Eclipse Island Weather Records (ASN00009787)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Eclipse Island (ASN00009787), Australia, with 48 years of record.

Key Facts for Eclipse Island

Eclipse Island (ASN00009787) is a weather station in Australia at -35.18 latitude and 117.88 longitude, 103 m (338 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1926 to 1973, 48 years of record.
1,464 records set at Eclipse Island still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Eclipse Island set a daily record precipitation of 15.2 mm (0.6 in) on 16 April 1973.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -35.18 latitude, 117.88 longitude.
Elevation: 103 m (338 ft).
Period of record: 1926 to 1973, 48 years.
Eligible elements: 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 Eclipse Island. 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 Eclipse Island, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	33.0 C (91.4 F)	7.1 C (44.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	33.2 C (91.8 F)	9.9 C (49.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	36.2 C (97.2 F)	8.3 C (46.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	33.3 C (91.9 F)	4.7 C (40.5 F)	n/a	n/a
May	27.9 C (82.2 F)	4.4 C (39.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	22.5 C (72.5 F)	0.9 C (33.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	21.2 C (70.2 F)	3.3 C (37.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	27.4 C (81.3 F)	3.1 C (37.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	29.9 C (85.8 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	33.8 C (92.8 F)	5.6 C (42.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	31.2 C (88.2 F)	6.1 C (43.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Eclipse Island still stand. 1959 holds the most, with 131.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jun: 108.0 mm (4.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Eclipse Island. The most was 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 4 June 1953.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Eclipse Island
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 January 1936
Feb	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 February 1955
Mar	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 March 1934
Apr	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 April 1970
May	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	8 May 1956
Jun	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	4 June 1953
Jul	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 July 1958
Aug	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 August 1947
Sep	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	18 September 1951
Oct	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 October 1933
Nov	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 November 1951
Dec	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2 December 1942

Period of Record Coverage

1957 to 1973

17 years of record at Eclipse Island, 1957 to 1973. 2 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1968, 1973.

Days with data per year at Eclipse Island
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1957	362	99%	Yes
1958	362	99%	Yes
1959	365	100%	Yes
1960	364	99%	Yes
1961	365	100%	Yes
1962	362	99%	Yes
1963	363	99%	Yes
1964	365	100%	Yes
1965	364	100%	Yes
1966	363	99%	Yes
1967	352	96%	Yes
1968	281	77%	No
1969	346	95%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
1971	365	100%	Yes
1972	365	100%	Yes
1973	75	21%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Eclipse Island
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1973	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1973	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1972	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	23 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1972	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	14 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1972	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1972	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1972	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
22 November 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	18 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1970	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	4 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1970	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 September 1970	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1970	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	5 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1970	Eclipse Island, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

13 complete years, 1957 to 1972

One stripe for each of 13 complete years at Eclipse Island, 1957 to 1972. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 15.8 C (60.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1960, at 14.9 C (58.8 F), and the warmest was 1961, at 16.3 C (61.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 0.9 C (1.6 F).

Annual mean temperature at Eclipse Island as warming stripes, 1957 to 1972
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1957	16.1 C	+0.28 C
1958	15.9 C	+0.10 C
1959	15.9 C	+0.14 C
1960	14.9 C	-0.88 C
1961	16.3 C	+0.52 C
1962	16.3 C	+0.48 C
1963	16.3 C	+0.47 C
1964	15.4 C	-0.40 C
1965	16.0 C	+0.18 C
1966	15.7 C	-0.07 C
1970	15.4 C	-0.40 C
1971	15.2 C	-0.57 C
1972	15.9 C	+0.15 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

1926 to 1973

Yearly extremes at Eclipse Island: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	36.2 C (97.2 F)	1966	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17
Coldest night (TNn)	0.9 C (33.6 F)	1966	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17
Wettest day (Rx1day)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	1953	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	1958	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	48
Longest dry spell (CDD)	48 days	1956	25 days	48

