Monday, 2 November 2020 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in October 2020: above average rainfall in parts; widespread storms in the south-east

Rainfall was above average in the west, the northern interior, central west to Capricornia Coast, and areas in the south, Darling Downs and south-east coast. Thunderstorms brought moderate falls to the central to south-east districts in the last part of the month.

Mean maximum temperatures were above average in the north and east, extending into the southern interior. Mean minimum temperatures were above average across most of the state, but close to average in the south-west and along parts of the east coast.

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain at the end of the month

• Rainfall was above average in the northern interior, west, and parts of central west to the Capricornia Coast, and pockets in the south, Darling Downs and south-east coast.
• Below average rainfall was reported across parts of the northern Maranoa and Warrego, but close to average elsewhere in the state.
• Thunderstorms developed over the central west on the 11th along a surface trough extending from north-west to south-east Queensland. The trough lingered for several days, with storms from the central west to the southern Darling Downs, and in the Gulf Country and north-west producing moderate falls from the 12th to the 14th.
• A cold front and trough moved through southern Queensland, producing moderate falls in southern and south-east parts on the 19th.
• A series of surface troughs swept across the state from the 21st to the 24th, with a deep trough stalling over eastern Queensland. Widespread thunderstorms and moderate to locally heavy falls were reported across western, the northern to southern interior, and south-east Queensland.
  
• Widespread thunderstorms affected Brisbane on the 24th and 25th, then the 27th and 28th, bringing heavy rainfall to some sites, strong wind gusts and hail.
• Severe thunderstorms brought moderate to locally heavy falls to parts of the south-east on the 31st.
  

Warmer than average days in the north; warm nights across most of the state

• In terms of mean temperature, Queensland as a whole was 1.14 °C above average.
• Queensland's mean maximum temperature was 1.00 °C above the long-term average and the ninth-warmest on record; the mean minimum temperature was 1.28 °C above the long-term average.
• Mean maximum temperatures were above average in the north and east, extending into the southern interior.
• Mean minimum temperatures were above average across most of the state, but close to average in the south-west and along parts of the east coast.
• For the year-to-date (January to October), Queensland's mean maximum temperature and mean minimum temperature were both more than a degree warmer than average.

Severe thunderstorms

• Widespread thunderstorms affected central and south-east Queensland between the 24th and 29th. Thunderstorms affected Brisbane on the 24th and 25th, then the 27th and 28th, bringing heavy rainfall to some sites, flash-flooding, and strong wind gusts.
• Thunderstorms produced large hail, with reports up to 6 cm hail in diameter south of Gayndah, fallen power lines in the Caboolture area, and localised flash-flooding on the 28th.
• Severe thunderstorms impacted much of south-east Queensland on afternoon of the 31st. The main impacts were giant hail up to 14 cm in diamter along a path from Amberley to the northern suburbs of Logan, giant hail up to 7 cm in the Gympie area, and wind damage from Redcliffe to Kingston with gusts over 100 km/h recorded around Moreton Bay.

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Extremes in October 2020
Hottest day	42.8 °C at Julia Creek Airport on the 22nd
Warmest days on average	37.4 °C at Century Mine
Coolest days on average	23.8 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	17.8 °C at Applethorpe on the 24th
Coldest night	2.3 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on the 10th
Coolest nights on average	9.3 °C at Applethorpe
Warmest nights on average	25.7 °C at Sweers Island
Warmest night	28.2 °C at Sweers Island on the 24th
Warmest on average overall	30.3 °C at Normanton Airport
Coolest on average overall	16.6 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	182.8 mm at Brisbane
Wettest day	89.0 mm at Theodore on the 26th
Strongest wind gust	122 km/h at Roma Airport on the 22nd

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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 October daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Biloela - Valbona	58.6	on the 22nd	49.0	on the 16th in 2005	21

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Record highest October total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Melrose	113.0	98.6	in 2017	21	34.9

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Record highest October temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Lady Elliot Island	29.5	on the 31st	= 29.5	on the 31st in 1988	63	25.6

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Record highest October mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	25.3	25.2	in 2005	110	23.1
Cairns Aero	31.0	30.9	in 2005	78	29.6

