Thursday, 1 July 2021 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in June 2021: wet in the west; warmer than usual days and nights in the north

Rainfall was above average in western Queensland, and in the southern inland, central interior and Capricornia coast. Below average rainfall was recorded in far northern and far south-eastern parts, while remaining areas were close to average.
Mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures were above average in northern Queensland, and close to the long-term average elsewhere.

Wet in the west, central and southern interior, and the Capricornia coast

• June rainfall for Queensland as a whole was 53% above the long-term average, and the wettest June since 2016.
• Rainfall was above average in parts of the southern and central interior, about the Capricornia coast and in western Queensland. Some areas of the North West, Central West and Channel Country districts in western Queensland were in decile 10 (top 10% of records).
• Below average rainfall was recorded in far northern and far south-eastern Queensland, and close to long-term average rainfall elsewhere.
• A surface and upper-level trough brought showers and moderate falls to the south-west on the 2nd and 3rd, then across the south-east quarter of the state on the 4th.
• The passage of a cold front and surface trough produced widespread moderate falls over southern inland and south-eastern parts of Queensland on the 9th.
• Onshore flow with showers and moderate falls were recorded about the Capricornia district on the 14th and 15th, and the Central Coast on the 16th. A surface trough triggered showers and thunderstorms over central Queensland the following day. Tarana Crossing had its highest June daily rainfall on record on the 17th.
• A cold front and surface trough tracked into western Queensland on the 23rd, and produced moderate falls in the south-west on the 24th, then from north-west through central to southern inland Queensland on the 25th. Tanbar Station and South Galway in the Channel Country in far south-west Queensland had their highest June daily rainfall on record on the 24th.
• As the cold front tracked eastwards, moderate falls were recorded from central Queensland to the Darling Downs, then the Capricornia and Wide Bay coasts on the 27th. Gladstone Radar had its wettest day this year on the 27th, with 55.6 mm. Typically, the wettest time of the year for the Capricornia Coast is from December to March.

Warm days and nights in the north

• The June mean temperature was 1.08 °C above average.
• The state's mean maximum temperature for June was 0.67 °C above average.
• Maximum temperatures were above average across northern Queensland, and in decile 10 (the top 10% of records) in parts of the Cape York Peninsula and north-east tropical coast.
• Maximum temperatures were close to average elsewhere, though Richmond had its highest June temperature on record on the 15th.
• The mean minimum temperature for Queensland as a whole was 1.49 °C above average although lower than in June 2020.
• Minimum temperatures were above average across the northern half of the state, and in parts of the south-west and southern interior. Cardwell Marine Pde had its warmest June night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record on the 16th.
• Minimum temperatures were close to average elsewhere, though Hughenden had its lowest June temperature on record on the 10th. 
• For the year to date, the mean temperature was 0.61 °C above average, the state's mean maximum temperature was 0.52 °C above average, and the mean minimum (overnight) temperature was 0.69 °C above average.

Fog, flooding in western parts

• Thick fog enveloped Brisbane on the morning of the 16th, with fog covering much of the eastern Queensland coastal fringe.
• Following the passage of a cold front, moderate falls of 25 mm to 50 mm were recorded on the 24th across large parts of western Queensland, and produced flooding at South Galway Station (near Windorah) in the south-west.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in June 2021
Hottest day	34.3 °C at Richmond Airport on the 15th, and at Lake Julius AWS and Weipa Aero, both on the 16th
Warmest days on average	31.8 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	14.2 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	7.7 °C at Applethorpe on the 19th
Coldest night	-2.6 °C at Applethorpe on the 27th
Coolest nights on average	3.5 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	25.2 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	26.2 °C at Coconut Island on the 16th
Warmest on average overall	27.8 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	8.9 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	204.2 mm at Hawkins Creek
Wettest day	96.0 mm at Hawkins Creek on the 30th
Strongest wind gust	85 km/h at Clermont Airport on the 13th and at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 15th

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 daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Tanbar Station	53.0	on the 24th	49.8	on the 7th in 1950	93
South Galway	37.0	on the 24th	29.6	on the 19th in 2005	44
Tarana Crossing	77.0	on the 17th	45.0	on the 15th in 2005	25

