155
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Upper Gascoyne · Council (LGA)
Environment & Climate in Upper Gascoyne
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
Extreme heat and low rainfall define the landscape of Upper Gascoyne, where temperatures consistently stay higher than in most other areas. The region is one of the driest in the state, with a typical annual rainfall of just 155mm.
155
- 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 Upper Gascoyne — lower than 99% of areas.
| Upper Gascoyne | 155 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 191 |
| Western Australia | 185 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
Summer heat is intense here, with an average maximum temperature of 32.8°C. Night-time lows are also much higher than most areas at 16.8°C, while annual rainfall is a little below the Western Australian figure.
32.8
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
16.8
Higher 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 Upper Gascoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58470/upper-gascoyne/topic/environment-climate