Monday, 1 March 2010 - Monthly Climate Summary for Brisbane Metro - Product code IDCKGC24R0

February 2010: Severe thunderstorms produce some heavy falls

  • Heavy rainfall overnight on the 6th
  • Flash flooding in Brisbane on the 16th

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February Rainfall

Two rainfall events produced some significant daily totals; overnight on the 6th February and then during the 15th and 16th February.  Totals varied, but produced large falls in all metro sites.  Brisbane Aero was the driest metro site for February, where the site recorded 90 mm for February, missing out on the substantial totals recorded in the other metro sites.

Redcliffe had a blocked rain gauge on the 16th, producing an incorrect daily total on the 17th (60 – 80 mm was recorded in the area). Amberley recorded no reading to 9am on the 16th, despite 90 – 100 mm falling in the area. 

The wettest overall was 319.1 mm at Logan City Water Treatment, and the wettest single day was 128 mm, also at Logan City Water Treatment on the 7th.

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

Temperature

All metro sites were close to average for both maximum and minimum temperatures for February.

Maximum temperature

The hottest day was 36.6 °C at Amberley AMO on the 15th, and the warmest days on average were 30.5 °C, also at Amberley AMO.

The coolest days on average were 28.9 °C at Redcliffe, while the coldest day was 24.9 °C at Logan City Water Treatment on the 7th.

See a map of mean maximum temperatures. See a map of maximum temperature anomalies.

Minimum temperature

The coldest night was 17.0 °C at Amberley AMO on the 26th, and the coolest nights on average were 20.1 °C, also at Amberley AMO.

The warmest nights on average were 22.2 °C at Redcliffe, and the warmest night was 24.7 °C at Brisbane on the 15th.

See a map of mean minimum temperatures. See a map of minimum temperature anomalies.

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Extremes in February 2010
Hottest day 36.6 °C at Amberley AMO on the 15th
Warmest days on average 30.5 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 28.9 °C at Redcliffe
Coldest day 24.9 °C at Logan City Water Treatment on the 7th
Coldest night 17.0 °C at Amberley AMO on the 26th
Coolest nights on average 20.1 °C at Amberley AMO
Warmest nights on average 22.2 °C at Redcliffe
Warmest night 24.7 °C at Brisbane on the 15th
Wettest overall 319.1 mm at Logan City Water Treatment
Wettest day 128 mm at Logan City Water Treatment on the 7th
Highest wind gust 67 km/h at Redcliffe on the 1st

^ These gauges failed during the month

Summary statistics for February 2010
Maximum temperatures
for February
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
for February
(°C)		 Rainfall
for February
(millimetres)
Mean for
February
2010		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
February
2010		 Mean for
February
2010		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
February
2010		 Total for
February
2010		 Average
for
February		 Rank of
February
2010		 Fraction of
February
average
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO 30.5 +0.1 36.6 15th 20.1 +0.6 17.0 26th 105.8^ 120.5 average 88%
Archerfield Airport 29.9 +0.3 34.2 23rd 20.9 +0.9 18.3 22nd 266.0 153.0 high 174%
Brisbane 30.1 +0.1 33.5 23rd 22.0 +0.7 19.6 26th 272.4 127.7 v high 213%
Brisbane Aero 29.1 0.0 31.2 15th 21.8 +0.7 19.4 22nd 114.6 121.1 average 95%
Logan City Water Treatment 29.3 0.0 33.3 23rd 21.6 +1.3 18.4 14th 319.1 157.3 v high 203%
Redcliffe 28.9   32.7 15th 22.2   19.9 26th ^

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Notes

A Monthly Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in Brisbane Metro using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review, usually published in the fourth week of the month.

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Monday 1 March 2010. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

Averages 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 9 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.

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