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48  INTRODUCING A USTR ALIA

The Climate of Australia NORTHERN
QUEENSLAND
This vast country experiences a variable climate.
Three-quarters of its land is desert or scrub and Average daily °C 32 29 30
has low, unreliable rainfall. The huge, dry interior maximum temperature 23 21 26 20
is hot year-round during the day but can be very Average daily 16
cold at night. The southern half of Australia, minimum temperature
including Tasmania, has warm summers and 7 8 8 9
mild winters. Further north, seasonal variations Average daily hours hrs hrs hrs hrs
lessen and the Top End has just two seasons: of sunshine 422 287 41 53
mm
mm
the dry, and the wet, with its monsoon rains Average monthly mm Apr mm Oct
Jul
and occasional tropical cyclones. rainfall month Jan
DARWIN
NORTH OF PERTH
AND THE TOP END
34
°C 33 33 ° C 32 33 34
28 31
26 25 24 25
22 22 19
14
8 9 7 9 6 8 10 10
hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs
160 30 0 1 386 97 0 51
mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
month Jan Apr Jul Oct month Jan Apr Jul Oct

THE RED CENTRE

36
° C 31
27
21 19
12 14
4
10 10 9 10
hrs hrs hrs hrs
43 10 8 18
mm mm mm mm
month Jan Apr Jul Oct

PERTH AND THE YORKE AND ADELAIDE AND
THE SOUTHWEST EYRE PENINSULAS THE SOUTHEAST
° C °C ° C
29 32 30
24 26 26 23 23
21
17 17 19 16 15
14 12 13 13 13 11
9 7 7
10 7 5 8 10 6 5 7 10 6 4 7
hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs hrs
8 43 170 56 15 18 18 23 20 46 66 43
mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
month Jan Apr Jul Oct month Jan Apr Jul Oct month Jan Apr Jul Oct