Thursday, 1 March 2007 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in February 2007

Summary

An active monsoon trough brought above average rainfall to parts of Cape York Peninsula and the central and tropical coasts and adjacent inland.  Drier than average conditions occurred over much of the west and southeast of the state.

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Rainfall

A low pressure system over Cape York Peninsula, embedded in an active monsoon trough, brought moderate to heavy falls of rain to parts of the tropical and Central Coasts and adjacent interior regions on the 1^st and 2^nd.  Several records were broken.  Warden Bend’s 268.6 mm was a new annual extreme daily total for that station while Hecate with 349.2 mm and Roma Peak with 222.8 mm recorded their highest February daily rainfalls on record.  The monsoon trough remained active and on the 9^th Bamaga recorded a new February record of 265.0 mm. 

Elsewhere in the state, an active area of thunderstorms between St George and Goondiwindi produced a new February daily rainfall record for Cheriton of 107.0 mm on the 12^th.  A listing of new rainfall records appears below.

Drier than average conditions occurred over the west of the state with less than 20% of average totals over most of the northwest, Channel Country and Warrego, though many of these parts had received good rainfall during January. Drier than average conditions also continued in Southeast Queensland with totals mostly 20 to 60% of average over the eastern Darling Downs and southern Southeast Coast districts.  

See a map of total rainfall. See a map of rainfall deciles.

Temperature

Daytime maximum temperatures were slightly cooler than average over Central and Northern Queensland , with temperatures between 2 and 3 degrees below average in a small area near Charters Towers and in central parts of the Central Highlands.  Slightly above average daytime temperatures were recorded over Western Queensland with temperatures between 2 and 3 degrees above average in a small area near the southwest border and over the southwestern Maranoa and Warrego.  See a map of maximum temperature anomalies.

The hottest day was 42.0°C at Cunnamulla Post Office on the 7th, followed by 41.7°C at Birdsville Airport on the 7th, followed by 41.6°C at Birdsville Airport on the 25th.

The coldest day was 20.6°C at Toowoomba Airport on the 13th, followed by 20.8°C at Maleny Tamarind St on the 13th, followed by 21.5°C at Jimna Forestry on the 16th.

Overnight minimum temperatures were slightly below average over far southeast and central Queensland, with temperatures between 1 and 3 degrees below average over southwestern parts of the Northern Goldfields district, the northern Central West district and much of the North West district.  Toorak Research Station reported its lowest February mean daily minimum temperature on record.  See a map of minimum temperature anomalies.

The coldest night was 11.8°C at Applethorpe on the 3rd, followed by 12.3°C at Applethorpe on the 6th, followed by 12.9°C at Dalby Airport on the 5th.

The warmest night was 30.0°C at Cunnamulla Post Office on the 7th, followed by 29.9°C at Birdsville Airport on the 25th, followed by 29.8°C at Thargomindah Airport on the 25th.

A listing of new temperature records appears below.

Further information

Qld Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (07) 3239 8700
Email climate.qld@bom.gov.au

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Extremes

Hottest day Highest temperature	42.0°C at Cunnamulla Post Office on the 7th 41.7°C at Birdsville Airport on the 7th
Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature	39.1°C at Birdsville Airport 38.2°C at Trepell Airport
Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature	25.2°C at Maleny Tamarind St
Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature	20.6°C at Toowoomba Airport on the 13th
Coldest night Lowest temperature	11.8°C at Applethorpe on the 3rd
Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature	15.0°C at Applethorpe
Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature	25.8°C at Sweers Island
Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature	30.0°C at Cunnamulla Post Office on the 7th
Wettest overall Highest total rainfall	1864.0 mm at Bulgun Creek Alert
Wettest day Highest daily rainfall	402.0 mm at Topaz on the 5th 349.2 mm at Hecate on the 2nd

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Records

Record highest February daily rainfall
	Daily rainfall total (mm)	Previous highest for February		Years of record
Bamaga	265.0 on the 9th	196.0 on the 17th	in 1994	34
Roma Peak	222.8 on the 2nd	218.0 on the 3rd	in 1991	44
Warden Bend	268.6 on the 2nd	257.0 on the 3rd	in 1991	37
Hecate	349.2 on the 2nd	238.0 on the 6th	in 1979	48
Cheriton	107.0 on the 12th	94.0 on the 16th	in 1953	72

