Brewarrina Hospital is a weather station located 115 m above sea level, 1 km from Brewarrina. Its records go back to 1878: 20 years of temperature are available up to 2021, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2021. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 20.5 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2005 (21.4 °C) and the coldest 1970 (19.2 °C). The last complete year, 2008, ranks 16 out of 20, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2021, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.20 °C per decade. The station ranks 104 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1878
The first ten years of the series (1970–1998) average 19.8 °C; the last ten (1999–2008) average 20.5 °C, a difference of +0.7 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2005 (21.4 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 20.5 °C (2007) and bottoms out at 19.8 °C (2001).
Annual rainfall since 1878
On average 396 mm of rain falls per year over the 128 documented years. The wettest year, 1950, received 931 mm; the driest, 2019, only 95 mm, which is 9.8 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (380 mm per year) is 32 mm (7.8 %) below the 1961–1990 one (412 mm). Over 1991–2020, November is on average the wettest month (44 mm) and August the driest (16 mm). Between 1999 and 2021, 9 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 | – | 29.0 °C | – | 61 mm | 40 mm | −21 mm |
| February | – | 28.0 °C | – | 54 mm | 39 mm | −15 mm |
| March | – | 24.9 °C | – | 48 mm | 41 mm | −7 mm |
| April | – | 20.4 °C | – | 35 mm | 26 mm | −9 mm |
| May | – | 15.7 °C | – | 32 mm | 30 mm | −2 mm |
| June | – | 12.5 °C | – | 19 mm | 31 mm | +12 mm |
| July | – | 11.5 °C | – | 25 mm | 23 mm | −2 mm |
| August | – | 13.1 °C | – | 23 mm | 16 mm | −7 mm |
| September | – | 17.3 °C | – | 23 mm | 23 mm | 0 mm |
| October | – | 21.5 °C | – | 28 mm | 25 mm | −3 mm |
| November | – | 24.7 °C | – | 25 mm | 44 mm | +19 mm |
| December | – | 27.0 °C | – | 39 mm | 42 mm | +3 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in November (+19 mm) and the smallest in January (−21 mm).
Records at Brewarrina Hospital
- Warmest year: 21.4 °C, in 2005
- Coldest year: 19.2 °C, in 1970
- Driest year: 95 mm, in 2019
- Wettest year: 931 mm, in 1950
- Warmest month: 34.3 °C, in January 2019
- Coldest month: 10.1 °C, in June 2007
- Wettest month: 324 mm, in February 1976
- Hottest day: 48.1 °C, on 13 January 2013
- Coldest day: −4.2 °C, on 14 July 1997
- Heaviest rain in one day: 145.0 mm, on 16 November 2000
2.2 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 52.3 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2021
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.20 °C per decade between 1961 and 2021, about +1.2 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.01 °C per decade: the station ranks 104 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 18 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 5 months out of 6 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.9 °C. The highest departure was in September 2026 (+2.8 °C); the lowest, in August 2025 (−0.4 °C). The last twelve months add up to 192 mm of rain, which is 51 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (380 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | – | – | 38 mm | 25 mm |
| November 2024 | – | – | 85 mm | 44 mm |
| December 2024 | – | – | 40 mm | 42 mm |
| January 2025 | – | – | 20 mm | 40 mm |
| March 2025 | – | – | 59 mm | 41 mm |
| April 2025 | 20.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 10 mm | 26 mm |
| May 2025 | – | – | 6 mm | 30 mm |
| June 2025 | – | – | 22 mm | 31 mm |
| July 2025 | – | – | 19 mm | 23 mm |
| August 2025 | 12.7 °C | −0.4 °C | 22 mm | 16 mm |
| October 2025 | 22.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 3 mm | 25 mm |
| November 2025 | 24.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 7 mm | 44 mm |
| January 2026 | – | – | 1 mm | 40 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 26 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 56 mm | 30 mm |
| July 2026 | – | – | 25 mm | 23 mm |
| August 2026 | 14.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 31 mm | 16 mm |
| September 2026 | 20.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | 23 mm |
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 Brewarrina Hospital 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 Brewarrina Hospital?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Brewarrina Hospital is 20.5 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Brewarrina Hospital?
Since records began in 1878, the warmest year at Brewarrina Hospital is 2005, at 21.4 °C on average. The coldest is 1970 (19.2 °C).
Is the climate at Brewarrina Hospital getting warmer?
Yes: at Brewarrina Hospital, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.20 °C per decade between 1961 and 2021, +1.2 °C in total. 7 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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