Broken Hill climate

Broken Hill Weather in August

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Broken Hill Airport Aws (GHCN ASN00047048), 4 km from Broken Hill

Average highs run from 17°C on August 1 to 20°C on August 31, and lows from 5°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Broken Hill, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Record high
37°CAug 22, 1990
Record low
-3°CAug 11, 1993
Daylight
10 h 35 min to 11 h 24 min
Cloud cover
31%
Humidity
58%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
16.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Aug 117°C5°C25°C 2015-2°C 201210%
Aug 217°C5°C26°C 2011-2°C 19929%
Aug 317°C5°C27°C 2011-1°C 201410%
Aug 417°C5°C26°C 2011-1°C 201410%
Aug 517°C5°C23°C 2018-1°C 199310%
Aug 617°C5°C23°C 20130°C 199310%
Aug 717°C5°C23°C 20190°C 201010%
Aug 817°C5°C23°C 20120°C 202310%
Aug 917°C5°C23°C 2016-1°C 199410%
Aug 1017°C5°C26°C 2017-1°C 199510%
Aug 1117°C5°C26°C 2021-3°C 19939%
Aug 1218°C5°C23°C 20030°C 19959%
Aug 1318°C5°C25°C 19930°C 20198%
Aug 1418°C6°C24°C 1993-1°C 19948%
Aug 1518°C6°C31°C 20170°C 20077%
Aug 1618°C6°C28°C 20010°C 19947%
Aug 1718°C6°C24°C 19951°C 19947%
Aug 1817°C5°C26°C 19951°C 19946%
Aug 1917°C6°C27°C 19950°C 20036%
Aug 2018°C6°C29°C 19951°C 20136%
Aug 2119°C6°C26°C 2015-1°C 20186%
Aug 2219°C6°C37°C 19901°C 19977%
Aug 2318°C6°C28°C 20241°C 20087%
Aug 2418°C6°C31°C 19950°C 19928%
Aug 2519°C6°C30°C 19950°C 19928%
Aug 2619°C6°C27°C 2004-1°C 19908%
Aug 2719°C6°C26°C 20131°C 20169%
Aug 2820°C6°C27°C 2007-1°C 201710%
Aug 2920°C7°C27°C 20221°C 201710%
Aug 3020°C8°C29°C 19950°C 199010%
Aug 3120°C8°C27°C 19930°C 201210%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Broken Hill, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).

August 1
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 5:28 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 5:47 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00047048, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-28. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.