Record lowest total February rainfall
	Total rainfall for February 2007 (mm)	Previous lowest for February		Normal for February	Years of record
Victoria Sugar Mill	1.8	32.4	in 1931	462.6	110
Bambaroo	2.4	25.2	in 2005	447.3	86

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Record lowest February mean daily minimum temperature
	Mean daily minimum temperature for February 2007 (°C)	Previous lowest for February		Normal for February	Years of record
Toorak Research Station	20.2	21.1	in 1972	23.0	30

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Summaries

 In the following table, certain key sites have been highlighted to make them easier to identify.

Summary statistics for February 2007
	Maximum temperatures for February (°C)				Minimum temperatures for February (°C)				Rainfall for February (millimetres)
	Mean for February 2007	Diff from normal	Highest for February 2007		Mean for February 2007	Diff from normal	Lowest for February 2007		Total for February 2007	Normal for February	Rank of February 2007	Fraction of February normal
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	31.7	+0.3	34.0	17th	25.6	−0.3	21.4	9th	376.2	277.3	high	136%
Coen Airport	31.5		35.2	10th	23.8		22.1	9th	446.0
Horn Island	30.8	+0.4	32.2	14th	24.5	−0.5	21.1	9th	554.2	499.5	normal	111%
Scherger RAAF	32.0		35.3	17th	24.2		22.8	9th	450.6
Weipa Aero	31.9	+0.6	35.0	17th	24.2	+0.1	23.0	8th	402.6	564.5	low	71%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	32.1	+0.8	36.1	12th	24.1	+0.5	22.3	13th	451.8	394.6	high	114%
Musgrave	32.5	−0.1	35.7	11th	23.8	+0.7	22.3	8th	307.6	292.4	normal	105%
Palmerville	31.8	−0.8	34.4	11th	23.1	+0.4	21.2	8th	391.6	262.0	high	149%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	33.1		36.4	12th	24.7		21.8	8th	186.6
Burketown Post Office	33.4	−0.3	36.5	12th	25.1	+0.5	22.6	8th	168.8	193.4	normal	87%
Century Mine	36.3		40.6	9th	23.8		20.7	13th	25.0
Cloncurry Airport	36.0	−0.3	39.8	28th	22.8	−1.8	16.9	13th	16.0	110.9	lowest	14%
Croydon Township	33.5	−1.2	36.6	28th	24.1	+0.2	20.5	8th	197.2	176.7	normal	112%
Julia Creek Airport	36.9		41.5	28th	20.9		15.4	13th	16.6
Kowanyama Airport	32.2	−0.2	33.8	15th	24.5	+0.3	22.0	8th	451.4	361.6	high	125%
Mornington Island	32.1	+0.3	34.0	18th	25.5	0	23.0	24th	544.0	302.3	high	180%
Mount Isa Aero	35.9	+0.6	39.1	28th	22.4	−1.1	16.1	12th	13.0	99.3	very low	13%
Normanton Airport	33.3		35.8	28th	24.8		21.6	7th	231.2
Sweers Island	32.2		35.0	9th	25.8		22.2	24th	474.8	297.5	high	160%
Toorak Research Station	36.7	+0.6	40.5	27th	20.2	−2.8	15.0	10th	2.6	99.0	very low	3%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	32.4		35.2	28th	22.6		18.7	9th	125.6
Georgetown Post Office	33.6	+0.1	36.7	10th	22.8	+0.1	19.0	9th	127.3	210.4	low	61%
Hughenden Airport	33.1		37.6	11th	21.4		15.7	13th	30.8
Richmond Airport	35.3		39.5	28th	20.8		14.9	13th	30.8
