Mitchell Post Office is a weather station located 336 m above sea level, 1 km from Mitchell. Its records go back to 1888: 30 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 20.3 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2017 (21.4 °C) and the coldest 1976 (18.7 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 7 out of 30, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.23 °C per decade. The station ranks 73 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1888
The first ten years of the series (1969–1995) average 19.6 °C; the last ten (2012–2025) average 20.5 °C, a difference of +0.9 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2017 (21.4 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 20.4 °C (2020) and bottoms out at 19.8 °C (2001).
Annual rainfall since 1888
On average 559 mm of rain falls per year over the 136 documented years. The wettest year, 1950, received 1304 mm; the driest, 2019, only 193 mm, which is 6.8 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (543 mm per year) is 30 mm (5.8 %) above the 1961–1990 one (513 mm). Over 1991–2020, December is on average the wettest month (87 mm) and July the driest (20 mm). Between 2006 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.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | – | 27.8 °C | – | 83 mm | 71 mm | −12 mm |
| February | – | 26.8 °C | – | 40 mm | 86 mm | +46 mm |
| March | – | 24.6 °C | – | 56 mm | 49 mm | −7 mm |
| April | – | 20.4 °C | – | 35 mm | 25 mm | −10 mm |
| May | – | 15.8 °C | – | 38 mm | 24 mm | −14 mm |
| June | – | 12.7 °C | – | 25 mm | 31 mm | +6 mm |
| July | – | 11.8 °C | – | 32 mm | 20 mm | −12 mm |
| August | – | 13.6 °C | – | 27 mm | 21 mm | −6 mm |
| September | – | 17.7 °C | – | 22 mm | 25 mm | +3 mm |
| October | – | 21.4 °C | – | 36 mm | 47 mm | +11 mm |
| November | – | 24.6 °C | – | 58 mm | 57 mm | −1 mm |
| December | – | 26.5 °C | – | 61 mm | 87 mm | +26 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in February (+46 mm) and the smallest in May (−14 mm).
Records at Mitchell Post Office
- Warmest year: 21.4 °C, in 2017
- Coldest year: 18.7 °C, in 1976
- Driest year: 193 mm, in 2019
- Wettest year: 1304 mm, in 1950
- Warmest month: 30.8 °C, in January 2020
- Coldest month: 9.5 °C, in July 1977
- Wettest month: 389 mm, in February 1906
- Hottest day: 46.8 °C, on 19 January 1980
- Coldest day: −9.5 °C, on 8 August 2008
- Heaviest rain in one day: 186.7 mm, on 26 February 1914
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 56.3 °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 73 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 18 months out of 23 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.9 °C. The highest departure was in October 2025 (+2.8 °C); the lowest, in June 2025 (−1.2 °C). The last twelve months add up to 430 mm of rain, which is 79 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (543 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 23.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 10 mm | 47 mm |
| November 2024 | 27.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 96 mm | 57 mm |
| December 2024 | 27.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 100 mm | 87 mm |
| January 2025 | 28.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 68 mm | 71 mm |
| February 2025 | 27.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 46 mm | 86 mm |
| March 2025 | 26.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 187 mm | 49 mm |
| April 2025 | 19.6 °C | −0.8 °C | 38 mm | 25 mm |
| May 2025 | 16.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 13 mm | 24 mm |
| June 2025 | 11.5 °C | −1.2 °C | 0 mm | 31 mm |
| July 2025 | 11.3 °C | −0.5 °C | 26 mm | 20 mm |
| August 2025 | 13.4 °C | −0.2 °C | 40 mm | 21 mm |
| September 2025 | 18.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 8 mm | 25 mm |
| October 2025 | 24.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 46 mm | 47 mm |
| November 2025 | 25.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 60 mm | 57 mm |
| December 2025 | 26.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 19 mm | 87 mm |
| January 2026 | 29.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 54 mm | 71 mm |
| February 2026 | 27.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 83 mm | 86 mm |
| March 2026 | 24.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 56 mm | 49 mm |
| April 2026 | 20.0 °C | −0.4 °C | 2 mm | 25 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 50 mm | 24 mm |
| June 2026 | 14.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | 31 mm |
| July 2026 | 12.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | 20 mm |
| August 2026 | 14.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 16 mm | 21 mm |
| September 2026 | 19.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | 25 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 Mitchell Post Office 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 Mitchell Post Office?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Mitchell Post Office is 20.3 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Mitchell Post Office?
Since records began in 1888, the warmest year at Mitchell Post Office is 2017, at 21.4 °C on average. The coldest is 1976 (18.7 °C).
Is the climate at Mitchell Post Office getting warmer?
Yes: at Mitchell Post Office, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.23 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.5 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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