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Record highest October daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Double Island Point Lighthouse	22.4	on the 31st	= 22.4	on the 30th in 2017	58	18.6
Normanton Airport	27.9	on the 26th	27.7	on the 29th in 2005	20	23.3

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Summary statistics for October 2020
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for October 2020	Diff from average	Highest for October 2020		Mean for October 2020	Diff from average	Lowest for October 2020		Total for October 2020	Average for October	Rank of October 2020	Fraction of October average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coen Airport	33.8	+0.4	37.5	31st	20.8	+0.3	16.8	10th	18.4	8.5	average	216%
Horn Island	31.3	+0.2	32.8	31st	25.1	+0.3	23.5	5th	3.4	12.9	average	26%
Scherger RAAF	36.1	+0.3	38.9	20th	21.8	+0.2	18.4	2nd	37.8	26.2	average	144%
Weipa Aero	36.1	+0.4	37.8	12th	22.4	+0.6	19.6	9th	70.4	21.4	v high	329%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	31.1	+0.7	32.7	29th	23.2	+1.2	20.0	24th	2.4	27.8	low	9%
Palmerville	36.8	+1.3	39.1	31st	18.9	-0.3	13.8	4th	7.2	20.7	average	35%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	35.5	-0.2	39.2	20th	22.5	+0.8	15.4	30th	17.6	12.0	high	147%
Century Mine	37.4	-0.7	41.1	21st	22.0	+1.0	14.4	30th	24.0	13.1	high	183%
Cloncurry Airport	36.0	-0.5	40.8	22nd	21.1	+0.6	14.7	30th	21.6	16.6	high	130%
Julia Creek Airport	37.2	-0.3	42.8	22nd	18.8	+0.3	10.3	29th	20.6	10.7	high	193%
Kowanyama Airport	37.1	+0.8	39.2	29th	23.1	+1.1	18.6	30th	4.6	16.3	average	28%
Mornington Island Airport	32.7		34.9	2nd	24.5		19.2	30th	31.2
Mount Isa Aero	35.5	+0.6	39.7	19th	19.7	+1.2	11.1	29th	12.6	18.1	average	70%
Normanton Airport	36.7	-0.1	39.7	31st	23.9	+0.6	19.6	30th	2.6	7.9	average	33%
Sweers Island	31.4	-0.6	33.7	23rd	25.7	+0.8	21.4	30th	31.1	10.4	high	299%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	36.1	+0.1	39.5	20th	20.3	-0.1	12.9	30th	26.8	12.6	high	213%
Hughenden Airport	35.5	+0.2	40.1	20th	19.1	+0.1	10.3	29th	10.2	15.1	high	68%
Richmond Airport	36.5	-0.2	40.8	21st	18.7	-0.2	12.3	29th	8.8	9.9	average	89%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	31.0	+1.4	34.0	27th	21.2	+0.6	18.1	10th	6.8	47.8	low	14%
Cairns Racecourse	30.1		32.6	28th	20.1		15.9	10th	28.4
Cape Flattery	30.8	+0.5	33.2	31st	23.3	+0.3	20.5	20th	0.2	16.5	v low	1%
Cooktown Airport	30.8	+0.4	34.8	26th	22.6	+0.1	18.1	10th	1.8	24.8	low	7%
Low Isles Lighthouse	30.9	+0.5	34.9	30th	23.9	+0.7	22.6	19th	0.8	45.9	v low	2%
Mareeba Airport	30.9	+0.3	35.4	31st	17.7	+0.3	14.1	10th	4.2	14.6	low	29%
Walkamin Research Station	29.4	+0.1	34.6	25th	16.7	0.0	14.2	10th	9.2	22.0	average	42%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	28.9	-0.3	31.4	13th	20.2	+1.2	15.9	8th	15.1	55.5	low	27%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	29.6		31.6	26th	20.4		16.3	9th	11.0
