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

Queensland in November 2020: second-warmest November on record; below average rainfall across large parts of the state

Rainfall was below average across most of Queensland for November, except in the Cape York Peninsula and areas in the central west, where rainfall was close to the long-term average. Despite an active La Niña phase in the Pacific Ocean, there were a lack of rain-bearing systems during the month.

It was the second-warmest November on record for Queensland in terms of mean, maximum and minimum temperatures. Mean maximum temperatures were warmer than usual across nearly all of the state except pockets of the central east coast. Mean minimum temperatures were warmer than usual across most of the state, but close to average in the far south-east and base of the Cape York Peninsula.

Dry across the south-east

• Widespread thunderstorms developed over the central and southern interior on the 8th to 10th, and over western Queensland on the 11th and 12th, before moving into eastern Queensland on the 13th.
• Storms developed over northern Queensland on the 14th, and western Queensland on the 15th and 16th.
• A surface trough extended from the north-west to the south-east from the 25th, and thunderstorms developed in the north-west, central west and small parts of the south-east.
• Low pressure troughs and moist onshore flow produced showers and thunderstorms across Cape York Peninsula at the end of the month.

Second-warmest November on record

• It was the second-warmest November on record for Queensland in terms of mean temperature, 2.51 °C above the long-term average (behind 2014).
• Queensland's mean maximum temperature was 2.85 °C above the long-term average and the mean minimum temperature was 2.17 °C above the long-term average; both were the second-warmest on record after 2014.
• November saw mean maximum temperatures warmer than usual across most of the state, except for pockets of the central east coast. A few sites had their highest November mean maximum temperature on record
• Similarly, November mean minimum temperatures were warmer than usual for most of the state, except for pockets of the south-east and in the base of Cape York Peninsula.
• A low- to severe-intensity heatwave affected much of north-west to south-east Queensland from the 15th to 17th.
• From around the 23rd, another low- to severe-intensity heatwave affected much of the state west of a line from the Gulf Country to the Darling Downs. Areas in the south-west were affected by an extreme heatwave from the 27th to the end of the month.
• Birdsville reported a record run of 4 days at or above 46.0 °C in November (27 to 30 November). The previous record was 3 days from 28 to 30 November 2006. A number of sites reported their highest November daily maximum temperature on record on the 30th.
• A number of sites in central western and south-west Queensland reported their warmest November daily minimum temperature on record
• For the year-to-date (January to November), Queensland's mean maximum temperature and mean minimum temperature were both more than a degree warmer than average.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in November 2020
Hottest day	47.1 °C at Birdsville Airport on the 30th
Warmest days on average	41.5 °C at Urandangi Aerodrome
Coolest days on average	25.7 °C at Frederick Reef
Coldest day	19.4 °C at Applethorpe on the 8th
Coldest night	4.1 °C at Applethorpe on the 6th
Coolest nights on average	11.6 °C at Applethorpe
Warmest nights on average	27.8 °C at Sweers Island
Warmest night	33.2 °C at Birdsville Airport on the 29th
Warmest on average overall	33.3 °C at Lake Julius AWS
Coolest on average overall	19.8 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	243.0 mm at Mt Jukes
Wettest day	160.0 mm at Bramwell on the 25th
Strongest wind gust	115 km/h at Longreach Aero on the 12th

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 November temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Charleville Aero	43.8	on the 30th	43.3	on the 29th in 2006	79	32.9
Bollon Mary St	45.6	on the 30th	44.4	on the 5th in 1965	64	32.9
Cunnamulla Post Office	45.4	on the 30th	44.0	on the 23rd in 2014	62	32.9
Surat	44.3	on the 30th	43.9	on the 29th in 2006	55	32.1
Mitchell Post Office	44.7	on the 30th	42.7	on the 22nd in 2014	52	32.0
Dalby Airport	41.3	on the 30th	40.5	on the 16th in 1996	29	30.6
Roma Airport	43.7	on the 30th	43.3	on the 29th in 1996	29	32.2
Miles Constance Street	42.6	on the 30th	40.8	on the 15th in 2014	24	31.5
St George Airport	45.1	on the 30th	44.0	on the 19th in 2009	24	32.3
Thargomindah Airport	46.2	on the 30th	45.4	on the 18th in 2009	22	34.3

