Wednesday, 1 August 2018 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in July 2018: Warm days overall; dry in the west and south

Rainfall was below average across much of western, southern and the eastern interior of Queensland. Above average rainfall was recorded in the northern interior and north tropical coast. The statewide mean maximum temperature was the fourth-warmest on record for July. Overnight temperatures were warmer than usual in the far north, and cooler than usual in southern Queensland. Widespread frosts were experienced across western districts, and the central and southern interior in the middle of the month.

Dry in the west and south; above average falls in the northern tropics

• Statewide rainfall was more than 70% below the long-term average, and the driest since 2014
• Large areas of western, southern and the eastern interior of Queensland recorded below average rainfall;  above average rainfall was recorded in the northern interior and about the north tropical coast
• Remaining areas in the northwest, central west and the central coast recorded near-average rainfall
• At the start of the month, an inland surface trough and upper-level disturbance generated thunderstorms and showers across southern Queensland while in the north, a southeasterly onshore airflow resulted in showers and moderate falls about the north tropical coast
• A weak low pressure system off the Fraser Coast produced showers and drizzle in coastal and some inland areas in the southeast; heavier falls were recorded around coastal islands including Stradbroke and Moreton Islands; Point Lookout had its highest July daily rainfall on record on the 2nd
• Further shower activity affected southeastern parts in an onshore southeasterly flow on the 11th and 12th
• Remaining parts of the State had little or no rainfall for the rest of the month apart from intermittent, onshore showers about the north tropical Queensland coast

Warm days overall; some cold nights throughout the month

• Queensland's mean maximum temperature was the fourth-warmest on record, and 1.99 °C above the long-term average
• Warmer than usual days persisted during the first week, with Lady Elliott Island reporting its highest July daily maximum temperature on record on the 6th
• A cool, dry air mass dominated much of the State in the middle of the month, with cooler than usual days in western and southern districts
• Clear, warm and sunny days were experienced across Queensland for most of the second half of July, resulting in some locations having their highest July mean daily maximum temperature on record
• Mean minimum temperatures were slightly warmer than average for the State as a whole; warmer than usual about the far north, and colder than usual in the southwest and inland southern parts
• Overnight temperatures were warmer than usual during the first week across Queensland, with above average temperature spreading though western and southern districts ahead of a surface trough
• This culminated into a very warm night over southeastern Queensland on the 7th; Amberley and Warwick had their warmest July night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record
• Following a spell of warm nights, a cool and dry air mass dominated much of Queensland during the middle of the month, with widespread morning frosts over western districts, and the central and southern interior
• Mostly clear and cool nights were experienced across the State until the end of the month

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in July 2018
Hottest day	34.8 °C at Kowanyama Airport on the 17th
Warmest days on average	32.2 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	16.7 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	11.5 °C at Applethorpe on the 8th
Coldest night	-6.3 °C at Oakey Aero on the 14th
Coolest nights on average	-0.1 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	23.9 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	25.6 °C at Horn Island on the 1st and on the 2nd
Warmest on average overall	27.9 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	8.6 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Wettest overall	136.4 mm at Point Lookout
Wettest day	83.0 mm at Russell River on the 15th
Strongest wind gust	83 km/h at Double Island Point Lighthouse on the 4th

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 highest July daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Upper Stone Exelby	51.6	on the 2nd	47.0	on the 20th in 2016	79
Point Lookout	82.0	on the 2nd	75.8	on the 25th in 2006	22

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Record highest July temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for July
Lady Elliot Island	26.4	on the 6th	26.0	on the 19th in 1998	62	21.1
Alva Beach	29.4	on the 30th	29.1	on the 15th in 2005	22	24.3

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Record highest July mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for July
University of Queensland Gatton	23.6	23.3	in 1940	95	20.8
Amberley AMO	23.9	23.2	in 1993	76	21.2
Collinsville Post Office	27.6	27.1	in 2017	61	25.1
Applethorpe	16.7	16.0	in 1993	49	14.0
Oakey Aero	21.2	21.0	in 2017	45	18.6
Archerfield Airport	23.4	22.9	in 2004	43	21.2
Coolangatta	21.9	21.7	in 2017	29	20.6
Gold Coast Seaway	22.3	22.2	in 2017	26	21.2
Charters Towers Airport	27.1	26.7	in 2017	25	24.9
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	23.1	22.6	in 2017	25	21.5
Warwick	20.1	19.6	in 2017	23	18.0
Woolshed	23.6	23.2	in 2015	20	21.9

