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What the averages say
On these averages, Karratha has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April to February.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in April to December.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): March.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January and February.
- The warmest month is March (32°C) and the coolest July (24°C). The wettest is February (86 mm) and the driest August (1 mm); about 335 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
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarHot
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Karratha
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C | 28°C | 82 mm | 73% | 55% | 7.4 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 31°C | 28°C | 86 mm | 73% | 51% | 7.1 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 32°C | 28°C | 61 mm | 69% | 46% | 6.4 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 31°C | 27°C | 17 mm | 62% | 42% | 5.5 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 28°C | 23°C | 25 mm | 59% | 43% | 4.6 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 25°C | 20°C | 32 mm | 60% | 44% | 4.2 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 24°C | 19°C | 10 mm | 60% | 36% | 4.5 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 25°C | 20°C | 1 mm | 59% | 24% | 5.6 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 27°C | 21°C | 2 mm | 61% | 22% | 6.6 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 29°C | 23°C | 1 mm | 62% | 23% | 7.5 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 30°C | 25°C | 3 mm | 64% | 25% | 8 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 31°C | 26°C | 15 mm | 68% | 36% | 8 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
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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