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Highest June total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Strathmore	103.9	135.7	in 1967*	27.4
Hawkins Creek	204.2	250.4	in 1990*	82.7

* 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 temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Richmond Airport	34.3	on the 15th	34.0	on the 15th in 2002	24	26.7

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Record highest June daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Cardwell Marine Pde	22.9	on the 16th	22.6	on the 15th in 2020	64	15.1

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Record lowest June temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Hughenden Airport	0.1	on the 10th	0.2	on the 18th in 2004	21	10.8

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for June 2021
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for June 2021	Diff from average	Highest for June 2021		Mean for June 2021	Diff from average	Lowest for June 2021		Total for June 2021	Average for June	Rank of June 2021	Fraction of June average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	30.4	0.0	32.1	5th	25.2	+0.4	24.1	6th	26.0	28.0	average	93%
Coen Airport	30.3	+0.7	32.4	14th	18.2	0.0	14.8	3rd	1.8	3.4	high	53%
Horn Island	30.0	+0.6	31.3	17th	24.5	+0.5	22.4	5th	4.0	14.3	v low	28%
Scherger RAAF	31.2	+0.3	33.7	16th	20.4	+0.5	18.3	26th	1.2	4.3	average	28%
Weipa Aero	31.7	+0.6	34.3	16th	20.8	+0.8	18.8	3rd	1.0	3.3	average	30%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	28.4	+0.9	29.6	17th	22.3	+2.0	18.1	4th	39.0	57.9	average	67%
Palmerville	30.9	+1.0	33.2	14th	16.1	+0.9	12.8	10th	0	11.5	lowest	0%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	29.3	0.0	34.2	14th	16.1	+0.8	10.2	11th	0	3.4	lowest	0%
Century Mine	27.7	-0.8	33.5	16th	14.9	+1.2	8.4	11th	7.8	4.6	high	170%
Cloncurry Airport	25.6	-0.7	32.7	15th	12.5	+0.7	5.5	12th	33.6	8.1	v high	415%
Julia Creek Airport	26.8	-0.4	34.2	15th	10.9	+0.9	1.7	10th	33.4	16.2	high	206%
Kowanyama Airport	31.8	+1.0	34.1	16th	18.2	+1.8	14.8	21st	0	4.3	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	26.1		34.3	16th	13.4		6.2	11th	39.4
Mornington Island Airport	26.3		30.6	16th	18.3		13.0	22nd	0
Mount Isa Aero	25.0	0.0	32.1	16th	10.2	+0.2	1.4	12th	45.8	7.0	v high	654%
Normanton Airport	30.0	+0.2	33.8	15th	17.6	+0.8	12.0	10th	0	3.5	lowest	0%
Sweers Island	26.0	0.0	29.0	14th	19.0	+0.3	15.1	10th	0.2	4.4	high	5%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	29.5	+0.9	32.6	14th	14.6	+0.6	5.2	10th	0	7.3	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport			32.5	16th	11.4	+0.6	0.1	10th	2.4	18.6	average	13%
Richmond Airport	27.3	+0.6	34.3	15th	11.2	+1.0	1.8	10th	6.8	14.8	average	46%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	27.2	+1.1	29.3	18th	19.3	+1.3	12.9	21st	40.6	46.9	average	87%
Cairns Racecourse	26.6		29.6	16th	18.6		12.0	21st	70.0
Cape Flattery	27.5	+0.5	29.0	30th	22.6	+0.9	20.4	4th	19.4	36.3	low	53%
