Wednesday, 1 July 2020 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in June 2020: rainfall close to average in the east; days were warmer than usual

Rainfall was close to average in eastern parts of the State, and below average in central and western Queensland, including the southern interior.

Both mean maximum were warmer than usual across most of the State, while mean minimum temperatures were warmer than average in the north and east.

Close to average rainfall in the east, drier than usual in the west

• Rainfall was close to average in eastern Queensland, and below average central and western parts, and the southern interior of the State
• Much of the rainfall was confined to the eastern half of Queensland in June, with little to no rainfall recorded in western Queensland
• A trough and cold front combination brought showers and rain over central and southern regions on the 13th, then across eastern districts the following day
• Widespread rainfall totals of more than 15 mm were reported across the central and southeastern interior, and 15 mm to more than 25 mm in the north tropical and southeast coasts from the trough and front combination
• The passage of a cold front over southeastern Queensland on the 20th and 21st saw widespread light falls over the southern and southeastern interior of the State
• There were showers along parts of the north tropical, central and southeast coasts during the middle of the month

Maximum temperatures above average across the State

• In terms of mean temperature, Queensland as a whole was 1.72 °C above average
• Queensland's mean maximum temperature was the sixth-warmest on record, and 1.77 °C above the long-term average and the mean minimum temperature was 1.67 °C above the long-term average
• Mean maximum temperatures were warmer than average across most of the State
• Persistent sunny days resulted in above-average maximum temperatures, and Birdsville reported its equal highest June mean daily maximum temperature on record and Palmerville had its highest June mean daily maximum temperature for many decades
• Mean minimum temperatures were warmer than average in the north and east of Queensland
• Minimum temperatures were cooler than average in the southwest and parts of the far southern interior, with calm and cloud free nights bringing the occasional frost, mostly near the end of the month
• A warm and moist air mass and thick cloud extended across eastern Queensland, with very warm nights from the 14th and a number of sites had their warmest June night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record
• For the year-to-date (January to June), Queensland's mean maximum temperature and mean minimum temperature are both more than a degree above average

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in June 2020
Hottest day	35.2 °C at Burketown Airport on the 14th
Warmest days on average	32.4 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	16.1 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	9.2 °C at Applethorpe on the 23rd
Coldest night	-3.5 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on the 4th
Coolest nights on average	2.8 °C at Mitchell Post Office
Warmest nights on average	25.4 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	26.4 °C at Coconut Island on the 15th
Warmest on average overall	27.9 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	9.8 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	253.2 mm at Innisfail
Wettest day	64.4 mm at Mount McConnell on the 15th
Strongest wind gust	83 km/h at Bougainville Reef on the 19th

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 June mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Birdsville Airport	23.0	= 23.0	in 2017	20	21.4

Highest June mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Palmerville	32.0	32.1	in 1938*	29.9

* 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
Cardwell Marine Pde	22.6	on the 15th	= 22.6	on the 6th in 2007	63	15.1
Oakey Aero	17.4	on the 14th	16.2	on the 2nd in 1993	47	4.2
Lucinda Point	23.6	on the 15th	23.4	on the 4th in 2014	31	19.0
Charters Towers Airport	21.2	on the 14th	= 21.2	on the 5th in 2007	28	12.7
Brisbane Aero	18.7	on the 14th	18.3	on the 4th in 2004	27	10.8

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Record highest June mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Tewantin RSL Park	13.7	= 13.7	in 2005	24	12.7

Highest June mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Gold Coast Seaway	14.2	14.9	in 1996	13.2

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Record highest June mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Gladstone Airport	19.7	19.6	in 2015	26	18.4

Highest June mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Bundaberg Aero	18.5	18.6	in 1991	17.2

