Monday, 3 July 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in June 2017: dry start to winter

A dry start to winter, with below average rainfall across most of the State, except southeastern parts of Queensland. Warm days across southern Queensland, with very warm days in the southeast quarter of the State. Overnight temperatures were close to average. 

Dry across much of the State; wet in the south

• It was the 16th-driest June on record for Queensland
• Little or no rain fell in most areas away from the east coast, except in the south
• A number of locations had their driest June on record, or in several decades
• A surface trough off the southeast coast on the 12th produced moderate falls in southeastern parts
• At the end of the month, a rainband brought light to moderate falls to the Maranoa, Warrego and Darling Downs districts

Above average temperatures

• Overall, Queensland had its ninth-warmest mean maximum temperature on record
• Warmer than usual days across the southern half of Queensland, some locations, including Taroom, had their warmest June days on average on record 
• Charleville, Injune and Mitchell had their warmest June days on average since 1991
• Overall, overnight temperatures were above average for Queensland
• Nights were cooler than average in the far west and central west
• Warmer than usual nights about the Gulf Country and Cape York Peninsula, Weipa had its warmest June night on record on the 2nd, with 25.0 °C (5.0 °C above the long-term average)
• Mean temperatures for June were the warmest on record at the Sunshine Coast and Coolangatta

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in June 2017
Hottest day	33.7 °C at Palmerville on the 17th
Warmest days on average	31.4 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	16.2 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	11.3 °C at Applethorpe on the 7th
Coldest night	-3.4 °C at Oakey Aero on the 7th
Coolest nights on average	3.7 °C at Roma Airport
Warmest nights on average	25.0 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	26.6 °C at Coconut Island on the 2nd
Warmest on average overall	27.7 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	10.1 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	270.2 mm at Point Lookout
Wettest day	264.6 mm at Point Lookout
Strongest wind gust	94 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 13th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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

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Record lowest June total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Gairloch	13.8	14.0	in 2008	23	55.3
Yeppoon The Esplanade	6.0	8.0	in 2014	22	58.5

Lowest June total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Average for June
Lady Elliot Island	12.4	11.4	in 1961	92.8
Macknade Sugar Mill	6.0	5.5	in 1974*	61.2
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	1.5	0.4	in 1977	58.2
Rockhampton Aero	1.6	0.2	in 1977	38.6
Pacific Heights	4.6	0.0	in 1977*	70.9
Cardwell Marine Pde	7.6	6.6	in 1978*	47.0
Childers South	4.6	4.1	in 1980*	44.4
Proserpine Airport	1.4	0.0	in 1983*	42.3
Victoria Sugar Mill	10.2	3.0	in 1992	52.5
Seventeen Seventy	3.1	2.4	in 1992*	68.7
Mungallala	7.8	0.0	in 1992*	30.8

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

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Record highest June mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Taroom Post Office	24.4	24.0	in 2001	65	21.5
Gladstone Radar	25.2	= 25.2	in 1991	59	23.3
Emerald Airport	24.9	= 24.9	in 2001	24	23.3
Roma Airport	22.6	22.2	in 2001	24	20.3
Gladstone Airport	24.7	24.4	in 2004	23	23.4
St George Airport	21.6	21.2	in 2004	20	19.8
Toowoomba Airport	18.4	= 18.4	in 2008	20	16.8

Highest June mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Bollon Mary St	22.2	=22.2	in 1972	19.5
Charleville Aero	22.5	23.4	in 1991	19.9
Injune Post Office	23.0	23.6	in 1991	20.3
Mitchell Post Office	22.8	22.9	in 1991	19.7
Springsure Comet St	24.1	24.2	in 1996	22.2
Barcaldine Post Office	25.1	25.8	in 1996*	22.9

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

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Record highest June daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Weipa Aero	25.0	on the 2nd	24.8	on the 23rd in 2016	25	20.0

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Record highest June mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Coolangatta	13.4	13.0	in 1984	29	11.3