Cooktown Airport	27.8	+1.1	30.1	16th	20.2	+0.5	13.3	21st	8.2	35.6	low	23%
Low Isles Lighthouse	25.9	0.0	29.6	14th	22.0	+0.7	20.9	21st	16.0	62.2	low	26%
Mareeba Airport	26.4	+1.1	29.6	18th	15.9	+0.6	10.7	21st	1.4	10.5	low	13%
Walkamin Research Station	25.2	+1.5	29.5	17th	15.4	+1.4	9.5	21st	8.2	18.5	average	44%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	25.4	+0.1	28.0	19th	17.7	+2.6	10.3	21st	34.3	46.1	average	74%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	25.1		28.1	17th	18.3		11.7	21st	126.0
Innisfail Aerodrome	25.5		29.2	17th	17.0		9.9	21st	143.2
Mount Stuart (Defence)	26.1		29.9	17th	16.8		11.9	10th	0.6
South Johnstone Exp Stn	25.2	+0.8	29.0	17th	18.0	+1.9	11.1	21st	157.8	155.7	average	101%
Townsville Aero	26.3	+0.6	30.0	17th	17.4	+2.7	9.9	11th	12.2	20.5	average	60%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	25.0		30.1	16th	13.8		4.3	10th	4.8
East Central Coast (district 33)
Bowen Airport AWS	25.9		28.8	4th	15.7		7.7	11th	19.2
Collinsville Post Office	25.8	+0.6	29.1	3rd	12.6	+2.1	4.9	10th	45.5	27.0	high	169%
Hamilton Island Airport	22.5	+0.3	25.7	14th	18.9	+0.1	16.1	11th	28.8	60.3	average	48%
Mackay Aero	23.7	+0.5	28.6	14th	14.0	+1.1	5.1	10th	45.2	60.3	average	75%
Mackay M.O	22.9	+0.9	27.4	14th	15.7	+1.5	8.2	10th	32.0	60.8	average	53%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	23.8		28.3	14th	13.8		4.5	10th	50.4
Proserpine Airport	25.5	+0.8	29.1	16th	13.8	+1.0	4.6	10th	14.4	38.0	average	38%
Samuel Hill Aero	22.7	-0.1	26.2	15th	11.8	0.0	3.3	10th	110.4	93.8	average	118%
St Lawrence	24.1	-0.2	27.4	17th	12.7	+0.3	3.7	10th	90.0	38.9	high	231%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	25.0		29.9	16th	14.1		5.8	10th	12.4
Williamson	23.8	-0.3	27.1	14th	12.1	+0.4	2.0	10th	66.6	37.8	high	176%
Woolshed	21.7	-0.1	26.6	17th			4.4	11th	11.4	28.7	low	40%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	21.7	-0.3	23.8	25th	13.9	+0.3	5.6	12th	74.8	52.8	high	142%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	25.6	+0.6	31.1	16th	13.8	+1.1	6.9	21st	17.0	19.9	average	85%
Moranbah Airport	24.2		28.6	14th	11.1		2.1	10th	49.0	19.9	high	246%
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	23.5		27.3	15th	10.6		-0.2	10th	9.0
Clermont Airport	22.9	-0.3	28.0	13th	8.2	+0.7	-1.4	10th	32.6	22.3	high	146%
Emerald Airport	23.4	0.0	27.3	16th	10.7	+0.4	2.8	10th	19.0	30.0	average	63%
Lochington	23.3	+0.1	28.4	16th	6.9	-0.8	0.1	12th	36.8	40.9	average	90%
Rolleston Airport	22.5	-0.2	27.2	13th	7.7	-0.1	-0.5	10th	37.0	36.0	average	103%
Springsure Comet St	22.1	-0.2	27.2	15th	8.1	+0.8	-0.6	10th	40.0	38.0	average	105%
Tambo Post Office	21.2	-0.4	27.4	15th	5.0	+0.1	-2.5	10th	29.0	28.5	average	102%
Taroom Post Office	21.7	+0.1	27.7	16th	7.0	+0.5	0.3	13th	41.6	36.8	average	113%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	23.1	+0.2	30.1	16th	10.3	+1.2	1.9	10th	34.4	24.9	high	138%
Blackall Airport	22.6	-0.2	30.0	16th	7.4	-0.6	-1.2	10th	21.8	21.8	average	100%
Isisford Post Office	23.0	0.0	29.1	16th	7.6	-0.3	0.3	12th	17.4	21.0	average	83%
