Finke Post Office Weather Records (ASN00015526)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Finke Post Office (ASN00015526), Australia, with 43 years of record.

Key Facts for Finke Post Office

Finke Post Office (ASN00015526) is a weather station in Australia at -25.58 latitude and 134.57 longitude, 267 m (876 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1938 to 1980, 43 years of record.
1,464 records set at Finke Post Office still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Finke Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 5.2 mm (0.20 in) on 9 June 1980.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -25.58 latitude, 134.57 longitude.
Elevation: 267 m (876 ft).
Period of record: 1938 to 1980, 43 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 Finke Post Office. 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 Finke Post Office, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	48.3 C (118.9 F)	11.8 C (53.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	45.7 C (114.3 F)	13.5 C (56.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	43.9 C (111.0 F)	9.9 C (49.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.9 C (39.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.2 C (32.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	30.5 C (86.9 F)	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	31.8 C (89.2 F)	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	35.0 C (95.0 F)	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	43.9 C (111.0 F)	6.5 C (43.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	45.0 C (113.0 F)	7.5 C (45.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	47.2 C (117.0 F)	12.1 C (53.8 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Finke Post Office still stand. 1976 holds the most, with 93.

Standing records at Finke Post Office by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1957	58
1958	64
1959	50
1960	62
1961	48
1962	45
1963	75
1964	63
1965	61
1966	48
1967	52
1968	73
1969	40
1970	73
1971	57
1972	35
1973	90
1974	64
1975	67
1976	93
1977	69
1978	74
1979	65
1980	38

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Finke Post Office between 9 February 1976 and 9 February 1976. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 166.5 mm (6.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Finke Post Office. The most was 166.5 mm (6.6 in) on 9 February 1976.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Finke Post Office
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	14 January 1974
Feb	166.5 mm (6.6 in)	9 February 1976
Mar	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	7 March 1967
Apr	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 April 1943
May	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 May 1952
Jun	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	10 June 1978
Jul	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 July 1956
Aug	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 August 1947
Sep	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14 September 1975
Oct	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	3 October 1974
Nov	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14 November 1979
Dec	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	17 December 1975

Period of Record Coverage

1957 to 1980

24 years of record at Finke Post Office, 1957 to 1980. 2 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1969, 1980.

Days with data per year at Finke Post Office
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1957	363	99%	Yes
1958	363	99%	Yes
1959	355	97%	Yes
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	359	98%	Yes
1962	353	97%	Yes
1963	365	100%	Yes
1964	335	92%	Yes
1965	364	100%	Yes
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	353	97%	Yes
1968	362	99%	Yes
1969	304	83%	No
1970	364	100%	Yes
1971	363	99%	Yes
1972	360	98%	Yes
1973	359	98%	Yes
1974	362	99%	Yes
1975	353	97%	Yes
1976	352	96%	Yes
1977	358	98%	Yes
1978	359	98%	Yes
1979	355	97%	Yes
1980	249	68%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Finke Post Office
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 June 1980	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	13 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
22 May 1980	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	12 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1980	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	10 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	monthly rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	4 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 May 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	12 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
3 May 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	8 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	16 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1979	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	4 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1978	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1978	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1978	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1978	Finke Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	4 years	5 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

21 complete years, 1957 to 1979

One stripe for each of 21 complete years at Finke Post Office, 1957 to 1979. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 22.1 C (71.7 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1976, at 20.2 C (68.4 F), and the warmest was 1973, at 23.4 C (74.0 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.9 C (3.4 F).

Annual mean temperature at Finke Post Office as warming stripes, 1957 to 1979
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1957	22.5 C	+0.44 C
1958	22.4 C	+0.35 C
1959	22.6 C	+0.47 C
1960	21.9 C	-0.20 C
1961	22.2 C	+0.13 C
1962	22.2 C	+0.09 C
1963	22.6 C	+0.56 C
1965	22.6 C	+0.48 C
1966	21.3 C	-0.82 C
1967	21.7 C	-0.43 C
1968	22.0 C	-0.13 C
1970	22.0 C	-0.11 C
1971	22.4 C	+0.33 C
1972	22.3 C	+0.26 C
1973	23.4 C	+1.27 C
1974	21.7 C	-0.37 C
1975	21.7 C	-0.36 C
1976	20.2 C	-1.86 C
1977	21.7 C	-0.42 C
1978	21.7 C	-0.40 C
1979	22.8 C	+0.73 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

1938 to 1980

Yearly extremes at Finke Post Office: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	48.3 C (118.9 F)	1960	45.0 C (113.0 F)	24
Coldest night (TNn)	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1976	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	24
Wettest day (Rx1day)	166.5 mm (6.6 in)	1976	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	278.7 mm (11.0 in)	1976	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43
Longest dry spell (CDD)	307 days	1944	89 days	43

