Friday, 1 July, 2011 — Monthly Climate Summary for Australia — Product Code IDCKGC1A00

Australia in June 2011

Temperatures Rainfall Extremes Important notes the top

In Brief

Rainfall was lower than average across much of Australia, particularly in the southeast and southwest. Temperatures were generally cooler than normal in the north, and warmer than or close to normal in the south.

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Temperatures

Maximum temperatures were 0.27 °C below normal (23rd lowest out of 62 years of record). Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory reported cooler than normal conditions, whilst the remaining states were warmer than normal.

Cooler than average daytime temperatures were experienced across most of northern Australia. In particular, the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and adjacent parts of the Northern Territory, recorded maximum temperatures up to 4 °C below normal. Warmer than average daytime temperatures were experienced in southwestern and southeastern Australia (up to 2 °C warmer than normal in places).

Nationally, minimum temperatures were 1.16 °C below normal (8th lowest on record). All states and territories reported cooler than average night time temperatures, except Tasmania which was close to average.

Northern Australia was significantly cooler than average, with parts of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia more than 5 °C cooler than normal. Much of this area experienced lowest on record minimum temperatures. The Northern Territory overall recorded its coldest June on record for minimum temperature with an anomaly of −2.95 °C (previous record was −2.30 °C). Southern Western Australia was warmer than average, as were small areas along the south and southeast coasts of Australia.

Areal average temperatures
	Maximum Temperature			Minimum Temperature
	Rank (out of 62)	Anomaly* (°C)	Comment	Rank (out of 62)	Anomaly* (°C)	Comment
Australia	23	−0.27		8	−1.16
Queensland	17	−0.59		6	−1.61
New South Wales	46.5	+0.84		19	−0.29
Victoria	52	+1.10		18	−0.12
Tasmania	53.5	1.12		30	+0.05
South Australia	41	+0.48		21	−0.37
Western Australia	24	−0.21		21	−0.62
Northern Territory	8	−1.50		1	−2.95	Lowest on record; Previous record − 2.30 (1977)

^*Anomaly is the departure from the long-term (1961-1990) average.

Temperature maps
	Mean	Anomaly	Deciles
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Rainfall

Rainfall averaged over Australia was 17% lower than normal (36th driest out of 112 years of record). Most states and territories recorded lower than their mean rainfall, with the exception of Tasmania and the Northern Territory which recorded above average rainfall.

Higher than average falls were recorded across central Australia, southeast Western Australia, Tasmania, the northern coast of New South Wales and the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory. High rainfall along the northern coast of New South Wales was caused by an East Coast Low located near the coast between the 13th and 17th of June. Below average rainfall was recorded across most of southeastern Australia (excluding Tasmania), southwestern Australia and parts of northern Australia. Small areas within these regions recorded their lowest June rainfall on record.

Areal average rainfall
	Rank (out of 112)	Average (mm)	Departure from mean*	Comment
Australia	36	19.3	−17%
Queensland	49	14.6	−22%
New South Wales	47	34.1	−12%
Victoria	25	44.8	−25%
Tasmania	87	176.1	+38%
South Australia	35	11.8	−38%
Western Australia	50	19.8	−22%
Northern Territory	76	9.1	+32%
Murray-Darling Basin	8	16.9	−50%	Lowest since 1986

^*The mean is calculated for the 1961-1990 reference period.

Rainfall maps
	Totals	Percentages	Deciles
Total rainfall

Temperatures Rainfall Extremes Important notes the top

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Australian weather extremes in June 2011
Hottest day	34.4 °C at Noonamah (NT) on the 26th
Coldest day	−4.1 °C at Mount Hotham (Vic) on the 7th
Coldest night	−13.0 °C at Charlotte Pass (NSW) on the 28th
Warmest night	25.5 °C at Coconut Island (Qld) on the 7th
Wettest day	250.0 mm at Woolgoolga (NSW) on the 14th

Temperatures Rainfall Extremes Important notes the top

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