Wednesday, 1 February 2012 - Monthly Climate Summary for Brisbane Metro - Product code IDCKGC14L0

Brisbane Metro in January 2012: Wet and cool

  • Above average rainfall and below average temperatures
  • Redcliffe was the wettest overall and Brisbane Airport the coolest

Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top


Rainfall

The wettest overall was Redcliffe with 510.6 mm, followed by Redlands HRS with 456.6 mm, followed by Brisbane Aero with 347.4 mm. Some sites had their highest total January rainfall on record. Some sites had their highest total January rainfall for at least 20 years.

The wettest single day was at Redlands HRS with 250.6 mm on the 25th, followed by Redcliffe with 234.8 mm on the 25th, followed by Brisbane Aero with 169.8 mm on the 25th.

Some sites had their highest January daily rainfall on record. See a map of total rainfall. See a map of rainfall deciles.

Temperature

The warmest on average was Brisbane with 24.7 °C, followed by Amberley AMO with 24.4 °C, and Archerfield Airport with 24.4 °C.

The coolest on average was Brisbane Aero with 24.2 °C, followed by Logan City Water Treatment Plant with 24.2 °C, and Amberley AMO with 24.4 °C.

Maximum temperature

The hottest day was at Amberley AMO with 40.6 °C on the 9th, followed by Logan City Water Treatment Plant with 37.9 °C on the 11th, followed by Amberley AMO with 37.4 °C on the 11th.

The warmest days on average were at Amberley AMO with 30.1 °C, followed by Archerfield Airport with 29.1 °C, followed by Brisbane with 28.7 °C.

The coolest days on average were at Redcliffe with 27.6 °C, followed by Brisbane Aero with 27.8 °C, followed by Logan City Water Treatment Plant with 28.3 °C.

The coldest day was at Redlands HRS with 22.9 °C on the 24th, followed by Logan City Water Treatment Plant with 23.0 °C on the 24th, followed by Brisbane Aero with 23.1 °C on the 24th.

Some sites had their coldest January day (lowest maximum temperature) on record. See a map of mean maximum temperatures. See a map of maximum temperature anomalies.

Minimum temperature

The coldest night was at Amberley AMO with 13.5 °C on the 3rd, followed by Archerfield Airport with 14.2 °C on the 2nd, followed by Amberley AMO with 14.7 °C on the 4th.

The coolest nights on average were at Amberley AMO with 18.7 °C, followed by Archerfield Airport with 19.7 °C, followed by Logan City Water Treatment Plant with 20.1 °C.

The warmest nights on average were at Redcliffe with 21.3 °C, followed by Brisbane with 20.7 °C, followed by Brisbane Aero with 20.5 °C.

The warmest night was at Redcliffe with 25.0 °C on the 10th, followed by Brisbane with 24.6 °C on the 10th, followed by Logan City Water Treatment Plant with 23.9 °C on the 10th.

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

Wind

The strongest wind gust was at Amberley AMO with 81 km/h on the 19th, followed by Redcliffe with 69 km/h on the 15th, and followed by Redcliffe with 69 km/h on the 16th.

Other phenomena

Extreme rainfall began in the south-east around the 24th and it rained 8 days straight for Brisbane and the surrounds.

A surface trough created dry, fresh and gusty west to south-westerly winds, contributing to a record low relative humidity on the 11th at Brisbane (13%, at 5pm, with a corresponding temperature of 36.2 C and daily maximum of 36.9 C, lower than the previous record of 15% occurring on the 9th in 2002, with a daily maximum of 35.0 C and 6.3 C below the Qld, 26th Jan 1940 maximum temperature record of 43.2 C) 

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Extremes in January 2012
Hottest day 40.6 °C at Amberley AMO on the 9th
Warmest days on average 30.1 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 27.6 °C at Redcliffe
Coldest day 22.9 °C at Redlands HRS on the 24th
Coldest night 13.5 °C at Amberley AMO on the 3rd
Coolest nights on average 18.7 °C at Amberley AMO
Warmest nights on average 21.3 °C at Redcliffe
Warmest night 25.0 °C at Redcliffe on the 10th
Warmest on average overall 24.7 °C at Brisbane
Coolest on average overall 24.2 °C at Brisbane Aero
24.2 °C at Logan City Water Treatment Plant
Wettest overall 510.6 mm at Redcliffe
Wettest day 250.6 mm at Redlands HRS on the 25th
Highest wind gust 81 km/h at Amberley AMO on the 19th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Record highest January daily rainfall
Highest daily rainfall
in January 2012 (mm) 		Previous wettest
for January		 Years of
record
Redlands HRS 250.6 on the 25th 158.2 on the 26th in 1947 64
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 145.2 on the 25th 88.3 on the 21st in 2006 20


Record highest total January rainfall
Total rainfall
for January 2012 (mm) 		Previous wettest
for January		 Years of
record		 Average for
January
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 326.4 249.7 in 2006 20 125.1

Highest total January rainfall for at least 20 years
Total rainfall
for January 2012 (mm) 		Most recent January
at least this wet		 Years since
wetter		 Average for
January
Redlands HRS 456.6 909.7 in 1974* 35 159.2

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.



Record lowest January daily maximum temperature
Lowest daily maximum
temperature
in January 2012 (°C) 		Previous coolest
for January		 Years of
record		 Average for
January
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 23.0 on the 24th 23.7 on the 2nd in 1999 20 29.7


Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Summary statistics for January 2012
Maximum temperatures
for January
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
for January
(°C)		 Rainfall
for January
(millimetres)
Mean for
January
2012		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
January
2012		 Mean for
January
2012		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
January
2012		 Total for
January
2012		 Average
for
January		 Rank of
January
2012		 Fraction of
January
average
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO 30.1 -1.0 40.6 9th 18.7 -0.9 13.5 3rd 174.6 114.5 high 152%
Archerfield Airport 29.1 -1.2 36.8 11th 19.7 -0.5 14.2 2nd 264.6 136.6 high 194%
Brisbane 28.7 -1.6 37.1 11th 20.7 -0.7 17.4 4th 343.4 131.9 v high 260%
Brisbane Aero 27.8 -1.2 35.9 11th 20.5 -0.7 15.8 2nd 347.4 135.7 v high 256%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 28.3 -1.4 37.9 11th 20.1 -0.4 16.0 1st 326.4 125.1 highest 261%
Redcliffe 27.6   33.9 11th 21.3   18.1 1st 510.6

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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 10 am on Wednesday 1 February 2012. 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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