Friday, 1 September 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in August 2017: warm days; dry in the west and south

Rainfall was below average along much of the east coast south of Cooktown, and in large parts of western, central and southern Queensland. Large parts of Queensland recorded below average rainfall. Daytime temperatures were the fourth-warmest on record, while it was the tenth-warmest August in terms of mean temperature.

Dry along the east coast, in the west and the south

• Large areas of Queensland recorded below average rainfall for the month, with total rainfall for the State 78% below average
• Well below average in the southeast corner and parts of the central west
• Some locations had their lowest August rainfall since the early 1990s
• Above average rainfall in the Gulf Country and parts of the Cape York Peninsula

Warm days across the State; warm nights in the north

• Daytime temperatures were the fourth-warmest on record for Queensland, 2.13 °C above average
• A number of stations along the east coast, including Ayr, Mackay, Double Island Point and Seventeen Seventy had their highest August mean daily maximum temperature on record
• Queensland had its tenth-warmest August on record in terms of mean temperature, 1.19 °C above average
• Some stations had their warmest mean temperature on record or in several decades
• Warm nights on the 6th; both Alva Beach and Yeppoon had their warmest August night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record

Bushfires, frost and hazardous surf

• A significant bushfire broke out south of Caloundra on the 18th, with hundreds of residents evacuated from their homes
• Frost affected parts of the southern interior and central Queensland during the month, most notably on the 20th and 21st
• Widespread frosts in parts of the western, central and southern interior on the 28th
• A powerful, long period swell affected coastal activities for southern beaches on the 20th and 21st

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Extremes in August 2017
Hottest day	37.2 °C at Century Mine on the 17th and Palmerville on the 19th
Warmest days on average	33.6 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	18.0 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	11.4 °C at Applethorpe on the 19th
Coldest night	-5.7 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on the 20th
Coolest nights on average	-0.1 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	24.1 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	25.3 °C at Coconut Island on the 8th
Warmest on average overall	27.4 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	9.4 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Wettest overall	45.4 mm at Gayndah Airport
Wettest day	45.4 mm at Gayndah Airport on the 7th
Strongest wind gust	72 km/h at Double Island Point Lighthouse on the 19th 72 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 25th

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 August total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Toowoomba Airport	2.0	2.6	in 1997	22	32.0

Lowest August total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Average for August
Bingil Bay	10.8	8.2	in 1981*	82.1
Cairns Aero	1.4	0.0	in 1990	26.4
Meringa Sugar Exp Stn	1.7	0.0	in 1990	24.6
Tully Sugar Mill	10.6	5.4	in 1990	125.3
Lauriedale	3.4	0.0	in 1959*	29.0
University of Queensland Gatton	0.2	0.0	in 1991	26.9
Lowood Don St	1.7	0.0	in 1991*	29.5
Oakington	1.8	1.1	in 1994	29.4
Cooby Creek Dam	4.6	2.8	in 1997	24.9
Oakey Aero	1.8	0.0	in 1997	26.2

* 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 August temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Palmerville	37.2	on the 19th	= 37.2	on the 29th in 1968	116	31.3
Seventeen Seventy	28.4	on the 18th	26.6	on the 31st in 2009	30	22.1
Rundle Island	25.7	on the 15th	25.6	on the 27th in 2015	21	21.2

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Record highest August mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Cairns Aero	28.5	= 28.5	in 1998	74	26.6
Ayr DPI Research Stn	28.2	28.1	in 1964	59	26.2
Mackay M.O	25.3	= 25.3	in 2009	57	22.6
Seventeen Seventy	24.5	23.9	in 2009	29	22.1
Sunshine Coast Airport	24.4	24.3	in 2013	23	22.1

Highest August mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for August
Maryborough	26.1	26.2	in 1942*	23.4
Palmerville	33.3	33.8	in 1943*	31.3
Innisfail	26.5	26.7	in 1981	25.1
Cardwell Marine Pde	26.9	28.6	in 1981*	25.8
South Johnstone Exp Stn	26.7	27.2	in 1981*	25.2