Innisfail Aerodrome	29.7		34.2	27th	18.4		13.4	9th	13.0
Lucinda Point	26.8	-0.3	29.8	29th	23.0	+0.1	20.5	8th
Mount Stuart (Defence)	30.5		34.8	29th	20.5		17.8	17th	35.2
South Johnstone Exp Stn	29.0	0.0	31.7	29th	19.5	+0.7	16.1	8th	33.8	96.7	average	35%
Townsville Aero	30.2	+0.7	32.7	26th	21.2	+0.5	17.1	17th	7.4	23.9	average	31%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	31.2		36.6	31st	18.2		14.8	30th	4.8
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	27.8	-0.7	30.0	30th	21.8	0.0	17.4	17th	18.8	29.8	average	63%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	30.6	+0.7	34.0	29th	18.9	+0.8	15.2	17th	11.8	26.1	average	45%
Bowen Airport AWS	30.2		32.8	30th	20.2		14.1	9th	2.0
Collinsville Post Office	32.7	+0.4	35.9	26th	17.7	+0.4	12.5	17th	13.6	21.8	average	62%
Hamilton Island Airport	28.0	+0.7	31.6	28th	22.2	+0.2	19.8	16th	6.2	25.7	average	24%
Mackay Aero	29.3	+0.9	32.6	30th	18.7	+0.5	13.7	9th	33.0	34.4	average	96%
Mackay M.O	29.1	+1.4	32.8	29th	20.5	+0.8	16.1	9th	18.8	33.9	average	55%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	28.6		32.0	30th	18.1		12.8	1st	35.6
Proserpine Airport	30.8	+0.5	36.0	30th	17.7	+0.3	13.4	9th
Samuel Hill Aero	28.4	+0.3	31.9	29th	15.8	+0.5	10.6	18th	49.8	58.7	average	85%
St Lawrence	29.2	+0.1	32.5	29th	18.3	+0.5	13.4	1st	65.4	38.3	high	171%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	32.5		36.6	31st	17.7		14.8	1st	33.4
Williamson	29.2	+0.4	33.3	29th	17.9	+0.5	12.1	1st	90.2	34.8	v high	259%
Woolshed	27.9	+0.5	32.9	29th	17.3	-0.2	11.7	6th	48.4	30.2	high	160%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	26.4	+0.3	31.0	31st	20.1	+0.8	15.9	9th	111.6	51.7	high	216%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	33.8	+0.9	37.2	30th	19.2	+1.1	16.7	17th	24.4	17.9	high	136%
Moranbah Airport	33.3		37.5	31st	16.5		11.8	30th	18.6
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	32.5		36.3	30th	17.4		12.3	30th	3.2
Clermont Airport	33.0	+1.0	37.1	30th	16.2	+0.9	9.9	30th	32.6	31.7	average	103%
Emerald Airport	32.6	+0.8	37.2	30th	17.2	+0.1	12.6	29th	89.0	44.2	high	201%
Lochington	31.9	-0.1	36.1	30th	17.0	+1.3	11.9	30th	58.8	36.8	high	160%
Rolleston Airport	32.4	+1.4	36.7	30th	15.3	+0.7	10.3	29th	32.2	46.0	average	70%
Springsure Comet St	30.8	+0.2	35.1	30th	15.8	+0.6	10.1	29th	79.8	48.3	high	165%
Tambo Post Office	30.9	-0.1	35.5	30th	14.3	+0.5	7.0	29th	33.8	34.4	average	98%
Taroom Post Office	31.5	+1.5	35.1	30th	15.9	+1.2	11.5	30th	87.0	55.0	high	158%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	32.9	+0.6	37.4	20th	18.8	+1.2	14.2	29th	22.6	28.5	average	79%
Blackall Airport	32.7	-0.5	37.7	22nd	16.5	-0.2	8.4	29th	15.6	26.3	average	59%
Isisford Post Office	32.4	-0.8	39.0	22nd	16.8	+0.1	11.1	28th	21.4	26.8	average	80%
Longreach Aero	34.0	-0.1	39.5	22nd	17.8	+0.7	10.0	29th	32.0	22.0	high	145%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	36.3	+0.4	41.7	22nd	20.5	+1.0	13.8	12th	38.2	13.9	v high	275%
