Springsure Comet St is a weather station located 344 m above sea level, 1 km from Springsure. Its records go back to 1888: 17 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 22.0 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2021 (22.6 °C) and the coldest 2012 (20.8 °C). The last complete year, 2021, ranks 1 out of 17, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.14 °C per decade. The station ranks 173 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1888
Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2021 (22.6 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 21.9 °C (2002) and bottoms out at 21.8 °C (2000).
Annual rainfall since 1888
On average 659 mm of rain falls per year over the 127 documented years. The wettest year, 2010, received 1733 mm; the driest, 1982, only 290 mm, which is 6.0 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (679 mm per year) is 111 mm (19.5 %) above the 1961–1990 one (568 mm). Over 1991–2020, January is on average the wettest month (130 mm) and July the driest (16 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 | – | 27.6 °C | – | 62 mm | 130 mm | +68 mm |
| February | – | 26.9 °C | – | 94 mm | 103 mm | +9 mm |
| March | – | 25.5 °C | – | 66 mm | 61 mm | −5 mm |
| April | – | 22.4 °C | – | 31 mm | 33 mm | +2 mm |
| May | – | 18.6 °C | – | 47 mm | 28 mm | −19 mm |
| June | – | 15.5 °C | – | 23 mm | 32 mm | +9 mm |
| July | – | 15.1 °C | – | 28 mm | 16 mm | −12 mm |
| August | – | 16.7 °C | – | 20 mm | 19 mm | −1 mm |
| September | – | 20.2 °C | – | 25 mm | 34 mm | +9 mm |
| October | – | 23.2 °C | – | 36 mm | 63 mm | +27 mm |
| November | – | 25.3 °C | – | 55 mm | 61 mm | +6 mm |
| December | – | 26.9 °C | – | 81 mm | 99 mm | +18 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in January (+68 mm) and the smallest in May (−19 mm).
Records at Springsure Comet St
- Warmest year: 22.6 °C, in 2021
- Coldest year: 20.8 °C, in 2012
- Driest year: 290 mm, in 1982
- Wettest year: 1733 mm, in 2010
- Warmest month: 29.7 °C, in January 1994
- Coldest month: 13.2 °C, in July 2022
- Wettest month: 768 mm, in January 1918
- Hottest day: 44.5 °C, on 6 January 1994
- Coldest day: −4.4 °C, on 19 July 1965
- Heaviest rain in one day: 172.0 mm, on 29 January 2012
1.8 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 48.9 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.14 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +0.9 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.05 °C per decade: the station ranks 173 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 Springsure Comet St 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 Springsure Comet St?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Springsure Comet St is 22.0 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Springsure Comet St?
Since records began in 1888, the warmest year at Springsure Comet St is 2021, at 22.6 °C on average. The coldest is 2012 (20.8 °C).
Is the climate at Springsure Comet St getting warmer?
Yes: at Springsure Comet St, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.14 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +0.9 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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