Kyancutta is a weather station located 59 m above sea level. Its records go back to 1930: 84 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 17.4 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (16.8 °C): a difference of 0.6 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2013 (18.2 °C) and the coldest 1943 (15.4 °C). The last complete year, 2018, ranks 2 out of 84, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.18 °C per decade. The station ranks 132 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1930
The first ten years of the series (1931–1940) average 16.5 °C; the last ten (2009–2018) average 17.4 °C, a difference of +1.0 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2013 (18.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 17.5 °C (2013) and bottoms out at 16.1 °C (1952).
Annual rainfall since 1930
On average 307 mm of rain falls per year over the 93 documented years. The wettest year, 1968, received 542 mm; the driest, 1994, only 162 mm, which is 3.3 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (295 mm per year) is 8 mm (2.6 %) below the 1961–1990 one (303 mm). Over 1991–2020, June is on average the wettest month (36 mm) and February the driest (15 mm). Between 2004 and 2025, 4 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 | 23.1 °C | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 13 mm | 19 mm | +6 mm |
| February | 22.9 °C | 23.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 14 mm | 15 mm | +1 mm |
| March | 20.6 °C | 20.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 12 mm | 16 mm | +4 mm |
| April | 17.0 °C | 17.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 19 mm | 18 mm | −1 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | 14.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 35 mm | 26 mm | −9 mm |
| June | 11.1 °C | 11.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 36 mm | 36 mm | 0 mm |
| July | 10.6 °C | 11.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 41 mm | 35 mm | −6 mm |
| August | 11.1 °C | 11.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 40 mm | 35 mm | −5 mm |
| September | 13.5 °C | 14.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 33 mm | 30 mm | −3 mm |
| October | 16.6 °C | 17.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 23 mm | 23 mm | 0 mm |
| November | 19.6 °C | 20.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 19 mm | 20 mm | +1 mm |
| December | 21.4 °C | 22.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 18 mm | 22 mm | +4 mm |
The largest temperature change is in February (+0.9 °C) and the smallest in March (+0.3 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.6 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in January (+6 mm) and the smallest in May (−9 mm).
Records at Kyancutta
- Warmest year: 18.2 °C, in 2013
- Coldest year: 15.4 °C, in 1943
- Driest year: 162 mm, in 1994
- Wettest year: 542 mm, in 1968
- Warmest month: 27.6 °C, in January 2001
- Coldest month: 8.5 °C, in July 1997
- Wettest month: 141 mm, in January 1993
- Hottest day: 49.2 °C, on 24 January 2019
- Coldest day: −7.5 °C, on 9 July 1959
- Heaviest rain in one day: 77.0 mm, on 24 January 1993
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 56.7 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.18 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.2 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.01 °C per decade: the station ranks 132 out of 227.
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 Kyancutta 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 Kyancutta?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Kyancutta is 17.4 °C. It was 16.8 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.6 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Kyancutta?
Since records began in 1930, the warmest year at Kyancutta is 2013, at 18.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1943 (15.4 °C).
Is the climate at Kyancutta getting warmer?
Yes: at Kyancutta, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.18 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.2 °C in total. 7 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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