Warooka, South Australia
Town in South Australia
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Warooka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, known as the "Gateway to the bottom end".[5]
Warooka | |||||||||||||
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Main street | |||||||||||||
  Warooka | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34°59′24″S 137°23′56″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 194 (UCL 2021)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5577 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 21.2 °C (70.2 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 11.5 °C (52.7 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 444.2 mm (17.49 in) | ||||||||||||
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Climate
Warooka has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen): Csb, with warm, dry summers and mild, relatively wet winters.
| Climate data for Warooka (34º59'S, 137º24'E, 53 m AMSL) (1951-2023 normals and extremes, rainfall 1861-2024) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 44.1 (111.4) |
41.6 (106.9) |
39.3 (102.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
36.4 (97.5) |
40.6 (105.1) |
41.0 (105.8) |
44.1 (111.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
2.1 (35.8) |
0.6 (33.1) |
2.4 (36.3) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.6 (36.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
0.6 (33.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.57) |
17.3 (0.68) |
16.2 (0.64) |
32.9 (1.30) |
53.9 (2.12) |
64.4 (2.54) |
65.0 (2.56) |
59.0 (2.32) |
45.6 (1.80) |
35.0 (1.38) |
22.6 (0.89) |
18.1 (0.71) |
444.2 (17.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 67.7 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 42 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 44 | 43 | 54 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
9.6 (49.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.9 (46.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology[6] | |||||||||||||