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Eclipse Island, 1926 to 1973. The record is 36.2 C (97.2 F) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 30.6 C (87.1 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Eclipse Island by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1926	n/a
1927	n/a
1928	n/a
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	28.7 C (83.7 F)
1958	28.9 C (84.0 F)
1959	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1960	26.9 C (80.4 F)
1961	34.8 C (94.6 F)
1962	32.4 C (90.3 F)
1963	31.2 C (88.2 F)
1964	30.3 C (86.5 F)
1965	29.0 C (84.2 F)
1966	36.2 C (97.2 F)
1967	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1968	28.6 C (83.5 F)
1969	33.4 C (92.1 F)
1970	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1971	27.9 C (82.2 F)
1972	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1973	33.0 C (91.4 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Eclipse Island, 1926 to 1973. The record is 0.9 C (33.6 F) in 1966, marked on the chart; the median year is 4.4 C (39.9 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Eclipse Island by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1926	n/a
1927	n/a
1928	n/a
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	5.3 C (41.5 F)
1958	5.6 C (42.1 F)
1959	5.0 C (41.0 F)
1960	3.6 C (38.5 F)
1961	4.6 C (40.3 F)
1962	5.8 C (42.4 F)
1963	4.2 C (39.6 F)
1964	3.3 C (37.9 F)
1965	5.2 C (41.4 F)
1966	0.9 C (33.6 F)
1967	3.9 C (39.0 F)
1968	4.4 C (39.9 F)
1969	3.1 C (37.6 F)
1970	5.6 C (42.1 F)
1971	3.3 C (37.9 F)
1972	3.9 C (39.0 F)
1973	10.0 C (50.0 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Eclipse Island, 1926 to 1973. The record is 108.0 mm (4.3 in) in 1953, marked on the chart; the median year is 43.4 mm (1.7 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Eclipse Island by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1926	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1927	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1928	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1929	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1930	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1931	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1932	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1933	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1934	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1935	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1936	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1937	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1938	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1939	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1940	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1941	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1942	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1943	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1944	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1945	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1946	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1947	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1948	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1949	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1950	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1951	84.3 mm (3.3 in)
1952	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1953	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1954	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1955	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1956	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1957	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1958	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1959	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1960	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1961	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1962	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1963	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1964	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1965	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1966	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1967	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1968	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
1969	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1970	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1971	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1972	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1973	19.6 mm (0.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Eclipse Island, 1926 to 1973. The record is 140.0 mm (5.5 in) in 1958, marked on the chart; the median year is 78.8 mm (3.1 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Eclipse Island by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1926	49.4 mm (1.9 in)
1927	78.3 mm (3.1 in)
1928	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1929	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1930	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1931	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1932	63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1933	76.6 mm (3.0 in)
1934	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1935	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1936	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1937	84.7 mm (3.3 in)
1938	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1939	120.2 mm (4.7 in)
1940	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1941	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1942	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1943	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
1944	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1945	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1946	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1947	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1948	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1949	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1950	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1951	116.4 mm (4.6 in)
1952	104.2 mm (4.1 in)
1953	129.1 mm (5.1 in)
1954	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1955	112.6 mm (4.4 in)
1956	106.6 mm (4.2 in)
1957	118.3 mm (4.7 in)
1958	140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1959	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1960	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1961	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1962	94.2 mm (3.7 in)
1963	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1964	80.6 mm (3.2 in)
1965	72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1966	94.5 mm (3.7 in)
1967	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1968	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1969	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1970	112.4 mm (4.4 in)
1971	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1972	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1973	37.8 mm (1.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Eclipse Island, 1926 to 1973. The record is 48 days in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is 25 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Eclipse Island by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1926	13 days
1927	22 days
1928	39 days
1929	17 days
1930	39 days
1931	33 days
1932	21 days
1933	16 days
1934	21 days
1935	22 days
1936	20 days
1937	22 days
1938	25 days
1939	35 days
1940	25 days
1941	26 days
1942	40 days
1943	20 days
1944	13 days
1945	26 days
1946	32 days
1947	24 days
1948	44 days
1949	21 days
1950	29 days
1951	24 days
1952	17 days
1953	24 days
1954	30 days
1955	23 days
1956	48 days
1957	31 days
1958	37 days
1959	27 days
1960	25 days
1961	25 days
1962	22 days
1963	33 days
1964	27 days
1965	13 days
1966	20 days
1967	28 days
1968	22 days
1969	44 days
1970	19 days
1971	24 days
1972	25 days
1973	25 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

45 years, 1927 to 1972

A day with at least 42.8 mm (1.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 113.2 mm (4.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Eclipse Island: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	42.8 mm (1.7 in)
5 years	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
10 years	66.9 mm (2.6 in)
25 years	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
50 years	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	Longer than the 45 years of record
100 years	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	Longer than the 45 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, 45 years of values from 1927 to 1972.

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: 108.0 mm (4.3 in) in 1953; 91.4 mm (3.6 in) in 1956; 84.3 mm (3.3 in) in 1951.

Download the Data

Data for Eclipse Island standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Eclipse Island 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).