Longreach Aero	23.7	-0.1	30.2	15th	9.2	+0.9	0.2	10th	16.4	18.2	average	90%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	26.0	0.0	33.4	15th	10.9	+1.0	2.4	11th	23.4	9.8	high	239%
Carters Bore	23.8		30.6	16th	12.8		4.2	10th	28.4
New May Downs	24.4		31.4	16th	12.2		4.8	10th	48.4
The Monument Airport	23.5	-0.6	32.1	15th	8.8	+0.5	1.1	10th	36.4	10.3	high	353%
Trepell Airport	23.7	-0.9	31.8	15th	9.6	+0.4	2.7	10th	54.4	12.8	v high	425%
Urandangi Aerodrome	24.2		31.9	15th	8.1		0.5	12th	30.4
Winton Airport	24.7	-0.2	32.1	15th	9.7	0.0	1.7	10th	26.8	20.3	average	132%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	22.0	-0.8	31.3	1st	8.1	-0.3	2.5	12th	36.8	9.5	v high	387%
Birdsville Airport	21.3	-0.1	27.3	2nd	7.6	-0.2	2.4	12th	6.2	11.3	average	55%
Boulia Airport					9.9	+0.9	4.2	12th	17.6	10.6	high	166%
Windorah Airport	21.2		28.1	1st	9.1		3.7	10th	55.6
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	22.7	0.0	26.5	17th	11.5	-0.2	3.1	10th	39.4	49.6	average	79%
Gayndah Airport	22.6	-0.3	26.0	16th	8.0	-0.7	0.8	12th	27.8	32.1	average	87%
Gladstone Airport	23.1	-0.4	26.4	17th	13.4	0.0	5.9	12th	103.6	40.0	high	259%
Gladstone Radar	23.1	-0.2	26.6	15th	14.6	+0.2	10.3	10th	127.2	38.1	v high	334%
Lady Elliot Island	22.8	+0.9	25.9	25th	17.7	+0.1	10.8	12th	112.6	91.3	high	123%
Monto Township	22.1	+0.7	26.9	15th	7.7	+0.8	-1.4	12th	12.8	36.0	low	36%
Rockhampton Aero	23.7	+0.1	27.3	17th	12.4	+1.3	1.8	12th	53.0	37.6	high	141%
Rundle Island	21.4	0.0	25.1	15th	17.0	0.0	13.3	11th
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	22.6	+0.8	25.0	26th	15.9	+0.6	11.6	3rd	86.8	108.7	average	80%
Thangool Airport	23.0	-0.4	26.6	15th	7.4	+0.3	-1.8	10th	25.6	31.4	average	82%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	21.4	-0.2	23.5	17th	6.1	-1.0	1.1	14th	16.8	46.2	average	36%
Archerfield Airport	21.6	+0.1	24.3	16th	8.9	-0.5	3.1	11th	17.2	65.8	low	26%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	21.6	-0.1	24.9	16th	6.6	-1.2	-0.6	10th	18.2	44.7	low	41%
Beerburrum Forest Station	21.4	-0.3	24.3	16th	9.9	-0.9	4.3	11th	38.2	76.9	average	50%
Brisbane	21.7	-0.3	25.1	16th	11.3	-0.6	6.5	13th	26.4	63.8	low	41%
Brisbane Aero	21.1	-0.2	23.9	17th	10.5	-0.3	5.5	10th	29.2	66.1	average	44%
Canungra (Defence)	20.8		24.3	16th	5.0		-0.2	10th	17.4
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	19.8	+0.1	22.5	23rd	14.4	+0.2	9.9	10th	64.8	135.2	low	48%
Coolangatta	21.1	0.0	24.5	17th	10.7	-0.7	3.6	10th	35.2	134.6	low	26%
Gold Coast Seaway	21.1	-0.3	23.9	17th	13.0	-0.3	7.7	10th	28.0	110.7	low	25%
Greenbank (Defence)	21.6		24.5	16th	6.6		0.3	10th	18.0
Gympie	22.2	+0.1	26.1	16th	8.3	+0.3	0.0	10th	32.8	60.0	average	55%
Hervey Bay Airport	22.2	+0.1	25.0	17th	11.0	-1.0	2.5	10th	60.2	75.9	average	79%
Kingaroy Airport	19.2	-0.6	24.6	16th	5.1	-0.7	-1.5	10th	34.6	41.9	average	83%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant			23.5	17th	9.6	-0.6	4.7	10th		74.4
