Monday, 2 June 2014 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC24R0

Queensland in May 2014: A warm end to the month, very dry across the state

A cold snap at the start of May was short-lived, before unusually warm daytime and overnight temperatures returned, and persisted until the end of the month. The most abnormally warm conditions occurred in southern inland Queensland between 8 and 26 May when a near-stationary blocking high-pressure system over the Tasman Sea resulted in a very warm north to northwesterly airflow from northern Australia that affected inland Queensland. Special Climate Statement 49 detailing the event is available on the Bureau's website.

As well as prolonged warmth, the persistent high-pressure system brought onshore easterly winds over coastal Queensland, resulting in persistent wet conditions over parts of the central and northern Queensland coast. Mackay had 13 consecutive days of rain from 13 to 25 May (equalling its record-long wet spell for May), and Cairns had 14 consecutive days of rain from 11 to 24 May (second longest wet spell behind the 19-day spell from 2 to 20 May in 1959). Despite the record run of wet-days, rainfall totals were near-average for these sites.

Rainfall was less than one third of the average through a large expanse of inland Queensland. The central interior, southern inland Queensland, and parts of the western Central Coast were in the lowest 10% of May rainfall records compounding the current rainfall deficiencies across much of the state. Some isolated thunderstorms brought rainfall over the interior during the month, however most of the northwest and southern interior recorded little or no rainfall.

• Tenth-warmest maximum temperatures state-wide, 1.30 °C  above the 1961-90 average
• State-wide, minimum temperatures the highest since 2007, 1.13 °C above the 1961-90 average
• Eighth-warmest mean temperature state-wide, 1.22 °C above the 1961-90 average

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Extremes in May 2014
Hottest day	35.0 °C at Richmond Post Office on the 1st and Century Mine on the 24th
Warmest days on average	33.3 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest days on average	18.0 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	9.5 °C at Applethorpe on the 4th
Coldest night	-2.0 °C at Applethorpe and Stanthorpe Leslie Parage, both on the 6th
Coolest nights on average	5.7 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	25.6 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	26.8 °C at Coconut Island on the 16th
Warmest on average overall	29.5 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	12.1 °C at Applethorpe and Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Wettest overall	1021.0 mm at Bellenden Ker Top Station
Wettest day	202.0 mm at Tree House Creek on the 16th
Highest wind gust	94 km/h at Hamilton Island Airport on the 13th

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Highest total May rainfall for at least 20 years
	Total rainfall for May 2014 (mm)	Most recent May at least this wet		Years since wetter	Average for May
Tully Sugar Mill	484.4	549.3	in 1990	24	331.6

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Record lowest total May rainfall
	Total rainfall for May 2014 (mm)	Previous driest for May		Years of record	Average for May
Hazeldean	3.0	3.8	in 2004	21	29.4

Lowest total May rainfall for at least 20 years
	Total rainfall for May 2014 (mm)	Most recent May at least this dry		Years since drier	Average for May
Bollon Mary St	1.1	0.0	in 1975	39	32.1
Namarah	0.8	0.0	in 1993	21	41.4

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Highest May mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Mean daily maximum temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Most recent May at least this warm		Years since warmer	Average for May
Bollon Mary St	25.4	25.9	in 1975	39	23.0

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Record highest May mean daily maximum temperature
	Mean daily maximum temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Previous warmest for May		Years of record	Average for May
#Birdsville	28.2	27.5	in 2007	57	27.5

#observations from the current (open) site, combining records from both the old (closed) and current site

Record highest May mean daily minimum temperature
	Mean daily maximum temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Previous warmest for May		Years of record	Average for May
#Birdsville	14.5	13.7	in 2007	57	11.3
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	14.5	= 14.5	in 1999	21	12.3

#observations from the current (open) site, combining records from both the old (closed) and current site

