Average Weather in Coober Pedy Australia

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In Coober Pedy, the summers are sweltering; the winters are cool; and it is dry, windy, and mostly clear year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 42°F to 100°F and is rarely below 36°F or above 110°F.

The hot season lasts for 3.8 months, from November 19 to March 12, with an average daily high temperature above 92°F. The hottest day of the year is January 12, with an average high of 100°F and low of 70°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.0 months, from May 20 to August 21, with an average daily high temperature below 72°F. The coldest day of the year is July 8, with an average low of 42°F and high of 65°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

In Coober Pedy, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Coober Pedy begins around June 23 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around October 16. On August 6, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 91% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 9% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 16 and lasts for 8.2 months, ending around June 23. On April 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 29% of the time, and clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 71% of the time.

Coober Pedy does not experience significant seasonal variation in the frequency of wet days (i.e., those with greater than 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation). The frequency ranges from 2% to 8%, with an average value of 5%.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 8% on December 14.

Rainfall

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Coober Pedy experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 3.9 months, from November 28 to March 24, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The most rain falls during the 31 days centered around February 5, with an average total accumulation of 0.7 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 8.1 months, from March 24 to November 28. The least rain falls around August 2, with an average total accumulation of 0.1 inches.

The length of the day in Coober Pedy varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2017, the shortest day is June 21, with 10 hours, 17 minutes of daylight; the longest day is December 21, with 14 hours, 0 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise is at 6:11 AM on September 30, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 30 minutes later at 7:41 AM on April 1. The earliest sunset is at 5:40 PM on June 10, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 54 minutes later at 8:34 PM on January 10.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in Coober Pedy during 2017, starting in the spring on October 1 and ending in the fall on April 2.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The perceived humidity level in Coober Pedy, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, staying within 2% of 2% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Coober Pedy experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 6.8 months, from August 22 to March 16, with average wind speeds of more than 5.6 miles per hour. The windiest day of the year is October 7, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.5 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 5.2 months, from March 16 to August 22. The calmest day of the year is May 19, with an average hourly wind speed of 4.8 miles per hour.

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Coober Pedy varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the east for 4.2 months, from February 17 to June 24, with a peak percentage of 45% on March 8. The wind is most often from the north for 1.2 months, from June 24 to July 31, with a peak percentage of 29% on July 18. The wind is most often from the south for 6.6 months, from July 31 to February 17, with a peak percentage of 44% on January 1.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.8 months, from October 25 to February 20, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.4 kWh. The brightest day of the year is January 5, with an average of 8.5 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.1 months, from May 2 to August 6, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.5 kWh. The darkest day of the year is June 16, with an average of 3.5 kWh.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Coober Pedy are -29.014 deg latitude, 134.755 deg longitude, and 696 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Coober Pedy contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 190 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 696 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (341 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (646 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Coober Pedy is covered by sparse vegetation (88%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (70%) and grassland (29%), and within 50 miles by sparse vegetation (85%) and grassland (13%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Coober Pedy, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Coober Pedy is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Coober Pedy, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets , by Jean Meeus.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for aiports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © Esri, with data from National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, and iPC.