Pannawonica Weather Records (ASN00005069)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Pannawonica (ASN00005069), Australia, with 56 years of record.

Key Facts for Pannawonica

Pannawonica (ASN00005069) is a weather station in Australia at -21.64 latitude and 116.33 longitude, 200 m (656 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1971 to 2026, 56 years of record.
1,464 records set at Pannawonica still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Pannawonica set a daily record precipitation of 19.4 mm (0.8 in) on 28 March 2026.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -21.64 latitude, 116.33 longitude.
Elevation: 200 m (656 ft).
Period of record: 1971 to 2026, 56 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Pannawonica. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Pannawonica, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	48.4 C (119.1 F)	16.2 C (61.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	48.2 C (118.8 F)	15.0 C (59.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	46.4 C (115.5 F)	15.0 C (59.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	42.6 C (108.7 F)	10.0 C (50.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	39.7 C (103.5 F)	7.7 C (45.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	33.5 C (92.3 F)	5.5 C (41.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	33.4 C (92.1 F)	5.6 C (42.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	36.1 C (97.0 F)	6.5 C (43.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	40.7 C (105.3 F)	8.0 C (46.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	46.0 C (114.8 F)	9.0 C (48.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	46.1 C (115.0 F)	14.5 C (58.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	47.4 C (117.3 F)	15.6 C (60.1 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Pannawonica still stand. 1973 holds the most, with 75.

Standing records at Pannawonica by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1971	12
1972	51
1973	75
1974	34
1975	43
1976	41
1977	44
1978	35
1979	21
1980	48
1981	41
1982	30
1983	42
1984	50
1985	47
1986	41
1987	38
1988	46
1989	34
1990	43
1991	65
1992	44
1993	41
1994	19
1995	60
1996	26
1997	31
1998	50
1999	26
2000	54
2001	59
2002	51
2003	50
2004	38
2005	34

All-Time Record Progression

2 new records

2 all-time records were set at Pannawonica between 20 January 2003 and 17 February 2009. Each dot is a new record.

When Pannawonica set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
2003-01-20	Record high maximum temperature	Record high maximum temperature 48.4 C (119.1 F)
2009-02-17	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 244.6 mm (9.6 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 244.6 mm (9.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Pannawonica. The most was 244.6 mm (9.6 in) on 17 February 2009.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Pannawonica
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	14 January 1974
Feb	244.6 mm (9.6 in)	17 February 2009
Mar	164.4 mm (6.5 in)	8 March 2000
Apr	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	11 April 1996
May	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	6 May 2014
Jun	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	22 June 1980
Jul	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	10 July 2005
Aug	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	4 August 1978
Sep	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 September 1974
Oct	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 October 1998
Nov	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 November 1983
Dec	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	19 December 1999

Period of Record Coverage

1971 to 2005

35 years of record at Pannawonica, 1971 to 2005. 25 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and others.

Days with data per year at Pannawonica
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1971	49	13%	No
1972	361	99%	Yes
1973	363	99%	Yes
1974	309	85%	No
1975	296	81%	No
1976	284	78%	No
1977	288	79%	No
1978	282	77%	No
1979	246	67%	No
1980	248	68%	No
1981	240	66%	No
1982	251	69%	No
1983	262	72%	No
1984	248	68%	No
1985	208	57%	No
1986	238	65%	No
1987	267	73%	No
1988	279	76%	No
1989	289	79%	No
1990	320	88%	No
1991	302	83%	No
1992	253	69%	No
1993	265	73%	No
1994	101	28%	No
1995	331	91%	Yes
1996	291	80%	No
1997	351	96%	Yes
1998	350	96%	Yes
1999	343	94%	Yes
2000	353	96%	Yes
2001	358	98%	Yes
2002	357	98%	Yes
2003	330	90%	Yes
2004	313	86%	No
2005	210	58%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Pannawonica
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2026	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 2026	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2025	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 2025	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 2025	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 2024	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 June 2024	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 June 2024	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2024	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	49 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 2023	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2023	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	5 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 2023	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	49 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 2022	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 2022	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 2022	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 2022	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2021	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2021	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 2021	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 2021	Pannawonica, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

11 complete years, 1972 to 2004

One stripe for each of 11 complete years at Pannawonica, 1972 to 2004. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 27.1 C (80.8 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 2000, at 26.2 C (79.1 F), and the warmest was 2002, at 28.0 C (82.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.0 C (1.8 F).

