218
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Carnarvon · Council (LGA)
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
High temperatures define daily life in Carnarvon, where the average maximum reaches 30.7 C. This makes it much hotter than most similar areas across the country. The region also sees very little rain, with an annual average of only 218mm.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Carnarvon — lower than 96% of areas.
| Carnarvon | 218 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 191 |
| Western Australia | 185 |
Average rainfall and temperature.
Average maximum temperatures are much higher than most areas, while the usual minimum of 17.2 C is a little above the state figure. Rainfall is among the lowest at this level, though it remains a little above the Western Australian average.
218
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
30.7
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
17.2
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51540/carnarvon/topic/environment-climate