Palmerville is a weather station located 204 m above sea level. Its records go back to 1890: 83 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 26.0 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (25.4 °C): a difference of 0.6 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2025 (26.9 °C) and the coldest 1929 (24.1 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 1 out of 83, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.24 °C per decade. The station ranks 66 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1890
The first ten years of the series (1914–1923) average 24.9 °C; the last ten (2015–2025) average 26.5 °C, a difference of +1.6 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2025 (26.9 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 26.5 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 24.9 °C (1930).
Annual rainfall since 1890
On average 1029 mm of rain falls per year over the 133 documented years. The wettest year, 1913, received 2099 mm; the driest, 1966, only 448 mm, which is 4.7 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (1048 mm per year) is 31 mm (3.0 %) above the 1961–1990 one (1017 mm). Over 1991–2020, January is on average the wettest month (292 mm) and August the driest (2 mm). Between 2004 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 | 28.0 °C | 28.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 245 mm | 292 mm | +47 mm |
| February | 27.5 °C | 27.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 260 mm | 268 mm | +8 mm |
| March | 26.7 °C | 27.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 188 mm | 171 mm | −17 mm |
| April | 25.5 °C | 25.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 50 mm | 45 mm | −5 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | 24.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 18 mm | 15 mm | −3 mm |
| June | 21.8 °C | 22.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 15 mm | 6 mm | −9 mm |
| July | 21.2 °C | 22.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | 3 mm | 0 mm |
| August | 22.5 °C | 22.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 4 mm | 2 mm | −2 mm |
| September | 24.2 °C | 25.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | 9 mm | +4 mm |
| October | 26.4 °C | 27.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 16 mm | 29 mm | +13 mm |
| November | 28.1 °C | 28.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 62 mm | 61 mm | −1 mm |
| December | 28.6 °C | 29.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 151 mm | 147 mm | −4 mm |
The largest temperature change is in June (+1.1 °C) and the smallest in January (+0.2 °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 (+47 mm) and the smallest in March (−17 mm).
Records at Palmerville
- Warmest year: 26.9 °C, in 2025
- Coldest year: 24.1 °C, in 1929
- Driest year: 448 mm, in 1966
- Wettest year: 2099 mm, in 1913
- Warmest month: 30.9 °C, in December 2014
- Coldest month: 17.7 °C, in July 1965
- Wettest month: 813 mm, in January 1979
- Hottest day: 43.1 °C, on 16 November 1971
- Coldest day: −2.6 °C, on 12 June 1913
- Heaviest rain in one day: 208.0 mm, on 13 February 1918
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 45.7 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.24 °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 0.05 °C per decade: the station ranks 66 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 22 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 12 months out of 14 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.9 °C. The highest departure was in July 2025 (+2.5 °C); the lowest, in February 2025 (−0.2 °C). The last twelve months add up to 1374 mm of rain, which is 131 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (1048 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 28.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 6 mm | 29 mm |
| November 2024 | 29.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 7 mm | 61 mm |
| December 2024 | 29.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 319 mm | 147 mm |
| January 2025 | 28.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 247 mm | 292 mm |
| February 2025 | 27.7 °C | −0.2 °C | 299 mm | 268 mm |
| March 2025 | 28.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 145 mm | 171 mm |
| April 2025 | 26.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 22 mm | 45 mm |
| May 2025 | 25.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | 15 mm |
| June 2025 | 24.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | 6 mm |
| July 2025 | 24.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 24 mm | 3 mm |
| August 2025 | 23.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | 2 mm |
| October 2025 | 28.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | 29 mm |
| November 2025 | 30.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 44 mm | 61 mm |
| December 2025 | 29.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 205 mm | 147 mm |
| January 2026 | – | – | 405 mm | 292 mm |
| February 2026 | – | – | 320 mm | 268 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 345 mm | 171 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 11 mm | 45 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 15 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 6 mm |
| August 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 2 mm |
| September 2026 | – | – | 3 mm | 9 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 Palmerville 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 Palmerville?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Palmerville is 26.0 °C. It was 25.4 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.6 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Palmerville?
Since records began in 1890, the warmest year at Palmerville is 2025, at 26.9 °C on average. The coldest is 1929 (24.1 °C).
Is the climate at Palmerville getting warmer?
Yes: at Palmerville, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.24 °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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