Annual mean temperature at Pannawonica as warming stripes, 1972 to 2004
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1972	26.8 C	-0.29 C
1973	26.9 C	-0.24 C
1975	26.7 C	-0.45 C
1990	27.5 C	+0.37 C
1991	28.0 C	+0.83 C
1998	27.7 C	+0.55 C
1999	26.7 C	-0.43 C
2000	26.2 C	-0.96 C
2001	26.4 C	-0.69 C
2002	28.0 C	+0.86 C
2004	27.6 C	+0.48 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1971 to 2026

Yearly extremes at Pannawonica: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	48.4 C (119.1 F)	2003	46.3 C (115.3 F)	35
Coldest night (TNn)	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1973	7.5 C (45.5 F)	35
Wettest day (Rx1day)	244.6 mm (9.6 in)	2009	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	56
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	318.6 mm (12.5 in)	2009	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	56
Longest dry spell (CDD)	248 days	2017	122 days	56

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Pannawonica, 1971 to 2026. The record is 48.4 C (119.1 F) in 2003, marked on the chart; the median year is 46.3 C (115.3 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Pannawonica by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1971	42.7 C (108.9 F)
1972	47.0 C (116.6 F)
1973	46.7 C (116.1 F)
1974	43.6 C (110.5 F)
1975	45.7 C (114.3 F)
1976	45.3 C (113.5 F)
1977	47.9 C (118.2 F)
1978	46.7 C (116.1 F)
1979	46.5 C (115.7 F)
1980	47.5 C (117.5 F)
1981	46.8 C (116.2 F)
1982	45.9 C (114.6 F)
1983	45.5 C (113.9 F)
1984	45.3 C (113.5 F)
1985	46.7 C (116.1 F)
1986	45.2 C (113.4 F)
1987	45.8 C (114.4 F)
1988	47.2 C (117.0 F)
1989	45.4 C (113.7 F)
1990	47.4 C (117.3 F)
1991	48.0 C (118.4 F)
1992	46.1 C (115.0 F)
1993	46.8 C (116.2 F)
1994	46.3 C (115.3 F)
1995	45.2 C (113.4 F)
1996	45.8 C (114.4 F)
1997	46.6 C (115.9 F)
1998	48.2 C (118.8 F)
1999	46.8 C (116.2 F)
2000	45.2 C (113.4 F)
2001	44.9 C (112.8 F)
2002	46.1 C (115.0 F)
2003	48.4 C (119.1 F)
2004	45.8 C (114.4 F)
2005	47.2 C (117.0 F)
2006	n/a
2007	n/a
2008	n/a
2009	n/a
2010	n/a
2011	n/a
2012	n/a
2013	n/a
2014	n/a
2015	n/a
2016	n/a
2017	n/a
2018	n/a
2019	n/a
2020	n/a
2021	n/a
2022	n/a
2023	n/a
2024	n/a
2025	n/a
2026	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Pannawonica, 1971 to 2026. The record is 5.5 C (41.9 F) in 1973, marked on the chart; the median year is 7.5 C (45.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Pannawonica by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1971	15.7 C (60.3 F)
1972	7.6 C (45.7 F)
1973	5.5 C (41.9 F)
1974	8.4 C (47.1 F)
1975	8.4 C (47.1 F)
1976	6.9 C (44.4 F)
1977	7.7 C (45.9 F)
1978	6.5 C (43.7 F)
1979	7.5 C (45.5 F)
1980	8.9 C (48.0 F)
1981	7.0 C (44.6 F)
1982	6.6 C (43.9 F)
1983	7.2 C (45.0 F)
1984	7.3 C (45.1 F)
1985	5.6 C (42.1 F)
1986	5.7 C (42.3 F)
1987	7.4 C (45.3 F)
1988	7.1 C (44.8 F)
1989	7.3 C (45.1 F)
1990	8.4 C (47.1 F)
1991	8.6 C (47.5 F)
1992	7.4 C (45.3 F)
1993	8.0 C (46.4 F)
1994	14.9 C (58.8 F)
1995	6.5 C (43.7 F)
1996	7.5 C (45.5 F)
1997	8.0 C (46.4 F)
1998	6.6 C (43.9 F)
1999	7.0 C (44.6 F)
2000	8.0 C (46.4 F)
2001	8.6 C (47.5 F)
2002	8.2 C (46.8 F)
2003	8.6 C (47.5 F)
2004	9.1 C (48.4 F)
2005	8.5 C (47.3 F)
2006	n/a
2007	n/a
2008	n/a
2009	n/a
2010	n/a
2011	n/a
2012	n/a
2013	n/a
2014	n/a
2015	n/a
2016	n/a
2017	n/a
2018	n/a
2019	n/a
2020	n/a
2021	n/a
2022	n/a
2023	n/a
2024	n/a
2025	n/a
2026	n/a