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Record highest November mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Lady Elliot Island	29.2	28.9	in 2018	80	27.3
Mount Isa Aero	40.1	39.8	in 2015	53	36.6
Seventeen Seventy	29.2	= 29.2	in 2019	33	27.6
Richmond Airport	40.3	40.1	in 2014	22	37.9
Bedourie	40.7	40.0	in 2014	21	36.8
Thargomindah Airport	38.0	37.8	in 2014	21	34.3
Birdsville Airport	40.2	39.3	in 2012	20	36.5

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Record highest November daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Longreach Aero	29.5	on the 17th	29.1	on the 24th in 1987	55	20.1
Thargomindah Airport	32.8	on the 29th	= 32.8	on the 19th in 2009	22	20.6
Birdsville Airport	33.2	on the 29th	32.1	on the 14th in 2014	21	21.2
Hughenden Airport	29.0	on the 25th	28.5	on the 22nd in 2014	20	21.8

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Record highest November mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Boulia Airport	25.2	24.9	in 2014	124	21.4
Bedourie	23.1	= 23.1	in 2014	21	20.7

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Record highest November mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Bedourie	32.1	31.6	in 2014	21	28.8
Birdsville Airport	31.6	31.3	in 2014	20	28.8

Highest November mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for November
Mount Isa Aero	31.5	31.6	in 1990	29.1
Camooweal Township	32.8	33.0	in 1990*	30.0

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for November 2020
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for November 2020	Diff from average	Highest for November 2020		Mean for November 2020	Diff from average	Lowest for November 2020		Total for November 2020	Average for November	Rank of November 2020	Fraction of November average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coen Airport	35.5	+0.8	39.2	6th	22.3	0.0	17.9	5th	12.0	31.1	average	39%
Horn Island	32.7	+0.7	34.4	23rd	26.2	+0.4	22.9	7th	76.2	39.1	high	195%
Scherger RAAF	37.2	+0.8	39.1	16th	22.9	-0.5	21.0	6th	27.8	85.4	low	33%
Weipa Aero	36.9	+1.1	38.6	20th	23.6	+0.1	21.8	27th	29.6	93.5	low	32%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	32.2	+0.4	33.4	18th	24.6	+1.5	18.9	7th	54.8	67.3	average	81%
Palmerville	37.6	+1.4	40.4	5th	21.0	-0.5	17.9	18th	41.6	61.2	average	68%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	37.7	+1.0	42.0	7th	24.4	+0.4	20.2	7th	8.2	40.2	low	20%
Century Mine	39.9	+0.7	43.4	25th	25.0	+1.3	18.2	1st	23.2	48.0	low	48%
Cloncurry Airport	40.0	+2.0	43.0	24th	25.0	+1.7	19.2	1st	24.2	32.4	average	75%
Julia Creek Airport	41.4	+2.3	44.0	25th	23.3	+1.5	16.1	1st	3.6	26.5	low	14%
Kowanyama Airport	37.8	+1.5	40.1	3rd	25.0	+0.9	20.8	27th	69.8	55.7	average	125%
Lake Julius AWS	40.3		43.5	25th	26.3		22.3	22nd	21.0
Mornington Island Airport	34.1		37.4	7th	26.4		22.7	1st	46.8
Mount Isa Aero	40.1	+3.5	43.1	29th	22.9	+1.4	16.2	2nd	10.6	37.2	low	28%
Normanton Airport	38.4	+1.3	42.2	6th	25.8	+0.4	21.9	28th	35.8	40.7	average	88%
Sweers Island	33.4	+0.1	36.6	1st	27.8	+1.2	25.9	3rd	1.0	67.2	v low	1%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	37.8	+0.9	40.5	7th	22.3	-0.6	19.5	1st	53.0	56.9	average	93%
Hughenden Airport	38.7	+2.0	42.9	15th	22.4	+0.6	13.5	1st	6.4	42.4	low	15%
Richmond Airport	40.3	+2.4	42.8	24th	22.2	+0.4	14.1	1st	6.0	41.7	low	14%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	32.1	+1.4	33.8	18th	22.7	+0.4	19.3	2nd	54.4	90.3	average	60%
Cairns Racecourse	31.5		33.3	16th	21.8		18.6	2nd	87.6
Cape Flattery	32.0	+0.2	32.7	26th	24.5	+0.2	20.2	1st	44.6	27.8	average	160%
Cooktown Airport	32.2	+0.5	34.9	6th	23.8	-0.1	18.6	1st	84.8	57.8	high	147%
Low Isles Lighthouse	32.1	+0.4	34.7	14th	25.0	+0.5	23.6	21st	28.2	88.2	low	32%
Mareeba Airport	32.5	+0.8	37.9	6th	19.2	0.0	16.5	2nd	0.4	40.6	low	1%
Walkamin Research Station	31.2	+0.6	36.5	6th	18.2	-0.3	14.6	2nd	3.2	70.6	v low	5%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cowley Beach (Defence)	31.2		32.6	27th	22.4		17.6	2nd	37.0
Innisfail Aerodrome	31.6		33.5	6th	20.3		16.5	2nd	57.4
Lucinda Point	28.2	-0.2	30.3	16th	24.6	+0.4	22.4	5th
Mount Stuart (Defence)	31.9		36.5	6th	22.5		20.7	10th	0
South Johnstone Exp Stn	30.5	0.0	33.9	6th	21.3	+0.7	18.3	5th	42.8	145.3	low	29%
Townsville Aero	31.8	+1.0	33.9	6th	23.3	+0.4	19.7	5th	3.0	56.4	v low	5%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	32.8		38.3	6th	20.4		18.3	26th	0
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	29.3	-0.4	30.7	6th	24.6	+1.0	22.4	1st	22.4	55.7	average	40%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	31.8	+0.6	33.9	6th	20.8	+0.2	17.9	5th	0.2	43.7	v low	0%
Bowen Airport AWS	31.7		32.9	2nd	21.9		18.0	5th	0.6
Collinsville Post Office	35.2	+1.7	39.6	6th	20.7	+0.8	17.7	4th	0	48.7	lowest	0%
Hamilton Island Airport	29.3	+0.7	31.9	15th	23.8	+0.6	22.0	10th	15.4	77.3	average	20%
Mackay Aero	30.5	+0.8	32.6	6th	21.1	+0.6	16.7	11th	29.0	77.3	average	38%
Mackay M.O	30.5	+1.2	33.2	25th	22.5	+0.7	19.0	13th	48.4	90.2	average	54%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	29.6		32.4	6th	20.4		16.2	11th	55.8
Proserpine Airport	32.4	+0.7	37.6	6th	20.0	+0.3	16.2	5th	19.2	79.8	low	24%
