Weipa is a weather station located 18 m above sea level, 7 km from Nanum. Its records go back to 1962: 48 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 27.4 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2016 (28.4 °C) and the coldest 1963 (26.5 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 3 out of 48, from warmest to coldest. Over 1962–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.15 °C per decade. The station ranks 166 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1962
The first ten years of the series (1962–1987) average 27.2 °C; the last ten (2016–2025) average 27.9 °C, a difference of +0.7 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2016 (28.4 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 27.9 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 27.2 °C (1993).
Annual rainfall since 1962
On average 1939 mm of rain falls per year over the 31 documented years. The wettest year, 1996, received 2719 mm; the driest, 1993, only 1131 mm, which is 2.4 times less. Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (507 mm) and July the driest (1 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 | 27.8 °C | 28.1 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 501 mm | – |
| February | 27.7 °C | 27.8 °C | +0.1 °C | – | 507 mm | – |
| March | 27.5 °C | 27.8 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 409 mm | – |
| April | 27.2 °C | 27.6 °C | +0.4 °C | – | 98 mm | – |
| May | 26.5 °C | 26.7 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 21 mm | – |
| June | – | 25.6 °C | – | – | 3 mm | – |
| July | 24.8 °C | 25.0 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 1 mm | – |
| August | 25.5 °C | 25.6 °C | +0.1 °C | – | 5 mm | – |
| September | 26.8 °C | 27.2 °C | +0.4 °C | – | 2 mm | – |
| October | 28.5 °C | 28.8 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 21 mm | – |
| November | 29.5 °C | 29.7 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 91 mm | – |
| December | 28.9 °C | 29.1 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 272 mm | – |
Records at Weipa
- Warmest year: 28.4 °C, in 2016
- Coldest year: 26.5 °C, in 1963
- Driest year: 1131 mm, in 1993
- Wettest year: 2719 mm, in 1996
- Warmest month: 30.7 °C, in November 2024
- Coldest month: 22.8 °C, in July 1963
- Wettest month: 1027 mm, in January 2026
- Hottest day: 40.1 °C, on 29 October 2022
- Coldest day: 9.1 °C, on 3 August 1990
- Heaviest rain in one day: 327.8 mm, on 23 January 2013
1.9 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 31.0 °C.
Temperature trend over 1962–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.15 °C per decade between 1962 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 0.04 °C per decade: the station ranks 166 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 13 months out of 15 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.7 °C. The highest departure was in July 2025 (+1.5 °C); the lowest, in December 2025 (−0.1 °C). The last twelve months add up to 2666 mm of rain, which is 138 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (1931 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 29.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | 21 mm |
| November 2024 | 30.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 27 mm | 91 mm |
| December 2024 | 29.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 314 mm | 272 mm |
| January 2025 | 28.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 459 mm | 501 mm |
| February 2025 | 27.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 701 mm | 507 mm |
| March 2025 | 28.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 380 mm | 409 mm |
| April 2025 | 27.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 175 mm | 98 mm |
| May 2025 | 27.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 6 mm | 21 mm |
| June 2025 | 26.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | 3 mm |
| July 2025 | 26.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | 1 mm |
| August 2025 | 26.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | 5 mm |
| September 2025 | 28.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | 2 mm |
| October 2025 | 30.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 5 mm | 21 mm |
| November 2025 | 30.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 94 mm | 91 mm |
| December 2025 | 29.0 °C | −0.1 °C | 303 mm | 272 mm |
| January 2026 | – | – | 1027 mm | 501 mm |
| February 2026 | – | – | 380 mm | 507 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 820 mm | 409 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 34 mm | 98 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 1 mm | 21 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 3 mm |
| July 2026 | – | – | 2 mm | 1 mm |
| August 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 5 mm |
| September 2026 | – | – | 0 mm | 2 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 Weipa 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 Weipa?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Weipa is 27.4 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Weipa?
Since records began in 1962, the warmest year at Weipa is 2016, at 28.4 °C on average. The coldest is 1963 (26.5 °C).
Is the climate at Weipa getting warmer?
Yes: at Weipa, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.15 °C per decade between 1962 and 2025, +0.9 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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