Jabiru Airport is a weather station located 26 m above sea level, 6 km from Jabiru. Its records go back to 1972: 32 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 28.8 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2016 (29.7 °C) and the coldest 1972 (27.7 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 11 out of 32, from warmest to coldest. Over 1972–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.25 °C per decade. The station ranks 57 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1972
The first ten years of the series (1972–2001) average 28.3 °C; the last ten (2015–2025) average 29.2 °C, a difference of +0.9 °C. All of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999; the warmest is 2016 (29.7 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 29.2 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 28.5 °C (2007).
Annual rainfall since 1972
On average 1553 mm of rain falls per year over the 39 documented years. The wettest year, 2007, received 2623 mm; the driest, 1982, only 914 mm, which is 2.9 times less. Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (392 mm) and August the driest (2 mm). Between 2003 and 2025, 10 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Records at Jabiru Airport
- Warmest year: 29.7 °C, in 2016
- Coldest year: 27.7 °C, in 1972
- Driest year: 914 mm, in 1982
- Wettest year: 2623 mm, in 2007
- Warmest month: 32.7 °C, in December 2019
- Coldest month: 23.3 °C, in June 1985
- Wettest month: 1142 mm, in March 2007
- Hottest day: 42.4 °C, on 15 November 2004
- Coldest day: 8.8 °C, on 28 July 1984
- Heaviest rain in one day: 393.4 mm, on 2 March 2007
2.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 33.6 °C.
Temperature trend over 1972–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.25 °C per decade between 1972 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 0.06 °C per decade: the station ranks 57 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 23 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 13 months out of 23 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.1 °C. The highest departure was in July 2025 (+1.1 °C); the lowest, in March 2026 (−1.2 °C). The last twelve months add up to 1801 mm of rain, which is 109 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (1654 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 31.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 15 mm | 53 mm |
| November 2024 | 31.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 109 mm | 128 mm |
| December 2024 | 30.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 234 mm | 236 mm |
| February 2025 | 29.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 443 mm | 392 mm |
| March 2025 | 29.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 329 mm | 307 mm |
| April 2025 | 29.3 °C | −0.1 °C | 80 mm | 115 mm |
| May 2025 | 28.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 8 mm | 26 mm |
| June 2025 | 26.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | 4 mm |
| July 2025 | 26.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | 4 mm |
| August 2025 | 26.4 °C | −0.2 °C | 0 mm | 2 mm |
| September 2025 | 29.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 20 mm | 14 mm |
| October 2025 | 31.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 69 mm | 53 mm |
| November 2025 | 30.8 °C | −0.5 °C | 215 mm | 128 mm |
| December 2025 | 30.1 °C | −0.3 °C | 303 mm | 236 mm |
| January 2026 | 28.9 °C | −0.4 °C | 349 mm | 373 mm |
| February 2026 | 29.1 °C | −0.1 °C | 350 mm | 392 mm |
| March 2026 | 28.3 °C | −1.2 °C | 457 mm | 307 mm |
| April 2026 | 29.1 °C | −0.3 °C | 40 mm | 115 mm |
| May 2026 | 28.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 15 mm | 26 mm |
| June 2026 | 26.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 3 mm | 4 mm |
| July 2026 | 26.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | 4 mm |
| August 2026 | 27.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | 2 mm |
| September 2026 | 29.1 °C | −0.1 °C | 0 mm | 14 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 Jabiru Airport 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 Jabiru Airport?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Jabiru Airport is 28.8 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Jabiru Airport?
Since records began in 1972, the warmest year at Jabiru Airport is 2016, at 29.7 °C on average. The coldest is 1972 (27.7 °C).
Is the climate at Jabiru Airport getting warmer?
Yes: at Jabiru Airport, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.25 °C per decade between 1972 and 2025, +1.3 °C in total. 10 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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