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Pannawonica, 1971 to 2026. The record is 244.6 mm (9.6 in) in 2009, marked on the chart; the median year is 54.0 mm (2.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Pannawonica by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1971	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1972	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1973	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1974	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1975	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1976	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1977	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1978	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
1979	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1980	107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1981	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1982	57.3 mm (2.3 in)
1983	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1984	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1985	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
1986	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1987	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1988	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1989	228.0 mm (9.0 in)
1990	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1991	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1992	51.2 mm (2.0 in)
1993	172.4 mm (6.8 in)
1994	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1995	95.4 mm (3.8 in)
1996	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1997	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1998	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1999	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
2000	164.4 mm (6.5 in)
2001	39.2 mm (1.5 in)
2002	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
2003	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
2004	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
2005	52.2 mm (2.1 in)
2006	88.8 mm (3.5 in)
2007	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
2008	140.6 mm (5.5 in)
2009	244.6 mm (9.6 in)
2010	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
2011	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
2012	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
2013	65.4 mm (2.6 in)
2014	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
2015	65.6 mm (2.6 in)
2016	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
2017	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
2018	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
2019	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
2020	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
2021	82.4 mm (3.2 in)
2022	45.4 mm (1.8 in)
2023	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
2024	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
2025	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
2026	90.8 mm (3.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Pannawonica, 1971 to 2026. The record is 318.6 mm (12.5 in) in 2009, marked on the chart; the median year is 84.1 mm (3.3 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Pannawonica by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1971	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1972	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1973	115.4 mm (4.5 in)
1974	178.6 mm (7.0 in)
1975	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1976	54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1977	37.7 mm (1.5 in)
1978	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
1979	26.1 mm (1.0 in)
1980	123.1 mm (4.8 in)
1981	142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1982	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1983	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1984	90.2 mm (3.6 in)
1985	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
1986	62.3 mm (2.5 in)
1987	65.9 mm (2.6 in)
1988	92.7 mm (3.6 in)
1989	233.6 mm (9.2 in)
1990	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
1991	61.6 mm (2.4 in)
1992	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1993	181.6 mm (7.1 in)
1994	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1995	176.4 mm (6.9 in)
1996	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1997	129.4 mm (5.1 in)
1998	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1999	151.2 mm (6.0 in)
2000	241.7 mm (9.5 in)
2001	102.6 mm (4.0 in)
2002	31.6 mm (1.2 in)
2003	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
2004	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
2005	90.6 mm (3.6 in)
2006	138.8 mm (5.5 in)
2007	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
2008	197.8 mm (7.8 in)
2009	318.6 mm (12.5 in)
2010	96.4 mm (3.8 in)
2011	123.4 mm (4.9 in)
2012	50.2 mm (2.0 in)
2013	108.8 mm (4.3 in)
2014	154.2 mm (6.1 in)
2015	65.6 mm (2.6 in)
2016	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
2017	147.4 mm (5.8 in)
2018	81.4 mm (3.2 in)
2019	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
2020	65.2 mm (2.6 in)
2021	148.6 mm (5.9 in)
2022	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
2023	170.8 mm (6.7 in)
2024	48.4 mm (1.9 in)
2025	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
2026	111.4 mm (4.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Pannawonica, 1971 to 2026. The record is 248 days in 2017, marked on the chart; the median year is 122 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Pannawonica by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1971	29 days
1972	116 days
1973	99 days
1974	58 days
1975	81 days
1976	133 days
1977	148 days
1978	134 days
1979	57 days
1980	83 days
1981	126 days
1982	64 days
1983	64 days
1984	48 days
1985	79 days
1986	109 days
1987	154 days
1988	130 days
1989	159 days
1990	144 days
1991	164 days
1992	128 days
1993	123 days
1994	90 days
1995	131 days
1996	128 days
1997	108 days
1998	82 days
1999	137 days
2000	213 days
2001	160 days
2002	183 days
2003	74 days
2004	99 days
2005	133 days
2006	185 days
2007	107 days
2008	78 days
2009	118 days
2010	74 days
2011	173 days
2012	151 days
2013	123 days
2014	145 days
2015	76 days
2016	91 days
2017	248 days
2018	12 days
2019	228 days
2020	198 days
2021	187 days
2022	120 days
2023	150 days
2024	47 days
2025	67 days
2026	64 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

51 years, 1972 to 2025

A day with at least 53.5 mm (2.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 268.3 mm (10.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Pannawonica: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
5 years	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
10 years	116.5 mm (4.6 in)
25 years	165.0 mm (6.5 in)
50 years	211.3 mm (8.3 in)
100 years	268.3 mm (10.6 in)	Longer than the 51 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 51 years of values from 1972 to 2025.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 244.6 mm (9.6 in) in 2009; 228.0 mm (9.0 in) in 1989; 172.4 mm (6.8 in) in 1993.

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Data for Pannawonica standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Pannawonica threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).