| Station: 024023 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Commenced: 1963; Last record: 1985; Latitude (deg S): -34.4333; Longitude (deg E): 140.6000; State: SA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | ||||||
| Mean daily maximum temperature - deg C | 31.2 | 31.3 | 27.6 | 23.3 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 17.3 | 19.9 | 23.5 | 26.8 | 29.7 | 23.4 | 20.3 | ||||||
| Mean no. of days where Max Temp >= 40.0 deg C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 20.3 | ||||||
| Mean no. of days where Max Temp >= 35.0 deg C | 7.7 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 26.7 | 20.3 | ||||||
| Mean daily minimum temperature - deg C | 14.7 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 20.3 | ||||||
| Mean no. of days where Min Temp <= 2.0 deg C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.2 | 20.3 | ||||||
| Mean 9am air temp - deg C | 21.9 | 21.6 | 19.7 | 16.3 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 18.9 | 20.9 | 15.9 | 20.3 | ||||||
| Mean 9am dew point - deg C | 11.4 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 18 | ||||||
| Mean 9am relative humidity - % | 54 | 57 | 60 | 67 | 78 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 66 | 57 | 55 | 52 | 66 | 18 | ||||||
| Mean 9am wind speed - km/h | 8.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 20.2 | ||||||
| Mean 3pm air temp - deg C | 29.9 | 30.0 | 26.6 | 22.6 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 22.4 | 25.6 | 28.3 | 22.5 | 19.3 | ||||||
| Mean 3pm dew point - deg C | 10.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 17.0 | ||||||
| Mean 3pm relative humidity - % | 32 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 58 | 58 | 50 | 46 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 44 | 17 | ||||||
| Mean 3pm wind speed - km/h | 10.3 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 19.1 | ||||||
| Mean monthly rainfall - mm | 22.3 | 19.7 | 14.6 | 19.2 | 24.0 | 19.2 | 28.0 | 25.2 | 29.2 | 33.6 | 21.6 | 17.1 | 273.5 | 21.7 | ||||||
| 9th decile of monthly rainfall - mm | 62.2 | 62.4 | 46.1 | 48.6 | 46.8 | 39.8 | 52.6 | 48.9 | 66.5 | 87.1 | 44.9 | 54.0 | 475.0 | 21.0 | ||||||
| 1st decile of monthly rainfall - mm | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 124.0 | 21.0 | ||||||
| Mean no. of raindays | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 83.9 | 21.7 | ||||||
| Mean no. of clear days | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 98.9 | 19.3 | ||||||
| Mean no. of cloudy days | 7.0 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 9.2 | 123.3 | 19.3 | ||||||
| Mean daily hours of sunshine | 10.4 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 15.6 | ||||||
| Mean daily evaporation - mm | 8.3 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 15.1 | ||||||