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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE
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: CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE | Site number: 040043 | Commenced: 1869 | Map | |
| Latitude: 27.03° S | Longitude: 153.47° E | Elevation: 100 m | Operational status: Open | |
| 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) | 27.1 | 27.0 | 26.2 | 24.4 | 21.9 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 21.6 | 23.2 | 24.8 | 26.2 | 23.4 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 33.1 | 33.0 | 32.8 | 30.2 | 28.9 | 25.6 | 25.3 | 27.3 | 30.0 | 32.3 | 33.4 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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| Date | 14 Jan 2018 | 06 Feb 1978 | 04 Mar 1919 | 01 Apr 1912 | 01 May 1914 | 30 Jun 1957 | 09 Jul 1911 | 30 Aug 2009 | 10 Sep 1996 | 24 Oct 2021 | 24 Nov 1988 | 06 Dec 2002 | 06 Dec 2002 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 21.0 | 21.1 | 20.0 | 17.5 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 10.6 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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| Date | 06 Jan 1920 | 02 Feb 1917 | 28 Mar 1913 | 26 Apr 1983 | 23 May 2020 | 20 Jun 2007 | 23 Jul 1939 | 12 Aug 1954 | 17 Sep 1944 | 20 Oct 1997 | 11 Nov 1959 | 01 Dec 2022 | 23 Jul 1939 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 25.0 | 25.0 | 24.3 | 22.2 | 19.4 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 21.1 | 22.7 | 24.1 | 113 | 1910 2025 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 28.9 | 28.9 | 27.9 | 26.3 | 23.9 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 23.6 | 25.1 | 26.7 | 28.3 | 113 | 1910 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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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 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 22.0 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 19.2 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 19.6 | 21.1 | 18.1 | 114 | 1910 2025 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 13.9 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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| Date | 01 Jan 1922 | 04 Feb 1933 | 17 Mar 1918 | 27 Apr 1929 | 31 May 2000 | 05 Jun 1949 | 21 Jul 1951 | 05 Aug 1921 | 09 Sep 1966 | 01 Oct 1925 | 18 Nov 1965 | 03 Dec 1965 | 21 Jul 1951 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 26.3 | 26.4 | 25.8 | 24.9 | 22.5 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 22.6 | 24.2 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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| Date | 02 Jan 1927 | 19 Feb 2003 | 01 Mar 2003 | 05 Apr 2006 | 01 May 2010 | 03 Jun 2003 | 31 Jul 2010 | 30 Aug 2024 | 29 Sep 2017 | 30 Oct 1918 | 26 Nov 1939 | 31 Dec 2017 | 19 Feb 2003 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 20.0 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 16.7 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 15.3 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 111 | 1910 2025 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 23.9 | 23.9 | 23.3 | 21.7 | 19.2 | 17.3 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 20.0 | 21.7 | 23.1 | 111 | 1910 2025 |
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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 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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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 | 115 | 1910 2025 |
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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) | 147.1 | 156.2 | 177.4 | 142.3 | 164.8 | 133.1 | 112.2 | 75.3 | 63.4 | 79.5 | 91.8 | 126.1 | 1468.3 | 155 | 1869 2025 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 719.4 | 590.3 | 700.3 | 480.3 | 706.4 | 586.2 | 569.3 | 299.2 | 218.9 | 385.1 | 343.5 | 372.5 | 2462.7 | 155 | 1869 2025 |
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| Date | 1974 | 1954 | 1870 | 1889 | 1884 | 1967 | 1973 | 1879 | 1954 | 1972 | 1981 | 1965 | 1890 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 10.2 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 659.6 | 155 | 1869 2025 |
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| Date | 2003 | 2005 | 1915 | 1944 | 2006 | 1880 | 1905 | 2013 | 1980 | 1915 | 2019 | 1938 | 2007 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 39.9 | 41.3 | 42.3 | 37.6 | 51.5 | 32.8 | 17.6 | 14.9 | 7.6 | 26.2 | 25.0 | 38.8 | 156 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 118.2 | 119.0 | 156.8 | 115.9 | 129.5 | 119.8 | 96.7 | 65.8 | 54.5 | 70.4 | 79.2 | 103.4 | 156 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 290.7 | 329.2 | 345.2 | 291.1 | 318.4 | 241.9 | 230.6 | 143.9 | 126.4 | 143.4 | 177.9 | 261.6 | 156 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 339.9 | 229.8 | 228.6 | 162.6 | 174.0 | 136.4 | 186.9 | 127.0 | 94.5 | 105.9 | 167.2 | 164.3 | 339.9 | 136 | 1887 2025 |
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| Date | 26 Jan 1974 | 26 Feb 2022 | 14 Mar 1908 | 11 Apr 1904 | 07 May 1980 | 02 Jun 1910 | 07 Jul 1973 | 10 Aug 1931 | 18 Sep 1914 | 29 Oct 1972 | 01 Nov 1976 | 30 Dec 1943 | 26 Jan 1974 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 12.6 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 142.3 | 137 | 1869 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 8.8 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 102.0 | 136 | 1887 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 36.8 | 136 | 1887 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 13.9 | 136 | 1887 2025 |
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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 daily wind run (km) | 661 | 706 | 681 | 654 | 586 | 581 | 547 | 555 | 601 | 622 | 625 | 637 | 621 | 19 | 2003 2025 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 128 | 135 | 137 | 134 | 109 | 113 | 106 | 133 | 97 | 126 | 117 | 115 | 137 | 36 | 1980 2025 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 25.0 | 22.5 | 19.8 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 16.4 | 20.3 | 22.7 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 5.7 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 113.3 | 39 | 1957 1996 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 10.2 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 106.5 | 39 | 1957 1996 |
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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) | 25.0 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 22.3 | 19.5 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 19.1 | 21.0 | 22.7 | 24.1 | 21.0 | 54 | 1927 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 22.0 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 19.3 | 16.8 | 14.2 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 21.2 | 18.1 | 51 | 1927 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 20.3 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 17.4 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 15.9 | 53 | 1957 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 76 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 53 | 1954 2010 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 40 | 1927 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 25.7 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 27.0 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 23.9 | 22.6 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 25.2 | 52 | 1957 2010 |
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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) | 25.4 | 25.4 | 24.5 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 18.6 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 22.9 | 24.5 | 21.9 | 54 | 1927 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 22.1 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 19.4 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 19.7 | 21.3 | 18.4 | 52 | 1927 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 20.3 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 17.1 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 13.2 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 19.4 | 15.9 | 53 | 1957 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 74 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 53 | 1954 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 40 | 1927 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 28.9 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 27.4 | 25.4 | 24.4 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 25.7 | 27.4 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 26.8 | 53 | 1957 2010 |
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Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Thu 16 Oct 2025 00:50:59 AM AEDT
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.
Related Links
- This page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040043_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040043.shtml - About climate averages: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cdo/about/about-stats.shtml
- Data file (csv): http://www.bom.gov.au/clim_data/cdio/tables/text/IDCJCM0036_040043.csv
- Climate averages home page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml
- Bureau of Meteorology website: http://www.bom.gov.au
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