Samuel Hill Aero	29.8	+0.3	33.0	30th	17.6	+0.1	11.7	12th	33.6	65.0	average	52%
St Lawrence	30.8	+0.2	35.3	6th	20.4	+0.1	15.5	11th	5.2	55.6	v low	9%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	34.4		39.4	6th	19.6		17.2	6th	0
Williamson	30.5	+0.1	32.5	30th	20.2	+0.3	14.9	11th	2.6	42.7	v low	6%
Woolshed	29.5	+1.1	33.0	6th	19.2	0.0	16.4	6th	2.8	56.7	low	5%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	27.8	+0.2	30.1	5th	22.6	+1.2	18.7	13th	2.0	63.7	v low	3%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	36.2	+2.1	40.5	6th	21.3	+0.9	19.6	22nd	0	59.3	lowest	0%
Moranbah Airport	35.8		40.2	30th	19.3		15.2	1st	4.8
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	35.0		40.0	15th	19.5		14.1	1st	6.8
Clermont Airport	35.7	+1.8	40.2	30th	19.9	+1.2	11.9	1st	15.2	43.2	low	35%
Emerald Airport	35.1	+1.6	39.9	30th	20.2	+0.7	15.0	1st	38.4	50.4	average	76%
Lochington	35.2	+1.5	39.9	30th	19.9	+1.3	12.7	1st	33.2	35.5	average	94%
Rolleston Airport	35.0	+1.7	40.0	30th	18.9	+1.0	12.6	1st	52.4	36.7	average	143%
Springsure Comet St	34.6	+1.8	39.3	30th	18.6	+0.7	11.6	2nd	12.6	63.4	low	20%
Tambo Post Office	35.8	+2.5	40.8	30th	19.3	+2.3	10.0	1st	25.8	46.3	average	56%
Taroom Post Office	35.1	+3.0	41.3	30th	19.3	+1.7	11.9	7th	8.0	71.9	v low	11%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	36.6	+2.0	41.2	24th	22.6	+2.2	15.6	1st	45.2	39.9	high	113%
Blackall Airport	37.7	+2.7	42.2	15th	21.5	+1.4	12.1	1st	5.6	44.1	low	13%
Isisford Post Office	38.5	+2.7	43.0	15th	22.2	+2.2	13.0	6th	4.0	35.3	low	11%
Longreach Aero	38.4	+2.1	43.3	24th	22.6	+2.5	15.7	1st	66.2	29.2	high	227%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	40.5	+2.9	42.5	29th	25.0	+2.6	17.7	3rd	8.4	29.7	average	28%
Carters Bore	39.3		42.6	29th	25.1		18.6	7th	12.6
New May Downs	39.5		42.2	29th	24.2		18.8	7th	7.2
The Monument Airport	40.1	+2.7	43.2	30th	22.5	+1.0	13.5	1st	7.8	27.9	average	28%
Trepell Airport	40.1	+2.4	43.3	15th	23.4	+1.6	15.8	1st	6.4	25.5	average	25%
Urandangi Aerodrome	41.5		44.8	11th	22.4		13.4	1st	8.8
Winton Airport	40.2	+2.1	44.3	16th	23.0	+1.3	13.5	1st	4.6	22.9	low	20%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	40.7	+3.9	46.6	30th	23.1	+2.4	13.9	6th	1.4	17.5	low	8%
Birdsville Airport	40.2	+3.7	47.1	30th	23.0	+1.8	13.8	6th	0	16.8	lowest	0%
Boulia Airport					25.2	+3.8	17.0	1st	0.5	20.7	low	2%
Windorah Airport	39.2		45.3	30th	23.9		13.7	6th	3.8
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	30.2	+1.6	33.0	6th	19.3	+0.5	14.4	10th	1.0	82.4	v low	1%
Gayndah Airport	33.4	+1.6	39.0	15th	17.8	+0.4	12.7	10th	15.8	51.2	low	31%
Gladstone Airport	29.9	+0.9	33.1	5th	21.1	+0.6	17.5	10th	10.2	54.0	v low	19%
Gladstone Radar	30.9	+0.8	33.6	17th	21.4	+0.8	17.5	10th	13.4	65.9	v low	20%
Lady Elliot Island	29.2	+1.9	30.7	26th	22.5	+0.6	19.5	11th	22.8	64.8	low	35%
Monto Township	33.0	+2.0	38.9	30th	16.4	+0.2	10.5	10th	1.8	71.7	v low	3%
Rockhampton Aero	32.4	+1.1	36.6	15th	20.4	+0.8	16.8	12th	1.6	65.5	v low	2%
Rundle Island	26.8	+0.4	29.8	23rd	23.4	+0.9	21.1	10th
Seventeen Seventy	29.2	+1.6	31.1	25th	21.8	+0.8	17.0	10th	17.0	69.6	low	24%
Thangool Airport	33.8	+1.8	39.0	30th	16.4	+0.1	11.4	11th	2.4	74.2	v low	3%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	32.0	+2.3	38.1	29th	15.3	-1.0	9.6	6th	30.8	79.3	low	39%
Archerfield Airport	29.7	+1.1	34.1	17th	17.5	+0.3	11.8	9th	27.8	96.8	low	29%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	31.6	+1.5	38.4	29th	15.2	-1.0	9.7	10th	6.6	74.5	v low	9%
Beerburrum Forest Station	29.0	+0.4	35.6	17th	16.2	-0.3	11.6	11th	30.8	111.4	v low	28%
Brisbane	28.9	+0.6	32.2	24th	19.0	+0.2	15.5	11th	20.0	88.0	low	23%
Brisbane Aero	27.3	+0.3	31.5	1st	18.2	-0.1	13.9	6th	13.8	88.6	lowest	16%
Canungra (Defence)	29.6		36.8	29th	13.6		8.2	10th	7.0
