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What the averages say
On these averages, Port Hedland has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May to August.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): September to April.
- The warmest month is December (39°C) and the coolest June (28°C). The wettest is January (100 mm) and the driest August (1 mm); about 384 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
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Port Hedland
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°C | 26°C | 100 mm | 58% | 54% | 7.3 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 37°C | 26°C | 88 mm | 60% | 50% | 7 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 37°C | 25°C | 91 mm | 58% | 46% | 6.4 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 35°C | 22°C | 15 mm | 51% | 40% | 5.6 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 31°C | 18°C | 15 mm | 46% | 39% | 4.7 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 28°C | 14°C | 24 mm | 45% | 39% | 4.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 28°C | 13°C | 14 mm | 45% | 34% | 4.6 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 30°C | 14°C | 1 mm | 42% | 25% | 5.6 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 33°C | 17°C | 3 mm | 43% | 24% | 6.7 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 37°C | 21°C | 2 mm | 42% | 27% | 7.5 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 39°C | 24°C | 4 mm | 44% | 28% | 8 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 39°C | 26°C | 27 mm | 49% | 37% | 7.9 | 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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