Weather in York

Climate of York: 1991–2020 normals

In York, January is typically the warmest month (up to 32.7 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 6.5 °C. July sees the most rain, with around 59 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 16.5 °C and 156 mm of rain, spring 23.1 °C and 65 mm, summer 31.8 °C and 47 mm, autumn 24.9 °C and 80 mm. The wettest season is winter (45 % of the annual total), the driest summer (14 %).

Compared with Perth (Western Australia), the main town 86 km to the west, highs in the warmest month are 2.2 °C higher here, and the year brings 202 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 8 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Northam (28 km to the north): summers 0.6 °C warmer and 12 mm drier a year; Bakers Hill (33 km to the north-west): summers 0.7 °C cooler and 72 mm wetter a year; Toodyay (47 km to the north-west): summers 0.6 °C warmer and 31 mm wetter a year. Among the 104 places we cover in Western Australia whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, York ranks 32nd for summer warmth and 76th 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.