Carters Bore	34.3		40.1	22nd	21.2		17.2	10th	15.6
New May Downs	35.0		40.6	22nd	21.0		16.0	29th	9.0
The Monument Airport	34.0	-1.4	41.0	22nd	17.8	-0.4	9.8	28th	8.8	9.5	average	93%
Trepell Airport	34.6	-1.1	41.1	22nd	18.2	-0.5	12.1	28th	12.6	11.7	high	108%
Urandangi Aerodrome	35.0		42.6	22nd	17.0		8.8	29th	18.4
Winton Airport	35.2	-1.0	40.5	22nd	18.1	-0.4	10.3	29th	8.0	6.4	average	125%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	32.4	-1.8	41.4	22nd	16.9	-0.4	11.1	27th	19.2	13.7	high	140%
Birdsville Airport	31.9	-1.6	40.7	22nd	16.7	-0.6	9.7	8th	18.0	8.7	high	207%
Boulia Airport					19.1	+1.1	14.0	10th	14.6	14.1	high	104%
Windorah Airport	32.0		37.5	22nd	18.0		11.0	27th	11.4
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	28.5	+1.4	31.5	19th	17.3	+0.8	12.4	1st	22.4	76.6	low	29%
Gayndah Airport	31.1	+0.9	35.0	9th	15.9	+0.9	11.6	1st	79.0	74.4	average	106%
Gladstone Airport	28.2	+0.6	33.1	29th	18.9	+0.4	15.1	1st	35.8	58.2	average	62%
Gladstone Radar	29.0	+0.5	33.2	29th	19.5	+0.8	17.6	5th	75.2	61.1	average	123%
Lady Elliot Island	27.6	+2.0	29.5	31st	21.4	+1.0	19.3	1st	7.8	56.4	low	14%
Monto Township	30.4	+1.3	34.9	9th	14.3	+0.8	9.9	1st	65.4	59.5	average	110%
Rockhampton Aero	30.4	+0.7	34.1	30th	18.3	+1.2	12.7	1st	70.6	49.7	high	142%
Rundle Island	25.1	+0.3	27.3	18th	21.7	+0.6	19.4	22nd
Seventeen Seventy	27.5	+1.5	29.0	30th	19.8	+0.5	16.5	15th	77.6	65.1	high	119%
Thangool Airport	31.3	+0.8	34.7	10th	14.4	+0.9	10.0	1st	88.8	56.9	high	156%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	29.7	+1.9	35.0	9th	13.0	-0.3	7.5	10th	42.6	72.6	average	59%
Archerfield Airport	28.7	+1.7	31.6	9th	14.8	+0.4	10.8	16th	95.0	78.4	high	121%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	29.2	+1.1	34.4	9th	13.0	0.0	8.4	1st
Beerburrum Forest Station	27.8	+0.4	32.4	31st	14.3	-0.3	9.9	1st	135.2	91.4	high	148%
Brisbane	27.8	+0.8	30.5	31st	17.0	+0.6	14.6	1st	182.8	82.8	v high	221%
Brisbane Aero	26.6	+1.2	30.6	19th	16.4	+0.6	12.4	15th	119.2	76.8	high	155%
Canungra (Defence)	27.4		32.7	9th	11.2		6.2	10th	70.4
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	25.3	+2.2	30.0	31st	19.1	+1.2	16.2	29th	66.4	79.1	average	84%
Coolangatta	25.9	+1.3	28.2	2nd	16.1	+0.2	12.0	16th	80.2	89.1	average	90%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	26.6	+2.0	30.2	19th	19.7	+1.1	18.1	29th	82.6	72.0	average	115%
Gold Coast Seaway	26.0	+0.6	28.3	31st	17.5	+0.6	13.8	10th	81.0	87.4	average	93%
Greenbank (Defence)	28.9		33.5	9th	12.7		7.5	1st	71.8
Gympie	29.3	+1.0	33.4	9th	14.0	+0.2	8.1	1st	81.0	72.1	high	112%
Hervey Bay Airport	27.3	+0.8	28.6	31st	17.0	+0.1	10.9	8th	33.0	81.8	low	40%
Kingaroy Airport	28.4	+1.0	32.0	9th	12.2	+0.5	7.0	16th	93.4	59.0	high	158%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	27.2	+0.7	31.2	9th	15.9	+0.9	9.2	4th	95.2	69.4	high	137%
