Post by greysrigging on Nov 22, 2023 21:39:41 GMT -5
A town deep in the Iron Ore Provinces of the WA Pilbara.
Even by AU standards it's tough country out this way.... climatically, socially....economically ?.... nah, ya can earn a decent dollar if ya can handle the heat, dust, flies and isolation....
Climate
Paraburdoo has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). In summer, the days are very hot and the nights are warm. The mean annual maximum temperature is 46.0 °C (114.8 °F), and the all-time record high is 47.8 °C (118.0 °F), on 30 December 1997. There is an average of 72.2 days per year where the temperature rises above 40.0 °C (104.0 °F). In winter, the days are warm and the nights are cool. Precipitation is highly variable, coming from storms and tropical cyclones. It falls most often between December and March. Some years, summer months can see no rainfall, and other years over 200 millimetres (7.9 in) of rainfall can come in a single month. Rainfall is sparse from July to November. The annual average rainfall is 317.8 millimetres (12.5 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate.
Even by AU standards it's tough country out this way.... climatically, socially....economically ?.... nah, ya can earn a decent dollar if ya can handle the heat, dust, flies and isolation....
Climate
Paraburdoo has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). In summer, the days are very hot and the nights are warm. The mean annual maximum temperature is 46.0 °C (114.8 °F), and the all-time record high is 47.8 °C (118.0 °F), on 30 December 1997. There is an average of 72.2 days per year where the temperature rises above 40.0 °C (104.0 °F). In winter, the days are warm and the nights are cool. Precipitation is highly variable, coming from storms and tropical cyclones. It falls most often between December and March. Some years, summer months can see no rainfall, and other years over 200 millimetres (7.9 in) of rainfall can come in a single month. Rainfall is sparse from July to November. The annual average rainfall is 317.8 millimetres (12.5 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate.
