Mandora Station is acattle station on theWestern Australia coast south ofBroome, located in theShire of Broome. In earlier years it has also been a sheep station.[1]
It maintains a weather station and is noted for theMandora Marsh wetland, and for its proximity toEighty Mile Beach, which are key stopping places formigratory birds.
Mandora crater onMars is named after the locality; the name of theMandurah suburb ofMadora Bay was also derived from that of the station.
In 2017 the property was sold by Peter and Pol Edmunds. The Edmunds are relatives of the De Pledge family who had owned the property since the 1940s. The 94,000-hectare (232,279-acre) property stocked with 4,500 head ofdroughtmaster cattle was bought by the Sale family who also have an interest in Bulka, Yougawalla, and Margaret River Stations.[2]
| Climate data for Mandora, Western Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 46.8 (116.2) | 46.7 (116.1) | 45.6 (114.1) | 43.6 (110.5) | 39.8 (103.6) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.1 (97.0) | 39.6 (103.3) | 42.8 (109.0) | 46.8 (116.2) | 46.5 (115.7) | 48.4 (119.1) | 48.4 (119.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.9 (98.4) | 36.2 (97.2) | 32.1 (89.8) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.0 (84.2) | 30.9 (87.6) | 33.8 (92.8) | 36.0 (96.8) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.1 (93.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.9 (62.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.4 (66.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) | 15.6 (60.1) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | −0.6 (30.9) | 1.4 (34.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | −0.6 (30.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 87.6 (3.45) | 105.2 (4.14) | 73.7 (2.90) | 19.1 (0.75) | 24.8 (0.98) | 17.3 (0.68) | 8.8 (0.35) | 2.5 (0.10) | 1.0 (0.04) | 1.2 (0.05) | 6.4 (0.25) | 33.9 (1.33) | 376.6 (14.83) |
| Average rainy days | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 19.6 |
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19°44′31.66″S120°50′37.95″E / 19.7421278°S 120.8438750°E /-19.7421278; 120.8438750
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