.1 36.0 32.0 26.0 21.7 22.9 25.9 31.5 34.6 37.8 37.8 35.7
Low Max
31.0 30.0 26.0 22.6 17.8 14.5 13.7 16.0 19.9 23.0 25.5 27.4 18.0
High Min
24.8 24.1 21.9 17.6 12.2 9.0 8.3 10.7 15.9 18.7 21.7 22.9 20.7
Low Min
17.0 16.0 13.0 9.0 4.0 0.1 0.1 1.6 5.5 9.5 13.0 15.0 4.2

Ernabella/Pukatja Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
19 20 26 25 23 24 25 25 25 23 23 20 23.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024
Years of Maxima
19 20 25 25 23 24 25 25 25 23 23 20 23.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024
Years of Rainfall
20 19 26 25 23 24 25 25 25 23 23 20 23.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024

Station Details

PUKATJA
NW Pastoral, South Australia
26.2635°S 132.1771°E 704m AMSL
Commenced 1997

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