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Types of the Dry Region.

Pressure.[1]

Station. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Year. Number of Years.
Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches. Inches.
Carnarvon, Western Australia 29.790 29.798 29.848 29.947 30.019 30.038 30.070 30.069 30.030 29.990 29.912 29.822 29.944 15
Nullagine, Western Australia 29.690 29.711 29.787 29.906 29.992 30.042 30.056 30.024 29.944 29.874 29.772 29.704 29.875 13
Peak Hill, Western Australia 29.702 29.726 29.808 29.929 30.023 30.064 30.079 30.051 29.968 29.898 29.792 29.710 29.896 14
Coolgardie, Western Australia 29.866 29.900 29.937 30.106 30.096 30.111 30.024 30.103 30.024 29.974 29.913 29.858 29.999 15
Alice Springs, Northern Territory 29.708 29.736 29.846 29.984 30.072 30.106 30.122 30.056 29.972 29.887 29.804 29.742 29.920 30
Broken Hill, New South Wales 29.875 29.905 29.962 30.120 30.154 30.163 30.114 30.142 30.042 30.030 29.934 29.860 30.025  5


Types of the Dry Region.

Temperatures.[2]

Station. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Year. Number of Years.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Carnarvon, Western Australia 79.8 80.6 79.4 74.7 67.9 62.7 60.6 62.6 65.6 69.0 73.0 76.9 71.1 15
Nullagine, Western Australia 89.8 88.6 84.2 77.3 68.5 61.1 59.3 63.9 71.0 78.2 85.8 88.8 76.4 14
Peak Hill, Western Australia 87.6 86.2 82.1 74.0 63.8 56.5 54.7 58.9 65.0 71.8 80.3 86.2 72.3 14
Coolgardie, Western Australia 77.5 76.0 71.6 65.4 57.6 52.3 50.8 53.4 58.4 63.6 70.9 76.2 64.5 16
Alice Springs, Northern Territory 84.0 82.3 76.9 68.0 59.7 54.2 52.5 58.5 65.5 73.6 79.5 82.5 69.8 34
William Creek, South Australia 82.7 82.5 76.1 67.2 59.2 53.9 52.2 56.2 62.4 70.3 77.1 81.4 68.4 24
Broken Hill, New South Wales 78.4 77.9 71.8 63.9 56.6 51.0 49.2 52.8 58.4 65.8 73.0 76.6 64.6 21

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  1. The normals for Broken Hill refer to 9 a.m. observations only; the others are the means of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. observations.
  2. The means of maxima and minima.