Tuesday, 1 September 2020 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in August 2020: wetter than usual in the west and north

Rainfall was above average across western and northern Queensland, and close to average in the eastern half of the state.

Mean maximum temperatures were generally warmer than average across most of the state away from the southern border. Mean maximum temperatures were warmer than usual in the north, and in parts of central to south-west and central to south-east Queensland.

Wetter than usual in the west and north

• Rainfall was above average in the west and north of the state, and close to average elsewhere.
• A low pressure system and surface trough produced a rainband, generating widespread moderate falls over south-west Queensland on the 7th.
• A cold front swept over south-east Queensland on the 7th, producing showers and thunderstorms over the central Queensland coast and widespread moderate falls across central to south-east parts of the state on the 8th.
• Thunderstorms and showers developed over south-west Queensland on the 14th, due to a surface trough. Thargomindah had its highest August daily rainfall on record and its highest total August rainfall on record.
• A large cloudband developed along a surface trough located through inland Queensland, producing moderate falls over the Darling Downs and Granite Belt on the 15th, and light falls over the south-east on the 16th.

Mean maximum temperatures warmer than usual across most of the state

• In terms of mean temperature, Queensland as a whole was 1.23 °C above average.
• Queensland's mean maximum temperature was 1.36 °C above the long-term average and the ninth-warmest on record; the mean minimum temperature was 1.10 °C above the long-term average.
• Mean maximum temperatures were above average across most of the state, except along the southern border. Mean maximum temperatures were much warmer than average along the north-east tropical coast, and Cooktown had its highest August mean daily maximum temperature in 20 years.
• Very warm days on the 19th and 20th along the north tropical to central coasts, and some sites had their highest August temperature on record.
• It was a cold day in the south-west of the state on the 7th, due to thick cloud and thunderstorms in the area. Birdsville reported its coldest August day (lowest maximum temperature) in 21 years.
• Mean minimum temperatures were generally warmer than average across the north-west and south-west and close to average elsewhere.
• A thick cloudband over eastern Queensland saw Mareeba on the 8th, and Weipa Aero on the 9th, report had their warmest August night (highest daily minimum temperature) in more than 20 years.
• For the year-to-date (January to August), Queensland's mean maximum temperature and mean minimum temperature were both more than a degree above average.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in August 2020
Hottest day	36.4 °C at Kowanyama Airport on the 21st
Warmest days on average	33.5 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	16.1 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	9.7 °C at Toowoomba Airport on the 10th
Coldest night	-3.8 °C at Oakey Aero on the 24th and 25th, and at Applethorpe on the 25th
Coolest nights on average	3.1 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	24.0 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	25.7 °C at Coconut Island on the 10th
Warmest on average overall	26.5 °C at Horn Island
Coolest on average overall	9.8 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	141.0 mm at Tully Sugar Mill
Wettest day	78.0 mm at Tully Sugar Mill on the 3rd
Strongest wind gust	83 km/h at Bougainville Reef on the 29th

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 August daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Thargomindah Airport	39.8	on the 7th	20.5	on the 15th in 2014	22

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Record highest August total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Thargomindah Airport	43.6	38.7	in 2014	22	10.2

Highest August total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for August
Orientos Station	43.4	43.8	in 1974*	8.5
Hungerford (Paroo River)	47.2	52.0	in 1983	14.4

* 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 temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Yeppoon The Esplanade	30.7	on the 19th	30.1	on the 31st in 2000	27	22.2
Rundle Island	26.5	on the 20th	25.7	on the 15th in 2017	23	21.4
Cooktown Airport	34.6	on the 20th	33.0	on the 24th in 2000	21	27.2
Mareeba Airport	34.0	on the 20th	33.0	on the 29th in 2000	21	26.3

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Record lowest August daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Birdsville Airport	12.5	on the 7th	15.2	on the 25th in 2010	21	24.6

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Record highest August mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Cooktown Airport	28.5	28.3	in 2017	20	27.2

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Record highest August daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Weipa Aero	24.5	on the 9th	24.1	on the 11th in 2010	28	18.7
Mareeba Airport	21.0	on the 8th	20.8	on the 11th in 2010	21	13.8

