Bridgetown is a weather station located 179 m above sea level, 1 km from Bridgetown. Its records go back to 1910: 97 years of temperature are available up to 2025, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 15.4 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (15.0 °C): a difference of 0.4 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2011 (16.3 °C) and the coldest 1952 (13.5 °C). The last complete year, 2024, ranks 2 out of 97, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.17 °C per decade. The station ranks 145 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1910
The first ten years of the series (1910–1920) average 14.3 °C; the last ten (2010–2024) average 15.7 °C, a difference of +1.4 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 6 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2011 (16.3 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 15.7 °C (2015) and bottoms out at 14.2 °C (1925).
Annual rainfall since 1910
On average 732 mm of rain falls per year over the 24 documented years. The wettest year, 2005, received 1012 mm; the driest, 2010, only 425 mm, which is 2.4 times less. Between 2006 and 2025, 11 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 | 20.9 °C | 21.4 °C | +0.5 °C | – | – | – |
| February | 21.0 °C | 21.4 °C | +0.4 °C | – | 13 mm | – |
| March | 19.1 °C | 19.5 °C | +0.4 °C | – | 22 mm | – |
| April | 15.6 °C | 16.4 °C | +0.8 °C | – | 51 mm | – |
| May | 12.9 °C | 13.0 °C | +0.1 °C | – | 94 mm | – |
| June | 11.0 °C | 11.0 °C | 0.0 °C | – | 106 mm | – |
| July | 10.0 °C | 10.2 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 124 mm | – |
| August | 10.2 °C | 10.8 °C | +0.6 °C | – | 121 mm | – |
| September | 11.4 °C | 11.7 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 87 mm | – |
| October | 13.1 °C | 13.8 °C | +0.7 °C | – | 45 mm | – |
| November | 16.0 °C | 16.6 °C | +0.6 °C | – | 34 mm | – |
| December | 18.8 °C | 19.1 °C | +0.3 °C | – | – | – |
The largest temperature change is in April (+0.8 °C) and the smallest in June (0.0 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.4 °C, and 11 months out of twelve are warmer than before.
Records at Bridgetown
- Warmest year: 16.3 °C, in 2011
- Coldest year: 13.5 °C, in 1952
- Driest year: 425 mm, in 2010
- Wettest year: 1012 mm, in 2005
- Warmest month: 24.2 °C, in February 1985
- Coldest month: 7.8 °C, in July 1922
- Wettest month: 224 mm, in July 2025
- Hottest day: 44.4 °C, on 8 February 1933
- Coldest day: −5.4 °C, on 17 June 2006
- Heaviest rain in one day: 90.6 mm, on 17 February 2003
2.8 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 49.8 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.17 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.1 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.02 °C per decade: the station ranks 145 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (September 2024 to August 2026), 11 months out of 14 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.8 °C. The highest departure was in March 2025 (+2.2 °C); the lowest, in November 2025 (−0.2 °C).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 12.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 27 mm | 87 mm |
| October 2024 | 15.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | 45 mm |
| November 2024 | 17.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 62 mm | 34 mm |
| December 2024 | 20.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 6 mm | – |
| January 2025 | 23.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 14 mm | – |
| February 2025 | 22.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 9 mm | 13 mm |
| March 2025 | 21.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 17 mm | 22 mm |
| April 2025 | 16.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 82 mm | 51 mm |
| May 2025 | – | – | 36 mm | 94 mm |
| June 2025 | 11.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 129 mm | 106 mm |
| July 2025 | 10.1 °C | −0.1 °C | 224 mm | 124 mm |
| August 2025 | 10.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 166 mm | 121 mm |
| September 2025 | 12.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 96 mm | 87 mm |
| October 2025 | 14.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 62 mm | 45 mm |
| November 2025 | 16.4 °C | −0.2 °C | 92 mm | 34 mm |
| December 2025 | – | – | 0 mm | – |
| January 2026 | – | – | 5 mm | – |
| February 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 13 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 47 mm | 22 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 48 mm | 51 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 67 mm | 94 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 124 mm | 106 mm |
| July 2026 | – | – | 59 mm | 124 mm |
| August 2026 | – | – | 122 mm | 121 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 Bridgetown 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 Bridgetown?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Bridgetown is 15.4 °C. It was 15.0 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.4 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Bridgetown?
Since records began in 1910, the warmest year at Bridgetown is 2011, at 16.3 °C on average. The coldest is 1952 (13.5 °C).
Is the climate at Bridgetown getting warmer?
Yes: at Bridgetown, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.17 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.1 °C in total. 6 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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