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Weather extremes

How extreme does Coober Pedy's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Coober Pedy has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 32 years of daily weather observations (1994–present), from the Coober Pedy Airport station 4 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Coober Pedy has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
119°F Dec 20, 2019

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal December afternoon in Coober Pedy (typical high near 94°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 119°F Dec 20, 2019
2 119°F Feb 12, 2025
3 119°F Jan 30, 2026
❄️ Coldest night
30°F Jul 5, 2022

About 13°F colder than a normal July night in Coober Pedy (typical low near 43°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 30°F Jul 5, 2022recent
2 31°F Jul 22, 1997
3 32°F Jun 30, 2002
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.53 in Apr 10, 2014

More rain in a single day than Coober Pedy usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.53 in Apr 10, 2014
2 2.68 in Feb 1, 2020
3 2.42 in Sep 2, 2016

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 119°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Coober Pedy's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — December's 119°F is about 25°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Coober Pedy's warmest days reach the high 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 119°F and as low as 30°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Coober Pedy Airport, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →