Sustained winds bring chills to region

Broome shivered through its coldest morning since July 2008 last Sunday with the mercury dropping to 10.5C.

However anyone living in town should spare a thought for 12 Mile residents where 5.1C was recorded on Monday morning at 5.30am.

Broome Meteorological Office technical officer Dave Wilson said the cool temperatures were down to sustained south easterly winds experienced over the last week.

“There’s also a high pressure system sitting over the Great Australian Bite bringing cold dry air up from the Southern Ocean,” he said.

He said the station at West Roebuck, near the Crab Creek Road turn off just out of town did not receive the moderating effect of the ocean which was experienced in Broome.

Mr Wilson said the system was likely to have moved on by the time the Broome Advertiser was published however south easterlies were likely to continue into next week.

So far the average minimum temperature for June was 14.5C, slightly lower than the monthly average minimum of 15.2C.

“The cool weather is a normal part of the dry season, we’re likely to get a few cold mornings yet this year,” Mr Wilson said.

In the East Kimberley Kununurra has experienced its second coldest May on record.