Greater Brisbane in September 2022: wetter than average, cooler days and warmer nights

Rainfall was above average across Greater Brisbane during September with most locations receiving more than double the long-term average for September. Daytime maximum temperatures were cooler than average in Brisbane but night time temperatures were warmer than usual at all locations.

High rainfall for most locations

Cooler than average days and warmer nights

  • Daytime temperatures for September were below average at most locations across Greater Brisbane.
  • Daily maximum temperatures were generally close to or above average later in the month, with 30.5 °C at Logan City Water Treatment Plant on the 19th the highest temperature recorded during September.
  • The coldest day in most suburbs was on the 3rd, with Redland (Alexandra Hills) recording a daily maximum of only 17.7 °C.
  • Mean maximum temperatures ranged from 1.9 °C below average at Beerburrum Forest Station and Beaudesert Drumley Street to 0.4 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse.
  • Beerburrum Forest Station had its lowest September mean daily maximum temperature since 1999.
  • Minimum temperatures were generally warmer than average around Greater Brisbane, ranging from 0.3 °C below average at Point Lookout to 1.5 °C above average at University of Queensland Gatton.
  • The warmest night for most locations across the city was on the 27th, with Point Lookout the warmest site, recording 20.3 °C.
  • There were a few colder than average nights throughout the month, particularly between the 5th and 8th, Canungra (Defence) recording Greater Brisbane's lowest temperature for September of 4.4 °C on the 7th.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 88.8 mm, which is 303% of the long-term average of 29.3 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 24.3 °C, which is 1.4 °C below the long-term average of 25.7 °C.
  • The warmest day was 29.6 °C on the 17th, and the coolest day was on the 3rd when the temperature reached 19.4 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 14.1 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 13.9 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 10.0 °C on the 8th, and the warmest morning was on the 22nd when the minimum temperature was 17.4 °C.

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Extremes in September 2022
Hottest day 30.5 °C at Logan City Water Treatment Plant on the 19th
Warmest days on average 24.9 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 22.0 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 17.7 °C at Redland (Alexandra Hills) on the 3rd
Coldest night 4.4 °C at Canungra (Defence) on the 7th
Coolest nights on average 9.6 °C at Canungra (Defence)
Warmest nights on average 16.3 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Warmest night 20.3 °C at Point Lookout on the 27th
Warmest on average overall 19.6 °C at Point Lookout
Coolest on average overall 16.4 °C at Canungra (Defence)
Wettest overall 276.0 mm at Mt Tamborine Fern St
Wettest day 173.0 mm at Mt Tamborine Fern St on the 23rd
Strongest wind gust 87 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 4th

Record highest September daily rainfall
New record
(mm)
Old
record
Years of
record
Mt Tamborine Fern St 173.0 on the 23rd 84.8 on the 1st in 2006 122



Record highest September total rainfall
New record
(mm)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
September
Mt Tamborine Fern St 276.0 253.4 in 1998 122 58.0
Karragarra Island 129.6 119.2 in 2006 65 42.2
Maroon Dam 125.0 = 125.0 in 1998 51 36.2
Greenbank Thompson Road 117.0 115.4 in 1998 45 33.1

Highest September total rainfall for at least 20 years
Observed
(mm)
Most recent
higher
Average for
September
Mt Alford 154.4 170.7 in 1917* 38.0
Archerfield Airport 77.8 94.6 in 1998 34.8
Harrisville Mary Street 81.5 96.8 in 1998* 35.0
Kalbar State School 98.8 115.1 in 1998* 40.5

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




Lowest September mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)
Most recent
lower
Average for
September
Beerburrum Forest Station 24.1 23.7 in 1999 26.0



Summary statistics for September 2022
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
September
2022
Diff
from
average
Highest for
September
2022
Mean for
September
2022
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
September
2022
Total for
September
2022
Average
for
September
Rank of
September
2022
Fraction of
September
average
Amberley AMO 24.9 -0.8 30.1 19th 10.4 +0.9 5.2 5th 88.2 33.2 v high 266%
Archerfield Airport 24.7 -0.7 29.9 17th 12.4 +1.2 7.5 5th 77.8 34.8 v high 224%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 24.4 -1.9 28.9 19th 11.1 +1.1 5.9 7th 64.6 35.4 high 182%
Beerburrum Forest Station 24.1 -1.9 29.6 19th 12.8 +0.8 8.7 5th 59.0 46.1 average 128%
Brisbane 24.3 -1.4 29.6 17th 14.1 +0.2 10.0 8th 88.8 29.3 v high 303%
Brisbane Aero 23.4 -0.8 28.1 24th 13.5 +0.6 9.7 5th 68.4 32.4 high 211%
Canungra (Defence) 23.2   28.0 19th 9.6   4.4 7th 217.4
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 22.0 +0.4 24.3 18th 16.3 +0.3 13.3 4th 54.2 63.4 average 85%
Greenbank (Defence) 24.3   29.9 19th 10.4   5.7 19th 113.6
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 24.1 -1.1 30.5 19th 13.2 +0.6 9.5 7th 106.0 40.5 high 262%
Point Lookout 23.2 -0.9 27.5 19th 16.2 -0.3 13.2 4th 119.4 55.2 v high 216%
Redcliffe 23.4 -0.7 29.5 17th 14.6 +0.1 11.0 5th 85.0 38.9 v high 219%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 23.0   27.5 24th 13.5   10.2 7th 78.0
University of Queensland Gatton 24.6 -1.0 29.3 19th 11.0 +1.5 6.4 5th 80.4 34.7 v high 232%

