Burketown is a weather station located 6 m above sea level. Its records go back to 1910: 79 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 26.9 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2013 (27.7 °C) and the coldest 1950 (25.0 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 31 out of 79, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.20 °C per decade. The station ranks 107 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 25.9 °C; the last ten (2015–2025) average 27.4 °C, a difference of +1.5 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2013 (27.7 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 27.5 °C (2022) and bottoms out at 25.6 °C (1926).
Annual rainfall since 1910
On average 840 mm of rain falls per year over the 22 documented years. The wettest year, 2010, received 1790 mm; the driest, 2004, only 323 mm, which is 5.5 times less. Between 2004 and 2025, 8 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Records at Burketown
- Warmest year: 27.7 °C, in 2013
- Coldest year: 25.0 °C, in 1950
- Driest year: 323 mm, in 2004
- Wettest year: 1790 mm, in 2010
- Warmest month: 32.7 °C, in December 1990
- Coldest month: 17.6 °C, in July 1922
- Wettest month: 776 mm, in January 2009
- Hottest day: 45.2 °C, on 8 December 1934
- Coldest day: 2.5 °C, on 12 July 1941
- Heaviest rain in one day: 235.2 mm, on 2 April 2010
2.7 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 42.7 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.20 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.3 °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 107 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 22 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 7 months out of 13 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is −0.1 °C. The highest departure was in October 2025 (+1.6 °C); the lowest, in December 2025 (−2.2 °C).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 29.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 39 mm | – |
| November 2024 | 29.8 °C | −0.3 °C | 149 mm | 40 mm |
| December 2024 | – | – | 175 mm | – |
| January 2025 | – | – | 38 mm | – |
| February 2025 | 29.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 159 mm | – |
| March 2025 | 29.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 291 mm | – |
| April 2025 | 27.4 °C | −0.4 °C | 123 mm | – |
| May 2025 | 24.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | – |
| June 2025 | 21.0 °C | −1.3 °C | 0 mm | – |
| July 2025 | 21.3 °C | −0.3 °C | 0 mm | – |
| August 2025 | 22.5 °C | −0.3 °C | 0 mm | – |
| September 2025 | 26.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | – |
| October 2025 | 30.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | – |
| November 2025 | 30.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 71 mm | 40 mm |
| December 2025 | 28.7 °C | −2.2 °C | 498 mm | – |
| January 2026 | – | – | 205 mm | – |
| April 2026 | – | – | 5 mm | – |
| May 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | – |
| June 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | – |
| July 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | – |
| August 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | – |
| September 2026 | – | – | 0 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 Burketown 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 Burketown?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Burketown is 26.9 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Burketown?
Since records began in 1910, the warmest year at Burketown is 2013, at 27.7 °C on average. The coldest is 1950 (25.0 °C).
Is the climate at Burketown getting warmer?
Yes: at Burketown, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.20 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.3 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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