* 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 August daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Yeppoon The Esplanade	20.5	on the 6th	20.0	on the 17th in 2013	23	12.7
Alva Beach	23.0	on the 6th	22.8	on the 24th in 2015	21	15.3

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Record highest August mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Seventeen Seventy	16.5	16.2	in 2009	29	14.6

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Record highest August mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Ayr DPI Research Stn	21.0	20.8	in 2009	59	19.4
Low Isles Lighthouse	25.1	= 25.1	in 1981	49	23.7
Seventeen Seventy	20.5	20.1	in 2009	29	18.3

Highest August mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for August
Mackay Aero	19.4	21.6	in 1960*	17.9

* 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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Summary statistics for August 2017
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for August 2017	Diff from average	Highest for August 2017		Mean for August 2017	Diff from average	Lowest for August 2017		Total for August 2017	Average for August	Rank of August 2017	Fraction of August average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	30.6	+0.7	32.0	19th	24.1	+0.5	22.5	25th	12.8	9.6	high	133%
Coen Airport	30.5	+0.5	33.0	19th	17.0	0.0	13.4	29th	0.6	2.2	average	27%
Horn Island	29.7	+0.6	30.8	8th	23.7	+0.7	21.3	25th	5.6	5.9	average	95%
Scherger RAAF	32.7	+0.3	35.1	19th	18.9	+0.1	15.6	22nd	0.8	7.5	average	11%
Weipa Aero	33.2	+1.1	35.8	19th	19.2	+0.5	16.1	22nd	0.6	5.2	average	12%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	28.6	+0.9	30.3	7th	20.2	+0.9	14.4	29th	9.8	28.0	low	35%
Palmerville	33.3	+2.0	37.2	19th	14.7	0.0	11.3	11th	0	3.3	lowest	0%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	31.7	+1.2	36.8	18th	15.8	+0.7	12.9	21st	0.2	1.4	average	14%
Century Mine	32.7	+1.9	37.2	17th	13.4	0.0	8.2	21st	0	0.9	v low	0%
Cloncurry Airport	30.0	+1.2	36.0	17th	12.3	+0.1	7.0	7th	0	3.5	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	31.4	+1.9	37.0	17th	8.9	-0.8	3.5	7th	0	4.3	v low	0%
Kowanyama Airport	33.6	+1.4	36.2	19th	17.6	+1.4	15.2	11th	0.8	2.3	high	35%
Lake Julius AWS	30.6		37.0	17th	14.3		9.2	7th	0
Mornington Island Airport	29.0		31.9	21st	18.7		15.7	21st	2.0
Mount Isa Aero	29.5	+2.2	36.3	17th	10.0	-0.2	0.9	7th	0	3.5	lowest	0%
Normanton Airport	33.0	+1.5	35.6	19th	17.5	+0.7	14.1	8th	0.2	1.0	low	20%
Sweers Island	28.2	+1.4	32.0	19th	20.1	+1.6	16.8	30th	0.2	1.9	average	11%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	31.6	+1.4	36.1	18th	13.8	+0.1	7.5	14th	3.0	2.1	high	143%
Hughenden Airport	29.9	+1.9	35.8	17th	11.4	+0.9	4.7	8th	0	8.7	v low	0%
Richmond Airport	30.9	+1.9	36.7	17th	9.7	-0.2	4.2	26th	0	4.7	lowest	0%
