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Warooka
South Australia
WarookaMainStreet1.JPG
Main street
Warooka is located in Yorke Peninsula Council
Warooka
Warooka
Location in Yorke Peninsula Council
Postcode(s) 5577
Location
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
State electorate(s) Narungga
Federal Division(s) Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.2 °C
70 °F
11.5 °C
53 °F
444.2 mm
17.5 in
Localities around Warooka:
Corny Point The Pines
Point Souttar
Point Turton
Spencer Gulf
Hardwicke Bay
White Hut Warooka Yorketown
Marion Bay Foul Bay
Investigator Strait
Port Moorowie

Warooka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, known as the 'Gateway to the bottom end'.

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)
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
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