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for August 2020
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for August 2020	Diff from average	Highest for August 2020		Mean for August 2020	Diff from average	Lowest for August 2020		Total for August 2020	Average for August	Rank of August 2020	Fraction of August average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	31.5	+1.3	32.9	10th	24.0	+0.4	20.9	20th	2.0	9.2	average	22%
Coen Airport	31.6	+1.6	35.6	20th	16.7	-0.2	10.9	14th	0.6	1.9	average	32%
Horn Island	29.8	+0.7	31.0	9th	23.2	+0.1	16.9	20th	3.2	5.5	average	58%
Scherger RAAF	32.8	+0.4	35.6	21st	19.5	+0.7	15.5	19th	2.2	6.2	average	35%
Weipa Aero	33.0	+0.9	35.3	21st	20.0	+1.3	15.7	1st	1.0	4.9	average	20%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	28.7	+0.9	30.2	9th	19.3	0.0	12.3	21st	48.6	27.8	high	175%
Palmerville	32.9	+1.6	36.2	21st	15.4	+0.8	11.8	27th	10.4	3.3	v high	315%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	32.0	+1.4	35.9	31st	16.0	+0.9	11.0	11th	0.2	1.2	average	17%
Century Mine	31.7	+0.8	35.9	19th	14.2	+0.9	8.3	11th	2.4	0.9	high	267%
Cloncurry Airport	29.4	+0.6	35.0	18th	12.4	+0.3	6.8	10th	18.0	3.7	high	486%
Julia Creek Airport	30.4	+0.8	35.7	18th	10.0	+0.3	3.4	10th	5.0	3.9	average	128%
Kowanyama Airport	33.5	+1.2	36.4	21st	17.7	+1.4	11.4	18th	0	2.3	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	30.2		35.9	18th	15.0		9.6	11th	22.4
Mornington Island Airport	28.4		31.2	14th	18.6		13.1	11th	1.2
Mount Isa Aero	29.4	+2.0	35.6	18th	10.3	+0.1	2.6	10th	4.8	3.4	high	141%
Normanton Airport	32.1	+0.5	35.2	26th	17.5	+0.6	12.4	11th	0.2	0.9	average	22%
Sweers Island	27.3	+0.5	30.1	19th	20.3	+1.7	18.3	10th	0.4	1.7	high	24%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	31.3	+1.0	34.5	20th	13.3	-0.3	4.7	18th	0	1.7	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport	28.6	+0.5	34.1	14th	10.6	+0.2	2.6	10th	1.6	7.5	average	21%
Richmond Airport	29.8	+0.7	35.2	14th	10.7	+0.9	4.4	17th	0	4.1	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	27.9	+1.2	31.0	20th	17.6	+0.2	11.7	24th	10.0	25.9	average	39%
Cairns Racecourse	27.1		30.8	20th	16.8		11.2	24th	23.8
Cape Flattery	28.0	+0.7	29.5	8th	21.0	-0.2	13.0	19th	6.6	14.5	average	46%
Cooktown Airport	28.5	+1.3	34.6	20th	18.3	0.0	11.6	19th	8.6	14.6	low	59%
Low Isles Lighthouse	27.0	+0.3	31.4	20th	21.6	+0.9	19.7	2nd	13.6	36.2	low	38%
Mareeba Airport	27.5	+1.2	34.0	20th	14.8	+1.0	9.9	18th	9.0	7.3	high	123%
Walkamin Research Station	26.4	+1.6	33.0	20th	13.7	+0.4	8.5	18th	20.4	10.4	high	196%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	25.7	-0.2	27.4	23rd	15.7	+1.3	10.7	17th	14.1	28.6	average	49%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	25.3		27.5	21st	16.7		11.1	24th	42.2
Innisfail Aerodrome	26.2		30.2	20th	14.7		8.8	24th	102.8