Richmond Post Office	30.6	+2.1	36.8	17th	11.3	+1.2	6.1	23rd	0	4.2	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	28.5	+1.9	30.0	8th	18.4	+1.0	14.3	22nd	1.4	26.4	v low	5%
Cairns Racecourse	28.1		30.6	19th	16.6		13.1	22nd	2.0
Cape Flattery	28.1	+0.8	28.8	18th	22.5	+1.4	20.3	25th	7.6	16.0	average	48%
Cooktown Airport	28.3	+1.2	29.6	8th	21.2	+3.0	15.3	25th	10.0	15.8	average	63%
Low Isles Lighthouse	28.1	+1.5	29.4	7th	22.2	+1.5	20.5	1st	14.4	36.9	low	39%
Mareeba Airport	27.5	+1.3	32.2	18th	14.4	+0.7	11.2	19th	3.8	7.9	average	48%
Walkamin Research Station	26.2	+1.4	31.0	18th	13.8	+0.5	10.6	22nd	2.8	10.5	average	27%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	26.9	+1.1	29.8	19th	16.0	+1.6	12.7	22nd	2.5	29.0	low	9%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	26.6		28.4	31st	16.9		12.4	22nd	20.2
Innisfail	26.5	+1.4	28.8	19th	17.3	+1.8	14.3	22nd	15.4	116.1	v low	13%
Innisfail Aerodrome	27.0		29.1	18th	14.3		11.5	22nd	16.2
Lucinda Point	24.7	+0.8	27.0	19th	19.9	+1.0	18.1	14th	8.8	25.1	average	35%
South Johnstone Exp Stn	26.7	+1.5	29.3	18th	16.1	+0.6	12.7	22nd	14.0	88.4	v low	16%
Townsville Aero	27.4	+1.3	30.4	19th	15.6	+0.9	10.2	20th	4.2	15.9	average	26%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	26.0	+1.0	29.0	8th	16.9	+1.6	11.6	20th	16.6	15.8	average	105%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	28.2	+2.0	30.6	25th	13.8	+1.1	8.4	20th	0.8	15.4	low	5%
Bowen Airport AWS	27.1		28.6	18th	14.3		8.3	21st	1.0
Collinsville Post Office	28.6	+1.7	32.3	18th	11.8	+1.2	5.1	21st	8.1	17.2	average	47%
Hamilton Island Airport	24.4	+1.7	27.3	18th	19.8	+1.5	17.8	20th	5.4	23.7	low	23%
Mackay Aero	26.2	+2.5	28.5	18th	12.5	+0.5	7.0	26th	2.8	32.7	low	9%
Mackay M.O	25.3	+2.7	28.6	18th	14.9	+0.9	10.7	21st	3.4	30.2	low	11%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	25.6		28.5	18th	12.1		7.1	20th	3.0
Proserpine Airport	27.6	+1.9	32.1	18th	11.5	-0.1	5.3	20th	2.4	25.4	low	9%
Samuel Hill Aero	25.6	+1.8	30.2	18th	9.6	+0.1	4.2	21st	11.8	37.8	average	31%
St Lawrence	26.5	+1.5	30.3	18th	11.9	+0.7	5.2	26th	4.0	26.8	low	15%
Williamson	26.6	+1.6	31.5	18th	10.8	+0.2	2.4	20th	1.2	23.9	low	5%
Woolshed	24.9	+1.6	28.4	18th	13.6	+1.3	6.9	20th	15.4	14.1	average	109%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	23.8	+1.7	28.3	18th	13.3	+0.6	7.1	21st	3.2	33.4	low	10%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	28.4	+1.7	32.0	18th	13.1	+0.7	8.7	21st	11.6	16.2	high	72%
Moranbah Airport	28.5		33.3	17th	9.2		2.4	21st	1.2
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	27.7		33.2	17th	10.5		3.1	21st	8.8
Clermont Airport	28.0		33.6	17th	7.6		-0.8	21st	1.0
Emerald Airport	27.9	+2.6	33.6	17th	10.7	+0.7	3.4	21st	7.4	21.8	average	34%
Lochington	27.9		34.0	17th	6.8		0.0	21st	6.6
Rolleston Airport	26.8		33.0	17th	7.2		0.5	10th	6.0
Springsure Comet St	26.5	+2.5	32.0	17th	8.9	+1.3	1.9	10th	4.0	24.0	low	17%