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Record highest July daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for July
Amberley AMO	17.4	on the 7th	= 17.4	on the 20th in 1950	77	5.4
Warwick	16.2	on the 7th	14.6	on the 13th in 2012	24	3.0

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Summary statistics for July 2018
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for July 2018	Diff from average	Highest for July 2018		Mean for July 2018	Diff from average	Lowest for July 2018		Total for July 2018	Average for July	Rank of July 2018	Fraction of July average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	31.8	+2.1	33.4	20th	23.9	0.0	22.2	28th	24.6	18.7	high	132%
Coen Airport	29.6	+0.6	31.8	15th	16.5	-0.9	10.6	29th	0	0.6	v low	0%
Horn Island	29.1	+0.2	29.7	17th	23.5	+0.3	19.4	8th	2.6	9.0	v low	29%
Scherger RAAF	31.3	+0.3	32.8	31st	18.3	-0.8	15.0	29th	0	1.8	v low	0%
Weipa Aero	31.5	+0.5	33.1	29th	18.8	-0.2	15.8	29th	0.6	1.5	average	40%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	27.7	+0.6	28.9	8th	19.7	+0.2	13.7	29th	19.6	42.4	low	46%
Palmerville	31.7	+1.8	33.3	17th	14.3	+0.2	7.2	10th	0.4	4.9	average	8%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	30.5	+1.4	33.7	26th	14.3	-0.3	10.7	22nd	0	2.7	v low	0%
Century Mine	30.0	+1.3	33.5	27th	12.2	-0.7	4.0	23rd	0	3.0	v low	0%
Cloncurry Airport	27.5	+1.2	31.9	28th	10.9	+0.2	5.1	22nd	0	3.6	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	28.5	+1.1	32.1	26th	9.8	+0.9	3.2	17th	1.6	9.1	average	18%
Kowanyama Airport	32.2	+1.4	34.8	17th	17.5	+2.0	11.7	11th	0	2.3	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	27.8		32.0	28th	12.1		6.0	15th	0
Mornington Island Airport	26.8		29.2	5th	17.6		12.0	11th	1.0
Mount Isa Aero	26.9	+2.0	31.4	27th	7.8	-0.9	-1.0	23rd	0	5.9	lowest	0%
Normanton Airport	30.6	+0.8	32.9	18th	16.0	0.0	10.4	10th	0	2.9	v low	0%
Sweers Island	26.5	+0.9	29.5	2nd	18.4	+0.6	13.5	11th	1.0	2.9	high	34%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	29.3	+0.8	31.2	7th	12.4	-1.0	7.6	15th	0	10.6	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport	27.3	+1.3	30.5	28th	9.7	+0.1	2.7	21st	0.4	13.7	average	3%
Richmond Airport	28.0	+1.2	31.2	1st	9.3	+0.3	3.2	11th	0	11.4	lowest	0%
Richmond Post Office	28.0	+2.0	31.2	28th	10.2	+1.5	3.6	16th	0	9.9	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	26.8	+1.0	28.7	30th	17.4	+0.3	13.4	31st	48.8	30.4	high	161%
Cairns Racecourse	26.6		28.7	16th	16.3		10.1	10th	54.8
Cape Flattery	26.9	+0.4	28.3	31st	21.2	0.0	16.1	30th	6.8	36.6	v low	19%
Cooktown Airport	26.6	+0.4	27.8	24th	18.2	+0.1	13.7	28th	38.8	22.7	high	171%
Low Isles Lighthouse	25.8	+0.3	27.5	21st	21.1	+0.6	19.4	10th	54.2	36.0	high	151%
Mareeba Airport	25.9	+0.9	29.7	16th	13.7	-0.2	9.1	10th	0.2	5.7	v low	4%