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Summary statistics for May 2014
	Maximum temperatures for May (°C)				Minimum temperatures for May (°C)				Rainfall for May (millimetres)
	Mean for May 2014	Diff from average	Highest for May 2014		Mean for May 2014	Diff from average	Lowest for May 2014		Total for May 2014	Average for May	Rank of May 2014	Fraction of May average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	33.3	+2.4	34.7	27th	25.6	+0.3	23.1	3rd	12.6	73.8	low	17%
Coen Airport	30.5	+0.3	32.5	2nd	20.2	+0.5	15.9	5th	0.2	14.1	low	1%
Horn Island	30.4	+0.4	31.4	15th	25.0	+0.3	22.3	4th	25.6	69.0	average	37%
Scherger RAAF	32.4		33.8	27th	21.2		17.6	4th	2.0	12.1	low	17%
Weipa Aero	32.0	+0.2	33.2	27th	21.6	+0.3	18.1	4th	3.2	17.6	average	18%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	29.0	+0.3	31.1	3rd	22.9	+1.0	18.2	4th	48.0	105.9	low	45%
Palmerville	30.9	-0.2	32.4	24th	17.1	-0.2	10.8	4th	6.4	16.1	average	40%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	32.2	+0.6	34.6	25th	17.9	0.0	11.6	7th	0.2	3.8	average	5%
Century Mine	32.5	+1.5	35.0	24th	17.2	+0.2	10.9	4th	0.2	5.5	low	4%
Cloncurry Airport	30.7	+1.6	33.4	23rd	17.8	+2.5	9.6	4th	0	7.2	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	31.9	+1.6	34.9	28th	15.3	+2.3	7.2	6th	0	10.6	v low	0%
Kowanyama Airport	32.2	+0.2	33.8	25th	19.3	+0.2	13.3	5th	3.0	10.9	average	28%
Lake Julius AWS	31.5		34.2	1st	18.9		12.2	4th	0.6
Mornington Island Airport	29.6		31.9	28th	20.7		16.9	6th	2.6
Mount Isa Aero	30.2	+2.4	33.4	27th	14.6	+0.8	5.9	4th	0	12.7	lowest	0%
Sweers Island	29.0	+0.3	30.2	9th	22.3	+0.6	16.4	6th	0	3.6	v low	0%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	30.9	+0.9	33.6	11th	16.6	+0.4	7.4	5th	1.2	6.1	average	20%
Hughenden Airport	29.4	+1.1	34.7	1st	15.5	+2.4	5.1	5th	0.6	6.2	average	10%
Richmond Airport	30.8	+1.4	34.6	1st	14.9	+2.1	6.7	4th	0	7.7	v low	0%
Richmond Post Office	30.9	+1.8	35.0	1st	15.6	+2.5	7.8	5th	0	15.1	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	27.8	+0.2	30.6	3rd	20.3	+0.4	14.6	5th	95.4	91.4	average	104%
Cairns Racecourse	27.8		30.8	3rd	19.4		13.1	5th	59.0
Cape Flattery	28.8	+0.3	31.9	3rd	23.2	+0.1	20.2	4th	73.4	61.5	high	119%
Cooktown Airport	28.2	+0.5	32.0	3rd	21.8	+1.0	16.1	5th	42.6	37.0	average	115%
Low Isles Lighthouse	27.1	-0.5	31.1	3rd	22.6	-0.3	20.7	30th	144.2	99.1	high	146%
Mareeba Airport	26.3	-0.5	30.1	2nd	17.0	+0.5	10.2	4th	7.6	10.1	average	75%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cape Ferguson NTC AWS	24.8		27.4	2nd	21.1		17.0	5th
Cardwell Marine Pde	26.5	-0.6	30.1	1st	19.6	+2.0	12.6	5th	77.4	94.3	average	82%
Ingham Composite	27.1	+0.1	31.8	2nd	18.5	+0.7	12.4	5th	63.5	108.7	low	58%