Richmond Post Office	34.6	−1.2	38.8	10th	21.0	−1.5	17.4	12th	36.8	103.7	low	35%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	30.3	−0.9	34.5	13th	23.7	−0.1	21.5	10th	713.2	448.9	high	159%
Cooktown Airport	31.0		36.2	12th			23.2	10th	265.8
Green Island	28.8	−1.8	34.3	13th	24.7	−0.7	23.5	24th
Mareeba Airport	29.1		33.1	9th	21.5		18.1	9th	245.6
Walkamin DPI	28.0	−1.0	33.0	13th	20.0	−0.4	16.5	9th	238.5	243.5	normal	98%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	29.6	−1.7	35.0	13th	23.5	+0.7	20.6	9th	918.9	467.4	very high	197%
Ingham Composite	30.8	−0.9	38.0	12th	22.9	−0.4	21.0	8th	901.8	456.4	very high	198%
Innisfail	29.5	−1.1	34.4	12th	23.5	+0.7	21.5	8th	1190.8	595.5	very high	200%
Lucinda Point	28.6	−1.7	32.3	13th	24.4	−0.8	21.5	9th	322.0	195.8	high	164%
South Johnstone Exp Stn	29.9	−0.8	36.0	13th	23.0	+0.4	20.0	9th	1077.2	580.2	very high	186%
Townsville Aero	30.3	−0.7	34.7	9th	24.0	−0.1	21.3	8th	543.8	292.7	high	186%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Ayr DPI Research Stn	30.5	−1.0	33.6	9th	22.8	0	20.9	9th	286.0	228.0	normal	125%
Bowen Airport	29.5	−2.0	31.5	25th	23.3	−0.6	21.2	4th	475.9	205.2	very high	232%
Collinsville Post Office	31.7	−1.1	36.1	12th	21.6	−0.2	18.9	25th	206.2	156.4	high	132%
Hamilton Island Airport	27.9		31.0	12th	23.6		21.8	3rd	595.6
Mackay Aero	28.9	−1.1	31.2	12th	22.9	−0.3	20.6	3rd	483.6	363.8	high	133%
Mackay M.O	28.7	−1.0	32.1	12th	23.2	−0.2	20.7	3rd	581.4	306.5	high	190%
Proserpine Airport	29.1	−2.3	32.7	12th	22.5	−0.3	20.4	8th	561.0	330.4	high	170%
Samuel Hill Aero	28.5		31.2	12th	21.9		18.9	10th	322.2
St Lawrence	29.9		33.2	9th	22.3		19.6	3rd	190.6
St Lawrence Post Office	29.9	−1.6	34.0	9th	22.2	−0.2	19.5	3rd	387.7	196.0	high	198%
Williamson	29.7		32.5	9th	22.6		20.3	10th	123.2
Woolshed	26.5		33.7	13th	20.2		17.7	8th	97.0
Yeppoon The Esplanade	28.1	−1.5	29.3	28th	23.1	−0.8	20.2	13th	186.4	95.8	high	195%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	30.9	−2.2	38.0	11th	21.6	−0.9	19.9	25th	403.6	118.0	highest	342%
Moranbah Water Treatment Plant	30.1	−3.4	36.5	12th	20.5	−1.3	17.6	3rd	129.6	86.8	high	149%
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Water Treatment Plant	31.5	−2.3	35.0	28th	21.6	−0.9	17.7	2nd	70.6	59.7	normal	118%
Brigalow Research Stn	31.7	−0.9	37.3	10th	20.1	−0.5	16.8	13th	160.2	101.2	high	158%
Clermont Sirius St	31.7	−1.4	37.5	11th	20.1	−1.0	16.0	22nd	86.4	113.7	normal	76%
Emerald Airport	31.2	−2.8	35.5	10th	20.7	−1.7	18.5	3rd	104.2	63.9	high	163%
Rolleston Meteor St	32.1	−2.1	37.9	9th	19.8	−1.1	18.0	18th	72.8	90.6	normal	80%
Springsure Dame St	31.0	−1.6	35.7	10th	20.2	−0.4	18.1	3rd	56.6	108.0	normal	52%
Tambo Post Office	35.1	+1.2	39.4	10th	20.1	+0.1	13.4	12th	89.6	76.6	normal	117%
Taroom Post Office	33.9	+1.0	39.6	10th	20.3	−0.2	17.0	20th	14.5	86.8	low	17%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	33.5	−1.0	39.5	10th	22.0	−0.7	19.8	13th	52.5	77.3	normal	68%
Blackall Airport	35.2		40.7	10th	21.4		16.7	12th	66.6
