Broken Hill Weather

BROKEN HILL NSW 2880

 

Broken Hill has a hot desert climate. Winter is relatively mild and dry, although the night and early morning can be cold with moderate frost, while summers are highly variable – mostly hot and dry with some variation (summer storms with high humidity are not uncommon). The average maximum during the summer months is about 33°C with an average of 35% humidity, although occasional rainfall and cooler weather occur. The coldest month, July, averages a high of 16°C and a low of 5°C.

The average yearly rainfall is 225mm, the highest temperature recorded in Broken Hill was 46.3°C (16th January 2019) and the lowest -2.9°C (1st July 2017).

The most popular times of the year to visit Far West NSW is spring and autumn with average day time temperatures in the 20’s.

STATISTICS  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
 Mean max temp  33.8 32.5 29.1 24.4 19.1 16.0 15.6 17.9 21.9 25.6 28.8 31.7
 Mean min temp  19.4 18.5 15.4 11.4 7.7 5.7 4.9 5.6 8.4 11.6 14.8 17.4