Lankeys Creek, New South Wales
Town in New South Wales, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lankeys Creek is a rural community in the east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 18 kilometres north west of Jingellic and 36 kilometres south east of Holbrook.
Lankeys Creek | |
|---|---|
Memorial Hall | |
  Lankeys Creek | |
| Coordinates: 35°49′S 147°40′E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| Elevation | 355–591 m (1,165–1,939 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 60 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode | 2644 |
| County | Goulburn |
| Mean max temp | 19.1 °C (66.4 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 4.4 °C (39.9 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 906.3 mm (35.68 in) |
Lankeys Creek Post Office was open briefly in 1890, reopened in 1906 and closed in 1961.[2]
Climate
Being the first of the higher ground on the South West Slopes in a westerly wind, the area experiences cool maximum temperatures relative to its altitude (particularly in winter), averaging just 9.9 °C (49.8 °F) in July at the Brookfield Forest Station. The site was located in pine plantation country at 457 metres (1,499 ft) above sea level and operated from 1938 until 1968.
| Climate data for Brookfield Forest Station (1938–1968); 457 m AMSL; 35.80° S, 147.93° E | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.4 (34.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
4.4 (39.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.0 (2.20) |
47.2 (1.86) |
65.5 (2.58) |
65.6 (2.58) |
86.2 (3.39) |
82.3 (3.24) |
99.0 (3.90) |
92.3 (3.63) |
81.6 (3.21) |
98.7 (3.89) |
70.8 (2.79) |
60.1 (2.37) |
906.3 (35.68) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 116.2 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Brookfield Forest Station | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Carabost Forest Headquarters (1938–1969, rainfall 1938–1997); 580 m AMSL; 35.65° S, 147.80° E | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
18.4 (65.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
1.7 (35.1) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.4 (2.22) |
48.6 (1.91) |
61.2 (2.41) |
72.6 (2.86) |
96.4 (3.80) |
92.8 (3.65) |
112.5 (4.43) |
107.6 (4.24) |
84.4 (3.32) |
100.1 (3.94) |
70.5 (2.78) |
60.1 (2.37) |
966.5 (38.05) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 102.4 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Carabost Forest Headquarters | |||||||||||||
