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Gluepot
South Australia
Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.JPG
Vegetation at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia
Gluepot is located in South Australia
Gluepot
Gluepot
Location in South Australia
Population 3 (shared with other localities) (2016 census)
Established 2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Postcode(s) 5417
Elevation 57 m (187 ft)
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
  • 180 km (112 mi) north east of Adelaide
  • 40 km (25 mi) north of Waikerie
LGA(s) Pastoral Unincorporated Area
Region Murray and Mallee
County Young
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal Division(s) Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
25.3 °C
78 °F
9.3 °C
49 °F
281.5 mm
11.1 in
Suburbs around Gluepot:
Balah Parcoola Calperum Station
Balah Gluepot Calperum Station
Bunyung Taylorville Station Taylorville Station
Footnotes Adjoining localities

Gluepot is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 180 kilometres (110 miles) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 miles) to the north of the town of Waikerie.

The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former pastoral lease of the same name.

The land use within Gluepot is concerned with the use of the former pastoral lease as a private protected area known as the Gluepot Reserve which has fully occupied its extent as of 1997.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Gluepot shared a population of three people with adjoining localities.

Gluepot is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Murray and Mallee region.

Weather station

Gluepot has been the site of an official weather station since 1999.

Climate data for Gluepot, South Australia
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 34.1
(93.4)
32.8
(91.0)
29.5
(85.1)
25.1
(77.2)
20.6
(69.1)
17.1
(62.8)
17.1
(62.8)
18.9
(66.0)
22.6
(72.7)
25.9
(78.6)
29.2
(84.6)
31.5
(88.7)
25.4
(77.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 16.0
(60.8)
15.4
(59.7)
12.4
(54.3)
8.6
(47.5)
6.2
(43.2)
4.0
(39.2)
3.7
(38.7)
4.3
(39.7)
6.5
(43.7)
8.8
(47.8)
12.0
(53.6)
13.8
(56.8)
9.3
(48.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 18.7
(0.74)
22.5
(0.89)
13.0
(0.51)
19.5
(0.77)
19.1
(0.75)
23.8
(0.94)
19.4
(0.76)
19.3
(0.76)
23.1
(0.91)
20.7
(0.81)
29.3
(1.15)
34.9
(1.37)
272.5
(10.73)
Average rainy days 2.5 1.9 1.6 2.8 4.7 4.0 4.4 5.0 3.4 3.5 3.9 3.7 41.4
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