Lucinda Point	24.0	+0.1	26.6	22nd	19.0	+0.1	15.8	24th
Mount Stuart (Defence)	27.1		31.8	20th	16.7		13.3	11th	3.2
South Johnstone Exp Stn	25.8	+0.6	29.9	20th	16.2	+0.7	10.6	24th	79.0	87.4	average	90%
Townsville Aero	27.4	+1.3	32.3	20th	15.2	+0.5	10.1	11th	0.8	15.3	average	5%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	26.8		33.0	19th	12.2		6.3	24th	1.0
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	25.8	+0.8	31.2	20th	16.5	+1.1	11.4	17th	2.8	14.0	average	20%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	27.3	+1.0	31.4	20th	13.3	+0.6	9.1	17th	2.8	15.1	average	19%
Bowen Airport AWS	26.9		33.3	20th	14.2		7.8	11th	12.6
Collinsville Post Office	27.9	+0.9	33.0	19th	10.7	+0.1	3.0	30th	5.8	16.6	average	35%
Hamilton Island Airport	23.4	+0.6	27.7	20th	18.8	+0.4	16.2	11th	14.0	22.6	average	62%
Mackay Aero	24.5	+0.6	28.3	19th	12.2	+0.2	6.5	24th	33.0	31.2	average	106%
Mackay M.O	23.7	+1.0	28.2	20th	14.8	+0.7	10.2	11th	29.6	29.3	average	101%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	24.5		28.9	20th	12.0		6.1	24th	1.2
Proserpine Airport	26.4	+0.6	32.8	20th	11.5	0.0	5.3	24th	19.6	24.0	average	82%
Samuel Hill Aero			29.1	20th	10.3	+0.9	3.2	24th	24.0	34.4	average	70%
St Lawrence	25.4	+0.2	30.4	20th	11.2	+0.1	5.0	24th	60.8	26.0	high	234%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	27.2		33.6	19th	12.0		6.4	24th	0.2
Williamson	25.2	0.0	29.6	20th	10.5	+0.1	4.1	24th	36.0	21.8	high	165%
Woolshed	24.0	+0.6	27.9	20th	12.5	+0.1	4.8	24th	0.4	12.2	low	3%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	22.9	+0.7	30.7	19th	13.1	+0.4	6.8	24th	42.6	31.8	high	134%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	28.0	+1.2	33.6	19th	13.3	+1.0	8.0	17th	7.0	14.7	average	48%
Moranbah Airport	27.3		33.5	19th	9.4		3.7	24th	15.0
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	26.4		32.7	19th	9.3		3.9	24th	0.2
Clermont Airport	26.7	+0.8	32.4	19th	7.7	+1.0	1.7	24th	6.2	14.5	average	43%
Emerald Airport	26.8	+1.3	32.9	19th	10.4	+0.4	6.8	10th	13.6	20.3	average	67%
Lochington	26.0		32.4	18th	7.5		2.7	11th	8.0	19.2	low	42%
Rolleston Airport	25.8	+0.7	31.4	19th	7.2	+0.2	2.9	24th	12.0	18.9	average	63%
Springsure Comet St	25.4	+1.3	31.8	27th	7.7	+0.1	3.3	12th	19.4	23.7	average	82%
Tambo Post Office	24.1	+0.5	30.8	18th	5.5	+0.4	0.4	23rd	37.4	18.9	high	198%
Taroom Post Office	25.1	+1.9	31.0	14th	7.0	+0.5	0.7	24th	22.5	27.4	average	82%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	26.2	+1.2	32.6	18th	10.8	+1.3	5.4	9th	11.2	15.8	average	71%
Blackall Airport	25.5	+0.2	32.4	18th	8.1	+0.4	3.0	9th	19.6	13.1	average	150%
Isisford Post Office	26.2	+0.9	33.9	19th	7.7	-0.4	1.6	8th	19.6	12.0	high	163%
Longreach Aero	27.0	+0.9	34.3	18th	9.6	+1.1	4.1	9th	14.4	10.8	high	133%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	30.6	+2.2	35.7	18th	13.0	+2.1	6.5	1st	0	2.9	lowest	0%
