242
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Peterborough · Council (LGA)
Environment & Climate in Peterborough
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
Climate patterns in Peterborough have remained steady over the last decade, with the area seeing 242mm of average annual rainfall. This makes it one of the driest places of its kind, although it still receives far more rain than the South Australian average.
242
- 0–71: 0 areas
- 71–143: 6 areas
- 143–214: 17 areas
- 214–286: 31 areas
- 286–357: 45 areas
- 357–429: 42 areas
- 429–500: 34 areas
- 500–571: 42 areas
- 571–643: 36 areas
- 643–714: 62 areas
- 714–786: 42 areas
- 786–857: 27 areas
- 857–929: 21 areas
- 929–1,000: 24 areas
- 1,000–1,071: 13 areas
- 1,071–1,143: 10 areas
- 1,143–1,214: 13 areas
- 1,214–1,286: 11 areas
- 1,286–1,357: 7 areas
- 1,357–1,429: 13 areas
- 1,429–1,500: 10 areas
- 1,500–1,571: 8 areas
- 1,571–1,643: 6 areas
- 1,643–1,714: 4 areas
- 1,714–1,786: 1 area
- 1,786–1,857: 4 areas
- 1,857–1,929: 0 areas
- 1,929–2,000: 16 areas
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Peterborough — lower than 93% of areas.
| Peterborough | 242 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 145 |
| South Australia | 143 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
The area is cooler than most, with an average maximum temperature of 23.3°C and a minimum of 8.5°C. Both figures are well below the state and national typicals, particularly the minimum temperature which is far below South Australia's 13.8°C.
23.3
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
8.5
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
Sources
- SILO gridded climate data — Queensland Government (Long Paddock), 2019–2023 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45540/peterborough/topic/environment-climate