THE SEASONS OF BROOME
BROOME AIRPORT CLIMATE STATISTICS
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SEASONS |
MONTHS |
INDICATORS |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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DEC - MARCH |
Wet season |
Cyclones 483 mm average Jan - April
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0 390mm
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0 605mm |
0 6mm record low rainfall for February 245mm Jan-April |
0 554mm Jan-March |
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647mm Jan-March |
0 389mm Jan-March 19mm only for March |
0 374mm Jan- March 33mm only for March Average temp for March 36degrees |
0 361mm Jan-March |
0 202mm Jan-March April 10th 41degrees equal 3rd hottest day in April El Nino influence |
0 1053mm (or 42 inches) for Dec to March. 4th Wettest Season since records commeneced in 1972/3 |
2 1733mm or 69 inches Nov to April Wettest Season on record 365mm in a day in Feb a new record |
0 Jan 143mm Feb 25mm March 72mm TOTAL 240mm 50% below average |
Cyclone Blake Cat 2 (254mm over 6 days) Jan - April 476mm (Nov - April) |
(Nov - 19th March 519mm) | |
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Lots of blossoms - Bloodwood, Paperbarks, Hakea Aborescens Indian Oil nut etc Bees, Shaver beetles (Feb) Dragonflies appear marking the end of the wet season – they eat mossiesThe red (diplacodes haematodes) are all males and are the emissaries of the Dry Season. |
March 14th
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March 4th |
April 23rd |
March 25th |
April 12th |
April 12th |
March14th |
March 26th |
No dragonflies |
Dragon flies Feb 26th in droves The earliest ever this year
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Dragon flies March 13th in droves | Next to no dragonflies |
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APRIL |
First easterlies - start of Marul season (hayfever and sneezing) |
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March 20th |
March 8th Humidity 20% |
March 7th | March 23rd |
April 10th Humidity 27% |
March 24th Humidity 44% |
March 24th
Humidity 45% |
March 26th Humidity 24% |
March 22nd Humidity 54% |
March 30th 56% |
March 10th
Humidity 65% |
March 30th Humidity 15% @ 12.30pm |
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| 'Knock-em-down' rain of 2metre high sorghum grass | Butterflies |
March 26th (12mm) |
March 15th (45mm) |
April 17th (50mm) |
April 5th/6th (15 mm) | April 8th (2mm) |
May 15th RAIN (41mm) May 19th RAIN (75mm) |
April 5th 31 mm | April 20th 12 mm |
(89mm over 4 days May 5th-8th) |
March 28th 128mm in 1 hour - second highest ever for March - previous record 269mm on March 18th 1935 |
March 31st | April 9th 13mm |
April 6th |
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Wading birds migrate to the Northern hemisphere |
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April 3rd |
April 10th |
March 18th | March 16th | April 9th | April 12th | April 12th | April 10th | MAY 17th - very late due to poor rainfall | March 22nd due to a great wet season | April 23rd | April 6th |
HOTTEST ARPIL DAY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 41.1 23/4/20 degrees |
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WIRRALBURU |
MAY |
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Strong easterly winds begin to blow the mossies away |
May 9th |
May 16th |
May 3rd |
May 15th | May 1st |
May 25th
(8 degrees overnight) |
May 13th |
May 3rd | May 9th | May 3rd |
May 1st |
HOTTEST MAY IN 100 YEARS 35 degrees Average |
May 1st | ||
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First Fog |
(heavy condensation) |
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May 22nd | June 1st | June 10th | June 13th |
June 17th 100% humidity at 6:00am |
July 22nd Avo W breeze 20th July |
May 3rd also W breeze in the afternoon |
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May 17th May 27th so thick you couldn't see |
First fog: May 27th | First fog: June 11th | ||||
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JUNE - AUGUST |
Salmon
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Cold winds No mossies
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June 3rd |
June 5th |
June 6th (15 degrees overnight) |
June 4th (13 degrees overnight) |
June 14th (5 degrees overnight) |
June 25th (8 degrees overnight) |
146mm of RAIN - new record in a
day 6th June
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June 5th (no aircons - 15 degrees overnight) June 18th - 8 degrees overnight |
May10th - strong winds - no aircons May 16th -7.7 degrees overnight (RECORD LOW FOR MAY) |
May 9th - no air cons June 7th - strong cold winds |
May 31st strong winds | First cool SE winds and top temp of 29 degrees and overnight 15 degrees June 1st | First cool SE winds and top temp of 29 degrees and overnight 15 degrees June 2nd | |||
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Camping |
Winter |
June 15th – Aug 15th Aug 8th - (6 degrees overnight) |
June 18th - August 27th August 19th - (9 degrees overnight) |
June 14th – August 20th July 17th - (5 degrees overnight) |