Isisford Post Office	36.1	+0.2	41.0	10th	21.6	−0.8	16.9	12th	45.0	72.6	normal	62%
Longreach Aero	34.7	−1.2	39.1	10th	20.8	−1.9	18.1	12th	30.8	78.9	normal	39%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	37.4	+1.2	40.5	28th	22.9	−0.8	17.9	12th	3.6	90.9	very low	4%
The Monument Airport	37.2		40.2	28th	23.2		17.5	10th	0.6
Trepell Airport	38.2		40.6	28th	23.0		19.2	12th	0.6
Urandangi	37.9	+0.7	41.2	27th	22.3	−1.2	16.2	10th	0.0	64.4	lowest	0%
Winton Airport	35.0		39.6	10th	21.0		18.0	12th	38.2
Winton Post Office	35.8	−0.5	40.8	10th	21.9	−1.0	19.6	14th	52.4	86.5	normal	61%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie Police Station	37.0		39.5	25th	24.2		22.0	10th	1.2	35.4	low	3%
Birdsville Airport	39.1		42.1	6th	25.2		19.4	12th	0.6
Boulia Airport	37.8	+0.3	40.8	27th	24.3	+0.4	20.0	12th	0.0	51.3	lowest	0%
Windorah Post Office	37.8	+1.2	40.8	26th	23.2	−0.3	17.5	12th	9.0	49.6	normal	18%
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Baralaba Post Office	32.3	−1.4	37.6	10th	20.6	−0.5	18.8	25th	84.7	111.7	normal	76%
Bundaberg Aero	29.7	−0.2	32.4	10th	21.1	−0.2	19.2	19th	97.0	152.5	normal	64%
Gayndah Airport	32.1		36.7	10th	19.7		17.6	5th	85.2
Gayndah Post Office	32.2	+0.2	36.1	10th	19.9	0	17.9	5th	103.1	105.9	normal	97%
Gladstone Airport	29.8	−0.8	31.6	27th	22.3	−0.8	19.2	12th	93.2	141.3	normal	66%
Gladstone Radar	30.7	−0.3	33.6	11th	21.7	−0.7	18.9	12th	107.2	135.2	normal	79%
Heron Island Res Stn	28.8	−0.7	31.4	10th	23.4	−0.8	21.1	9th	163.4	140.3	normal	116%
Lady Elliot Island	28.5	−0.7	30.0	28th	23.4	−0.6	21.5	2nd	135.0	167.7	normal	81%
Monto Township	30.3	−1.0	35.6	10th	18.6	−0.3	15.9	24th	98.8	110.9	normal	89%
Rockhampton Aero	30.3	−1.0	34.7	10th	21.7	−0.4	19.6	13th	112.8	137.3	normal	82%
Rundle Island	27.0	−1.5	29.2	10th	23.2	−1.6	20.7	12th
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	29.0	−0.3	31.7	10th	21.7	−0.7	19.6	15th	219.8	167.4	high	131%
Thangool Airport	32.0	−1.3	37.5	10th	19.2	−0.7	15.7	25th	65.9	94.7	normal	70%
Town of 1770	28.9	−0.3	30.5	12th	21.9	−0.8	19.5	13th	176.2	167.7	normal	105%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	30.8	+0.4	33.5	6th	18.8	−0.8	13.5	5th	93.8	121.0	normal	78%
Archerfield Airport	29.9	+0.3	32.1	10th	19.3	−0.7	15.6	19th	41.2	151.9	very low	27%
Beerburrum Forest Station	28.7		32.1	1st	19.2		16.9	6th	273.6	193.0	high	142%
Brian Pastures	31.8	0	36.8	10th	19.4	−0.9	17.0	17th	57.9	93.1	normal	62%
Brisbane	29.4		31.2	10th	20.8		18.4	19th	57.2
Brisbane Aero	28.2	−1.0	29.8	1st	20.7	−0.5	17.2	19th	116.6	111.0	normal	105%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	27.8	+1.0	29.1	27th	22.5	+0.5	19.5	13th	84.4	159.2	low	53%
Coolangatta	28.7	+0.7	30.9	10th	20.0	−0.9	17.4	19th	67.2	162.7	normal	41%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	28.7	+1.2	31.7	1st	22.8	+0.3	20.4	18th	56.4	166.4	low	34%
Gold Coast Seaway	29.5	+1.2	33.3	28th	21.5	−0.3	19.5	13th	188.8	170.9	normal	110%