Innisfail	26.6	+0.2	30.5	1st	19.7	+1.3	14.1	5th	440.6	303.2	high	145%
Lucinda Point	25.3	-0.7	28.7	6th	21.6	+0.4	17.7	5th	56.4	62.8	average	90%
South Johnstone Exp Stn	26.4	+0.2	30.4	2nd	19.1	+0.8	12.0	5th	387.8	270.3	high	143%
Townsville Aero	28.1	+0.5	29.5	1st	18.6	+1.0	12.4	5th	9.8	32.6	average	30%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	26.7	-0.2	28.1	10th	18.0	+0.4	11.6	4th	17.6	32.5	average	54%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	27.6	0.0	30.0	1st	16.4	+0.3	10.1	5th	4.8	40.5	low	12%
Bowen Airport	27.2	+0.2	29.4	2nd	18.2	+0.4	9.1	5th	7.8	42.2	average	18%
Collinsville Post Office	28.4	+0.9	31.5	2nd	14.2	+0.4	5.8	5th	2.0	32.0	v low	6%
Hamilton Island Airport	24.8	+0.5	27.1	2nd	20.9	+0.4	18.2	5th	107.2	84.3	average	127%
Mackay Aero	25.8	+0.7	29.3	2nd	16.8	+1.3	8.6	5th	101.2	92.4	average	110%
Mackay M.O	24.7	+0.5	27.9	2nd	18.0	+0.9	11.3	5th	130.2	106.7	high	122%
Proserpine Airport	26.7	+0.2	30.0	2nd	16.4	+0.6	7.1	5th	37.2	69.4	average	54%
Rosslyn Bay NTC AWS	23.5		26.9	2nd	18.4		13.0	5th
Samuel Hill Aero	24.9	+0.2	28.4	2nd	14.9	+1.7	4.7	5th	83.0	98.5	average	84%
St Lawrence	26.3	-0.1	29.1	1st	15.5	+1.4	5.7	5th	21.4	31.1	average	69%
Williamson	26.1		29.0	1st	15.0		6.1	5th	19.8	31.6	low	63%
Woolshed	23.7	-0.1	26.9	2nd	15.4	+1.2	6.6	5th	12.4	22.7	average	55%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	24.2	+0.1	28.0	2nd	16.8	+1.2	7.0	5th	86.8	78.7	high	110%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	27.4	+0.2	31.8	1st	15.3	+0.2	8.9	4th	15.7	21.5	average	73%
Moranbah Airport	27.7		32.7	1st	12.9		1.4	5th	2.8
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	27.4		31.2	2nd	13.9		4.8	5th	1.4
Clermont Airport	27.0		32.3	1st	11.3		0.0	5th	3.4
Emerald Airport	27.0	+0.9	31.3	1st	13.7	+0.8	5.2	5th	6.6	21.3	average	31%
Lochington	27.3		31.7	1st	11.6		3.1	4th	2.4
Rolleston Airport	26.8		30.8	1st	11.4		2.0	5th	7.4
Springsure Comet St	26.1	+0.8	30.6	1st	12.5	+1.6	2.4	4th	3.2	35.5	low	9%
Tambo Post Office	26.7	+1.8	31.0	1st	9.9	+1.8	0.9	5th	21.6	34.3	average	63%
Taroom Post Office	25.8	+1.3	29.0	29th	11.1	+1.4	3.5	5th	40.3	40.1	average	100%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	27.5	+1.5	32.3	1st	14.6	+2.3	5.6	5th	0	30.3	lowest	0%
Blackall Airport	27.5	+1.5	31.4	1st	12.0	+1.7	2.2	4th	13.2	14.6	average	90%
Isisford Post Office	28.4	+2.2	30.8	1st	12.8	+1.6	4.1	4th	10.6	28.5	average	37%
Longreach Aero	28.8	+1.8	31.9	1st	13.9	+2.0	5.8	4th	0	25.7	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	31.4	+2.5	34.1	10th	16.4	+3.0	9.0	4th	0	10.9	lowest	0%
New May Downs	29.8		32.8	25th	17.4		9.4	4th	0
