Karratha Arpt

Weather station · 20.7°S 116.8°E · 9 m above sea level

ICAO YPKAStation data since 1993

Right now37.0°C04:30 UTC · 3 h agoSource: NOAA METAR

Today so far37.0°/29.0°High at 04:30 UTC · low at 00:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high48.4°CThursday, 13 January 2022 · highest in available records since 1993Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low6.9°CWednesday, 19 July 2006 · lowest in available records since 1993Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

37.5°C

in 2023

Record low

13.4°C

in 1998

Average high

31.8°C

all years on record

Record watch

0.5°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high 37.0°C against 37.5°C in 2023. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

48.4°C

Date: Thursday, 13 January 2022
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Karratha Arpt, Australia
Position: 20.71°S 116.77°E · 9 m

Highest highest in available records since 1993. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

6.9°C

Date: Wednesday, 19 July 2006
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Karratha Arpt, Australia
Position: 20.71°S 116.77°E · 9 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1993. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Karratha Arpt · 37.0°C

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Records by month

Jan

48.4°

20.5°

Feb

47.7°

19.4°

Mar

45.8°

18.5°

Apr

41.3°

14.7°

May

38.3°

10.5°

Jun

32.8°

7.1°

Jul

34.0°

6.9°

Aug

39.1°

8.0°

Sep

40.7°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Karratha Arpt, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	37.0°C	04:30 UTC	29.0°C	00:00 UTC
2026-09-22	27.0°C	15:00 UTC	22.0°C	18:30 UTC

Nearby stations

Karratha Aerodrome AwsAustralia0.8 km
DampierAustralia4.2 km
Karratha Legendre IsalndAustralia39.1 km
MardieAustralia98.8 km
VARANUS ISLANDAustralia124.9 km
BARROW ISLAND AIRPORTAustralia143.5 km

Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
Figure	Source	Type
Right now, today so far	NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP)	Measured, station
All-time, monthly and on-this-day records	NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1993 to 2026	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated