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What the averages say
On these averages, Broken Hill has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in March to May and August to November.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): December to February.
- The warmest month is January (36°C) and the coolest July (16°C). The wettest is February (26 mm) and the driest August (12 mm); about 209 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanHot
- FebHot
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Broken Hill
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°C | 21°C | 25 mm | 30% | 32% | 8.2 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 34°C | 19°C | 26 mm | 35% | 33% | 7.4 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 30°C | 16°C | 19 mm | 40% | 30% | 6.3 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 14 mm | 47% | 33% | 4.9 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 20°C | 8°C | 13 mm | 59% | 33% | 3.6 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 16°C | 5°C | 17 mm | 69% | 34% | 3 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 16°C | 4°C | 13 mm | 67% | 32% | 3.3 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 18°C | 5°C | 12 mm | 58% | 29% | 4.3 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 23°C | 8°C | 15 mm | 48% | 27% | 5.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 27°C | 12°C | 16 mm | 40% | 31% | 7 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 31°C | 15°C | 23 mm | 36% | 37% | 7.7 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 34°C | 18°C | 16 mm | 32% | 36% | 8.2 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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