Robe is a weather station located 3 m above sea level, 0 km from Robe. Its records go back to 1862: 91 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 14.9 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 1988 (15.6 °C) and the coldest 1943 (13.5 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 17 out of 91, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.03 °C per decade. The station ranks 223 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1862
The first ten years of the series (1910–1919) average 14.6 °C; the last ten (2011–2025) average 14.8 °C, a difference of +0.2 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1988 (15.6 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 15.1 °C (2009) and bottoms out at 14.1 °C (1950).
Annual rainfall since 1862
On average 630 mm of rain falls per year over the 143 documented years. The wettest year, 2016, received 905 mm; the driest, 2006, only 398 mm, which is 2.3 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (619 mm per year) is 20 mm (3.1 %) below the 1961–1990 one (639 mm). Over 1991–2020, July is on average the wettest month (100 mm) and February the driest (18 mm). Between 2006 and 2025, 8 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 | – | 18.4 °C | – | 21 mm | 19 mm | −2 mm |
| February | – | 18.5 °C | – | 14 mm | 18 mm | +4 mm |
| March | – | 17.2 °C | – | 28 mm | 29 mm | +1 mm |
| April | – | 15.5 °C | – | 49 mm | 39 mm | −10 mm |
| May | – | 13.5 °C | – | 74 mm | 65 mm | −9 mm |
| June | – | 11.8 °C | – | 83 mm | 92 mm | +9 mm |
| July | – | 11.2 °C | – | 118 mm | 100 mm | −18 mm |
| August | 11.5 °C | 11.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 91 mm | 92 mm | +1 mm |
| September | – | 13.0 °C | – | 57 mm | 62 mm | +5 mm |
| October | – | 14.4 °C | – | 41 mm | 39 mm | −2 mm |
| November | – | 16.0 °C | – | 32 mm | 34 mm | +2 mm |
| December | – | 17.2 °C | – | 31 mm | 30 mm | −1 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in June (+9 mm) and the smallest in July (−18 mm).
Records at Robe
- Warmest year: 15.6 °C, in 1988
- Coldest year: 13.5 °C, in 1943
- Driest year: 398 mm, in 2006
- Wettest year: 905 mm, in 2016
- Warmest month: 21.1 °C, in January 2022
- Coldest month: 8.8 °C, in August 1943
- Wettest month: 217 mm, in June 1916
- Hottest day: 38.3 °C, on 30 November 1922
- Coldest day: −0.6 °C, on 8 July 1958
- Heaviest rain in one day: 93.2 mm, on 4 December 1966
2.1 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 38.9 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.03 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +0.2 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.16 °C per decade: the station ranks 223 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 7 months out of 13 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.2 °C. The highest departure was in March 2025 (+1.4 °C); the lowest, in November 2025 (−1.6 °C). The last twelve months add up to 672 mm of rain, which is 109 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (619 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 15.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 38 mm | 39 mm |
| November 2024 | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 14 mm | 34 mm |
| December 2024 | – | – | 37 mm | 30 mm |
| January 2025 | 19.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 5 mm | 19 mm |
| February 2025 | 19.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | 18 mm |
| March 2025 | 18.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | 29 mm |
| April 2025 | – | – | 15 mm | 39 mm |
| May 2025 | 13.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 36 mm | 65 mm |
| June 2025 | 11.2 °C | −0.6 °C | 113 mm | 92 mm |
| July 2025 | 11.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 135 mm | 100 mm |
| August 2025 | 11.2 °C | −0.6 °C | 84 mm | 92 mm |
| September 2025 | 13.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 55 mm | 62 mm |
| October 2025 | 14.3 °C | −0.1 °C | 65 mm | 39 mm |
| November 2025 | 14.4 °C | −1.6 °C | 64 mm | 34 mm |
| December 2025 | 16.8 °C | −0.4 °C | 32 mm | 30 mm |
| January 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 19 mm |
| February 2026 | – | – | 38 mm | 18 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 67 mm | 29 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 45 mm | 39 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 52 mm | 65 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 145 mm | 92 mm |
| July 2026 | – | – | 65 mm | 100 mm |
| August 2026 | – | – | 75 mm | 92 mm |
| September 2026 | – | – | 24 mm | 62 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 Robe 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 Robe?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Robe is 14.9 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Robe?
Since records began in 1862, the warmest year at Robe is 1988, at 15.6 °C on average. The coldest is 1943 (13.5 °C).
Is the climate at Robe getting warmer?
The rise is not clear at Robe: the trend is +0.03 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +0.2 °C in total over the period.
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