Maryborough	22.4	0.0	26.1	15th	9.8	-0.6	1.6	10th	49.0	66.2	average	74%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	21.8	+0.1	25.4	17th	11.0	-0.9	3.0	10th	59.0	110.4	average	53%
Rainbow Beach	22.0	+0.3	25.2	17th					40.6	108.9	low	37%
Redcliffe			24.2	24th	11.8	-0.7	7.5	12th	38.2	82.6	low	46%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	20.7		23.3	16th	10.8		6.4	10th	29.0
Sunshine Coast Airport	21.3	-0.1	25.7	17th	10.4	-1.1	2.3	10th	12.8	115.0	lowest	11%
Tewantin RSL Park	21.7	+0.1	26.0	17th	12.0	-0.7	4.9	10th	83.2	122.0	average	68%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	21.9		25.6	17th	11.2		2.5	10th	33.8
University of Queensland Gatton	21.0	-0.1	23.2	14th	7.2	-0.4	0.7	10th	26.2	41.2	average	64%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	14.2	-0.5	20.1	16th	3.6	+0.3	-2.6	27th	62.0	39.7	high	156%
Dalby Airport	19.0	-1.1	25.0	16th	5.4	-0.1	0.1	28th	38.6	31.4	high	123%
Goondiwindi Airport	18.4		25.4	16th	6.8		2.2	7th	55.8
Oakey Aero	19.0	-0.1	25.2	16th	4.6	+0.3	-0.7	6th	47.2	30.0	high	157%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	15.2	-0.3	21.0	16th	3.5	+0.8	-1.9	6th	59.1	46.8	high	126%
Texas Post Office			22.5	16th	6.3	+1.6	1.4	6th	55.6	40.5	high	137%
Toowoomba Airport	16.4	-0.6	22.5	16th	7.3	-0.3	2.0	10th	29.8	35.8	average	83%
Warwick	17.8	-0.7	23.2	16th	4.7	-0.3	-1.2	27th	41.8	36.8	average	114%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	20.1	-0.5	26.4	16th	5.8	-0.2	0.2	7th	53.0	36.6	high	145%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	21.0	+0.6	27.2	16th	4.3	-0.2	-2.0	7th	39.2	30.0	high	131%
Mitchell Post Office	20.8	+1.0	26.2	15th	3.9	-0.3	-1.8	7th	39.6	33.7	average	118%
Roma Airport	20.4	-0.1	26.1	15th	4.8	-0.4	-0.8	28th	40.4	29.0	average	139%
St George Airport	19.5	-0.5	26.7	16th	7.0	+0.5	0.1	28th	25.4	31.0	average	82%
Surat	20.0	-0.2	25.4	16th	5.9	+0.3	-0.4	7th	33.0	36.1	average	91%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	20.1	+0.5	26.2	16th	7.1	+1.3	1.3	28th	22.8	29.9	average	76%
Charleville Aero	20.4	+0.5	25.8	15th	6.0	+0.4	0.9	27th	25.2	25.1	average	100%
Cunnamulla Post Office	20.0	+0.7	26.0	1st	8.0	+1.1	3.4	7th	21.0	25.9	average	81%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	20.1	-0.4	26.6	1st	8.2	0.0	2.6	10th	19.4	13.3	high	146%
Thargomindah Airport	19.6	-0.5	26.4	1st	8.3	+0.5	4.0	27th	40.4	16.5	high	245%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Bougainville Reef	25.8		26.5	15th	23.8		22.4	24th
Cato Island	23.4		25.9	26th	20.1		17.8	11th
Creal Reef	23.6		26.4	14th	21.1		18.8	21st
Flinders Reef	25.4		28.4	17th	22.5		21.0	24th
Frederick Reef	24.0		26.1	14th	21.3		18.8	11th
Gannet Cay	23.4		24.8	26th	20.4		18.4	21st
Holmes Reef	25.9		27.6	9th	23.7		22.4	12th
Lihou Reef Lighthouse	25.6		26.6	16th	23.3		21.0	2nd
Marion Reef	24.7		26.9	17th	22.2		19.0	10th
Middle Percy Island	21.4	+0.3	25.0	14th	17.3	+0.2	13.7	11th	54.6	75.8	average	72%
Willis Island	27.5	+0.9	28.7	17th	23.7	+1.0	21.0	24th	12.6	54.0	low	23%

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