Highest June mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Gold Coast Seaway	14.1	=14.1	in 1997	13.2

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Record highest June mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Gladstone Radar	20.3	= 20.3	in 1991	59	18.8
Coolangatta	17.5	17.3	in 1996	28	16.2
Sunshine Coast Airport	17.5	17.4	in 2014	22	16.4
Tewantin RSL Park	18.0	= 18.0	in 2014	21	17.1

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Summary statistics for June 2017
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for June 2017	Diff from average	Highest for June 2017		Mean for June 2017	Diff from average	Lowest for June 2017		Total for June 2017	Average for June	Rank of June 2017	Fraction of June average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	30.3	0.0	32.1	1st	25.0	+0.3	23.5	23rd	46.6	28.9	high	161%
Coen Airport	29.3	-0.4	31.2	17th	18.2	0.0	13.8	24th	0.4	4.4	average	9%
Horn Island	29.3	-0.1	30.5	1st	24.2	+0.3	22.9	23rd	22.6	15.3	high	148%
Scherger RAAF	29.9	-1.2	32.0	18th	20.2	+0.2	15.9	24th	1.2	5.8	average	21%
Weipa Aero	30.5	-0.6	32.1	21st	20.4	+0.4	16.0	24th	0	3.8	lowest	0%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	26.7	-0.8	28.0	26th	21.9	+1.7	17.9	24th	60.4	60.0	average	101%
Palmerville	31.0	+1.1	33.7	17th	15.3	+0.1	8.5	9th	2.0	11.9	average	17%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	29.6	+0.4	32.9	17th	15.7	+0.5	9.5	13th	0	4.5	v low	0%
Century Mine	29.6	+1.3	32.6	17th	13.6	0.0	8.9	13th	0	5.7	v low	0%
Cloncurry Airport	27.2	+1.0	30.2	18th	13.1	+1.5	7.8	9th	0	7.9	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	28.4	+1.4	31.7	16th	9.7	-0.2	2.4	12th	0	19.0	v low	0%
Kowanyama Airport	31.4	+0.6	33.3	18th	17.6	+1.3	12.3	9th	0	4.5	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	27.7		31.3	28th	14.7		11.9	5th	0
Mornington Island Airport	26.5		29.3	27th	18.6		16.1	13th	0.4
Mount Isa Aero	26.5	+1.6	29.6	27th	9.7	-0.3	2.5	12th	0.2	6.5	average	3%
Normanton Airport	30.1	+0.3	33.2	17th	17.3	+0.6	12.6	9th	0	4.4	v low	0%
Sweers Island	25.9	-0.1	29.1	18th	19.3	+0.7	16.7	13th	0	5.7	v low	0%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport			30.4	18th	14.2	+0.3	9.2	8th	0	9.5	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport	26.6	+0.7	30.7	17th	11.0	+0.2	2.2	8th	0	20.9	v low	0%
Richmond Airport	27.8	+1.2	31.9	17th	9.1	-1.2	1.4	12th	0	16.5	v low	0%
Richmond Post Office	27.4	+1.2	32.1	17th	10.7	+0.8	4.6	9th	0	15.3	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	26.2	+0.2	28.7	18th	18.9	+1.0	12.6	8th	34.6	47.7	average	73%
Cairns Racecourse	25.7		28.1	18th	17.9		11.6	8th	33.0
Cape Flattery	26.5	-0.6	27.9	5th	22.0	+0.4	20.2	15th	14.0	41.4	low	34%
