Nanutarra, Western Australia
Nanutarra is a locality in Western Australia adjacent to where the Ashburton river is crossed by the North West Coastal Highway. It is also close to the turn-off for State Route 136 to Paraburdoo and Tom Price.[1] It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the Onslow turn-off in the Cane River conservation park where it is on either side of the highway.
Etymology
The name is related to the locality, the pastoral lease Nanutarra Station, the bridge over the Ashburton river, the mine and the roadhouse.[2]
Due to its isolation from other localities, it is a reference point to issues along the North West Coastal Highway from some distance in either direction.[3]
Geography
To the south, the nearest significant stopping place, 217 kilometres (135 mi) away, is Minilya: to the north the Fortescue River roadhouse is 160 kilometres (99 mi) distant.
Climate
Nanutarra has a hot semi-arid climate.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record high °C (°F) | 49.1 (120.4) |
49.8 (121.6) |
47.0 (116.6) |
42.6 (108.7) |
39.3 (102.7) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
40.4 (104.7) |
44.4 (111.9) |
46.4 (115.5) |
48.4 (119.1) |
49.8 (121.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 41.3 (106.3) |
40.2 (104.4) |
38.5 (101.3) |
34.9 (94.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
34.3 (93.7) |
36.8 (98.2) |
39.8 (103.6) |
33.7 (92.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45.2 (1.78) |
65.6 (2.58) |
39.9 (1.57) |
20.5 (0.81) |
35.6 (1.40) |
37.0 (1.46) |
22.1 (0.87) |
11.6 (0.46) |
2.0 (0.08) |
2.1 (0.08) |
3.9 (0.15) |
13.4 (0.53) |
298.9 (11.77) |
| Average precipitation days | 4.7 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 31.3 |
| Source: [4] | |||||||||||||
References
- Western Australia. Main Roads Dept. Karratha-Tom Price Road, Karratha to Nanutarra-Munjina Rd section : consultative environmental review. Main Roads Western Australia, 2003.http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b2116813~S2
- http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=nanutarra&placetype=0&state=WA+
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/11/3090874.htm in relation to a road accident December 2010
- "Climate statistics for Nanutarra". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 October 2011.