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for June 2020
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for June 2020	Diff from average	Highest for June 2020		Mean for June 2020	Diff from average	Lowest for June 2020		Total for June 2020	Average for June	Rank of June 2020	Fraction of June average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	30.4	0.0	32.9	14th	25.4	+0.7	24.6	27th	17.2	28.1	low	61%
Coen Airport	30.5	+0.9	32.6	1st	19.0	+0.9	15.1	3rd	0	3.5	v low	0%
Horn Island	29.8	+0.4	30.7	5th	24.7	+0.8	23.3	21st	10.0	14.7	average	68%
Scherger RAAF	30.7	-0.2	32.5	29th	20.5	+0.6	17.3	3rd	0.4	4.5	v low	9%
Weipa Aero	31.6	+0.6	32.8	15th	21.1	+1.1	18.5	28th	1.6	3.3	average	48%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	27.7	+0.2	29.3	16th			18.7	1st	37.2	58.2	average	64%
Palmerville	32.0	+2.1	34.2	14th	16.1	+0.9	11.9	4th	0	11.6	lowest	0%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	31.0	+1.8	35.2	14th	17.4	+2.2	11.7	29th	0	3.5	v low	0%
Century Mine	29.5	+1.1	32.9	1st	15.4	+1.8	9.6	24th	0	4.5	v low	0%
Cloncurry Airport	27.3	+1.1	30.7	13th	13.2	+1.5	6.7	24th	0	7.2	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	28.9	+1.8	32.8	14th	11.3	+1.4	4.5	24th	0	15.2	v low	0%
Kowanyama Airport	32.4	+1.6	34.6	18th	18.7	+2.4	15.2	5th	0	4.3	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	27.9		32.3	13th	14.7		8.1	24th	0
Mornington Island Airport	27.0		31.1	1st	19.2		14.2	5th	0.2
Mount Isa Aero	26.8	+1.9	31.3	13th	11.0	+1.0	4.0	25th	0	6.3	lowest	0%
Normanton Airport	31.3	+1.6	34.0	14th	18.6	+1.9	13.5	4th	0	3.7	lowest	0%
Sweers Island	27.1	+1.2	31.2	14th	20.7	+2.1	18.2	24th	0.4	4.6	high	9%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	29.3	+0.8	33.1	14th	16.1	+2.3	10.5	24th	1.6	7.8	average	21%
Hughenden Airport	26.9	+1.0	31.7	13th	12.8	+2.1	4.7	23rd	0	19.4	lowest	0%
Richmond Airport	28.3	+1.7	32.6	14th	11.4	+1.2	2.9	3rd	0	15.2	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	27.1	+1.0	28.8	2nd	19.8	+1.9	16.1	4th	37.4	46.9	average	80%
Cairns Racecourse	26.4		28.5	15th	19.0		14.4	4th	46.8
Cape Flattery	27.2	+0.2	28.6	15th	22.8	+1.2	21.5	21st	33.8	37.3	average	91%
Cooktown Airport	27.4	+0.7	29.1	14th	21.3	+1.7	17.7	22nd	19.2	37.0	average	52%
Low Isles Lighthouse	25.2	-0.7	27.3	2nd	22.2	+0.9	20.6	30th	27.8	62.6	average	44%
Mareeba Airport	25.3	0.0	27.5	14th	16.5	+1.2	13.3	4th	4.2	10.9	average	39%
Walkamin Research Station	23.9	+0.3	27.0	14th	15.7	+1.8	12.5	4th	10.4	18.6	average	56%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	25.3	0.0	27.5	2nd	16.6	+1.5	10.6	7th	24.2	46.2	average	52%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	24.4		27.1	14th	19.1		13.8	24th	159.6
Innisfail	25.0	+0.4	27.5	14th	19.0	+2.7	14.3	4th	253.2	188.5	high	134%
Innisfail Aerodrome	25.0		28.3	14th	17.8		10.8	4th	204.0
