Climate
Climate records for Ernabella / Pukatja have been kept since 1971.
Pukatja experiences summer maximum temperatures of an average of 34.5 degrees celsius in January and a winter maximum average temperature of 17.8 degrees celsius in June. Overnight lows range from a mean minimum temperature of 19.6 degrees in January to 3.3 degrees in June.
Annual rainfall averages 275.2 millimetres.
| Climate data for Ernabella/Pukatja, SA | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 43.0 (109.4) |
42.9 (109.2) |
43.0 (109.4) |
38.5 (101.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
39.4 (102.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
43.5 (110.3) |
43.5 (110.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 34.5 (94.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
11.88 (53.39) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−2 (28.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 43.7 (1.72) |
35.5 (1.398) |
26.6 (1.047) |
19.5 (0.768) |
19.1 (0.752) |
16.8 (0.661) |
12.3 (0.484) |
14.0 (0.551) |
11.9 (0.469) |
23.9 (0.941) |
21.8 (0.858) |
29.1 (1.146) |
274.3 (10.799) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 38.1 |
| Source: The Bureau of Meteorology | |||||||||||||
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