The Monument Airport	29.6	+2.1	33.1	26th	14.0	+2.5	8.0	4th	0	7.1	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	29.8	+1.8	33.2	27th	15.1	+2.5	8.8	6th	0	6.6	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	30.8		34.1	27th	13.3		7.3	4th	0
Winton Airport	29.7	+1.5	33.0	1st	14.9	+2.4	6.8	5th	0	13.7	v low	0%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie Police Station	29.0	+2.5	33.5	26th	14.1	+2.5	10.0	7th	3.7	11.6	average	32%
Birdsville Airport	28.0	+2.3	34.7	26th	14.5	+3.2	9.5	5th	2.0	6.6	average	30%
Boulia Airport	29.4	+2.7	33.9	26th	15.1	+2.6	9.0	4th	1.0	12.8	average	8%
Windorah Post Office	28.0	+2.6	32.5	27th	13.4	+2.1	6.2	4th	1.8	18.7	average	10%
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	25.6	+1.0	27.9	29th	14.4	+0.3	6.8	5th	7.0	67.8	v low	10%
Gayndah Airport	25.7	+0.3	28.8	25th	11.9	+1.6	4.7	4th	22.2	29.4	average	76%
Gladstone Airport	25.8	+0.3	29.0	2nd	16.4	+1.0	8.4	5th	16.4	36.6	average	45%
Gladstone Radar	25.9	+0.3	29.4	2nd	17.3	+0.4	11.5	4th	20.4	57.8	average	35%
Monto Township	24.4	+0.3	27.7	1st	10.6	+0.6	2.7	5th	25.0	44.4	average	56%
Rockhampton Aero	26.2	+0.2	29.9	24th	15.5	+1.3	5.1	5th	11.6	47.2	low	25%
Rundle Island	23.4	0.0	25.9	1st	19.5	+0.2	16.2	4th
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	24.8	+0.7	26.9	29th	18.6	+1.2	14.4	4th	189.0	118.7	high	159%
Seventeen Seventy	23.7	-0.4	26.5	1st	18.0	+1.1	13.2	4th	53.4	105.2	low	51%
Thangool Airport	25.9	-0.3	29.1	29th	10.5	+0.6	1.7	5th	5.2	39.4	low	13%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	24.5	+0.5	27.4	26th	10.5	+0.5	3.9	6th	47.2	52.9	average	89%
Archerfield Airport	25.1	+1.3	28.2	29th	12.6	+0.8	8.0	6th	14.6	73.3	low	20%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	24.2		27.4	29th	10.8		3.0	5th	42.2
Beerburrum Forest Station	24.2	+0.3	27.4	29th	13.1	+0.6	7.8	4th	79.8	121.7	average	66%
Brisbane	25.1	+0.8	28.6	29th	14.8	+1.4	8.5	5th	28.6	58.5	low	49%
Brisbane Aero	24.0	+0.5	27.1	29th	13.9	+1.1	7.7	6th	34.4	103.4	low	33%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	23.1	+1.4	25.7	25th	17.7	+1.3	12.1	4th
Coolangatta	24.0	+1.0	27.3	28th	14.0	0.0	5.4	5th	88.8	141.1	average	63%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	23.5	+1.2	27.6	29th	18.1	+0.8	12.0	4th	174.8	146.9	high	119%
Gold Coast Seaway	24.1	+0.7	27.0	28th	16.3	+1.0	9.7	4th	39.8	112.2	low	35%
Gympie	24.2	-0.3	28.0	1st	12.0	+1.2	4.7	6th	59.6	71.3	average	84%
Hervey Bay Airport	24.5	+0.4	27.8	1st	14.4	+0.4	6.5	5th	116.0	98.8	high	117%
Jimna Forestry	20.6	+0.2	24.8	29th	9.9	+1.2	3.2	4th	31.4	48.8	low	64%
Kingaroy Airport	22.1	-0.2	26.5	29th	8.5	+1.5	0.3	6th	21.6	31.5	average	69%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	24.5	+0.7	28.4	28th	14.5	+2.2	8.6	5th	41.6	104.7	low	40%