Cooktown Airport	26.6	-0.2	27.9	5th	20.2	+0.6	14.0	10th	22.4	39.4	average	57%
Low Isles Lighthouse	25.2	-0.7	27.5	18th	21.3	0.0	19.8	15th	38.2	63.6	average	60%
Mareeba Airport	24.5	-0.9	27.9	12th	15.4	+0.1	8.8	9th	13.2	12.0	high	110%
Walkamin Research Station	22.9	-0.8	26.5	12th	14.6	+0.6	9.0	9th	22.2	19.0	average	117%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	25.0	-0.3	26.8	28th	16.4	+1.4	9.8	9th	7.6	47.0	v low	16%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	23.9		26.1	28th	17.7		11.3	8th	95.8
Ingham Composite	25.3	0.0	27.6	12th	14.9	0.0	8.9	9th	12.6	46.8	low	27%
Innisfail	24.1	-0.5	26.5	28th	17.3	+1.0	12.3	8th	169.4	189.0	average	90%
Innisfail Aerodrome	24.3		26.9	18th	15.8		7.7	9th	107.0
Lucinda Point	23.0	-0.9	24.3	12th	19.0	-0.1	15.6	10th	11.8	37.3	low	32%
Townsville Aero	25.8	+0.2	27.7	18th	14.8	+0.1	8.9	8th	0.6	21.2	low	3%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	24.7	-0.1	26.9	30th	14.9	-0.6	9.5	9th	7.6	26.8	low	28%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	25.7	+0.3	28.6	18th	13.0	0.0	6.2	9th	1.0	24.9	v low	4%
Bowen Airport AWS	25.2		27.6	18th	14.7		6.7	9th	0.6
Collinsville Post Office	25.2	0.0	27.8	17th	10.4	-0.1	4.2	9th	0.8	27.7	v low	3%
Hamilton Island Airport	21.8	-0.5	24.3	28th	19.0	+0.2	17.1	9th	11.0	70.0	v low	16%
Mackay Aero	23.7	+0.5	26.3	18th	12.3	-0.6	5.8	9th	6.4	63.9	v low	10%
Mackay M.O	22.3	+0.4	24.5	28th	14.4	+0.2	9.3	9th	3.0	63.9	v low	5%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	23.6		26.4	18th	12.0		5.9	8th	3.8
Proserpine Airport	24.6	0.0	27.2	18th	12.2	-0.7	5.4	9th	1.4	42.3	v low	3%
Samuel Hill Aero	23.6	+0.9	25.6	25th	10.7	-1.1	4.0	8th	2.8	105.1	v low	3%
St Lawrence	24.7	+0.6	27.0	18th	11.5	-1.0	5.5	8th	1.6	42.9	v low	4%
Williamson	24.6	+0.7	26.8	25th	10.6	-1.3	3.3	8th	7.2	45.3	low	16%
Woolshed	22.1	+0.3	24.3	18th	11.1	-0.8	3.6	9th	2.8	32.7	low	9%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	22.9	+1.0	24.9	18th	13.8	+0.3	7.6	8th	6.0	58.5	lowest	10%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	24.7	-0.3	27.3	18th	12.0	-0.8	6.7	13th	1.0	21.8	low	5%
Moranbah Airport	23.9		27.1	29th	7.8		2.2	9th	0
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	24.9		27.1	26th	10.1		6.0	9th	2.4
Clermont Airport	24.6		28.1	29th	6.0		-0.4	8th	0.8
Emerald Airport	24.9	+1.6	27.3	29th	10.0	-0.3	5.4	8th
Lochington	25.1		27.3	26th	5.9		1.1	8th	0.4
Rolleston Airport	24.3		27.0	17th	6.5		1.4	8th	0.8
Springsure Comet St	24.1	+1.9	26.6	17th	8.1	+0.9	0.8	8th	0	38.3	lowest	0%
Tambo Post Office	23.5	+1.9	27.7	26th	4.5	-0.5	-1.5	4th	0.6	29.2	low	2%
Taroom Post Office	24.4	+2.9	27.6	29th	6.5	0.0	2.4	1st	18.0	36.9	average	49%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	25.1	+2.2	29.0	26th	9.8	+0.7	4.2	8th	0	25.4	lowest	0%
