Monday, 15 January 2024 - Annual Climate Summary for Greater Brisbane - Product code IDCKGC54L0

Greater Brisbane in 2023

Rainfall

  • Rainfall across Greater Brisbane during 2023 was about 60 to 90% of the annual average at most sites.

Temperature

  • Maximum temperatures across Greater Brisbane during 2023 were above average, with the annual mean daily maximum temperature at most sites being 0.5 to 1.5 °C above their average.
  • Minimum temperatures across Greater Brisbane were generally close to average, with the annual mean daily minimum temperature at most sites being within 0.5 °C of their average.
  • Redcliffe had its warmest night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 777.4 mm, which is 78% of the long-term average of 997.7 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 27.2 °C, which is 0.6 °C above the long-term average of 26.6 °C.
  • The warmest day was 38.3 °C on 29 December, and the coolest day was on 3 July when the temperature reached 18.9 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 16.7 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 16.5 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 6.7 °C on 8 July, and the warmest morning was on 4 February when the minimum temperature was 26.4 °C.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes in 2023
Hottest day 40.8 °C at University of Queensland Gatton on 12 Feb
Warmest days on average 28.3 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 24.7 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 17.4 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 17 Jul
Coldest night -2.4 °C at Canungra (Defence) on 20 Jun
Coolest nights on average 11.2 °C at Canungra (Defence)
Warmest nights on average 18.9 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Warmest night 27.5 °C at Redcliffe on 4 Feb
Warmest on average overall 21.9 °C at Brisbane
Coolest on average overall 18.9 °C at Canungra (Defence)
Wettest overall 1180.4 mm at Point Lookout
Wettest day 132.0 mm at Coomera Foxwell Road on 17 May
Strongest wind gust 169 km/h at Archerfield Airport on 15 Dec

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Record highest daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Annual
average
Redcliffe 27.5 on 4 Feb 27.4 on 21 Jan 2017 20 17.1


Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Summary statistics for 2023
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean
for
2023		 Diff
from
average		 Highest
for
2023		 Mean
for
2023		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest
for
2023		 Total
for
2023		 Average
annual
total		 Rank
of
2023		 Fraction
of annual
average
Amberley AMO 28.3 +1.4 39.4 12 Feb 12.3 -0.8 -1.5 9 May 752.0 866.2 average 87%
Archerfield Airport 27.6 +1.2 37.5 29 Dec 14.8 +0.3 3.6 8 Jul 799.4 1057.9 low 76%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 27.9 +0.9 39.3 12 Feb 12.8 -0.3 -1.7 30 Jun 683.4 892.2 low 77%
Beerburrum Forest Station 26.9 +0.4 37.7 29 Dec 15.3 +0.4 5.4 21 Jun 942.2 1422.1 low 66%
Brisbane 27.2 +0.6 38.3 29 Dec 16.7 +0.2 6.7 8 Jul 777.4 997.7 low 78%
Brisbane Aero 26.0 +0.6 34.6 30 Nov 16.1 +0.3 3.9 1 Jul 673.4 1052.9 low 64%
Canungra (Defence) 26.7   38.2 12 Feb 11.2   -2.4 20 Jun
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 24.7 +1.3 31.5 4 Feb 18.9 +0.8 9.9 30 Jun 945.8 1476.2 low 64%
Greenbank (Defence) 27.9   39.9 12 Feb 12.6   -1.0 9 May 815.4
Point Lookout 26.3 +0.6 35.1 17 Dec 18.8 +0.3 9.5 30 Jun 1180.4 1452.1 low 81%
Redcliffe 25.8 +0.4 35.4 31 Jan 17.2 +0.1 6.2 1 Jul 651.8 1131.9 v low 58%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 25.8   33.7 17 Mar 15.9   6.0 22 Jun 589.4
University of Queensland Gatton 28.0 +1.0 40.8 12 Feb 12.8 -0.3 0.7 30 May 617.6 764.4 low 81%

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Notes

The Annual climate summary, lists the main features of the weather in Greater Brisbane using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.

This summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Greater Brisbane “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to represent a socio-economic definition of each capital city. This means the greater capital city boundary includes people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the capital city, but live in the small towns and rural areas surrounding the capital city. It does not define the built up edge of the capital city.

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 1 pm on Monday 15 January 2024. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.

Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from all available years of record, which vary widely from site to site. They are not shown for sites with less than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of long-term average rain.

The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site, based on the decile ranking (very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3, average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a percentage of the long-term mean.

Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

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