Walkamin Research Station	24.5	+1.2	28.6	16th	13.5	+0.5	9.2	10th	11.3	11.3	average	100%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	24.9	+0.1	27.4	30th	15.5	+1.7	10.4	10th	50.5	32.4	high	156%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	24.4		26.5	30th	16.4		11.4	10th	75.0
Innisfail	24.9	+0.8	26.8	30th	16.3	+1.0	12.4	10th	107.6	137.3	average	78%
Innisfail Aerodrome	25.1		27.1	29th	14.4		9.1	10th	70.8
Lucinda Point	23.1	0.0	25.6	30th	18.8	+0.7	15.3	10th	31.4	22.1	high	142%
Mount Stuart (Defence)	26.2		28.5	30th	15.7		11.1	10th	14.2
South Johnstone Exp Stn	24.9	+1.0	27.2	29th	16.1	+0.9	11.1	10th	80.2	111.3	average	72%
Townsville Aero	26.3	+1.2	30.2	30th	15.0	+1.3	10.2	10th	13.6	14.7	high	93%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	26.1		29.6	29th	11.6		3.9	9th	8.2
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	24.5	+0.2	29.4	30th	15.1	+0.7	8.9	9th	17.4	17.0	high	102%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	26.7	+1.5	29.8	26th	13.0	+1.2	6.6	9th	3.0	15.2	average	20%
Bowen Airport AWS	25.7		29.9	30th	13.4		6.2	9th	1.8
Collinsville Post Office	27.6	+2.5	30.4	6th	9.6	+0.5	2.4	10th	0.5	19.5	low	3%
Hamilton Island Airport	21.9	+0.4	25.2	20th	18.5	+0.6	15.8	9th	9.0	39.2	low	23%
Mackay Aero	24.2	+1.5	27.4	20th	12.2	+0.9	5.1	9th	1.4	33.1	low	4%
Mackay M.O	22.7	+1.4	27.5	20th	14.3	+1.2	8.9	10th	2.2	39.5	v low	6%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	23.9		26.8	20th	11.8		4.7	9th	3.0
Proserpine Airport	25.8	+1.4	29.5	20th	11.6	+0.4	5.0	9th	6.6	23.2	average	28%
Samuel Hill Aero	23.4	+0.9	26.7	29th	10.3	+0.6	3.2	15th	22.4	66.3	average	34%
St Lawrence	25.1	+1.1	27.9	30th	11.0	+0.1	3.2	15th	3.0	44.2	low	7%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	26.4		29.4	29th	12.2		4.1	10th	0.8
Williamson	24.9	+1.0	27.4	30th	9.5	-0.5	0.3	15th	5.8	35.5	low	16%
Woolshed	23.6	+1.7	25.8	26th			6.9	13th	9.4	21.9	average	43%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	21.6	+0.2	25.8	30th	12.7	+0.7	5.9	15th	29.6	42.9	average	69%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	27.1	+2.2	30.1	29th	11.9	+0.3	6.3	9th	0	19.1	lowest	0%
Moranbah Airport	26.1		29.1	6th	8.1		1.4	17th	4.8
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	25.4		28.9	7th	8.6		0.4	15th	3.2
Clermont Airport	25.2		29.0	7th	5.2		-1.7	17th	1.2
Emerald Airport	25.1	+1.8	29.1	7th	9.1	0.0	2.5	15th	2.4	17.1	average	14%
Lochington	24.9		28.5	7th	4.5		-1.8	17th	1.6
Rolleston Airport	23.8		27.5	7th	5.2		-1.2	15th	1.2
Springsure Comet St	23.7	+1.6	26.6	7th	6.4	0.0	1.4	10th	2.2	28.3	low	8%
Tambo Post Office	23.1	+1.8	27.4	27th	3.9	+0.2	-2.5	14th	9.6	26.6	average	36%
Taroom Post Office	23.3	+2.2	27.5	28th	4.9	-0.3	-3.4	15th	2.6	33.0	low	8%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	25.5	+2.8	28.7	28th	9.4	+1.4	4.3	17th	1.2	22.3	low	5%
Blackall Airport	24.4	+1.7	28.8	28th	5.7	-0.9	-0.4	9th	2.0	14.8	average	14%