Blackall Airport	24.5	+1.9	28.6	26th	7.0	-1.2	-0.3	8th	0	27.1	v low	0%
Isisford Post Office	25.1	+2.2	29.4	26th	8.5	+0.6	2.1	8th	0	21.6	lowest	0%
Longreach Aero	25.5	+1.8	29.5	26th	8.5	+0.2	1.9	12th	0	19.3	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	27.7	+1.7	30.7	26th	9.0	-0.9	3.4	8th	0	10.0	lowest	0%
Carters Bore	25.8		29.6	27th	13.3		7.1	12th	0
New May Downs	25.9		29.5	28th	12.3		7.6	12th	0
The Monument Airport	25.6	+1.6	29.8	26th	7.1	-1.4	2.2	8th	0	11.3	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	25.8	+1.4	29.8	26th	8.8	-0.6	4.5	8th	0	12.5	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	26.4		31.1	26th	6.0		0.5	9th	0
Winton Airport	26.1	+1.4	29.4	17th	9.2	-0.6	3.7	8th	0	23.2	v low	0%
Lower Western (district 38)
Birdsville Airport	23.0	+1.8	27.6	24th	8.0	+0.1	3.6	6th	0	13.3	v low	0%
Boulia Airport	25.1	+1.8	30.1	27th	9.8	+0.8	4.8	2nd	0	10.6	lowest	0%
Windorah Airport	23.8		29.5	27th	8.8		1.7	11th	0.2
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	23.8	+1.2	26.2	17th	12.0	+0.3	6.4	9th	7.0	52.2	low	13%
Gayndah Airport	23.9	+1.3	26.2	26th	8.4	-0.5	3.4	3rd	5.4	38.2	low	14%
Gladstone Airport	24.7	+1.3	26.7	18th	13.1	-0.2	8.0	8th	0.6	43.3	v low	1%
Gladstone Radar	25.2	+1.9	27.0	17th	15.5	+1.2	9.4	8th	0.8	38.7	v low	2%
Lady Elliot Island	22.9	+1.1	26.0	16th	18.3	+0.7	12.9	25th	12.4	92.8	v low	13%
Monto Township	22.5	+1.3	25.6	26th	6.4	-0.5	1.2	8th	9.8	37.6	low	26%
Rockhampton Aero	25.1	+1.6	27.6	18th	11.9	+0.9	6.3	8th	1.6	38.6	v low	4%
Rundle Island	22.1	+0.7	24.9	24th			14.6	8th
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	22.9	+1.1	26.8	26th	16.1	+0.9	12.4	8th	44.2	109.4	low	40%
Seventeen Seventy	22.9	+0.9	25.3	29th	15.5	+0.9	10.2	8th	3.1	68.7	v low	5%
Thangool Airport	23.6	+0.2	26.2	17th	6.5	-0.6	0.5	8th	8.6	32.4	low	27%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	23.0	+1.4	25.5	29th	7.5	+0.4	1.1	7th	48.8	47.4	high	103%
Archerfield Airport	22.6	+1.2	24.9	29th	10.6	+1.3	5.1	1st	60.8	67.6	average	90%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	22.0		24.9	29th	9.3		1.7	7th	47.4
Beerburrum Forest Station	22.6	+1.0	25.4	26th	11.1	+0.2	6.7	1st	71.2	78.5	average	91%
Brisbane	22.8	+0.9	25.1	26th	12.9	+1.1	9.4	8th	80.0	68.4	average	117%
Brisbane Aero	22.2	+1.0	23.9	17th	12.0	+1.3	7.4	7th	93.8	69.7	average	135%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	21.0	+1.3	23.5	28th	15.8	+1.6	12.1	8th	129.8	136.4	average	95%
Coolangatta	21.6	+0.6	24.1	29th	13.4	+2.1	6.2	7th	211.8	139.8	high	152%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	20.7	+0.5	24.6	29th	16.6	+1.6	12.4	7th	27.0	118.0	v low	23%