Lucinda Point	23.8	0.0	25.8	22nd	20.0	+1.0	16.9	26th
Mount Stuart (Defence)	25.6		27.3	15th	16.8		12.8	4th	14.6
South Johnstone Exp Stn	24.7	+0.3	28.0	14th	18.8	+2.8	13.5	4th	172.6	155.6	average	111%
Townsville Aero	26.6	+1.0	28.6	15th	16.6	+1.9	11.0	27th	17.8	20.6	average	86%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	24.7		28.1	1st	13.2		5.4	4th	4.0
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	24.9	+0.1	26.9	15th	16.9	+1.6	10.9	4th	21.8	24.2	average	90%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	26.4	+0.9	28.2	16th	15.3	+2.3	8.0	4th	1.0	23.6	v low	4%
Bowen Airport AWS	25.9		28.6	22nd	16.7		7.1	26th	1.8
Collinsville Post Office	25.7	+0.5	28.1	2nd	12.9	+2.4	4.6	26th	23.2	26.8	average	87%
Hamilton Island Airport	22.4	+0.2	24.8	2nd	19.1	+0.3	17.2	29th	60.2	62.0	average	97%
Mackay Aero	23.3	+0.1	26.9	14th	14.7	+1.9	5.4	4th	42.0	60.7	average	69%
Mackay M.O	22.5	+0.5	26.9	14th	16.2	+2.0	9.2	26th	53.8	61.2	average	88%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)			27.1	14th	15.1		5.3	4th	30.4
Proserpine Airport	24.8	+0.1	28.0	22nd	14.4	+1.6	4.8	25th	12.4	38.7	average	32%
Samuel Hill Aero	23.1	+0.3	26.8	14th	13.6	+1.9	3.7	25th	79.4	93.0	average	85%
St Lawrence	24.6	+0.4	26.9	11th	13.3	+1.0	4.9	24th	28.4	35.7	average	80%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	25.0		27.8	1st	13.3		5.3	4th	67.0
Williamson	24.6	+0.6	27.5	14th	12.8	+1.2	2.3	24th	7.2	36.1	low	20%
Woolshed	22.0	+0.2	24.1	2nd	12.7	+0.9	4.5	4th	31.0	29.5	average	105%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	22.5	+0.5	24.7	14th	15.2	+1.7	6.6	25th	21.8	52.0	average	42%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	25.7	+0.7	29.7	14th	14.1	+1.4	7.7	24th	18.4	20.0	high	92%
Moranbah Airport	24.4		27.8	1st	11.4		2.1	25th	11.8
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	24.3		28.0	12th	11.2		3.2	24th	2.2
Clermont Airport	23.9	+0.8	27.8	1st	9.3	+2.0	0.3	24th	12.2	21.3	average	57%
Emerald Airport	24.5	+1.1	28.5	12th	11.4	+1.1	4.6	23rd	17.2	30.4	average	57%
Lochington	23.9		28.4	1st	8.8		2.4	3rd	60.2	41.3	high	146%
Rolleston Airport	23.3		27.1	1st	8.1		1.5	24th	43.2	35.9	high	120%
Springsure Comet St	23.3	+1.0	26.6	12th	8.5	+1.2	0.6	26th	49.4	38.0	high	130%
Tambo Post Office	23.3	+1.7	27.0	13th	5.0	+0.1	-1.9	24th	3.0	28.5	low	11%
Taroom Post Office			26.7	1st	7.4	+1.0	1.7	3rd	75.4	37.1	high	203%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	25.0	+2.1	29.1	13th	11.1	+2.0	4.4	25th	11.4	24.8	average	46%
Blackall Airport	24.2	+1.5	28.4	13th	8.5	+0.5	0.1	24th	0.8	21.8	low	4%
Isisford Post Office	25.1	+2.1	29.0	13th	9.1	+1.2	1.8	24th	0	21.1	lowest	0%
Longreach Aero	26.1	+2.3	30.8	13th	10.5	+2.2	2.7	23rd	0	18.3	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	27.8	+1.8	31.0	30th	10.3	+0.4	3.5	24th	0	9.7	lowest	0%
