Esperance Downs Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	28.5	28.0	26.3	22.8	19.4	16.7	15.8	16.5	18.6	21.4	24.1	26.7	21.9
Mean Min (°C)	14.0	14.7	13.5	11.1	8.9	7.2	6.2	6.4	7.3	8.6	10.7	12.4	10.0
Mean Rain (mm)	28.0	25.6	27.3	36.8	53.8	58.6	62.8	61.1	52.3	42.3	31.9	20.3	501.0
Median Rain (mm)	12.9	14.2	16.8	31.6	50.0	54.0	56.7	58.2	46.6	39.8	24.5	13.8	490.0
Mean Rain Days	4.8	5.2	6.3	9.2	11.8	13.1	14.5	14.0	12.6	9.9	7.1	5.3	113.2

Esperance Downs Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	45.1	45.2	43.4	38.4	32.5	25.5	26.4	28.1	35.0	37.8	42.1	43.2	45.2
Low Max (°C)	16.2	16.1	14.9	12.1	9.2	7.6	8.9	9.7	9.0	10.6	12.8	15.0	7.6
High Min (°C)	24.7	26.1	25.8	20.8	18.6	15.0	13.6	15.3	17.2	18.3	25.8	23.0	26.1
Low Min (°C)	4.6	6.1	2.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	-0.8	1.5	0.0	2.3	4.6	-0.8
High Rain (mm)	152.0	78.7	76.4	59.8	63.4	65.5	46.2	38.1	50.8	55.1	68.8	40.6	152.0

Esperance Downs Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	30.1	31.7	28.6	25.3	22.7	19.0	17.7	19.2	21.9	24.5	28.6	31.1	23.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)	25.9	26.1	24.1	20.1	16.0	13.9	14.3	14.9	16.2	18.3	20.2	23.2	20.0
High Mn. Min (°C)	15.4	16.9	15.1	12.6	9.9	9.4	7.5	8.6	9.0	10.2	13.3	14.7	11.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)	11.7	13.0	11.7	8.1	6.7	5.5	5.0	4.2	6.0	7.1	9.4	9.9	8.5
High Rain (mm)	209.0	165.4	138.2	131.3	141.7	154.8	124.5	148.9	126.8	115.6	129.4	69.2	792.6
Low Rain (mm)	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	3.6	18.0	14.8	18.0	12.6	3.0	0.0	0.0	259.5

Esperance Downs Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Esperance Downs Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	2.5
≥ 35°C	5.2	3.9	1.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.4	3.2	15.2
≥ 30°C	11.0	9.5	7.6	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.9	4.4	8.2	43.1
≤ 2°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.8
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1

Esperance Downs 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	36.1	35.0	32.2	28.1	23.1	19.6	18.3	19.6	23.2	27.3	30.1	33.7	29.4
Low Max	22.5	21.9	20.8	17.9	15.8	13.8	13.3	13.4	14.4	16.1	18.5	20.6	15.4
High Min	17.2	17.9	16.7	14.5	11.6	10.0	8.5	8.7	10.0	11.7	13.7	15.8	14.8
Low Min	10.6	11.0	10.0	8.0	6.1	4.5	3.8	4.0	4.6	5.3	7.4	9.0	5.6

Esperance Downs Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	32	32	31	31	34	33	34	35	34	35	34	31	33.0
Earliest Entry	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1951	1951	1951	1951
Latest Entry	1986	1986	1986	1985	1986	1985	1985	1986	1986	1987	1985	1985	1987
Years of Maxima	32	31	28	30	35	34	33	34	34	35	31	30	33.0
Earliest Entry	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1951	1951	1951	1951
Latest Entry	1986	1986	1986	1985	1986	1985	1985	1986	1986	1987	1985	1985	1987
Years of Rainfall	70	68	69	69	67	67	67	68	67	69	70	70	69.0
Earliest Entry	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1952	1951	1951	1951	1951
Latest Entry	2021	2021	2020	2021	2020	2020	2020	2020	2020	2020	2020	2020	2021

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ESPERANCE DOWNS RESEARCH STN
Southern Coastal, Western Australia

33.6031°S 121.7828°E 158m AMSL
Commenced 1951

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