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Finke Post Office, 1938 to 1980. The record is 48.3 C (118.9 F) in 1960, marked on the chart; the median year is 45.0 C (113.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Finke Post Office by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
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	45.6 C (114.1 F)
1958	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1959	46.1 C (115.0 F)
1960	48.3 C (118.9 F)
1961	44.2 C (111.6 F)
1962	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1963	44.6 C (112.3 F)
1964	43.7 C (110.7 F)
1965	43.7 C (110.7 F)
1966	42.7 C (108.9 F)
1967	44.5 C (112.1 F)
1968	45.1 C (113.2 F)
1969	44.0 C (111.2 F)
1970	45.7 C (114.3 F)
1971	45.4 C (113.7 F)
1972	47.2 C (117.0 F)
1973	45.8 C (114.4 F)
1974	43.0 C (109.4 F)
1975	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1976	44.4 C (111.9 F)
1977	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1978	46.1 C (115.0 F)
1979	46.0 C (114.8 F)
1980	46.0 C (114.8 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Finke Post Office, 1938 to 1980. The record is -3.9 C (25.0 F) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is -0.5 C (31.1 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Finke Post Office by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
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	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1958	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1959	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1960	-0.6 C (30.9 F)
1961	-1.4 C (29.5 F)
1962	0.1 C (32.2 F)
1963	-0.9 C (30.4 F)
1964	0.7 C (33.3 F)
1965	-2.9 C (26.8 F)
1966	2.8 C (37.0 F)
1967	-1.6 C (29.1 F)
1968	-0.4 C (31.3 F)
1969	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1970	-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1971	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1972	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1973	3.0 C (37.4 F)
1974	-1.0 C (30.2 F)
1975	-0.1 C (31.8 F)
1976	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1977	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1978	-0.7 C (30.7 F)
1979	-0.7 C (30.7 F)
1980	0.2 C (32.4 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Finke Post Office, 1938 to 1980. The record is 166.5 mm (6.6 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.3 mm (1.3 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Finke Post Office by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1938	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1939	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1940	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1941	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1942	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1943	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1944	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1945	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1946	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1947	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1948	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1949	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1950	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1951	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1952	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1953	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1954	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1955	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1956	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1957	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1958	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1959	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1960	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1961	6.4 mm (0.25 in)
1962	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1963	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
1964	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1965	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1966	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1967	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1968	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1969	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1970	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
1971	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1972	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1973	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1974	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1975	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
1976	166.5 mm (6.6 in)
1977	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1978	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
1979	30.8 mm (1.2 in)
1980	6.2 mm (0.24 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Finke Post Office, 1938 to 1980. The record is 278.7 mm (11.0 in) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 47.8 mm (1.9 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Finke Post Office by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1938	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1939	72.2 mm (2.8 in)
1940	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
1941	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
1942	27.6 mm (1.1 in)
1943	87.2 mm (3.4 in)
1944	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1945	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1946	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1947	69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1948	106.4 mm (4.2 in)
1949	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1950	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1951	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1952	34.2 mm (1.3 in)
1953	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1954	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1955	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1956	32.7 mm (1.3 in)
1957	61.9 mm (2.4 in)
1958	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1959	36.7 mm (1.4 in)
1960	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1961	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
1962	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1963	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1964	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1965	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1966	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1967	148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1968	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1969	70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1970	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1971	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1972	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1973	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1974	97.4 mm (3.8 in)
1975	161.8 mm (6.4 in)
1976	278.7 mm (11.0 in)
1977	162.6 mm (6.4 in)
1978	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1979	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1980	11.6 mm (0.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Finke Post Office, 1938 to 1980. The record is 307 days in 1944, marked on the chart; the median year is 89 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Finke Post Office by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1938	60 days
1939	84 days
1940	91 days
1941	94 days
1942	50 days
1943	66 days
1944	307 days
1945	81 days
1946	118 days
1947	90 days
1948	94 days
1949	98 days
1950	89 days
1951	90 days
1952	74 days
1953	116 days
1954	84 days
1955	38 days
1956	58 days
1957	54 days
1958	107 days
1959	134 days
1960	70 days
1961	131 days
1962	58 days
1963	157 days
1964	101 days
1965	89 days
1966	98 days
1967	175 days
1968	45 days
1969	104 days
1970	120 days
1971	60 days
1972	61 days
1973	64 days
1974	77 days
1975	105 days
1976	195 days
1977	111 days
1978	52 days
1979	44 days
1980	58 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

39 years, 1939 to 1979

A day with at least 36.9 mm (1.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 184.5 mm (7.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Finke Post Office: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
5 years	64.6 mm (2.5 in)
10 years	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
25 years	120.7 mm (4.8 in)
50 years	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	Longer than the 39 years of record
100 years	184.5 mm (7.3 in)	Longer than the 39 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, 39 years of values from 1939 to 1979.

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: 166.5 mm (6.6 in) in 1976; 110.5 mm (4.4 in) in 1967; 110.0 mm (4.3 in) in 1975.

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).