Carters Bore	25.8		29.2	13th	13.5		7.5	23rd	0
New May Downs	26.1		30.1	13th	12.8		6.4	24th	0
The Monument Airport	25.3	+1.2	29.7	13th	7.7	-0.6	1.4	25th	0	9.0	lowest	0%
Trepell Airport	26.2	+1.7	30.4	13th	9.4	+0.2	4.2	24th	0	10.7	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	26.2		30.4	30th	8.1		1.5	24th	0
Winton Airport	26.7	+1.9	31.8	13th	10.0	+0.3	3.0	23rd	0	19.9	v low	0%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	24.0	+1.3	29.0	13th	7.9	-0.5	3.9	24th	0	9.1	lowest	0%
Birdsville Airport	23.0	+1.6	28.7	13th	6.5	-1.3	2.9	26th	0	11.5	lowest	0%
Boulia Airport					9.9	+0.9	5.5	24th	0	10.5	lowest	0%
Windorah Airport	23.5		28.9	13th	9.0		3.6	25th	0
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	23.7	+1.0	26.0	14th	13.3	+1.6	6.5	24th	26.6	49.8	average	53%
Gayndah Airport	24.0	+1.2	27.0	11th	9.5	+0.8	2.4	3rd	15.8	32.3	average	49%
Gladstone Airport	24.6	+1.1	27.2	11th	14.8	+1.5	7.8	24th	10.2	37.5	average	27%
Lady Elliot Island	22.4	+0.5	26.2	14th	18.4	+0.8	14.6	23rd	119.8	91.0	high	132%
Monto Township	23.2	+1.9	26.6	14th	8.2	+1.3	0.4	3rd	12.7	36.3	low	35%
Rockhampton Aero	25.1	+1.5	29.7	14th	13.3	+2.2	4.0	24th	7.0	37.4	low	19%
Rundle Island	22.0	+0.6	26.0	14th	17.7	+0.7	14.2	3rd
Seventeen Seventy	22.6	+0.6	26.0	14th	14.5	-0.2	10.0	3rd	28.6	62.8	average	46%
Thangool Airport	24.2	+0.8	27.5	14th	8.6	+1.5	0.8	26th	10.4	31.5	low	33%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	22.9	+1.3	26.3	11th	7.2	+0.1	1.3	25th	27.6	46.5	average	59%
Archerfield Airport	22.6	+1.1	25.7	11th	9.4	0.0	4.6	4th	34.4	66.3	average	52%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	23.0	+1.4	27.4	11th	7.6	-0.2	0.5	25th	24.0	46.8	average	51%
Beerburrum Forest Station	22.0	+0.3	24.8	11th	11.1	+0.3	7.4	26th	34.6	77.4	average	45%
Brisbane	22.7	+0.7	26.1	11th	12.5	+0.6	9.1	23rd	41.6	65.7	average	63%
Brisbane Aero	21.8	+0.5	25.1	14th	11.6	+0.8	6.6	25th	56.2	67.6	average	83%
Canungra (Defence)	21.6		24.9	15th	6.5		-0.2	25th	58.0
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	20.4	+0.7	23.9	13th	15.4	+1.2	10.8	3rd	71.0	135.7	low	52%
Coolangatta	21.4	+0.4	24.1	15th	12.0	+0.6	4.3	3rd	77.2	137.4	average	56%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	20.5	+0.3	24.8	14th	16.1	+1.1	10.3	3rd	61.6	116.2	average	53%
Gold Coast Seaway	21.8	+0.4	24.0	15th	14.2	+1.0	9.6	23rd	55.4	113.9	average	49%
Greenbank (Defence)	22.3		25.8	11th	7.7		1.5	3rd	42.6
Gympie	22.9	+0.8	25.8	14th	9.3	+1.3	1.8	25th	60.8	60.2	average	101%
Hervey Bay Airport	22.7	+0.6	25.3	14th	12.8	+0.9	3.2	25th	43.2	76.6	average	56%
Kingaroy Airport	20.9	+1.1	23.9	11th	6.6	+0.8	-1.9	25th	8.6	42.3	low	20%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	22.0	+0.4	24.9	11th	11.2	+1.0	6.1	25th	52.3	73.9	average	71%
