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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
THURSDAY ISLAND MO
An extended list of climate statistics recorded is provided below. There is also a summary table for printing with the commonly requested statistics and a map showing the location of this site. Monthly statistics are only included if there are more than 10 years of suitable data.
Note: Many statistics are updated quarterly and recent weather events may not be represented in the statistics below. For more current information on recent extreme values, please refer to the corresponding Daily rainfall, Maximum temperature and Minimum temperature data tables for this site, and our Australian Climate and Weather Extremes Monitoring System. Missing observations associated with the observer being unavailable (where observations are undertaken manually), a failure in the observing equipment, or when an event has produced suspect data may result in an extreme event not being recorded.Site details
| Site name: THURSDAY ISLAND MO | Site number: 027022 | Commenced: 1950 | Map | |
| Latitude: 10.59° S | Longitude: 142.21° E | Elevation: 58 m | Operational status: Closed 28 Feb 1993 | |
| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean maximum temperature (°C) | 29.9 | 29.6 | 29.7 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 28.3 | 27.7 | 28.0 | 28.8 | 30.0 | 31.2 | 31.0 | 29.4 | 42 | 1950 1993 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 34.1 | 34.6 | 33.6 | 33.4 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 32.0 | 35.6 | 35.4 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Date | 02 Jan 1951 | 19 Feb 1951 | 03 Mar 1951 | 04 Apr 1958 | 27 May 1955 | 29 Jun 1958 | 28 Jul 1952 | 14 Aug 1952 | 20 Sep 1986 | 30 Oct 1950 | 20 Nov 1950 | 30 Dec 1950 | 30 Dec 1950 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 24.3 | 24.6 | 25.8 | 25.1 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 24.2 | 24.6 | 25.9 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Date | 31 Jan 1968 | 23 Feb 1968 | 23 Mar 1959 | 16 Apr 1984 | 28 May 1976 | 21 Jun 1960 | 20 Jul 1965 | 02 Aug 1990 | 04 Sep 1980 | 27 Oct 1989 | 15 Nov 1973 | 27 Dec 1965 | 20 Jul 1965 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 27.8 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 28.2 | 27.8 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 27.6 | 28.7 | 29.9 | 28.8 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 31.8 | 31.3 | 31.2 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 28.9 | 29.3 | 30.1 | 31.7 | 32.5 | 32.6 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 15.6 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 16.1 | 26.5 | 24.4 | 134.5 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 24.8 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 25.3 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 42 | 1950 1993 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 19.5 | 20.4 | 20.8 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 16.1 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 22.2 | 20.6 | 16.1 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Date | 19 Jan 1976 | 02 Feb 1968 | 07 Mar 1971 | 13 Apr 1965 | 22 May 1972 | 17 Jun 1968 | 21 Jul 1965 | 16 Aug 1968 | 01 Sep 1972 | 07 Oct 1963 | 25 Nov 1964 | 12 Dec 1983 | 21 Jul 1965 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 28.4 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 26.1 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.7 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Date | 22 Jan 1958 | 28 Feb 1988 | 07 Mar 1956 | 01 Apr 1985 | 01 May 1958 | 02 Jun 1958 | 10 Jul 1990 | 10 Aug 1956 | 30 Sep 1988 | 30 Oct 1976 | 24 Nov 1988 | 24 Dec 1990 | 24 Dec 1990 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 23.2 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 26.7 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 25.9 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 23.9 | 23.8 | 24.5 | 25.6 | 26.5 | 26.9 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean rainfall (mm) | 418.6 | 377.7 | 357.4 | 214.4 | 46.3 | 21.0 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 37.5 | 240.7 | 1744.2 | 42 | 1950 1993 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 863.3 | 707.4 | 649.0 | 716.9 | 197.4 | 122.2 | 32.0 | 76.2 | 14.2 | 100.1 | 184.7 | 794.6 | 2613.6 | 42 | 1950 1993 |
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| Date | 1969 | 1984 | 1988 | 1972 | 1952 | 1990 | 1986 | 1956 | 1988 | 1954 | 1975 | 1970 | 1977 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 168.7 | 127.0 | 89.5 | 16.4 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 912.3 | 42 | 1950 1993 |
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| Date | 1962 | 1990 | 1961 | 1980 | 1988 | 1982 | 1963 | 1974 | 1991 | 1992 | 1992 | 1982 | 1961 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 203.5 | 227.4 | 190.2 | 55.4 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 26.6 | 43 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 389.2 | 355.9 | 364.1 | 179.4 | 30.8 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 11.8 | 219.6 | 43 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 670.4 | 560.9 | 544.2 | 419.3 | 120.7 | 47.3 | 21.7 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 30.7 | 100.4 | 528.6 | 43 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 227.8 | 153.8 | 270.0 | 452.6 | 60.6 | 49.0 | 11.9 | 25.2 | 4.2 | 83.4 | 87.4 | 293.6 | 452.6 | 37 | 1952 1993 |
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| Date | 23 Jan 1969 | 16 Feb 1984 | 12 Mar 1978 | 09 Apr 1972 | 09 May 1985 | 15 Jun 1973 | 20 Jul 1970 | 28 Aug 1978 | 07 Sep 1975 | 28 Oct 1989 | 20 Nov 1975 | 28 Dec 1970 | 09 Apr 1972 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 21.5 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 15.3 | 10.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 13.4 | 135.0 | 37 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 16.3 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 10.0 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 84.3 | 37 | 1952 1993 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 37.7 | 37 | 1952 1993 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 18.8 | 37 | 1952 1993 |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 128 | 130 | 124 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 93 | 95 | 93 | 89 | 89 | 124 | 130 | 35 | 1958 1993 |
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| Date | 10 Jan 1992 | 24 Feb 1991 | 08 Mar 1977 | 07 Apr 1978 | 28 May 1972 | 13 Jun 1978 | 03 Jul 1959 | 06 Aug 1961 | 28 Sep 1961 | 02 Oct 1958 | 26 Nov 1989 | 31 Dec 1978 | 24 Feb 1991 | ||||
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 17.9 | 18.2 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 21.7 | 23.6 | 25.0 | 24.6 | 20.9 | 20.7 | 36 | 1990 2026 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 26.1 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 22.4 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 17.5 | 173.2 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean 9am temperature (°C) | 27.4 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 26.5 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 27.2 | 28.4 | 28.3 | 26.7 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 24.9 | 24.2 | 22.9 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 24.7 | 25.3 | 24.0 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 21.7 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 21.0 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 22.7 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 84 | 86 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 78 | 80 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 43 | 1950 1993 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 16.2 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 20.1 | 24.6 | 25.8 | 27.3 | 27.0 | 28.3 | 25.3 | 19.0 | 14.6 | 21.7 | 42 | 1950 1993 |
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| 9am wind speed vs direction plot |  |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean 3pm temperature (°C) | 28.6 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 27.4 | 26.7 | 27.0 | 27.7 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 29.6 | 28.3 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 25.1 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 22.8 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 24.3 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 24.3 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 19.8 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 42 | 1951 1993 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 20.9 | 20.8 | 19.3 | 23.2 | 29.2 | 30.6 | 33.6 | 33.4 | 33.3 | 29.2 | 23.2 | 19.0 | 26.3 | 40 | 1951 1993 |
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| 3pm wind speed vs direction plot | |
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Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Thu 21 May 2026 01:24:29 AM AEST
Monthly statistics are only included if there are more than 10 years of data. The number of years (provided in the 2nd last column of the table) may differ between elements if the observing program at the site changed. More detailed data for individual sites can be obtained by contacting the Bureau.
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