Leigh Creek Aero Weather Records (ASN00017005)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Leigh Creek Aero (ASN00017005), Australia, with 31 years of record.

Key Facts for Leigh Creek Aero

Leigh Creek Aero (ASN00017005) is a weather station in Australia at -30.47 latitude and 138.41 longitude, 194 m (636 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1952 to 1982, 31 years of record.
1,464 records set at Leigh Creek Aero still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Leigh Creek Aero tied a daily record low maximum temperature of 18.5 C (65.3 F) on 27 April 1982.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -30.47 latitude, 138.41 longitude.
Elevation: 194 m (636 ft).
Period of record: 1952 to 1982, 31 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin.

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 Leigh Creek Aero. 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 Leigh Creek Aero, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	47.9 C (118.2 F)	9.3 C (48.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	45.0 C (113.0 F)	10.6 C (51.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	42.6 C (108.7 F)	7.0 C (44.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.3 C (37.9 F)	n/a	n/a
May	30.1 C (86.2 F)	0.5 C (32.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	26.1 C (79.0 F)	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	29.0 C (84.2 F)	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	32.0 C (89.6 F)	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	37.0 C (98.6 F)	1.8 C (35.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	41.1 C (106.0 F)	4.4 C (39.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	43.7 C (110.7 F)	5.3 C (41.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	45.9 C (114.6 F)	9.3 C (48.7 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Leigh Creek Aero still stand. 1957 holds the most, with 75.

Standing records at Leigh Creek Aero by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1952	39
1953	53
1954	57
1955	46
1956	39
1957	75
1958	59
1959	45
1960	58
1961	37
1962	36
1963	49
1964	50
1965	59
1966	31
1967	33
1968	66
1969	48
1970	59
1971	22
1972	33
1973	64
1974	34
1975	64
1976	33
1977	46
1978	42
1979	56
1980	55
1981	55
1982	21

Wettest Day of Each Month

Apr: 61.8 mm (2.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Leigh Creek Aero. The most was 61.8 mm (2.4 in) on 9 April 1974.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Leigh Creek Aero
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 January 1962
Feb	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 February 1966
Mar	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 March 1973
Apr	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	9 April 1974
May	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	14 May 1963
Jun	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 June 1963
Jul	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 July 1971
Aug	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 August 1973
Sep	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 September 1979
Oct	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 October 1974
Nov	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 November 1958
Dec	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 December 1973

Period of Record Coverage

1952 to 1982

31 years of record at Leigh Creek Aero, 1952 to 1982. 3 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1952, 1970, 1982.

Days with data per year at Leigh Creek Aero
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1952	314	86%	No
1953	334	92%	Yes
1954	351	96%	Yes
1955	330	90%	Yes
1956	363	99%	Yes
1957	355	97%	Yes
1958	333	91%	Yes
1959	362	99%	Yes
1960	357	98%	Yes
1961	354	97%	Yes
1962	350	96%	Yes
1963	350	96%	Yes
1964	364	99%	Yes
1965	365	100%	Yes
1966	362	99%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	362	99%	Yes
1969	365	100%	Yes
1970	327	90%	No
1971	365	100%	Yes
1972	360	98%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes
1974	363	99%	Yes
1975	365	100%	Yes
1976	353	96%	Yes
1977	365	100%	Yes
1978	365	100%	Yes
1979	364	100%	Yes
1980	365	100%	Yes
1981	359	98%	Yes
1982	120	33%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Leigh Creek Aero
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily low max (Tie)	18.5 C (65.3 F)	tie	27 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	21.4 C (70.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	4 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
22 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	26.5 C (79.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	11 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	19 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	17 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily low min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	26.3 C (79.3 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	8 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high max	41.6 C (106.9 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	1 year	3 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high max	39.7 C (103.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	29.8 C (85.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	19 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	31.5 C (88.7 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	7 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high max	42.0 C (107.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	12 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high max (Tie)	41.8 C (107.2 F)	tie	20 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min (Tie)	28.0 C (82.4 F)	tie	7 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily low max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	7 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
24 January 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	32.5 C (90.5 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high max	45.2 C (113.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	8 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1982	Leigh Creek Aero, AU	daily high min	33.0 C (91.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	12 years	11 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

24 complete years, 1953 to 1981

One stripe for each of 24 complete years at Leigh Creek Aero, 1953 to 1981. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 19.7 C (67.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1956, at 18.4 C (65.2 F), and the warmest was 1980, at 20.8 C (69.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.3 C (2.3 F).