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	26.2	+1.4	28.8	26th	20.3	+0.7	17.6	8th	9.6	91.3	v low	11%
Coolangatta	27.4	+1.4	31.0	15th	18.2	+0.1	14.3	11th	15.6	115.1	v low	14%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	27.4	+1.2	32.8	30th	21.0	+0.8	18.4	9th	28.4	86.2	low	33%
Gold Coast Seaway	27.0	+0.1	31.4	14th	19.2	+0.2	16.2	1st	19.4	106.7	lowest	18%
Greenbank (Defence)	30.8		36.6	17th	14.7		10.1	10th	28.8
Gympie	30.5	+0.3	37.2	17th	16.4	-0.1	11.0	10th	43.2	86.8	low	50%
Hervey Bay Airport	28.7	+0.6	30.5	26th	19.7	+0.6	12.5	12th	13.2	63.6	low	21%
Kingaroy Airport	30.8	+1.5	37.2	15th	14.1	-0.4	9.0	11th	30.6	54.6	average	56%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	28.7	+0.7	33.6	29th	17.9	+0.4	14.0	11th	26.3	97.2	v low	27%
Maryborough	30.7	+1.3	34.3	17th	17.4	-0.4	12.3	10th	8.8	83.3	v low	11%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	28.3	-0.3	35.7	17th	17.4	-0.4	12.9	11th	37.2	99.5	v low	37%
Rainbow Beach	27.4	+0.4	32.1	14th					19.2	85.2	low	23%
Redcliffe	27.2	0.0	30.5	1st	19.4	-0.2	15.5	4th	47.2	83.5	average	57%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	27.0		30.1	1st	17.9		14.4	4th	30.2
Sunshine Coast Airport	27.4	+0.1	32.8	14th	17.7	-0.2	13.4	11th	30.0	79.8	low	38%
Tewantin RSL Park	27.3	+0.5	32.9	14th	18.9	+0.1	15.6	12th	44.0	91.3	average	48%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	28.7		34.0	17th	17.8		12.4	12th	24.6
University of Queensland Gatton	33.1	+2.8	39.8	29th	15.4	-0.6	9.1	9th	8.0	77.3	v low	10%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	28.0	+3.9	34.2	29th	11.6	0.0	4.1	6th	5.6	76.2	lowest	7%
Dalby Airport	33.9	+3.3	41.3	30th	15.8	+0.2	9.7	1st	3.0	64.5	lowest	5%
Oakey Aero	31.9	+3.0	38.1	30th	14.7	+0.2	7.4	6th	3.0	72.3	v low	4%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	28.9	+3.6	34.6	29th	12.1	+0.2	4.9	6th	8.6	74.1	v low	12%
Texas Post Office	34.3	+3.7	42.5	30th	16.0	+1.0	9.6	6th	11.2	66.5	v low	17%
Toowoomba Airport	28.8	+2.4	35.2	29th	15.1	+0.3	9.6	6th	2.2	69.5	v low	3%
Warwick	31.2	+3.0	37.5	29th	13.6	-0.1	6.1	6th	6.8	82.3	lowest	8%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	35.0	+3.5	42.6	30th	18.0	+0.9	10.1	7th	7.0	48.1	lowest	15%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	35.5	+3.9	41.9	30th	18.0	+2.0	9.8	6th	1.0	71.2	v low	1%
Mitchell Post Office	36.4	+4.4	44.7	30th	17.7	+1.6	10.4	7th	20.6	57.2	low	36%
Roma Airport	36.0	+3.8	43.7	30th	18.5	+1.4	9.6	1st	0.2	56.6	lowest	0%
St George Airport	36.0	+3.7	45.1	30th	19.8	+1.7	10.7	6th	9.6	55.7	v low	17%
Surat	35.6	+3.5	44.3	30th	20.1	+3.0	12.1	1st	0	54.1	lowest	0%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	36.6	+3.7	45.6	30th	21.1	+3.8	11.1	6th	12.8	40.9	low	31%
Charleville Aero	36.7	+3.8	43.8	30th	21.2	+3.2	12.5	6th	10.0	42.4	low	24%
Cunnamulla Post Office	37.2	+4.3	45.4	30th	21.6	+3.4	12.2	6th	5.8	30.2	low	19%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	38.5	+3.1	47.0	30th	22.3	+1.5	13.3	6th	6.0	24.6	low	24%
Thargomindah Airport	38.0	+3.7	46.2	30th	23.1	+2.5	13.7	6th	0	30.8	lowest	0%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Bougainville Reef	27.5		29.5	24th			23.4	28th
Cato Island	26.2		29.2	6th	22.9		19.6	11th
Creal Reef	26.1		27.4	1st	24.8		22.1	11th
Flinders Reef	27.4		29.8	14th	25.3		22.7	10th
Frederick Reef	25.7		29.5	5th	23.8		20.9	11th
Gannet Cay	25.9		28.5	30th	24.1		19.9	10th
Holmes Reef	27.7		30.7	24th	25.7		22.2	28th
Lihou Reef Lighthouse	26.9		28.0	2nd	25.1		23.2	11th
Marion Reef	26.8		30.3	14th	24.9		21.9	19th
Middle Percy Island	27.8	+0.6	29.4	6th	21.9	+0.3	18.7	10th	8.2	76.1	low	11%
Willis Island	30.2	+0.3	32.0	1st	25.2	+0.5	21.9	27th	69.4	38.8	high	179%

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