THE CLIMATE STORY OF

PERTH

Annual temperatures, year by year, since 1940

1940: 18.1 °C1941: 18.3 °C1942: 18.3 °C1943: 18.4 °C1944: 18.4 °C1945: 18.9 °C1946: 18.0 °C1947: 17.7 °C1948: 18.4 °C1949: 18.8 °C1950: 19.1 °C1951: 18.5 °C1952: 18.7 °C1953: 18.6 °C1954: 18.3 °C1955: 18.3 °C1956: 18.2 °C1957: 18.9 °C1958: 19.0 °C1959: 19.4 °C1960: 18.2 °C1961: 19.3 °C1962: 19.1 °C1963: 19.1 °C1964: 18.2 °C1965: 18.8 °C1966: 18.4 °C1967: 19.0 °C1968: 17.1 °C1969: 18.3 °C1970: 18.2 °C1971: 17.4 °C1972: 19.2 °C1973: 17.9 °C1974: 18.3 °C1975: 18.0 °C1976: 18.4 °C1977: 18.5 °C1978: 19.1 °C1979: 18.1 °C1980: 18.2 °C1981: 18.0 °C1982: 18.2 °C1983: 18.8 °C1984: 18.0 °C1985: 18.8 °C1986: 17.6 °C1987: 18.3 °C1988: 19.1 °C1989: 18.3 °C1990: 17.6 °C1991: 18.5 °C1992: 18.0 °C1993: 17.9 °C1994: 18.9 °C1995: 18.5 °C1996: 18.7 °C1997: 18.6 °C1998: 18.7 °C1999: 18.8 °C2000: 18.6 °C2001: 18.0 °C2002: 18.5 °C2003: 18.6 °C2004: 18.4 °C2005: 17.7 °C2006: 18.6 °C2007: 18.3 °C2008: 18.4 °C2009: 18.9 °C2010: 19.1 °C2011: 19.5 °C2012: 19.1 °C2013: 19.1 °C2014: 19.1 °C2015: 19.2 °C2016: 18.0 °C2017: 18.2 °C2018: 18.0 °C2019: 18.4 °C2020: 18.7 °C2021: 18.4 °C2022: 18.4 °C2023: 18.8 °C2024: 19.6 °C2025: 19.0 °C
1940Annual mean temperature, 1940–20252025

Heat-record watch

Warmest day of the last 14 days: 22.4 °C (August 16, 2026)

All-time record since 1940: 44.8 °C (January 23, 1980)

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Data: Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis). Warming-stripes concept: Ed Hawkins.