Annual mean temperature at Leigh Creek Aero as warming stripes, 1953 to 1981
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1953	19.5 C	-0.27 C
1954	19.3 C	-0.44 C
1955	19.0 C	-0.73 C
1956	18.4 C	-1.30 C
1957	19.9 C	+0.16 C
1959	19.9 C	+0.18 C
1960	19.2 C	-0.57 C
1961	19.9 C	+0.18 C
1963	20.0 C	+0.30 C
1964	19.1 C	-0.59 C
1965	20.4 C	+0.67 C
1966	18.9 C	-0.79 C
1967	19.8 C	+0.09 C
1968	19.7 C	-0.06 C
1969	19.5 C	-0.19 C
1971	19.3 C	-0.47 C
1972	20.1 C	+0.32 C
1973	20.4 C	+0.71 C
1975	19.8 C	+0.08 C
1977	20.2 C	+0.48 C
1978	19.3 C	-0.42 C
1979	20.4 C	+0.64 C
1980	20.8 C	+1.05 C
1981	20.6 C	+0.89 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

1952 to 1982

Yearly extremes at Leigh Creek Aero: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	47.9 C (118.2 F)	1960	43.9 C (111.0 F)	31
Coldest night (TNn)	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	1976	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	31
Wettest day (Rx1day)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	1974	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	1972	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29
Longest dry spell (CDD)	127 days	1965	59 days	29

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Leigh Creek Aero, 1952 to 1982. The record is 47.9 C (118.2 F) in 1960, marked on the chart; the median year is 43.9 C (111.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Leigh Creek Aero by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1952	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1953	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1954	45.1 C (113.2 F)
1955	45.2 C (113.4 F)
1956	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1957	45.4 C (113.7 F)
1958	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1959	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1960	47.9 C (118.2 F)
1961	42.2 C (108.0 F)
1962	43.2 C (109.8 F)
1963	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1964	45.1 C (113.2 F)
1965	44.1 C (111.4 F)
1966	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1967	41.8 C (107.2 F)
1968	45.6 C (114.1 F)
1969	43.8 C (110.8 F)
1970	42.1 C (107.8 F)
1971	43.2 C (109.8 F)
1972	45.9 C (114.6 F)
1973	45.4 C (113.7 F)
1974	40.5 C (104.9 F)
1975	42.0 C (107.6 F)
1976	42.3 C (108.1 F)
1977	43.0 C (109.4 F)
1978	42.6 C (108.7 F)
1979	45.5 C (113.9 F)
1980	44.0 C (111.2 F)
1981	45.7 C (114.3 F)
1982	45.2 C (113.4 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Leigh Creek Aero, 1952 to 1982. The record is -2.5 C (27.5 F) in 1976, marked on the chart; the median year is -0.4 C (31.3 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Leigh Creek Aero by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1952	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1953	-0.6 C (30.9 F)
1954	-1.2 C (29.8 F)
1955	-0.9 C (30.4 F)
1956	-0.4 C (31.3 F)
1957	0.5 C (32.9 F)
1958	-1.8 C (28.8 F)
1959	-1.8 C (28.8 F)
1960	-1.0 C (30.2 F)
1961	-0.4 C (31.3 F)
1962	0.7 C (33.3 F)
1963	0.2 C (32.4 F)
1964	-1.6 C (29.1 F)
1965	-0.8 C (30.6 F)
1966	-0.4 C (31.3 F)
1967	-0.8 C (30.6 F)
1968	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1969	-0.1 C (31.8 F)
1970	-2.4 C (27.7 F)
1971	0.6 C (33.1 F)
1972	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1973	1.0 C (33.8 F)
1974	0.0 C (32.0 F)
1975	1.0 C (33.8 F)
1976	-2.5 C (27.5 F)
1977	-2.0 C (28.4 F)
1978	1.0 C (33.8 F)
1979	1.5 C (34.7 F)
1980	2.0 C (35.6 F)
1981	1.2 C (34.2 F)
1982	7.7 C (45.9 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Leigh Creek Aero, 1952 to 1982. The record is 61.8 mm (2.4 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 28.4 mm (1.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Leigh Creek Aero by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1952	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1953	n/a
1954	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1955	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1956	n/a
1957	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1958	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1959	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1960	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
1961	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1962	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1963	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1964	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
1965	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1966	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1967	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1968	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1969	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1970	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1971	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1972	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1973	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1974	61.8 mm (2.4 in)
1975	28.6 mm (1.1 in)
1976	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1977	10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1978	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1979	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
1980	31.6 mm (1.2 in)
1981	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1982	10.0 mm (0.4 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Leigh Creek Aero, 1952 to 1982. The record is 116.1 mm (4.6 in) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.4 mm (1.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Leigh Creek Aero by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1952	17.1 mm (0.7 in)
1953	n/a
1954	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1955	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1956	n/a
1957	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1958	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1959	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1960	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1961	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1962	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1963	87.8 mm (3.5 in)
1964	37.7 mm (1.5 in)
1965	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1966	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1967	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1968	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1969	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
1970	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1971	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1972	116.1 mm (4.6 in)
1973	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1974	88.8 mm (3.5 in)
1975	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1976	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1977	16.4 mm (0.6 in)
1978	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
1979	86.7 mm (3.4 in)
1980	44.3 mm (1.7 in)
1981	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1982	10.0 mm (0.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Leigh Creek Aero, 1952 to 1982. The record is 127 days in 1965, marked on the chart; the median year is 59 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Leigh Creek Aero by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1952	29 days
1953	n/a
1954	59 days
1955	31 days
1956	n/a
1957	31 days
1958	9 days
1959	44 days
1960	63 days
1961	60 days
1962	56 days
1963	65 days
1964	61 days
1965	127 days
1966	49 days
1967	83 days
1968	85 days
1969	35 days
1970	77 days
1971	61 days
1972	47 days
1973	33 days
1974	35 days
1975	45 days
1976	89 days
1977	81 days
1978	62 days
1979	39 days
1980	72 days
1981	48 days
1982	78 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.

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).