Maryborough	23.5	+1.1	26.7	14th	11.6	+1.2	3.4	25th	34.0	66.4	average	51%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	22.2	+0.5	25.4	14th	13.0	+1.2	6.1	23rd	55.6	114.4	average	49%
Rainbow Beach	22.0	+0.3	26.2	14th					72.4	111.2	average	65%
Redcliffe			23.0	15th	13.0	+0.6	7.6	25th	43.6	85.2	average	51%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	21.4		23.8	15th	11.9		6.7	23rd	48.0
Sunshine Coast Airport	21.6	+0.2	25.2	14th	12.5	+1.1	3.3	25th	81.4	119.0	average	68%
Tewantin RSL Park	21.7	+0.1	25.1	14th	13.7	+1.0	7.2	25th	105.0	123.5	average	85%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	21.8		25.8	14th	12.8		3.9	3rd	62.2
University of Queensland Gatton	22.7	+1.6	26.7	11th	8.0	+0.4	2.6	23rd	21.4	41.3	average	52%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	16.1	+1.4	20.4	13th	3.4	+0.1	-1.5	5th	53.2	39.2	high	136%
Dalby Airport	21.2	+1.1	25.8	13th	5.8	+0.3	-0.4	25th	36.8	31.1	high	118%
Oakey Aero	20.4	+1.3	24.7	11th	5.0	+0.8	-1.0	26th	29.8	29.6	average	101%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	16.9	+1.4	21.4	13th	3.0	+0.3	-3.5	4th	47.4	46.7	average	101%
Texas Post Office	20.4	+1.0	25.0	13th	5.4	+0.7	-0.4	25th	12.4	40.4	low	31%
Toowoomba Airport	18.0	+1.0	21.9	1st	7.8	+0.2	2.0	26th	34.8	36.0	average	97%
Warwick	19.5	+1.1	24.4	13th	5.1	+0.1	-2.0	25th	27.0	36.2	average	75%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	21.5	+1.0	25.2	12th	5.6	-0.4	-1.0	27th	22.2	35.9	average	62%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	21.9	+1.5	26.2	1st	3.7	-0.9	-2.8	27th	11.8	29.9	average	39%
Mitchell Post Office	21.9	+2.2	25.1	14th	2.8	-1.5	-3.1	27th	5.0	33.7	low	15%
Roma Airport	21.7	+1.3	26.0	1st	4.1	-1.1	-2.1	27th	17.2	28.6	average	60%
St George Airport	20.8	+0.9	26.0	13th	6.1	-0.4	-0.7	27th	7.2	31.3	low	23%
Surat	21.3	+1.1	25.0	1st	5.8	+0.2	-1.2	27th	3.4	36.2	low	9%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	21.2	+1.6	26.5	13th	6.2	+0.4	0.2	29th	7.0	29.9	low	23%
Charleville Aero	21.1	+1.2	24.5	30th			-0.1	27th	0.2	25.1	v low	1%
Cunnamulla Post Office	21.2	+1.9	26.2	13th	6.9	0.0	2.7	28th	0.8	26.0	v low	3%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	21.8	+1.3	26.9	19th	7.1	-1.1	3.8	29th	0	13.0	lowest	0%
Thargomindah Airport	21.1	+1.0	26.9	13th	6.7	-1.2	2.8	28th	1.6	15.5	low	10%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Cato Island	23.5		26.3	2nd	20.3		17.5	29th
Creal Reef	23.8		25.3	1st	21.5		19.6	10th
Flinders Reef	25.2		26.8	14th	23.1		20.7	8th
Frederick Reef	23.8		25.9	22nd	21.7		19.0	6th
Gannet Cay	23.6		26.7	1st	21.1		18.8	7th
Holmes Reef	25.8		26.7	14th	23.6		21.7	8th
Marion Reef	24.6		26.0	22nd	22.5		20.0	28th
Middle Percy Island	21.6	+0.5	25.2	14th	17.8	+0.7	15.2	4th	55.8	76.9	average	73%
Willis Island	27.5	+1.0	28.9	14th	23.8	+1.1	21.9	23rd	27.4	54.3	average	50%

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