Rocky Gully, Western Australia
Town in Western Australia
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Rocky Gully is a small town and locality of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. A large part of the south of the locality is covered by the Mount Roe National Park. Additionally, the Tootanellup Nature Reserve is also located within Rocky Gully.[3][4]
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| Coordinates: 34°30′34″S 117°00′42″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1951 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 883.3 km2 (341.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 286 m (938 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 92 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6397 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.0 °C (69.8 °F)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 9.7 °C (49.5 °F)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 712.1 mm (28.04 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
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The town is located along the Muir Highway, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the Kent River.
History
A site was selected for a town when land in the area was sub-divided in the 1930s. By 1951 a small community was established as part of the War Service land settlement scheme and the townsite was gazetted.[5]
Geography
Climate
Rocky Gully has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb); with warm, dry summers and mild, moderately wet winters.[6] Extreme temperatures ranged from 43.3 °C (109.9 °F) on 1 February 2024 to −0.4 °C (31.3 °F) on 13 July 2016 and 24 August 2016. The wettest recorded day was 2 April 2005 with 84.2 mm (3.31 in) of rainfall.[7]
| Climate data for Rocky Gully (34.57°S 117.01°E) (250 m (820 ft) AMSL) (1963-2025) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 43.1 (109.6) |
43.3 (109.9) |
40.7 (105.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
38.1 (100.6) |
41.8 (107.2) |
43.3 (109.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.0 (69.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
0.5 (32.9) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.5 (0.73) |
18.4 (0.72) |
36.0 (1.42) |
54.0 (2.13) |
75.8 (2.98) |
93.8 (3.69) |
111.5 (4.39) |
97.8 (3.85) |
91.4 (3.60) |
55.5 (2.19) |
41.6 (1.64) |
25.4 (1.00) |
712.1 (28.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 7.2 | 6.8 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 21.5 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 16.1 | 12.0 | 7.8 | 172.5 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 44 | 44 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 46 | 58 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1996-2025)[1] | |||||||||||||
Nature reserve
The Tootanellup Nature Reserve was gazetted on 24 November 1944, has a size of 9.44 square kilometres (3.64 mi2), and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion.[8]
