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Tirari Desert - SA

Tirari Desert

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Place Name

Position

DEG: -27.87852 137.73812

DMS: 27º 52' 42.67" S 137º 44' 17.21" E

UTM: 53 J 6913241mN 769578mE

Altitude: 7.37m

Place Type

Population - Place Name

Location

785.96kms North of Adelaide

Address & Contact

5710

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Information

The Tirari Desert features salt lakes and large north-south running sand dunes. It is located partly within the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park and lies mainly to the east of Lake Eyre North. Cooper Creek runs through the centre of the Tirari.

The adjacent deserts of the area include Simpson Desert which lies to the north while the Strzelecki Desert is to the east and the Sturt Stony Desert runs aligned with the Birdsville track to the north east.

The desert experiences harsh conditions with high temperatures and very low rainfall (mean annual rainfall is below 125 millimetres

PlaceID	40375

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Marree Airport at 02/07:30pm CST

Distance from Tirari Desert 200.41km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
12.3°C	9.0°C	42%	-0.2°C	1025.8hPa	0.0mm	NNW	7km/hr 4knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Marree Comparison

Distance from Tirari Desert 199.18km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	37.9	36.8	33.9	28.5	23.1	19.6	19.1	21.4	25.7	29.5	33.3	36.1
Mean Min. °C	21.4	21.1	18.0	13.3	8.9	5.9	4.9	6.3	9.8	13.4	16.9	19.5
Mean Rain mm	17.2	21.2	14.4	10.7	13.3	13.7	10.0	9.1	10.6	13.2	12.0	16.5