Elder Parish, New South Wales

Elder, New South Wales is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.[1][2]

View of the parish with Whitcliffs in the distance

Geography

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The Parish an arid landscape. The nearest town is Whitecliffs 2 km to the south.

Climate

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The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36°C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),.[3] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[4]

Climate data for White Cliffs Post Office (1901–2012)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 48.6
(119.5)
46.9
(116.4)
44.1
(111.4)
37.9
(100.2)
31.9
(89.4)
28.0
(82.4)
28.8
(83.8)
33.0
(91.4)
39.5
(103.1)
41.7
(107.1)
45.0
(113.0)
45.8
(114.4)
48.6
(119.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 35.8
(96.4)
34.9
(94.8)
31.6
(88.9)
26.4
(79.5)
21.4
(70.5)
17.6
(63.7)
17.2
(63.0)
19.7
(67.5)
23.9
(75.0)
27.9
(82.2)
31.5
(88.7)
34.4
(93.9)
26.9
(80.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.9
(69.6)
20.4
(68.7)
17.2
(63.0)
12.4
(54.3)
8.2
(46.8)
5.3
(41.5)
4.1
(39.4)
5.6
(42.1)
9.0
(48.2)
12.9
(55.2)
16.4
(61.5)
19.2
(66.6)
12.6
(54.7)
Record low °C (°F) 12.1
(53.8)
8.8
(47.8)
7.2
(45.0)
2.6
(36.7)
−0.5
(31.1)
−2.3
(27.9)
−3.3
(26.1)
−1.7
(28.9)
0.2
(32.4)
2.0
(35.6)
3.4
(38.1)
6.8
(44.2)
−3.3
(26.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 27.7
(1.09)
27.1
(1.07)
23.8
(0.94)
15.4
(0.61)
20.8
(0.82)
19.0
(0.75)
18.2
(0.72)
15.4
(0.61)
15.0
(0.59)
23.2
(0.91)
19.2
(0.76)
25.1
(0.99)
249.7
(9.83)
Average precipitation days 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.2 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.0 3.6 3.1 3.0 37.5
Source: [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Yungnulgra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 July 2013.  
  2. ^ Historic map of Yungnulgra County.
  3. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)
  4. ^ NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC. Archived 9 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ "Climate statistics for Australian locations". bom.gov.au. Retrieved 18 March 2018.


30°43′10″S 143°06′00″E / 30.71944°S 143.10000°E / -30.71944; 143.10000