Daily maximum temperatures for September 2022
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Amberley AMO24.319.520.023.222.522.823.122.424.326.325.624.925.723.922.922.329.827.530.128.323.622.525.428.326.327.226.026.623.327.7
Archerfield Airport23.319.719.321.921.722.922.823.223.326.025.324.025.824.122.922.529.927.229.327.824.422.425.628.327.127.925.926.422.527.3
Beaudesert Drumley Street24.819.818.221.422.722.522.222.123.025.825.824.624.924.322.022.428.727.028.927.222.821.127.028.127.027.225.226.123.126.3
Beerburrum Forest Station22.320.319.821.820.720.821.521.121.325.325.022.325.023.223.424.129.527.629.626.622.922.526.628.226.626.925.225.421.626.5
Brisbane22.820.319.421.921.221.721.021.523.725.525.423.225.023.522.222.729.627.328.827.723.420.925.827.926.926.825.625.822.627.9
Brisbane Aero22.321.019.121.720.720.821.021.321.325.723.223.123.121.721.922.327.926.927.225.524.020.825.928.125.125.024.324.622.125.3
Canungra (Defence)23.519.619.220.920.220.421.319.621.524.824.523.624.622.820.420.727.525.628.026.621.419.924.927.125.725.724.224.421.725.7
Cape Moreton Lighthouse21.521.018.419.418.320.521.221.020.022.321.920.621.921.922.421.823.524.324.223.323.719.923.323.823.923.823.323.221.423.3
Greenbank (Defence)23.319.218.621.620.822.622.321.822.826.025.424.825.123.922.321.828.927.129.927.422.821.826.027.826.527.924.825.622.226.5
Logan City Water Treatment Plant23.520.019.021.521.021.221.321.823.426.425.523.924.022.522.021.929.627.630.526.222.221.026.526.026.727.524.826.822.226.8
Point Lookout22.422.019.320.920.220.022.021.722.425.023.721.422.521.622.421.725.825.927.524.624.219.425.026.225.925.323.825.224.1
Redcliffe22.321.219.221.820.120.021.221.321.725.323.521.923.721.322.323.229.527.425.324.521.621.226.527.825.224.825.025.322.124.9
Redland (Alexandra Hills)22.720.517.721.220.120.921.821.621.124.923.220.922.721.821.221.725.926.427.125.723.320.425.727.524.524.823.824.221.124.1
University of Queensland Gatton23.118.819.422.921.423.223.422.624.124.624.623.625.823.823.424.129.126.629.327.522.423.726.127.426.227.126.026.823.427.1
Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period
-10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period

