Suburb of Perth, Western Australia
Perth Airport is an eastern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its local government areas are the City of Belmont, the City of Swan (north) and the City of Kalamunda (east). It is located approximately 12 km east of the central business district.[2] The suburb is the home of Perth Airport, the main international airport of Perth.
History
Perth Airport was approved as a locality name on 25 June 1984.[3] Part of the area east of Redcliffe was previously known as Newburn, a suburb that was established in 1950 and had been the site of Red Gum Forest, a small farming community from 1912. Much of the suburb of Newburn was bought by the federal government for the airport in 1970, doubling the airport's size, and Newburn is now completely subsumed into the suburb of Perth Airport. There was also a small suburb called Dunreath in the area that was subdivided as Dunreath Estate in 1931, became a Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force training camp during World War II, and then became a hostel for post-war migrants from Mainland Europe known as "New Australians" or "Displaced persons".[4][5]
Climate
Perth Airport is home to a Bureau of Meteorology weather station. Perth Airport has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), like the rest of Perth. The highest recorded temperature in the Perth metropolitan region is 46.7 °C (116.1 °F), recorded at Perth Airport on 23 February 1991.
| Climate data for Perth Airport
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
|
46.0
(114.8)
|
46.7
(116.1)
|
43.8
(110.8)
|
39.6
(103.3)
|
35.3
(95.5)
|
27.8
(82.0)
|
25.7
(78.3)
|
29.9
(85.8)
|
34.5
(94.1)
|
37.7
(99.9)
|
41.1
(106.0)
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44.5
(112.1)
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46.7
(116.1)
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| Mean maximum °C (°F)
|
41.0
(105.8)
|
40.4
(104.7)
|
38.6
(101.5)
|
33.2
(91.8)
|
28.4
(83.1)
|
23.5
(74.3)
|
22.1
(71.8)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
27.2
(81.0)
|
32.2
(90.0)
|
36.2
(97.2)
|
39.3
(102.7)
|
42.1
(107.8)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
31.8
(89.2)
|
32.0
(89.6)
|
29.7
(85.5)
|
25.6
(78.1)
|
21.8
(71.2)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
18.0
(64.4)
|
18.6
(65.5)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
22.8
(73.0)
|
26.1
(79.0)
|
29.1
(84.4)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
17.5
(63.5)
|
16.0
(60.8)
|
13.0
(55.4)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
9.0
(48.2)
|
8.0
(46.4)
|
8.1
(46.6)
|
8.9
(48.0)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
12.8
(55.0)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
12.2
(54.0)
|
| Mean minimum °C (°F)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
11.1
(52.0)
|
8.9
(48.0)
|
6.4
(43.5)
|
4.4
(39.9)
|
2.9
(37.2)
|
2.3
(36.1)
|
2.6
(36.7)
|
3.4
(38.1)
|
4.6
(40.3)
|
6.9
(44.4)
|
8.7
(47.7)
|
1.2
(34.2)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
6.0
(42.8)
|
5.7
(42.3)
|
3.1
(37.6)
|
1.2
(34.2)
|
−0.4
(31.3)
|
−1.3
(29.7)
|
−1.0
(30.2)
|
0.1
(32.2)
|
−0.2
(31.6)
|
1.2
(34.2)
|
3.2
(37.8)
|
4.8
(40.6)
|
−1.3
(29.7)
|
| Average rainfall mm (inches)
|
10.9
(0.43)
|
15.0
(0.59)
|
16.2
(0.64)
|
39.7
(1.56)
|
97.5
(3.84)
|
155.1
(6.11)
|
155.3
(6.11)
|
118.9
(4.68)
|
72.2
(2.84)
|
43.0
(1.69)
|
25.4
(1.00)
|
11.2
(0.44)
|
762.1
(30.00)
|
| Average precipitation days
|
2.5
|
2.8
|
3.9
|
7.3
|
12.1
|
16.1
|
17.5
|
15.7
|
13.2
|
9.3
|
6.4
|
3.9
|
110.7
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| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) (at 15:00)
|
37
|
37
|
39
|
46
|
53
|
60
|
60
|
56
|
54
|
49
|
44
|
41
|
48
|
| Mean daily sunshine hours
|
11.5
|
11.0
|
9.5
|
8.1
|
6.9
|
6.0
|
6.1
|
7.1
|
7.8
|
9.6
|
10.8
|
11.5
|
8.8
|
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[6][7][8]
Temperatures and rain data: 1944–2020; Relative humidity: 1994–2010
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