Carters Bore	28.3		34.3	18th	14.6		8.0	9th	4.4
New May Downs	28.7		34.4	18th	13.7		7.8	10th	5.0
The Monument Airport	27.7	+0.9	35.0	18th	9.0	+0.2	2.2	9th	2.6	3.3	high	79%
Trepell Airport	28.1	+0.9	35.8	18th	10.2	+0.7	5.1	9th	10.0	2.4	high	417%
Urandangi Aerodrome	29.4		36.0	18th	8.7		2.2	9th	0
Winton Airport	28.2	+0.5	35.1	18th	9.4	-0.2	3.4	9th	6.4	7.7	average	83%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	26.3	+0.7	33.5	13th	9.5	+0.6	5.0	11th	10.2	7.5	high	136%
Birdsville Airport	24.6	0.0	30.8	17th	8.9	+0.3	5.1	1st	9.2	3.4	high	271%
Windorah Airport	24.9		30.9	18th	10.6		5.4	23rd	18.2
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	24.0	+0.5	29.0	19th	11.2	+0.4	6.7	25th	35.4	33.6	average	105%
Gayndah Airport	24.9	+0.1	30.6	14th	8.0	+0.3	2.5	25th	24.0	23.6	average	102%
Gladstone Airport	24.7	+0.7	29.2	19th	12.8	+0.2	7.9	24th	52.0	31.7	high	164%
Gladstone Radar	25.2	+0.9	29.7	19th	15.0	+0.7	10.3	11th	46.4	31.0	high	150%
Lady Elliot Island	23.0	+1.0	25.0	31st	17.5	+0.3	9.5	25th	9.4	54.6	low	17%
Monto Township	24.4	+1.2	29.7	19th	5.9	-0.6	0.2	24th	21.2	24.8	average	85%
Rockhampton Aero	26.0	+1.1	31.9	19th	11.3	+0.6	5.5	24th	42.0	27.3	high	154%
Rundle Island	21.7	+0.3	26.5	20th	17.2	+0.2	14.4	11th
Seventeen Seventy	22.9	+0.7	25.8	20th	14.7	+0.1	10.7	11th	42.4	41.2	average	103%
Thangool Airport	25.6	+0.6	30.6	19th	5.8	-0.6	1.5	22nd	12.8	23.1	average	55%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	24.3	+1.4	28.4	13th	6.7	+0.5	0.4	25th	22.0	28.2	average	78%
Archerfield Airport	23.8	+1.0	27.3	19th	8.9	+0.8	3.9	25th	15.4	36.2	average	43%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	23.8	+0.4	27.7	31st	7.0	+0.6	2.6	25th	21.4	29.4	average	73%
Beerburrum Forest Station	23.7	+0.3	28.5	19th	9.5	+0.2	4.8	24th	13.4	44.3	low	30%
Brisbane	23.4	0.0	27.2	31st	11.4	+0.6	8.0	18th	19.4	35.4	average	55%
Brisbane Aero	22.4	+0.4	27.5	19th	10.3	+0.5	6.4	25th	17.8	36.0	average	49%
Canungra (Defence)	22.6		26.6	31st	5.4		0.3	25th	19.6
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	20.7	+0.9	24.5	19th	14.8	+0.8	11.2	23rd	42.0	75.2	average	56%
Coolangatta	22.6	+1.0	26.7	19th	9.7	-0.7	4.5	23rd	7.0	56.5	low	12%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	22.6	+1.8	26.7	19th	15.3	+0.6	11.2	24th	24.6	62.2	low	40%
Gold Coast Seaway	22.7	+0.6	26.8	31st	12.6	+0.2	9.7	6th	18.8	54.8	average	34%
Greenbank (Defence)	23.5		27.3	13th	5.8		0.6	25th	22.4
Gympie	24.3	+0.9	29.3	19th	6.8	-0.3	1.4	25th	15.2	39.6	average	38%
Hervey Bay Airport	22.8	-0.1	25.2	20th	10.3	-0.1	2.8	24th	38.0	52.7	average	72%
Kingaroy Airport	22.2	+0.5	29.8	14th	3.6	-0.5	-2.7	24th	10.6	27.9	average	38%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	23.2	+0.4	27.1	31st	10.0	+0.6	5.8	24th	19.6	42.4	average	46%