Gold Coast Seaway	22.2	+0.9	24.3	28th	14.1	+0.9	8.6	7th	132.0	119.4	average	111%
Gympie	23.2	+1.2	26.6	26th	8.3	+0.3	2.5	7th	14.4	60.8	low	24%
Hervey Bay Airport	23.0	+1.0	24.6	17th	11.8	-0.2	5.2	8th	25.2	84.8	v low	30%
Kingaroy Airport	21.1	+1.4	24.7	26th	5.3	-0.7	-1.2	7th	7.8	46.6	low	17%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	22.2	+0.6	24.5	29th	11.6	+1.5	6.9	7th	99.0	74.8	high	132%
Maryborough	23.6	+1.2	25.8	26th	10.3	-0.1	3.4	7th	19.2	67.5	low	28%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	22.8		25.5	26th	12.7		7.9	7th	35.4
Point Lookout	22.9	+1.3	24.8	25th	15.6	+1.1	12.2	7th	270.2	164.6	v high	164%
Rainbow Beach	22.5	+0.9	26.1	26th					55.8	119.1	low	47%
Redcliffe	22.0	+1.1	24.2	24th	13.3	+0.9	9.4	8th	139.0	85.5	high	163%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	21.8		23.2	24th	12.1		8.2	1st	138.6
Sunshine Coast Airport	22.6	+1.2	24.9	24th	12.3	+0.9	6.2	7th	35.2	123.5	low	29%
Tewantin RSL Park	22.5	+0.9	25.2	26th	13.5	+0.9	7.7	7th	43.4	127.0	low	34%
University of Queensland Gatton	23.0	+1.9	25.9	29th	8.2	+0.6	3.1	1st	21.6	42.2	average	51%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	16.2	+1.6	18.4	25th	3.9	+0.6	-2.7	1st	29.8	39.9	average	75%
Dalby Airport	21.9	+1.9	24.9	26th	5.6	0.0	-1.9	1st	16.6	32.4	average	51%
Oakey Aero	21.0	+2.0	25.1	29th	4.2	-0.1	-3.4	7th	17.6	30.6	average	58%
Texas Post Office	20.9	+1.5	23.8	28th	6.2	+1.5	-0.8	7th	19.2	41.2	average	47%
Toowoomba Airport	18.4	+1.6	21.7	25th	8.0	+0.4	2.7	7th	35.8	38.3	average	93%
Warwick	19.0	+0.7	22.1	25th	5.3	+0.3	-2.6	7th	24.2	38.3	average	63%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	23.0	+2.7	27.2	26th	4.0	-0.6	-1.5	3rd	7.8	30.6	low	25%
Mitchell Post Office	22.8	+3.1	27.6	27th	5.3	+1.0	N/A	N/A	15.2	34.4	average	44%
Roma Airport	22.6	+2.3	26.9	27th	3.7	-1.7	-2.6	3rd	6.2	30.5	low	20%
St George Airport	21.6	+1.8	26.3	28th	6.1	-0.5	1.1	1st	5.2	36.0	low	14%
Surat	22.3	+2.2	26.2	27th	5.6	0.0	-0.4	3rd	7.6	37.0	low	21%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	22.2	+2.7	25.5	29th	5.8	0.0	0.3	4th	8.6	30.7	low	28%
Charleville Aero	22.5	+2.6	27.5	27th	5.6	-0.1	-0.4	8th	9.2	26.1	average	35%
Cunnamulla Post Office	21.3	+2.0	25.5	25th	7.3	+0.4	3.0	1st	17.6	26.4	average	67%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	22.0	+1.7	26.2	24th	8.0	-0.3	2.8	11th	4.8	15.6	average	31%
Thargomindah Airport	21.0	+1.0	25.8	25th	7.5	-0.4	2.4	6th	6.8	17.5	average	39%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Frederick Reef	23.5		25.0	12th	21.5		20.0	8th
Middle Percy Island	21.0	-0.1	24.0	28th	17.6	+0.6	14.9	8th	44.8	81.8	low	55%
Willis Island	27.1	+0.6	28.4	17th	23.6	+0.9	20.2	15th	48.6	55.6	average	87%

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