Halls Creek is a weather station located 409 m above sea level, 1 km from Halls Creek. Its records go back to 1910: 107 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 26.2 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (25.7 °C): a difference of 0.4 °C. The warmest year of the series is 1992 (27.6 °C) and the coldest 1949 (24.2 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 8 out of 107, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.17 °C per decade. The station ranks 148 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 25.2 °C; the last ten (2015–2025) average 26.6 °C, a difference of +1.4 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 4 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1992 (27.6 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 26.7 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 25.2 °C (1918).
Annual rainfall since 1910
On average 568 mm of rain falls per year over the 74 documented years. The wettest year, 2000, received 1198 mm; the driest, 1989, only 203 mm, which is 5.9 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (662 mm per year) is 125 mm (23.3 %) above the 1961–1990 one (537 mm). Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (179 mm) and August the driest (1 mm). Between 1998 and 2023, 13 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 | 30.1 °C | 30.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 150 mm | 173 mm | +23 mm |
| February | 29.2 °C | 29.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 122 mm | 179 mm | +57 mm |
| March | 27.9 °C | 28.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 89 mm | 100 mm | +11 mm |
| April | 25.5 °C | 26.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 22 mm | 20 mm | −2 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | 22.3 °C | −0.1 °C | 13 mm | 11 mm | −2 mm |
| June | 19.2 °C | 19.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 4 mm | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| July | 18.2 °C | 19.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | 5 mm | 0 mm |
| August | 21.3 °C | 21.2 °C | −0.1 °C | 2 mm | 1 mm | −1 mm |
| September | 24.9 °C | 26.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 6 mm | 4 mm | −2 mm |
| October | 28.8 °C | 29.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 16 mm | 20 mm | +4 mm |
| November | 30.6 °C | 31.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 35 mm | 45 mm | +10 mm |
| December | 30.8 °C | 30.7 °C | −0.1 °C | 73 mm | 99 mm | +26 mm |
The largest temperature change is in September (+1.4 °C) and the smallest in August (−0.1 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.4 °C, and 9 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in February (+57 mm) and the smallest in April (−2 mm).
Records at Halls Creek
- Warmest year: 27.6 °C, in 1992
- Coldest year: 24.2 °C, in 1949
- Driest year: 203 mm, in 1989
- Wettest year: 1198 mm, in 2000
- Warmest month: 34.2 °C, in December 2019
- Coldest month: 15.1 °C, in July 1922
- Wettest month: 534 mm, in February 1993
- Hottest day: 46.1 °C, on 19 December 2023
- Coldest day: −0.6 °C, on 26 July 1927
- Heaviest rain in one day: 202.2 mm, on 9 January 1959
3.4 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 46.7 °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 148 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 23 months (January 2024 to December 2025), 14 months out of 22 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.4 °C. The highest departure was in August 2024 (+2.6 °C); the lowest, in April 2024 (−1.7 °C).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 30.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 293 mm | 173 mm |
| February 2024 | 30.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 287 mm | 179 mm |
| March 2024 | 28.1 °C | −0.4 °C | – | 100 mm |
| April 2024 | 24.7 °C | −1.7 °C | 0 mm | 20 mm |
| May 2024 | 22.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 15 mm | 11 mm |
| June 2024 | 19.4 °C | −0.3 °C | 4 mm | 5 mm |
| July 2024 | 19.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | 5 mm |
| August 2024 | 23.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | 1 mm |
| October 2024 | 30.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 6 mm | 20 mm |
| November 2024 | 31.2 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 45 mm |
| December 2024 | 32.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 56 mm | 99 mm |
| January 2025 | 31.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 140 mm | 173 mm |
| February 2025 | 30.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 215 mm | 179 mm |
| March 2025 | 30.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 51 mm | 100 mm |
| April 2025 | 26.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | 20 mm |
| May 2025 | – | – | 45 mm | 11 mm |
| June 2025 | 18.3 °C | −1.4 °C | 0 mm | 5 mm |
| July 2025 | 20.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | 5 mm |
| August 2025 | 21.2 °C | 0.0 °C | – | 1 mm |
| September 2025 | 25.5 °C | −0.8 °C | – | 4 mm |
| October 2025 | 31.4 °C | +2.0 °C | – | 20 mm |
| November 2025 | 30.6 °C | −0.4 °C | – | 45 mm |
| December 2025 | 30.2 °C | −0.5 °C | – | 99 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 Halls Creek 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 Halls Creek?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Halls Creek is 26.2 °C. It was 25.7 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.4 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Halls Creek?
Since records began in 1910, the warmest year at Halls Creek is 1992, at 27.6 °C on average. The coldest is 1949 (24.2 °C).
Is the climate at Halls Creek getting warmer?
Yes: at Halls Creek, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.17 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.1 °C in total. 4 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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