Tambo Post Office	26.4	+2.9	32.5	16th	4.7	-0.4	-1.0	20th	0	18.9	lowest	0%
Taroom Post Office	26.3	+3.2	32.6	17th	6.7	+0.2	0.0	21st	2.2	27.8	low	8%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	27.8	+2.9	33.3	17th	10.7	+1.2	5.2	7th	0	16.0	lowest	0%
Blackall Airport	27.2	+2.0	33.7	16th	7.4	-0.4	1.6	7th	0	14.2	v low	0%
Isisford Post Office	28.1	+2.9	34.7	16th	7.9	-0.2	3.1	26th	0	12.1	lowest	0%
Longreach Aero	28.1	+2.1	34.6	16th	8.8	+0.3	3.6	7th	0	11.1	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	30.8	+2.4	36.1	17th	10.2	-0.7	5.0	29th	0	3.0	lowest	0%
Carters Bore	28.7		35.5	17th	14.3		6.7	6th	0
New May Downs	29.0		35.5	17th	13.7		8.2	6th	0
The Monument Airport	28.2	+1.4	34.6	16th	8.7	-0.4	3.5	31st	0	3.7	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	28.4	+1.2	35.3	16th	10.2	+0.6	5.1	6th	0	2.2	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	29.3		36.0	17th	6.9		1.0	5th	0
Winton Airport	29.3	+1.7	35.1	17th	9.8	0.0	3.4	21st	0	8.9	v low	0%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie Police Station	26.7	+1.1	34.0	15th	8.9	-0.2	5.2	5th	0	7.7	lowest	0%
Birdsville Airport	25.1	+0.5	34.8	15th	8.5	-0.3	4.2	29th	0	3.5	v low	0%
Windorah Airport	26.2		33.8	15th	9.1		4.1	29th	0
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	25.6	+2.2	29.4	18th	11.0	+0.1	5.8	9th	0	33.7	lowest	0%
Gayndah Airport	26.0	+1.4	31.1	17th	8.0	+0.1	2.3	9th	45.4	25.9	high	175%
Gladstone Airport	25.9	+2.0	31.4	18th	13.1	+0.5	7.4	21st	13.0	32.9	average	40%
Gladstone Radar	26.7	+2.5	30.6	18th	15.6	+1.3	10.8	20th	22.2	31.5	average	70%
Rockhampton Aero	27.6	+2.8	32.1	17th	12.3	+1.6	6.5	21st	1.8	27.4	low	7%
Rundle Island	23.2	+2.0	25.7	15th	18.2	+1.3	13.4	20th
Seventeen Seventy	24.5	+2.4	28.4	18th	16.5	+1.9	9.8	20th	7.8	42.4	low	18%
Thangool Airport	26.1	+1.2	30.0	17th	6.6	+0.2	0.5	9th	11.0	23.6	average	47%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	25.5	+2.7	33.9	16th	4.5	-1.7	-0.9	20th
Archerfield Airport	25.0	+2.4	32.5	17th	8.2	+0.1	3.4	10th	6.0	37.0	low	16%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	24.6	+1.6	31.6	17th	5.6	-1.1	-0.7	9th	15.8	32.8	average	48%
Beerburrum Forest Station	25.0	+1.8	32.7	17th	9.3	-0.1	4.4	21st	15.8	45.4	low	35%
Brisbane	24.7	+1.5	32.3	17th	10.9	+0.1	7.5	28th	5.2	38.7	low	13%
Brisbane Aero	23.3	+1.4	29.3	17th	10.3	+0.5	6.2	9th	6.0	38.7	average	16%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	21.6	+1.8	25.0	18th	15.5	+1.5	11.1	20th	16.2	75.9	low	21%
Coolangatta	23.1	+1.7	28.3	17th	10.7	+0.2	5.5	9th	6.2	59.0	low	11%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	23.4	+2.7	27.9	18th	16.3	+1.6	12.0	20th	3.8	63.2	v low	6%
Gold Coast Seaway	23.6	+1.6	29.0	17th	12.3	-0.2	6.3	20th	6.0	59.3	low	10%
Gympie	26.1	+2.7	31.1	17th	7.4	+0.3	0.7	9th	6.8	40.2	low	17%
