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Post by Ethereal on Mar 16, 2022 20:52:04 GMT -5
Disregarding temperatures, Coober Pedy. Not even that dry compared to some places in California. Surprised there's not somewhere drier. Hard to find reliable data, but it is thought that the isolated desert country around Lake Eyre receives as little as 100mm ( 4" ) per annum. "Mulka Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the far north of South Australia. It is situated approximately 154 kilometres (96 mi) north of Marree and 216 kilometres (134 mi) west of Innamincka. The property is found to the south of Clifton Hills Station and is the driest permanently occupied pastoral holding in the country with annual rainfall of about 10 centimetres (4 in)." Wouldn't surprised if there are areas around Lake Eyre that average at 50mm-70mm annually, or less. I view satellite images of Australia nearly everyday and I very, very rarely see any clouds above and around the Lake Eyre region. The thing is, there are no weather stations there. Heck, I believe that there are probably unexplored or uninhabited areas (and even inhabited areas without weather stations) in around central Australia that probably have average highs above 40C in the summer (akin to Baghdad). Anyway, to answer this thread, I'd go with Coober Pedy by far! |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 16, 2022 23:03:31 GMT -5
Hard to find reliable data, but it is thought that the isolated desert country around Lake Eyre receives as little as 100mm ( 4" ) per annum. "Mulka Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the far north of South Australia. It is situated approximately 154 kilometres (96 mi) north of Marree and 216 kilometres (134 mi) west of Innamincka. The property is found to the south of Clifton Hills Station and is the driest permanently occupied pastoral holding in the country with annual rainfall of about 10 centimetres (4 in)." Wouldn't surprised if there are areas around Lake Eyre that average at 50mm-70mm annually, or less. I view satellite images of Australia nearly everyday and I very, very rarely see any clouds above and around the Lake Eyre region. The thing is, there are no weather stations there. Heck, I believe that there are probably unexplored or uninhabited areas (and even inhabited areas without weather stations) in around central Australia that probably have average highs above 40C in the summer (akin to Baghdad). Anyway, to answer this thread, I'd go with Coober Pedy by far! !nland ( ie Central Australian )sites are tough places to average sustained heat ie +40c means because of the altitude factor, much of Central Australia is a plateau between 300m - 600m asl. And of all the towns in the vicinity of the lowest altitude place in Australia ( Lake Eyre ), Only Birdsville has 1 month ( Jan ) averaging ) +40c. Much of the central/southern NT is at altitude and even Alice Springs' highest monthly mean is only 36.5c 40c monthly means really only happen at a few low altitude inland sites in the tropics of WA, QLD and the NT. The obvious exceptions to the altitudinal restrictions can be found in the Hamersley Ranges of the Pilbara with a coupla places around 400m asl averaging +40c in Dec and Jan. |
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 17, 2022 0:48:27 GMT -5
Wouldn't surprised if there are areas around Lake Eyre that average at 50mm-70mm annually, or less. I view satellite images of Australia nearly everyday and I very, very rarely see any clouds above and around the Lake Eyre region. The thing is, there are no weather stations there. Heck, I believe that there are probably unexplored or uninhabited areas (and even inhabited areas without weather stations) in around central Australia that probably have average highs above 40C in the summer (akin to Baghdad). Anyway, to answer this thread, I'd go with Coober Pedy by far! !nland ( ie Central Australian )sites are tough places to average sustained heat ie +40c means because of the altitude factor, much of Central Australia is a plateau between 300m - 600m asl. And of all the towns in the vicinity of the lowest altitude place in Australia ( Lake Eyre ), Only Birdsville has 1 month ( Jan ) averaging ) +40c. Much of the central/southern NT is at altitude and even Alice Springs' highest monthly mean is only 36.5c 40c monthly means really only happen at a few low altitude inland sites in the tropics of WA, QLD and the NT. The obvious exceptions to the altitudinal restrictions can be found in the Hamersley Ranges of the Pilbara with a coupla places around 400m asl averaging +40c in Dec and Jan. It's true that central Australia is rather elevated and therefore such high temps cannot be sustained. Now I wonder, are there any valleys in the outback? Or small lowland areas? I'd assume you may find those in the rugged, northwestern WA? Probably there, in such microclimates, you may record 40C+ temperatures everyday in the hot season (and I mean more so than Marble Bar). |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 17, 2022 2:00:28 GMT -5
^^ Really, the existing network pretty well has it covered climatically. Big country and all, but the extreme heat places have allready been found and are well documented. Many outback places have recorded +40c average months between Oct and March, but not when averaged out over their entire climatic records.
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Post by Shaheen Hassan on Mar 17, 2022 11:12:03 GMT -5
Mt Bellenden Ker.
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Post by CRISPR on Feb 23, 2024 17:56:51 GMT -5
I guess Coober Pedy for being much sunnier, even though the landscape around Mt Bellenden Ker is gorgeous.
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