Isisford Post Office	25.3	+2.6	30.5	27th	6.8	+0.2	1.4	22nd	0.6	20.5	average	3%
Longreach Aero			28.7	1st	5.9	-1.3	0.4	21st	0	18.6	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	28.0	+2.2	32.1	27th	8.8	0.0	1.8	22nd	0	5.4	lowest	0%
Carters Bore	26.0		31.2	27th	11.7		2.9	22nd	0
New May Downs	26.4		31.6	27th	11.2		2.5	23rd	0
The Monument Airport			31.3	26th	6.5	-0.9	0.5	22nd	0	8.2	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	26.1	+1.3	31.1	27th	7.8	-0.6	1.2	22nd	0	5.5	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	26.5		33.4	27th	6.2		-1.4	22nd	0
Winton Airport	26.6	+1.4	31.0	27th	8.8	-0.1	2.5	22nd	0.2	14.8	average	1%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	24.1	+1.0	30.6	27th			2.0	22nd	0	10.5	lowest	0%
Birdsville Airport	22.8	+0.9	29.1	27th	6.4	-0.7	1.5	15th	0	4.1	v low	0%
Boulia Airport	24.8	+1.8	32.2	27th	8.8	+1.0	2.2	15th	0	9.8	lowest	0%
Windorah Airport	23.7		31.8	27th	7.1		1.1	12th	0.2
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	24.1	+1.9	26.3	28th	9.8	-0.5	2.6	15th	10.4	39.1	low	27%
Gayndah Airport	24.1	+1.4	27.6	5th	6.7	-0.6	-1.7	15th	24.6	19.8	average	124%
Gladstone Airport	24.1	+1.1	26.9	30th	12.4	+0.4	5.4	15th	32.2	29.3	average	110%
Gladstone Radar	24.9	+2.0	27.6	30th	14.6	+1.1	10.7	9th	17.8	34.7	average	51%
Lady Elliot Island	22.9	+1.8	26.4	6th	16.9	+0.2	11.6	15th	49.6	88.6	average	56%
Monto Township			27.2	29th	5.0	-0.4	-2.7	9th	6.4	34.8	low	18%
Rockhampton Aero	25.2	+2.0	28.0	24th	11.1	+1.4	3.4	15th	46.4	31.8	high	146%
Seventeen Seventy	22.1	+0.7	26.1	30th	15.3	+1.5	10.8	9th	21.0	40.2	average	52%
Thangool Airport	24.5	+1.3	27.8	29th	5.9	+0.2	-2.3	15th	15.8	27.9	average	57%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	23.9	+2.7	27.8	28th	4.7	-0.7	-2.7	14th	15.4	37.6	average	41%
Archerfield Airport	23.4	+2.2	26.9	29th	8.1	+0.5	0.9	19th	17.8	46.9	average	38%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	23.7	+2.4	27.5	28th	6.2	+0.1	-1.4	17th	24.4	24.4	average	100%
Beerburrum Forest Station	23.0	+1.3	26.1	28th	9.7	+0.4	3.9	19th	25.8	62.8	low	41%
Brisbane	23.2	+1.3	26.4	29th	10.8	+0.6	5.2	15th	25.8	25.3	average	102%
Brisbane Aero	21.9	+1.0	24.7	20th	9.7	+0.6	4.2	15th	16.8	28.3	average	59%
Canungra (Defence)	22.8		26.4	28th	4.1		-3.0	14th	12.6
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	20.5	+1.5	23.0	6th	14.9	+1.7	10.8	8th	110.0	113.2	average	97%
Coolangatta	21.9	+1.3	24.5	27th	9.8	-0.4	3.7	14th	32.8	69.8	average	47%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	21.3	+1.7	25.7	29th	15.5	+1.4	10.7	8th	47.0	83.1	average	57%
Gold Coast Seaway	22.3	+1.1	25.2	27th	11.8	-0.2	7.3	18th	30.8	46.5	average	66%
Greenbank (Defence)	23.1		27.1	28th	6.0		-0.9	15th	26.2
Gympie	23.3	+1.4	26.4	28th	7.1	+0.8	-0.6	17th	15.6	51.6	low	30%
Hervey Bay Airport	22.7	+0.9	25.6	30th	9.1	-0.9	1.9	9th	4.2	40.6	low	10%
