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Cunderdin: weather history since 1951

Cunderdin is a weather station located 217 m above sea level. Its records go back to 1951: 67 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 18.2 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (17.5 °C): a difference of 0.7 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2024 (19.7 °C) and the coldest 1971 (15.7 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 9 out of 67, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.23 °C per decade. The station ranks 78 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.

Annual mean temperature since 1951

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19511960197019801990200020102025
Mean temperature of the year   10-year running mean   1961–1990 normal (17.5 °C)   1991–2020 normal (18.2 °C)

The first ten years of the series (1951–1960) average 17.1 °C; the last ten (2016–2025) average 18.4 °C, a difference of +1.3 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 9 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2024 (19.7 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 18.7 °C (2020) and bottoms out at 17.0 °C (1971).

Annual rainfall since 1951

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19511960197019801990200020102025
Rainfall of the year   Series average (305 mm)

On average 305 mm of rain falls per year over the 26 documented years. The wettest year, 2021, received 442 mm; the driest, 2010, only 167 mm, which is 2.6 times less. Over 1991–2020, July is on average the wettest month (50 mm) and December the driest (8 mm). Between 2005 and 2025, 10 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.

Monthly temperature and rainfall normals, 1961–1990 and 1991–2020
MonthTemp. 1961–1990Temp. 1991–2020DifferenceRain 1961–1990Rain 1991–2020Difference
January25.3 °C26.1 °C+0.8 °C–19 mm–
February25.0 °C25.6 °C+0.6 °C–17 mm–
March22.5 °C23.1 °C+0.6 °C–18 mm–
April18.3 °C19.3 °C+1.0 °C–21 mm–
May14.1 °C14.9 °C+0.8 °C–31 mm–
June11.6 °C12.2 °C+0.6 °C–38 mm–
July10.5 °C11.0 °C+0.5 °C–50 mm–
August10.7 °C11.3 °C+0.6 °C–42 mm–
September12.7 °C13.0 °C+0.3 °C–26 mm–
October16.0 °C17.1 °C+1.1 °C–19 mm–
November19.8 °C21.1 °C+1.3 °C–15 mm–
December23.5 °C24.0 °C+0.5 °C–8 mm–

The largest temperature change is in November (+1.3 °C) and the smallest in September (+0.3 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.7 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before.

Records at Cunderdin

  • Warmest year: 19.7 °C, in 2024
  • Coldest year: 15.7 °C, in 1971
  • Driest year: 167 mm, in 2010
  • Wettest year: 442 mm, in 2021
  • Warmest month: 28.7 °C, in January 2025
  • Coldest month: 8.6 °C, in August 1968
  • Wettest month: 120 mm, in January 2006
  • Hottest day: 48.5 °C, on 3 February 2007
  • Coldest day: −5.0 °C, on 3 July 1990
  • Heaviest rain in one day: 65.4 mm, on 27 March 2016

4.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 53.5 °C.

Temperature trend over 1961–2025

The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.23 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.5 °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 78 out of 227.

The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal

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October 2024September 2026
Warmer than the 1991–2020 normal   Cooler than 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 +0.6 °C. The highest departure was in January 2025 (+2.6 °C); the lowest, in October 2025 (−0.8 °C). The last twelve months add up to 304 mm of rain, which is 100 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (304 mm).

Temperature and rainfall of recent months, compared with the 1991–2020 normals
MonthTemperatureDeparture from normalRainNormal rain
October 202418.6 °C+1.5 °C14 mm19 mm
November 202420.8 °C−0.3 °C25 mm15 mm
December 202425.6 °C+1.6 °C15 mm8 mm
January 202528.7 °C+2.6 °C1 mm19 mm
February 202525.9 °C+0.3 °C4 mm17 mm
March 202525.0 °C+1.9 °C19 mm18 mm
April 202519.6 °C+0.3 °C34 mm21 mm
May 202515.9 °C+1.0 °C15 mm31 mm
June 202513.0 °C+0.8 °C27 mm38 mm
July 202510.4 °C−0.6 °C54 mm50 mm
August 202511.4 °C+0.1 °C68 mm42 mm
September 202512.8 °C−0.2 °C26 mm26 mm
October 202516.3 °C−0.8 °C20 mm19 mm
November 202520.5 °C−0.6 °C16 mm15 mm
December 202524.8 °C+0.8 °C19 mm8 mm
January 2026––3 mm19 mm
February 2026––29 mm17 mm
March 2026––27 mm18 mm
April 2026––26 mm21 mm
May 2026––27 mm31 mm
June 2026––55 mm38 mm
July 2026––17 mm50 mm
August 2026––56 mm42 mm
September 2026––9 mm26 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 Cunderdin 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 Cunderdin?

Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Cunderdin is 18.2 °C. It was 17.5 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.7 °C.

What is the warmest year ever measured at Cunderdin?

Since records began in 1951, the warmest year at Cunderdin is 2024, at 19.7 °C on average. The coldest is 1971 (15.7 °C).

Is the climate at Cunderdin getting warmer?

Yes: at Cunderdin, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.23 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.5 °C in total. 9 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.

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