Gympie	29.5	−0.9	32.3	12th	18.8	−0.9	14.7	6th	148.0	167.9	normal	88%
Hervey Bay Airport	30.6		33.3	11th	21.4		17.6	7th	69.0
Jimna Forestry	26.8		30.7	10th	17.0		13.4	6th	91.6
Kingaroy Airport	29.4		32.9	6th	17.4		14.0	6th	40.0
Logan City Water Treatment	28.5	−0.9	30.4	1st	19.7	−0.5	17.0	19th	116.4	126.0	normal	92%
Maleny Tamarind St	25.2		28.0	10th	17.8		15.6	19th	289.6	312.1	normal	93%
Maroochydore Aero	28.5	−0.1	30.6	1st	20.7	−0.5	16.7	6th	214.8	171.3	high	125%
Maryborough	30.0	−0.2	32.3	9th	20.5	−0.1	18.0	7th	152.4	174.1	normal	88%
Nambour DPI	28.2	−0.6	30.6	12th	19.3	−0.4	16.5	6th	300.8	259.2	high	116%
Point Lookout	29.4	+0.3	31.0	1st	22.2	−0.6	18.5	14th	135.3	131.8	normal	103%
Rainbow Beach	28.3	−0.5	30.5	1st	22.1	0	17.0	6th	160.6	205.8	normal	78%
Redcliffe	28.0		29.8	10th	21.9		19.4	14th	119.4
Tewantin RSL Park	27.7	−0.8	29.3	1st	21.2	−0.7	18.2	6th	234.4	222.1	high	106%
Toolara	30.1	−0.9	33.0	12th	20.0	−0.8	18.8	6th	157.4	203.2	normal	77%
University of Queensland Gatton	32.1	+1.4	35.0	6th	18.4	−0.6	13.8	19th	29.8	99.8	low	30%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	26.7	+1.5	31.5	6th	15.0	−0.1	11.8	3rd	71.0	84.1	normal	84%
Dalby Airport	32.8	+1.5	36.0	6th	18.0	−0.7	12.9	5th	14.4	80.8	very low	18%
Goondiwindi Airport	34.1	+1.3	38.4	6th	19.9	0	16.5	18th	29.4	78.2	very low	38%
Inglewood Forest	33.1		37.5	6th	17.6		14.6	19th	67.2
Oakey Aero	30.9	+0.9	34.5	10th	18.2	+0.6	14.6	19th	17.4	83.2	low	21%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	26.4	0	30.6	10th	15.7	+0.1	13.2	6th	64.1	85.7	normal	75%
Texas Post Office	33.4	+0.7	37.9	6th	18.7	+0.5	15.5	19th	76.4	76.7	normal	100%
Toowoomba Airport	27.6	0	31.5	6th	17.3	−0.4	15.2	5th	56.8	115.8	low	49%
Warwick	30.5	+0.7	34.8	6th	16.3	−0.8	13.6	19th	17.2	59.4	very low	29%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	32.9	0	37.2	10th	19.9	−0.3	17.0	5th	81.6
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	33.4	+1.3	39.7	10th	19.7	+0.6	17.0	19th	5.0	86.4	very low	6%
Mitchell Post Office	35.2	+2.3	39.6	10th	20.5	+1.0	16.5	12th	11.2	70.9	low	16%
St George Airport	34.6	+0.4	40.1	10th	22.5	+1.3	17.9	17th	25.6	42.7	normal	60%
Surat	34.1	+0.6	39.0	6th	21.5	+1.2	17.6	17th	33.0	72.6	normal	45%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	36.4	+2.1	41.2	7th	22.7	+1.8	18.1	13th	22.7	53.0	normal	43%
Charleville Aero	35.7	+1.8	39.1	10th	21.6	+0.2	17.0	12th	17.4	68.6	low	25%
Cunnamulla Post Office	37.3	+2.4	42.0	7th	22.3	+0.7	18.6	13th	5.0	49.8	low	10%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	37.8		41.5	6th	24.9		21.1	11th	0.0
Quilpie Airport	37.4	+1.8	40.7	7th	24.6	+1.3	21.5	12th	0.0	49.1	lowest	0%

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Notes

Further information

Qld Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (07) 3239 8700
Email climate.qld@bom.gov.au

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