Ernabella Weather Records (ASN00016013)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Ernabella (ASN00016013), Australia, with 49 years of record.

Key Facts for Ernabella

Ernabella (ASN00016013) is a weather station in Australia at -26.29 latitude and 132.13 longitude, 676 m (2,218 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1935 to 1983, 49 years of record.
1,464 records set at Ernabella still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Ernabella set a daily record precipitation of 2.6 mm (0.10 in) on 31 March 1983.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -26.29 latitude, 132.13 longitude.
Elevation: 676 m (2,218 ft).
Period of record: 1935 to 1983, 49 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 Ernabella. 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 Ernabella, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	43.0 C (109.4 F)	7.0 C (44.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	42.9 C (109.2 F)	7.0 C (44.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	43.0 C (109.4 F)	6.3 C (43.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	38.5 C (101.3 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	34.0 C (93.2 F)	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	27.7 C (81.9 F)	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	29.3 C (84.7 F)	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	32.2 C (90.0 F)	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	36.8 C (98.2 F)	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.3 C (32.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	41.2 C (106.2 F)	4.5 C (40.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	43.5 C (110.3 F)	8.5 C (47.3 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Ernabella still stand. 1974 holds the most, with 104.

Standing records at Ernabella by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1962	64
1963	89
1964	89
1965	59
1966	65
1967	63
1968	99
1969	57
1970	61
1971	67
1972	59
1973	99
1974	104
1975	72
1976	49
1977	48
1978	63
1979	55
1980	57
1981	68
1982	39
1983	38

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Ernabella between 27 March 1982 and 27 March 1982. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 133.7 mm (5.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Ernabella. The most was 133.7 mm (5.3 in) on 27 March 1982.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Ernabella
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	27 January 1981
Feb	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	19 February 1938
Mar	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	27 March 1982
Apr	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 April 1943
May	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	25 May 1979
Jun	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 June 1950
Jul	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 July 1958
Aug	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 August 1935
Sep	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 September 1945
Oct	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	16 October 1974
Nov	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 November 1952
Dec	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	17 December 1975

Period of Record Coverage

1962 to 1983

22 years of record at Ernabella, 1962 to 1983. 10 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and others.

Days with data per year at Ernabella
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	363	99%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	354	97%	Yes
1966	346	95%	Yes
1967	353	97%	Yes
1968	354	97%	Yes
1969	363	99%	Yes
1970	257	70%	No
1971	330	90%	Yes
1972	364	99%	Yes
1973	346	95%	Yes
1974	353	97%	Yes
1975	324	89%	No
1976	235	64%	No
1977	243	67%	No
1978	238	65%	No
1979	248	68%	No
1980	219	60%	No
1981	218	60%	No
1982	183	50%	No
1983	145	40%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Ernabella
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1983	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1983	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1983	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1983	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1983	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1983	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1983	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1982	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1982	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1982	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1982	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1982	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	8 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1982	Ernabella, AU	all-time rain	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1982	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1981	Ernabella, AU	daily rain (Tie)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	tie	16 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1981	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1981	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	8 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1981	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1981	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1981	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

11 complete years, 1962 to 1975

One stripe for each of 11 complete years at Ernabella, 1962 to 1975. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 19.5 C (67.1 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1974, at 17.9 C (64.3 F), and the warmest was 1963, at 20.5 C (68.9 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.6 C (2.9 F).

Annual mean temperature at Ernabella as warming stripes, 1962 to 1975
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1962	20.1 C	+0.60 C
1963	20.5 C	+1.02 C
1964	19.6 C	+0.16 C
1965	20.4 C	+0.89 C
1966	19.0 C	-0.44 C
1967	19.3 C	-0.16 C
1968	19.1 C	-0.39 C
1969	19.6 C	+0.07 C
1972	20.0 C	+0.50 C
1974	17.9 C	-1.56 C
1975	18.8 C	-0.69 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

1935 to 1983

Yearly extremes at Ernabella: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	43.5 C (110.3 F)	1981	41.8 C (107.2 F)	22
Coldest night (TNn)	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	1983	-3.6 C (25.4 F)	22
Wettest day (Rx1day)	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	1982	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	329.5 mm (13.0 in)	1981	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	49
Longest dry spell (CDD)	191 days	1976	76 days	49

