Rabbit Flat is a weather station located 340 m above sea level. Its records go back to 1970: 43 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 25.4 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 1980 (27.2 °C) and the coldest 1974 (23.0 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 19 out of 43, from warmest to coldest. Over 1970–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.09 °C per decade. The station ranks 208 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1970
The first ten years of the series (1970–1983) average 25.2 °C; the last ten (2013–2025) average 25.8 °C, a difference of +0.6 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 4 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1980 (27.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 25.8 °C (1988) and bottoms out at 25.2 °C (2003).
Annual rainfall since 1970
On average 480 mm of rain falls per year over the 28 documented years. The wettest year, 2001, received 1064 mm; the driest, 2019, only 151 mm, which is 7.0 times less. Over 1991–2020, January is on average the wettest month (127 mm) and August the driest (3 mm). Between 2005 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 | 31.6 °C | 31.6 °C | 0.0 °C | – | 127 mm | – |
| February | 31.1 °C | 30.7 °C | −0.4 °C | – | 83 mm | – |
| March | – | 29.1 °C | – | – | 68 mm | – |
| April | 25.1 °C | 25.6 °C | +0.5 °C | – | 19 mm | – |
| May | 20.9 °C | 20.5 °C | −0.4 °C | – | 13 mm | – |
| June | 17.0 °C | 17.5 °C | +0.5 °C | – | 5 mm | – |
| July | 16.1 °C | 16.6 °C | +0.5 °C | – | 5 mm | – |
| August | – | 18.8 °C | – | – | 3 mm | – |
| September | 22.9 °C | 24.4 °C | +1.5 °C | – | 5 mm | – |
| October | 27.7 °C | 27.9 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 22 mm | – |
| November | 30.3 °C | 30.5 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 40 mm | – |
| December | 31.8 °C | 31.4 °C | −0.4 °C | – | 78 mm | – |
Records at Rabbit Flat
- Warmest year: 27.2 °C, in 1980
- Coldest year: 23.0 °C, in 1974
- Driest year: 151 mm, in 2019
- Wettest year: 1064 mm, in 2001
- Warmest month: 35.0 °C, in December 2018
- Coldest month: 13.7 °C, in June 2007
- Wettest month: 515 mm, in March 2024
- Hottest day: 47.9 °C, on 25 December 2019
- Coldest day: −3.3 °C, on 1 July 2002
- Heaviest rain in one day: 185.2 mm, on 21 March 2001
4.2 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 51.2 °C.
Temperature trend over 1970–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.09 °C per decade between 1970 and 2025, about +0.5 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.10 °C per decade: the station ranks 208 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 8 months out of 15 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.3 °C. The highest departure was in March 2025 (+2.5 °C); the lowest, in June 2025 (−1.9 °C). The last twelve months add up to 638 mm of rain, which is 136 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (468 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 28.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 2 mm | 22 mm |
| November 2024 | 30.1 °C | −0.4 °C | 33 mm | 40 mm |
| December 2024 | 32.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 84 mm | 78 mm |
| January 2025 | 32.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 53 mm | 127 mm |
| February 2025 | 32.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 11 mm | 83 mm |
| March 2025 | 31.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 44 mm | 68 mm |
| April 2025 | 25.3 °C | −0.3 °C | 12 mm | 19 mm |
| May 2025 | 20.3 °C | −0.2 °C | 96 mm | 13 mm |
| June 2025 | 15.6 °C | −1.9 °C | 0 mm | 5 mm |
| July 2025 | 16.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | 5 mm |
| August 2025 | 18.1 °C | −0.7 °C | 0 mm | 3 mm |
| September 2025 | 22.6 °C | −1.8 °C | 3 mm | 5 mm |
| October 2025 | 30.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 37 mm | 22 mm |
| November 2025 | 30.1 °C | −0.4 °C | 44 mm | 40 mm |
| December 2025 | 32.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 16 mm | 78 mm |
| January 2026 | – | – | 4 mm | 127 mm |
| February 2026 | – | – | 255 mm | 83 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 269 mm | 68 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 19 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 7 mm | 13 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 5 mm |
| July 2026 | – | – | 3 mm | 5 mm |
| August 2026 | – | – | 2 mm | 3 mm |
| September 2026 | – | – | 1 mm | 5 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 Rabbit Flat 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 Rabbit Flat?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Rabbit Flat is 25.4 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Rabbit Flat?
Since records began in 1970, the warmest year at Rabbit Flat is 1980, at 27.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1974 (23.0 °C).
Is the climate at Rabbit Flat getting warmer?
Yes: at Rabbit Flat, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.09 °C per decade between 1970 and 2025, +0.5 °C in total. 4 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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