Maryborough	24.3	+0.8	29.7	19th	9.0	-0.3	1.4	24th	24.4	40.7	average	60%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	23.3	+0.1	27.6	15th	10.1	-0.5	4.8	24th	17.4	47.0	average	37%
Rainbow Beach	23.0	+0.7	28.2	19th			18.1	4th	31.6	85.1	average	37%
Redcliffe	22.5	+0.4	27.6	19th	12.0	+0.5	7.0	25th	12.4	36.6	average	34%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	21.9		26.3	19th	10.6		6.6	25th	22.2
Sunshine Coast Airport	22.9	+0.7	29.8	19th	9.3	-0.6	2.5	24th	22.2	71.1	average	31%
Tewantin RSL Park	23.2	+0.8	29.2	19th	11.3	-0.3	4.9	24th	22.2	79.1	average	28%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	23.5		28.8	19th	9.9		3.4	24th	23.6
University of Queensland Gatton	23.9	+1.4	28.6	13th	6.8	+0.1	2.1	26th	30.8	26.5	average	116%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	16.1	+0.4	23.7	14th	3.5	+0.8	-3.8	25th	60.0	41.3	high	145%
Dalby Airport	21.4	-0.5	29.6	14th	4.3	-0.3	-2.0	26th	25.0	22.5	average	111%
Oakey Aero	21.2	+0.7	29.8	14th	3.8	+0.2	-3.8	24th	35.0	25.6	average	137%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	17.3	+0.8	24.3	15th	3.1	+1.2	-1.5	2nd	54.7	42.3	high	129%
Texas Post Office	20.6	-0.3	28.1	14th	5.2	+0.7	-0.7	24th	41.2	33.6	average	123%
Toowoomba Airport	18.5	-0.3	24.7	14th	7.6	+0.1	2.1	24th	30.4	29.8	average	102%
Warwick	19.9	-0.2	27.2	14th	4.6	+1.4	-2.3	25th	42.8	26.3	high	163%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	22.7	0.0	30.7	14th	4.9	-0.2	-1.7	24th	15.6	31.0	average	50%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	23.9	+1.4	30.3	18th	4.1	-0.3	-1.5	24th	25.2	25.1	average	100%
Mitchell Post Office	23.7	+1.8	30.6	14th	3.5	-0.4	-1.7	24th	25.3	23.7	average	107%
Roma Airport	23.3	+0.6	32.1	14th	4.4	-0.3	-1.4	27th	30.6	23.0	average	133%
St George Airport	21.3	-0.8	28.2	31st	6.1	0.0	0.0	27th	18.4	20.9	average	88%
Surat	22.5	+0.7	31.2	14th	5.5	-0.1	-0.5	24th	21.6	27.2	average	79%
Warrego (district 44)
Charleville Aero	23.5	+1.5	31.4	18th	6.3	+0.4	0.6	24th	14.8	20.0	average	74%
Cunnamulla Post Office	21.6	+0.2	27.2	31st	8.4	+1.3	3.2	24th	19.8	17.0	average	116%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	22.0	-1.5	28.2	30th	9.3	+0.3	5.4	23rd	61.2	9.0	v high	680%
Thargomindah Airport	21.4	-1.4	27.9	30th	8.4	+0.3	3.5	24th	43.6	10.2	highest	427%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Cato Island	23.0		25.9	20th	19.3		17.4	5th
Creal Reef	22.7		25.6	15th	20.8		18.1	4th
Flinders Reef	24.4		25.6	20th	22.0		19.0	1st
Frederick Reef	23.0		26.5	21st	20.8		18.7	3rd
Gannet Cay	22.3		24.9	15th	20.1		17.9	24th
Holmes Reef	25.0		27.3	8th	23.0		21.5	10th
Marion Reef	23.8		25.9	21st	21.7		16.7	10th
Middle Percy Island	21.8	+0.1	25.4	20th	17.1	+0.4	14.6	24th	52.0	27.1	high	192%
Willis Island	27.2	+0.8	28.6	9th	22.6	+0.6	20.0	1st	17.8	22.5	average	79%

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