Broome is a weather station located 7 m above sea level, 1 km from Broome. Its records go back to 1910: 114 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 27.1 °C, barely higher than over 1961–1990 (26.8 °C): a difference of 0.3 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2016 (28.4 °C) and the coldest 1976 (25.6 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 23 out of 114, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade. The station ranks 188 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1910
The first ten years of the series (1910–1919) average 26.5 °C; the last ten (2016–2025) average 27.5 °C, a difference of +1.0 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 3 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2016 (28.4 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 27.5 °C (2024) and bottoms out at 26.4 °C (1920).
Annual rainfall since 1910
On average 638 mm of rain falls per year over the 83 documented years. The wettest year, 2018, received 1599 mm; the driest, 1992, only 132 mm, which is 12.1 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (747 mm per year) is 152 mm (25.5 %) above the 1961–1990 one (595 mm). Over 1991–2020, January is on average the wettest month (229 mm) and September the driest (1 mm). Between 2006 and 2025, 14 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 | 29.9 °C | 30.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 204 mm | 229 mm | +25 mm |
| February | 29.6 °C | 29.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 163 mm | 217 mm | +54 mm |
| March | 29.9 °C | 30.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 105 mm | 105 mm | 0 mm |
| April | 28.4 °C | 28.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 19 mm | 28 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 25.0 °C | 25.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 24 mm | 24 mm | 0 mm |
| June | 22.3 °C | 22.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 16 mm | 18 mm | +2 mm |
| July | 21.2 °C | 21.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 2 mm | 9 mm | +7 mm |
| August | 22.5 °C | 22.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 2 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm |
| September | 25.2 °C | 25.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm |
| October | 27.9 °C | 28.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 2 mm | 1 mm | −1 mm |
| November | 29.5 °C | 30.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 9 mm | 11 mm | +2 mm |
| December | 30.3 °C | 30.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 48 mm | 102 mm | +54 mm |
The largest temperature change is in July (+0.7 °C) and the smallest in February (0.0 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.3 °C, and 11 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in February (+54 mm) and the smallest in October (−1 mm).
Records at Broome
- Warmest year: 28.4 °C, in 2016
- Coldest year: 25.6 °C, in 1976
- Driest year: 132 mm, in 1992
- Wettest year: 1599 mm, in 2018
- Warmest month: 32.5 °C, in December 2019
- Coldest month: 18.9 °C, in July 1950
- Wettest month: 945 mm, in January 2018
- Hottest day: 44.6 °C, on 23 November 2019
- Coldest day: 4.4 °C, on 21 July 1965
- Heaviest rain in one day: 476.6 mm, on 30 January 1997
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 40.2 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +0.8 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.06 °C per decade: the station ranks 188 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 10 months out of 15 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.4 °C. The highest departure was in October 2024 (+1.7 °C); the lowest, in July 2025 (−1.3 °C). The last twelve months add up to 947 mm of rain, which is 127 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (747 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 30.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | 1 mm |
| November 2024 | 31.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 16 mm | 11 mm |
| December 2024 | 31.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 170 mm | 102 mm |
| January 2025 | 29.9 °C | −0.1 °C | 311 mm | 229 mm |
| February 2025 | 30.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 112 mm | 217 mm |
| March 2025 | 30.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 67 mm | 105 mm |
| April 2025 | 29.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 29 mm | 28 mm |
| May 2025 | 25.0 °C | −0.2 °C | 127 mm | 24 mm |
| June 2025 | 22.1 °C | −0.5 °C | 0 mm | 18 mm |
| July 2025 | 20.6 °C | −1.3 °C | 5 mm | 9 mm |
| August 2025 | 23.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | 2 mm |
| September 2025 | 25.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | 1 mm |
| October 2025 | 28.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | 1 mm |
| November 2025 | 30.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 1 mm | 11 mm |
| December 2025 | 30.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 71 mm | 102 mm |
| January 2026 | – | – | 233 mm | 229 mm |
| February 2026 | – | – | 462 mm | 217 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 172 mm | 105 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 2 mm | 28 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 5 mm | 24 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 18 mm |
| July 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 9 mm |
| August 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 2 mm |
| September 2026 | – | – | 1 mm | 1 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 Broome 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 Broome?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Broome is 27.1 °C. It was 26.8 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.3 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Broome?
Since records began in 1910, the warmest year at Broome is 2016, at 28.4 °C on average. The coldest is 1976 (25.6 °C).
Is the climate at Broome getting warmer?
Yes: at Broome, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +0.8 °C in total. 3 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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