May 29th - August 17th June 24th (11degrees overnight) |
May 13th - August 12th June 15th (6 degrees overnight) |
May 10th - August 21st Aug 4th - (7 degrees overnight) |
May 10th - Aug 30th Aug 9th - (9 degrees overnight) |
May 3rd - Sept 3rd July13th 4.2 mm of rain August 30th (8 degrees overnight) |
May 4th - Sept 17th |
HOTTEST JUNE IN 100 YEARS 9.7 degrees on 6th August 5.7 degrees August 4th 2018 |
HOTTEST JULY IN 100 YEARS 7.6 degrees on 8th August First afternoon sea breeze WNW at 2pm 28th July – accompanied by high condensation and fogs Waves of dense cloud fog coming over Broome at 1pm |
5.7 degrees August 4th 2018 |
NEW RECORD HEATWAVE FOR NOV 7 DAYS OF 40 degrees or more SETS A NEW RECORD AND THE AVERAGE TEMP FOR NOV WAS 38 degrees Hottest December Night on Record 30.9 degrees - 1/12/2019
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NEW RECORD HOTTEST TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 38.9 degrees on 23rd August 2020 - in fact 3 days over the previous record in August |
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| Brown honeyeaters arrive from the bush - very noisy | August 14th | August 25th | August 20th | August 22nd | August 19th | August 8th | August 24th | June 18th |
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First sea breeze in the morning |
August 21st |
August 27th |
August 17th | August 12th | August 21st | August 30th | Sept 3rd | August 20th | August 17th | August 24th | August 27th | August 26th | August 12th |
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| SEPTEMBER | Massive equinox tide to the base of the sand dunes and strips the beach of sand - rocky now | 10 metres - 3rd Sept 2015 | 10.2 metres - 20th August 2016 |
9.72metres 24th August 2017 |
10.07m 21st Sept 2018 | Large equinox tides on 2nd September of 10:05m at 12.21pm and 10:36m on 30th |
21st Sept WARMEST SEPTEMBER MINIMUM OF 25.9 DEGREES OVERNIGHT - WARMEST IN 77 YEARS. |
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SEPTEMBER |
Wading birds return from the Northern hemisphere Soap tree's green pods Medicine Tree luminous green leaves - mid Sept Bush birds are more abundant, noisy and nesting Plants grow rapidly Blossoms and nectar Bats eat nectar Orion prominent in early morning night sky Scorpio moving away from the evening night sky. Butterflies Frangipanis, Malay Almond and Boab trees drop all their leaves |
Warming up short season Westerly afternoon sea breeze |
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First build up of clouds - August 29th |
Wading birds arrive August 18th |
Wading birds arrive Sept 5th |
13th Sept 11 degrees overnight First build up of clouds - September 24th SW afternoon cool sea breezes all September |
Sept 15th -first build up of clouds
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August 24th first build up of clouds | First cloud cover 3rd August | First build up of dark rain clouds August 23rd |
WETTEST AUGUST IN 100 YEARS 46.7mm over 2 days 29th/30th Aug |
First flocks of wading birds arrive on Cable Beach 13th Sept First build up of dark clouds 6th Sept - looked like rain for a few hours - very overcast FRIGAGE BIRDS arrive hovering high at Cable Beach also on 6/9/17 |
First build up of dark rain clouds August 12th FRIGAGE BIRDS arrive hovering high at Cable Beach also on 5/8/19 Wading birds arrive Sept 6th The last heavy fog 18th Sept (average 22 Foggy mornings a year) |
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OCTOBER - NOVEMBER |
Seed pods dry out - esp. the Soap tree and Pindam Wattle Bluebone Ants Bush flies Cicadas Little Friar birds nesting and dive bombing pedestrians
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Winds change from Westerly to North westerly - (the direction of cyclones) Hot and dry Thunder |
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Sept 24th (40 degrees)
Thunder 7th Oct First rain (1.4)mm 8th Oct |
Sept 29th (38 degrees)
Oct 5th - 15 degrees overnight Drops of rain 4th October |
Oct 2nd time for air cons - 30 degrees App temp. at 10pm
First rain 27th Nov 2mm Nov 8th: CICADAS Strong cool NW breezes in November |
Oct 3rd 40 degrees - time for air cons. First frogs 7th Oct Ant mounds mid Oct First lightning 16th Oct First rain 25th Oct 8mm Oct 27th CICADAS |
Air cons on 29th Sept - 27
degrees at 10pm inside October: strong South Westerlies - mid Oct WNW - great for walking Cable Beach
First lightning Nov 5th First rain: 6mm Nov 9th November:North Westerlies humidity high |
Air cons on 17th Sept - 27 degrees at 10pm inside after 3 days of 37
degrees. First frogs Oct 15th
First thunder and drops of rain Oct 9th. |
Air cons on 12th Sept |
Air cons on 13th Sept
38 degrees 14th Sept 2017 Oct 30th - Hottest ever October day temperature 43.4 degrees |
Air cons on 24th Sept 26 degrees at 10pm inside 22nd Oct 43 degrees and 21st Oct 42 degrees |
RECORD DAILY RAINFALL - 23RD NOVEMBER 71mm |
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(The yawuru seasons are hot spotted below to access - click on the word to access e.g. Mankala)
(chart courtesy of Broome and Beyond - 1996)
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