200
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Ngaanyatjarraku · Council (LGA)
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
Extreme heat is a defining feature of Ngaanyatjarraku, where the typical maximum temperature of 32.3°C is much higher than most other areas. This vast region faces a harsh, arid climate with very little rain and temperatures that remain high throughout the year.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Ngaanyatjarraku — lower than 98% of areas.
| Ngaanyatjarraku | 200 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 191 |
| Western Australia | 185 |
Average rainfall and temperature.
Annual rainfall is among the lowest for similar areas at 200mm, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 185mm. Both the typical maximum and minimum temperatures are much higher than most areas, with the minimum sitting at 17.1°C.
200
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
32.3
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
17.1
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 Ngaanyatjarraku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56620/ngaanyatjarraku/topic/environment-climate