Gluepot, South Australia
The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former pastoral lease of the same name.
The land use within Gluepot is concerned with the use of the former pastoral lease as a private protected area known as the Gluepot Reserve which has fully occupied its extent as of 1997.
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Gluepot shared a population of three people with adjoining localities.
Gluepot is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Murray and Mallee region.
Weather station
Gluepot has been the site of an official weather station since 1999.
| Climate data for Gluepot, South Australia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.1 (93.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
31.5 (88.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 18.7 (0.74) |
22.5 (0.89) |
13.0 (0.51) |
19.5 (0.77) |
19.1 (0.75) |
23.8 (0.94) |
19.4 (0.76) |
19.3 (0.76) |
23.1 (0.91) |
20.7 (0.81) |
29.3 (1.15) |
34.9 (1.37) |
272.5 (10.73) |
| Average rainy days | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 41.4 |
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