Nanutarra, Western Australia
{{Short description|Locality in Western Australia}}
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Nanutarra is a locality in Western Australia adjacent to the point at which the North West Coastal Highway passes over the Ashburton river. It is also near the turn-off for State Route 136 to Paraburdoo and Tom Price.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 It is {{convert|40|km}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=nanutarra&placetype=0&state=WA+ |title=Place names search, Geoscience Australia |website=www.ga.gov.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010115158/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=nanutarra&placetype=0&state=WA+ |archive-date=2012-10-10}}
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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101214093338/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/11/3090874.htm abc.net.au] in relation to a road accident December 2010
Geography
To the south, the nearest significant stopping place, {{convert|217|km}} away, is Minilya: to the north the Fortescue River roadhouse is {{convert|160|km}} distant.
Climate
Nanutarra has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh) with sweltering summers, very warm winters and extremely erratic rainfall. Tropical cyclones can smash into the town and may produce more than the average annual rainfall in a single storm; but in the absence of cyclones or winter cloudbands long periods may pass without any rainfall at all. For instance, only {{convert|84.4|mm|in|2|disp=or}} of rain fell in all of 1919, but as much as {{convert|221.0|mm|in|2|disp=or}} fell on 18 February 1921 alone and as much as {{convert|442.6|mm|in|2|disp=or}} in March 2000.
{{Weather box
|location = Emu Creek Station
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|open = yes
|Jan record high C = 49.1
|Feb record high C = 49.8
|Mar record high C = 47.0
|Apr record high C = 42.6
|May record high C = 39.3
|Jun record high C = 32.8
|Jul record high C = 32.6
|Aug record high C = 35.6
|Sep record high C = 40.4
|Oct record high C = 44.4
|Nov record high C = 46.4
|Dec record high C = 48.4
|year record high C =
|Jan high C = 41.3
|Feb high C = 40.2
|Mar high C = 38.5
|Apr high C = 34.9
|May high C = 29.8
|Jun high C = 26.0
|Jul high C = 25.4
|Aug high C = 27.3
|Sep high C = 30.6
|Oct high C = 34.3
|Nov high C = 36.8
|Dec high C = 39.8
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 24.4
|Feb low C = 25.1
|Mar low C = 23.8
|Apr low C = 20.7
|May low C = 16.1
|Jun low C = 12.6
|Jul low C = 11.3
|Aug low C = 12.2
|Sep low C = 14.0
|Oct low C = 16.8
|Nov low C = 19.3
|Dec low C = 22.3
|year low C =
|Jan record low C = 16.8
|Feb record low C = 16.4
|Mar record low C = 15.1
|Apr record low C = 12.5
|May record low C = 7.6
|Jun record low C = 4.7
|Jul record low C = 2.5
|Aug record low C = 2.0
|Sep record low C = 5.7
|Oct record low C = 8.4
|Nov record low C = 12.0
|Dec record low C = 15.3
|year record low C =
|Jan rain mm = 45.2
|Feb rain mm = 65.6
|Mar rain mm = 39.9
|Apr rain mm = 20.5
|May rain mm = 35.6
|Jun rain mm = 37.0
|Jul rain mm = 22.1
|Aug rain mm = 11.6
|Sep rain mm = 2.0
|Oct rain mm = 2.1
|Nov rain mm = 3.9
|Dec rain mm = 13.4
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain days = 4.7
|Feb rain days = 6.1
|Mar rain days = 3.9
|Apr rain days = 1.9
|May rain days = 3.2
|Jun rain days = 4.1
|Jul rain days = 2.6
|Aug rain days = 1.6
|Sep rain days = 0.6
|Oct rain days = 0.4
|Nov rain days = 0.7
|Dec rain days = 1.5
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|source 1 ={{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_006072_All.shtml
| publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Nanutarra |accessdate = 13 October 2011}}
|date=October 2011
}}
See also
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