Weather in Capel

Climate of Capel: 1991–2020 normals

In Capel, January is typically the warmest month (up to 28.1 °C on average), while August is the coldest at 10.0 °C. July sees the most rain, with around 106 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 16.0 °C and 293 mm of rain, spring 19.4 °C and 125 mm, summer 27.3 °C and 34 mm, autumn 22.4 °C and 125 mm. The wettest season is winter (51 % of the annual total), the driest summer (6 %).

Compared with Perth (Western Australia), the main town 181 km to the north, highs in the warmest month are 2.4 °C lower here, and the year brings 28 mm more precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 6 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Gelorup (17 km to the north-east): summers 1.7 °C warmer and 60 mm wetter a year; Busselton (23 km to the south-west): summers 1.0 °C cooler and 34 mm wetter a year; Bunbury (27 km to the north): summers 1.3 °C warmer and 96 mm wetter a year. Among the 104 places we cover in Western Australia whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Capel ranks 85th for summer warmth and 26th for annual precipitation. The warmest summers are in Paraburdoo and the coolest in Dunsborough; the wettest year is in Kununurra and the driest in Carnarvon.