Kingaroy Airport	21.4	+1.8	25.3	29th	3.5	-0.2	-4.5	14th	22.0	22.5	average	98%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	23.1	+1.6	26.6	28th	9.4	+0.6	3.6	14th	35.6	34.0	average	105%
Maryborough	24.2	+2.1	26.8	29th	8.0	-0.7	1.0	14th	9.0	51.3	low	18%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	22.5	+1.0	25.7	28th	10.9	+0.3	4.8	14th	32.2	49.8	average	65%
Point Lookout	22.0	+0.9	24.0	29th	14.4	+0.8	10.3	14th	136.4	100.6	high	136%
Rainbow Beach	21.9	+0.7	25.1	25th					39.0	67.8	average	58%
Redcliffe			25.7	30th	11.7	+0.6	5.6	15th	21.2	28.2	average	75%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	21.6		24.3	26th	10.5		5.8	19th	30.4
Sunshine Coast Airport	22.1	+1.0	24.8	7th	10.1	+0.5	4.5	17th	85.4	64.0	average	133%
Tewantin RSL Park	22.3	+1.1	24.8	28th	11.4	+0.2	5.4	14th	27.0	68.4	average	39%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	22.4		25.5	28th	10.1		2.8	14th	21.8
University of Queensland Gatton	23.6	+2.8	28.4	29th	5.8	-0.4	-3.6	15th	10.0	36.4	low	27%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	16.7	+2.7	20.5	26th	1.7	-0.2	-5.1	14th	46.0	43.1	average	107%
Dalby Airport	21.7	+2.0	25.7	5th	3.6	-0.5	-5.0	14th	4.2	22.7	low	19%
Oakey Aero	21.2	+2.6	25.4	27th	2.8	-0.1	-6.3	14th	7.8	28.8	low	27%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	17.3	+2.4	21.7	28th	-0.1	-1.1	-6.1	14th	45.5	48.3	average	94%
Texas Post Office	20.4	+1.6	24.5	28th	4.4	+0.7	-2.6	14th	28.4	41.3	average	69%
Toowoomba Airport	18.7	+2.0	23.7	28th	7.8	+1.3	1.6	14th	15.6	27.5	average	57%
Warwick	20.1	+2.1	24.3	28th	2.6	-0.4	-4.9	14th	14.8	25.1	average	59%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	21.9	+1.7	26.4	28th	3.9	-0.5	-4.2	15th	11.6	17.5	average	66%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	22.6	+2.4	27.3	24th	2.6	-0.7	-5.4	15th	14.0	29.1	average	48%
Mitchell Post Office	22.2	+2.8	28.2	28th	1.9	-1.0	-5.0	15th	14.7	33.0	average	45%
Roma Airport	22.3	+2.0	27.7	28th	2.7	-1.2	-5.3	15th	1.4	22.3	low	6%
St George Airport	21.2	+1.6	27.8	28th	4.6	-0.6	-2.1	15th	7.4	24.9	low	30%
Surat	21.5	+1.8	27.2	28th	4.1	-0.2	-2.9	15th	4.2	37.8	low	11%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	20.9	+1.8	27.5	28th	3.7	-0.6	-1.7	15th	25.8	27.6	average	93%
Charleville Aero	21.8	+2.2	27.8	27th	4.4	+0.1	-2.8	15th	1.6	24.4	low	7%
Cunnamulla Post Office	21.0	+2.2	26.7	25th	5.8	0.0	0.5	15th	4.6	22.5	average	20%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	22.0	+1.4	28.9	27th	6.8	-0.6	1.6	12th	0	5.6	v low	0%
Thargomindah Airport	21.4	+1.1	28.1	28th	5.2	-1.5	-0.4	15th	0	12.0	v low	0%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Frederick Reef	23.0		24.0	20th	20.9		19.0	26th
Middle Percy Island	21.6	+0.9	24.9	7th	17.2	+0.8	14.2	9th	14.6	47.9	average	30%
Willis Island	26.7	+0.7	27.4	28th	23.0	+1.0	22.1	5th	11.0	39.3	low	28%

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