| Warooka South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°59′24″S137°23′56″E / 34.99000°S 137.39889°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 194 (UCL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5577 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Yorke Peninsula Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey [3] | ||||||||||||||
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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 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) | 23.6 (74.5) | 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] | |||||||||||||
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