Maleny Tamarind St	21.0	0.0	25.2	29th	12.7	+0.9	6.8	4th	53.8	140.8	low	38%
Maryborough	25.1	+0.5	28.4	1st	13.7	+0.7	4.8	5th	47.6	78.3	average	61%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	24.0		27.1	29th	13.9		6.9	4th	85.0
Rainbow Beach	23.9	+0.3	26.7	24th					148.8	160.2	average	93%
Redcliffe	23.8	+0.6	26.7	29th	15.2	+1.2	10.1	6th	38.8	67.4	low	58%
Sunshine Coast Airport	24.3	+1.0	27.4	28th	14.0	+0.5	5.8	4th	145.6	160.1	average	91%
Tewantin RSL Park	23.8	+0.3	27.1	29th	15.5	+0.8	7.9	4th	110.8	157.2	low	70%
Toolara (Kelly)	23.8	-0.2	27.0	1st	15.1	+0.8	8.7	4th	145.8	100.6	high	145%
University of Queensland Gatton	24.4	+0.7	27.6	29th	10.6	+0.5	5.5	5th	31.4	45.6	average	69%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	18.0	+0.6	23.4	26th	6.1	0.0	-2.0	6th	38.2	49.5	average	77%
Dalby Airport	23.0	-0.2	27.1	26th	9.0	+0.8	1.8	6th	28.8	37.5	average	77%
Goondiwindi Airport	23.5	+0.3	27.0	26th	10.0	+1.5	2.6	6th	22.6	36.7	average	62%
Oakey Aero	22.4	+0.2	26.4	26th	7.9	+0.1	-0.3	6th	16.8	39.5	average	43%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	18.4	0.0	23.1	29th	5.7	+0.3	-2.0	6th	46.3	46.7	average	99%
Texas Post Office	23.4	+0.4	26.9	26th	9.4	+1.5	1.8	6th	26.0	39.3	average	66%
Toowoomba Airport	19.8	+0.1	24.3	29th	11.1	+1.3	2.7	4th	35.6	35.6	average	100%
Warwick	21.4	+0.4	25.7	26th	7.9	+1.2	-0.6	6th	19.6	39.4	low	50%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	24.0	+0.3	27.9	29th	9.4	+1.5	1.7	6th	21.0	27.5	average	76%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	24.7	+1.3	28.4	28th	8.7	+1.0	1.1	5th	12.0	33.1	average	36%
Mitchell Post Office	25.6	+2.5	29.5	28th	9.4	+2.3	0.6	4th	2.4	32.6	low	7%
Roma Airport	25.0	+1.3	28.6	29th	9.4	+1.8	1.0	6th	14.2	35.7	average	40%
St George Airport	24.8	+1.7	28.8	26th	10.4	+1.7	1.7	6th	2.6	28.2	v low	9%
Surat	24.4	+0.9	28.8	29th	10.8	+2.0	1.0	6th	5.2	34.3	low	15%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	25.4	+2.4	29.6	25th	10.8	+2.1	2.6	6th	1.1	32.1	low	3%
Charleville Aero	26.0	+2.7	29.2	25th	11.0	+2.1	1.6	5th	0	31.2	lowest	0%
Cunnamulla Post Office	25.2	+2.3	29.8	26th	12.1	+2.3	4.4	5th	3.0	29.9	low	10%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	26.6	+2.2	32.2	26th	13.8	+2.7	6.2	4th	1.8	7.4	average	24%
Thargomindah Airport	25.9	+2.0	31.3	26th	12.8	+2.1	4.2	5th	0.2	15.7	v low	1%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Middle Percy Island	23.8	+0.7	26.4	1st	19.2	+0.4	15.6	5th	89.2	88.1	average	101%
Willis Island	28.0	+0.3	29.5	3rd	24.1	+0.3	21.1	13th	220.6	74.1	v high	298%

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