Hervey Bay Airport	24.1	+1.4	29.5	18th	10.7	+0.1	4.4	9th	14.4	57.2	average	25%
Kingaroy Airport	23.5	+2.0	29.8	17th	3.6	-0.7	-1.6	9th	1.6	30.7	v low	5%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	24.6	+2.0	32.9	17th	9.7	+0.2	5.4	20th	8.3	45.9	low	18%
Maryborough	26.1	+2.7	29.6	17th	9.1	-0.2	1.8	9th	8.0	41.2	low	19%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	25.2		32.6	17th	11.3		7.0	21st	4.0	53.1	average	8%
Point Lookout	23.9	+1.9	26.9	12th	14.9	+0.7	10.7	21st	8.4	59.3	low	14%
Redcliffe	23.3	+1.3	31.0	17th	11.8	+0.3	8.0	9th	11.2	41.7	average	27%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	22.8		26.8	17th	10.6		5.3	10th	5.8
Sunshine Coast Airport	24.4	+2.3	32.2	17th	9.7	-0.2	3.0	9th	0.8	77.2	v low	1%
Tewantin RSL Park	24.4	+2.2	30.5	17th	12.1	+0.4	6.5	9th	1.0	86.0	v low	1%
University of Queensland Gatton	25.5	+3.1	33.3	16th	5.2	-1.5	-1.0	10th	0.2	26.9	v low	1%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	18.0	+2.4	25.7	16th	1.2	-1.6	-4.8	13th	8.4	41.8	low	20%
Dalby Airport	23.9	+2.1	31.0	16th	3.6	-1.1	-2.8	20th	1.4	23.5	v low	6%
Oakey Aero	23.2	+2.8	30.2	16th	2.3	-1.3	-4.0	29th	1.8	26.2	low	7%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	18.8	+2.4	26.0	16th	-0.1	-2.1	-5.7	20th	11.2	42.5	low	26%
Texas Post Office	22.2	+1.4	31.2	16th	3.1	-1.4	-3.4	20th	8.4	33.8	low	25%
Toowoomba Airport	20.7	+2.1	27.8	16th	7.5	0.0	2.5	20th	2.0	32.0	lowest	6%
Warwick	21.8	+1.9	29.4	16th	1.4	-1.9	-4.2	13th	4.6	27.0	low	17%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	24.4	+1.9	32.2	16th	4.1	-1.2	-2.5	29th	4.4	32.9	low	13%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	25.6	+3.2	32.4	17th	3.4	-1.0	-2.4	9th	1.6	25.4	low	6%
Mitchell Post Office	25.0	+3.2	32.4	16th	2.6	-1.3	-2.7	29th	1.8	23.8	low	8%
Roma Airport	24.8	+2.3	33.2	16th	3.2	-1.7	-1.8	29th	6.4	23.8	average	27%
St George Airport	23.3	+1.3	33.0	16th	5.5	-0.7	-0.3	29th	5.6	20.8	average	27%
Surat	23.8	+2.1	32.6	16th	4.0	-1.6	-1.6	29th	5.6	27.4	low	20%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	24.1	+2.6	32.6	16th	5.7	+0.1	-0.4	29th	3.0	21.9	low	14%
Charleville Aero	24.7	+2.7	33.0	16th	5.5	-0.4	-0.4	29th	1.0	20.1	low	5%
Cunnamulla Post Office	22.7	+1.3	32.1	15th	7.3	+0.2	1.6	29th	4.6	17.2	average	27%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	24.1	+0.6	33.6	15th	9.1	0.0	4.3	29th	2.8	6.9	average	41%
Thargomindah Airport	23.2	+0.4	33.5	15th	7.7	-0.6	2.9	8th	2.6	9.4	average	28%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Frederick Reef			26.0	7th	21.5		19.0	21st
Middle Percy Island	23.1	+1.5	24.5	11th	18.0	+1.4	14.4	20th	2.8	27.7	low	10%
Willis Island	27.1	+0.8	28.2	4th	23.0	+1.0	21.0	21st	3.4	22.9	low	15%
Note: From 2017, information about Macquarie Island can be found in the climate summary for the Remote Islands and Antarctica

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