Balranald (Rsl) is a weather station located 61 m above sea level, 0 km from Balranald. Its records go back to 1879: 11 years of temperature are available up to 2022, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2022. Over the whole series (11 years) the annual mean temperature there is 17.0 °C; the 1961–1990 and 1991–2020 reference periods are not documented well enough for a comparison. The warmest year of the series is 2009 (18.3 °C) and the coldest 1996 (16.2 °C). The last complete year, 2022, ranks 2 out of 11, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2022, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.23 °C per decade. The station ranks 72 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1879
Of the ten warmest years in the series, 5 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2009 (18.3 °C).
Annual rainfall since 1879
On average 309 mm of rain falls per year over the 129 documented years. The wettest year, 2010, received 692 mm; the driest, 1987, only 117 mm, which is 5.9 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (314 mm per year) is 1 mm (0.3 %) above the 1961–1990 one (313 mm). Over 1991–2020, November is on average the wettest month (39 mm) and March the driest (14 mm). Between 1998 and 2022, 8 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | – | – | – | 25 mm | 25 mm | 0 mm |
| February | – | – | – | 16 mm | 33 mm | +17 mm |
| March | – | – | – | 25 mm | 14 mm | −11 mm |
| April | – | – | – | 28 mm | 20 mm | −8 mm |
| May | – | – | – | 33 mm | 22 mm | −11 mm |
| June | – | – | – | 22 mm | 25 mm | +3 mm |
| July | – | – | – | 24 mm | 28 mm | +4 mm |
| August | – | – | – | 34 mm | 25 mm | −9 mm |
| September | – | – | – | 30 mm | 29 mm | −1 mm |
| October | – | – | – | 27 mm | 25 mm | −2 mm |
| November | – | – | – | 24 mm | 39 mm | +15 mm |
| December | – | – | – | 25 mm | 29 mm | +4 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in February (+17 mm) and the smallest in March (−11 mm).
Records at Balranald (Rsl)
- Warmest year: 18.3 °C, in 2009
- Coldest year: 16.2 °C, in 1996
- Driest year: 117 mm, in 1987
- Wettest year: 692 mm, in 2010
- Warmest month: 29.1 °C, in January 2019
- Coldest month: 8.3 °C, in July 1998
- Wettest month: 185 mm, in October 2022
- Hottest day: 48.4 °C, on 27 January 2026
- Coldest day: −4.8 °C, on 21 July 1982
- Heaviest rain in one day: 93.3 mm, on 21 April 1990
2.1 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 53.2 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2022
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.23 °C per decade between 1961 and 2022, about +1.4 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.04 °C per decade: the station ranks 72 out of 227.
Data source and licence
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology (ACORN-SAT) and NOAA NCEI (GHCN-Daily) (dataset “ACORN-SAT v2 daily (homogenised) + GHCN-Daily”), licence CC BY 4.0; Public domain (NOAA NCEI). Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Balranald (Rsl) are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 227 stations in Australia: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Balranald (Rsl)?
Over the whole series (11 years), the annual mean temperature at Balranald (Rsl) is 17.0 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Balranald (Rsl)?
Since records began in 1879, the warmest year at Balranald (Rsl) is 2009, at 18.3 °C on average. The coldest is 1996 (16.2 °C).
Is the climate at Balranald (Rsl) getting warmer?
Yes: at Balranald (Rsl), the annual mean temperature rises by 0.23 °C per decade between 1961 and 2022, +1.4 °C in total. 5 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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