Maryborough	28.7	+1.0	33.0	19th	15.5	+0.1	10.8	1st	35.8	76.6	average	47%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	26.8	+0.3	31.9	31st	15.6	+0.3	11.3	1st	111.6	127.1	high	88%
Point Lookout	27.1	+1.7	29.9	7th			16.0	29th	89.2	96.0	average	93%
Rainbow Beach	26.3	+0.8	31.0	25th					62.2	98.9	average	63%
Redcliffe	26.5	+1.0	31.0	19th	17.6	+0.6	14.3	1st	105.8	88.6	average	119%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	26.0		28.3	19th	16.0		12.8	1st	121.2
Sunshine Coast Airport	26.0	+0.4	29.3	25th	16.4	+0.8	10.9	1st	121.4	92.5	high	131%
Tewantin RSL Park	26.1	+0.6	29.7	31st	17.4	+0.5	12.7	1st	125.2	118.5	high	106%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	27.3		32.2	19th	15.8		10.9	1st	74.4
University of Queensland Gatton	29.9	+1.7	35.8	9th	13.2	0.0	8.8	1st	80.4	64.7	high	124%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	23.8	+1.8	27.5	16th	9.3	+0.3	2.5	10th	59.0	73.1	average	81%
Dalby Airport	29.3	+0.9	32.9	30th	13.1	+0.5	7.0	10th	49.2	60.6	average	81%
Oakey Aero	28.4	+1.6	31.9	9th	12.1	+0.7	5.7	10th	96.2	57.9	high	166%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	24.3	+1.6	27.7	16th	10.0	+1.0	2.3	10th	61.3	69.9	average	88%
Texas Post Office	29.0	+1.0	32.5	17th	13.1	+1.3	6.6	10th	52.2	60.6	average	86%
Toowoomba Airport	25.5	+0.9	29.8	9th	13.3	+0.5	11.0	15th	99.8	64.7	high	154%
Warwick	27.0	+1.0	30.8	16th	11.0	+0.4	4.2	10th	80.2	71.5	average	112%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	30.4	+0.8	35.0	30th	14.2	+0.3	7.3	10th	35.8	42.6	average	84%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	30.9	+1.4	36.1	30th	13.4	+0.6	7.2	10th	42.0	48.7	average	86%
Mitchell Post Office	31.6	+2.2	36.4	30th	13.1	+0.8	7.5	10th	28.2	42.7	average	66%
Roma Airport	31.1	+1.2	37.3	30th	13.7	+0.1	6.8	10th	45.2	50.0	average	90%
St George Airport	29.9	+0.1	35.9	30th	15.3	+0.7	9.8	10th	56.4	40.7	high	139%
Surat	30.4	+1.2	35.9	30th	15.5	+1.6	10.8	29th	47.8	49.2	average	97%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	30.5	+0.8	36.6	23rd	15.6	+1.8	10.3	26th	32.7	35.3	average	93%
Charleville Aero	31.5	+1.5	36.4	22nd	15.6	+1.1	8.7	28th	5.4	34.5	low	16%
Cunnamulla Post Office	30.8	+1.0	36.2	22nd	16.0	+1.1	10.7	27th	14.6	25.0	average	58%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	30.9	-1.9	38.4	17th	16.2	-1.2	9.9	9th	32.2	9.4	high	343%
Thargomindah Airport	30.4	-1.2	37.5	17th	16.8	-0.1	8.7	27th	11.2	13.7	average	82%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Cato Island	25.0		28.7	31st	21.6		19.7	6th
Creal Reef	24.7		26.1	28th	23.2		20.1	6th
Flinders Reef	26.5		30.4	31st	23.9		21.2	6th
Frederick Reef	24.5		27.7	20th	22.6		19.5	1st
Gannet Cay	24.4		27.9	20th	22.5		19.1	16th
Holmes Reef	26.4		30.3	29th	24.3		20.8	8th
Marion Reef	26.0		30.7	26th	23.6		20.4	2nd
Middle Percy Island	25.8	+0.1	28.4	29th	20.4	+0.3	17.6	22nd	35.2	30.2	average	117%
Willis Island	29.1	+0.4	31.0	30th	24.2	+0.5	21.5	9th	5.6	20.8	average	27%

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