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Ernabella, 1935 to 1983. The record is 43.5 C (110.3 F) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 41.8 C (107.2 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Ernabella by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
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	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1963	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1964	41.6 C (106.9 F)
1965	41.2 C (106.2 F)
1966	41.3 C (106.3 F)
1967	41.2 C (106.2 F)
1968	41.3 C (106.3 F)
1969	41.2 C (106.2 F)
1970	42.9 C (109.2 F)
1971	42.7 C (108.9 F)
1972	42.5 C (108.5 F)
1973	43.0 C (109.4 F)
1974	38.0 C (100.4 F)
1975	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1976	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1977	41.8 C (107.2 F)
1978	41.5 C (106.7 F)
1979	42.2 C (108.0 F)
1980	42.3 C (108.1 F)
1981	43.5 C (110.3 F)
1982	43.0 C (109.4 F)
1983	42.3 C (108.1 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Ernabella, 1935 to 1983. The record is -7.6 C (18.3 F) in 1983, marked on the chart; the median year is -3.6 C (25.4 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Ernabella by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
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	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	-2.7 C (27.1 F)
1963	-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1964	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1965	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1966	-2.7 C (27.1 F)
1967	-4.9 C (23.2 F)
1968	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1969	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1970	-5.1 C (22.8 F)
1971	-4.6 C (23.7 F)
1972	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1973	-0.8 C (30.6 F)
1974	-4.7 C (23.5 F)
1975	-3.0 C (26.6 F)
1976	-4.5 C (23.9 F)
1977	-5.5 C (22.1 F)
1978	-3.4 C (25.9 F)
1979	-2.7 C (27.1 F)
1980	-2.0 C (28.4 F)
1981	-5.2 C (22.6 F)
1982	-5.5 C (22.1 F)
1983	-7.6 C (18.3 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Ernabella, 1935 to 1983. The record is 133.7 mm (5.3 in) in 1982, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.6 mm (1.4 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Ernabella by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1935	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1936	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1937	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1938	132.8 mm (5.2 in)
1939	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1940	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1941	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1942	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1943	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1944	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1945	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1946	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1947	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1948	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1949	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1950	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1951	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1952	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1953	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
1954	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1955	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1956	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1957	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1958	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1959	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1960	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1961	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
1962	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1963	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1964	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1965	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1966	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1967	126.5 mm (5.0 in)
1968	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1969	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1970	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1971	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1972	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1973	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1974	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1975	121.0 mm (4.8 in)
1976	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1977	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1978	12.8 mm (0.5 in)
1979	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1980	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1981	114.8 mm (4.5 in)
1982	133.7 mm (5.3 in)
1983	82.5 mm (3.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Ernabella, 1935 to 1983. The record is 329.5 mm (13.0 in) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 56.3 mm (2.2 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Ernabella by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1935	92.5 mm (3.6 in)
1936	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1937	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
1938	180.3 mm (7.1 in)
1939	155.7 mm (6.1 in)
1940	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1941	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1942	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1943	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1944	29.4 mm (1.2 in)
1945	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1946	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
1947	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1948	63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1949	56.3 mm (2.2 in)
1950	107.3 mm (4.2 in)
1951	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1952	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
1953	88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1954	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1955	39.7 mm (1.6 in)
1956	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1957	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1958	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
1959	45.3 mm (1.8 in)
1960	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1961	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1962	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1963	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1964	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1965	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1966	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1967	140.2 mm (5.5 in)
1968	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1969	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1970	15.3 mm (0.6 in)
1971	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1972	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
1973	123.7 mm (4.9 in)
1974	105.6 mm (4.2 in)
1975	141.6 mm (5.6 in)
1976	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1977	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
1978	19.4 mm (0.8 in)
1979	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1980	49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1981	329.5 mm (13.0 in)
1982	192.0 mm (7.6 in)
1983	125.5 mm (4.9 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Ernabella, 1935 to 1983. The record is 191 days in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is 76 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Ernabella by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1935	32 days
1936	85 days
1937	106 days
1938	71 days
1939	76 days
1940	78 days
1941	51 days
1942	49 days
1943	61 days
1944	150 days
1945	75 days
1946	118 days
1947	77 days
1948	109 days
1949	72 days
1950	89 days
1951	88 days
1952	54 days
1953	68 days
1954	95 days
1955	42 days
1956	47 days
1957	58 days
1958	65 days
1959	48 days
1960	103 days
1961	147 days
1962	53 days
1963	79 days
1964	99 days
1965	65 days
1966	122 days
1967	188 days
1968	39 days
1969	59 days
1970	81 days
1971	62 days
1972	147 days
1973	32 days
1974	76 days
1975	62 days
1976	191 days
1977	111 days
1978	105 days
1979	57 days
1980	52 days
1981	61 days
1982	82 days
1983	127 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, 1936 to 1981

A day with at least 35.2 mm (1.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 179.3 mm (7.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Ernabella: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
5 years	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
10 years	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
25 years	111.6 mm (4.4 in)
50 years	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	Longer than the 45 years of record
100 years	179.3 mm (7.1 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 1936 to 1981.

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: 132.8 mm (5.2 in) in 1938; 126.5 mm (5.0 in) in 1967; 121.0 mm (4.8 in) in 1975.

Download the Data

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