SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
Weather station · 17.6°S 146.0°E · 18 m above sea level
WMO 95292Station data since 1965
Record high
30.4°C
in 2022
Record low
7.3°C
in 1965
Average high
27.8°C
all years on record
7.1°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 23.3°C against 30.4°C in 2022. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
42.2°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN, Australia
- Position
- 17.61°S 146.00°E · 18 m
Highest highest in available records since 1965. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
3.3°C
- Date
- Monday, 19 July 1965
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN, Australia
- Position
- 17.61°S 146.00°E · 18 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1965. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
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SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN · 23.3°C
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Records by month
Jan
40.0°
15.6°
Feb
40.5°
16.0°
Mar
37.6°
15.0°
Apr
35.3°
11.7°
May
32.0°
7.4°
Jun
31.0°
5.4°
Jul
32.2°
3.3°
Aug
32.0°
6.8°
Sep
35.0°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 23.3°C | 06:00 UTC | 23.3°C | 06:00 UTC |
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Data sources for this page
| 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), 1965 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |