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Description
Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2 200 km north of Perth. The year round population is approximately 14 000, growing to around 30 000 during the tourist season. Broome International Airport provides transport to several regional and domestic towns and cities.
Climate
Being in the tropics, Broome has two seasons. The dry season is from May through November with nearly every day clear and maximum temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius. The wet season extends from December through March, with maximum temperatures of around 35 degrees Celsius, rather erratic tropical downpours, and high humidity. Broome's annual rainfall average is 550mm, 75% of which falls from January through March. Broome is susceptible to tropical cyclones and these, along with the equally unpredictable nature of summer thunderstorms, play a large part in the erratic nature of the rainfall. For instance, in January 1979, Broome recorded just 5.4mm of rainfall while in the same month of 1997, it received 910.8mm. Frost is unknown; however, temperatures during the cooler "winter" months have dropped to as low as 3 degrees Celsius.