Daily minimum temperatures for September 2022
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Amberley AMO9.211.614.010.45.27.16.06.312.78.110.512.77.09.510.514.212.57.26.35.912.916.814.112.69.810.013.316.012.07.1
Archerfield Airport9.012.914.313.77.59.17.78.213.311.711.515.412.310.512.715.713.69.58.59.514.617.415.413.913.113.816.015.914.79.4
Beaudesert Drumley Street8.011.313.913.99.97.25.98.112.213.910.311.49.79.711.014.312.97.56.78.012.816.814.712.510.311.115.015.411.48.2
Beerburrum Forest Station12.313.614.510.98.711.210.09.512.912.312.414.511.912.613.016.116.011.711.310.515.116.313.912.812.813.015.216.214.39.5
Brisbane13.314.114.614.411.311.711.010.014.411.412.916.413.913.814.316.315.211.011.913.016.217.415.815.615.114.317.316.916.412.1
Brisbane Aero12.014.514.913.19.711.49.710.115.111.412.614.911.412.712.916.614.912.610.212.115.817.415.614.513.114.216.816.715.811.4
Canungra (Defence)7.310.213.69.74.95.44.45.811.411.89.410.76.57.79.513.411.56.34.65.012.216.315.211.78.29.914.114.110.16.9
Cape Moreton Lighthouse16.417.515.913.313.313.613.916.117.315.115.415.313.917.116.717.017.217.317.716.919.316.315.517.117.418.019.718.217.114.7
Greenbank (Defence)8.210.913.911.86.87.15.97.412.19.59.012.58.49.39.814.811.87.05.76.712.417.014.711.79.110.913.915.711.67.7
Logan City Water Treatment Plant12.613.314.212.39.810.59.59.813.213.212.214.611.412.512.515.514.611.410.511.614.617.517.614.215.513.616.815.411.0
Point Lookout17.215.913.213.515.414.815.316.916.013.215.714.016.216.516.817.517.515.314.519.217.217.016.616.918.820.318.115.0
Redcliffe13.514.915.013.611.013.211.611.815.613.814.716.012.713.714.116.516.114.612.313.316.217.415.415.815.515.317.917.216.011.8
Redland (Alexandra Hills)11.413.414.212.210.511.610.210.415.413.412.314.012.112.113.716.115.510.611.312.615.516.915.215.114.913.518.416.615.110.9
University of Queensland Gatton10.911.713.68.46.48.28.37.912.88.512.513.511.111.012.613.913.07.87.66.713.215.813.512.911.79.112.615.312.28.2
Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred that morning.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period
-10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period

Daily rainfall for September 2022
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Alderley 0.2 - 13.0 2.4 - - - - 12.2 0.8 - - - - - 6.0 - - - - - 33.4 18.4 - - - - 5.2 - -
Amberley AMO - - 13.2 3.6 - - - - 9.2 0.8 - - - - - 7.4 0.2 - - - - 14.4 37.2 0.8 - - - 1.4 - -
Archerfield Airport 0.4 - 17.0 4.2 - - - - 8.8 2.8 - - - - - 3.4 0.2 - - - - 16.6 23.2 0.2 - - - 0.8 0.2 -
Beaudesert Drumley Street 2.2 0.2 14.6 0.8 - - - - 11.0 1.0 - - - - - 10.4 - 0.2 - - - 12.8 7.0 0.2 - - - 4.2 - -
Beerburrum Forest Station 0.2 - 28.0 4.6 - - - - 0.8 6.2 0.2 - - - - 1.0 - 0.2 - - - 11.2 2.2 0.2 - - - 4.2 - -
Blackbutt Post Office - - - - 42.5 - - - 3.5 - - 12.0 - - - 3.2 - - - - - - 18.2 - - - - 9.0

Brisbane - - 9.4 3.2 -
- 0.2 9.0 3.8 - - - - - 4.2 - - - - - 22.4 31.6 - - - - 4.8 0.2 -
Brisbane Aero 0.2 - 12.4 7.0 - - - - 7.8 7.8 - - - - - 2.4 - - - - - 19.4 7.6 - - - - 3.8 - -
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-Tha - - 14.0 5.0 - - - 2.0 10.6 3.2 - - - - - 5.0 1.0 - - - - 30.4 23.6 - - - - 3.6

Caloundra Airport - - 53.0 6.0 0.2 - - - 4.6 8.0 - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 10.0 5.8 - - - - 9.1 - -
Canungra (Defence) 1.8 0.2 21.8 0.6 0.2 - 0.6 - 12.2 1.6 - - - - - 12.6 0.4 - - - - 12.8 145 - - - - 7.8 - -
Capalaba Water Treat - - 20.0 - - - - - 15.0 1.6 - - - - - 4.0 - - - - - 15.6 16.4 - - - - 2.4 - -
Cape Moreton Lighthouse - - 13.0 1.6 - 5.4 1.8 - 1.6 4.4 - - - - - 1.4 0.2 - - - - 15.2 8.6 0.2 - - - 0.8 - -
Carneys Creek The Ranch - - 32.0 1.2 - - - - 17.0 - - - - - - 16.0 - - - - - 42.0 18.0 - - - - 4.6 - -
Clontarf - - 21.4 3.0 - - - - 7.0 8.2 - - - - - 3.0 - - - - - 16.6 4.0 - - - - 10.4 - -
Esk Post Office - - 28.2 - - - - - 8.2 - - - - - - 5.2 - - - - - 18.2 8.2 - - - - 7.0 - -
Fort Lytton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.5
Gatton Allan Street - - 13.0 4.0 - - - - 4.2 11.0 - - - - - 4.0 5.0












Godwin Beach 0.2 - 20.4 4.8 - - 4.0 - 4.0 10.2 - - - - - 1.6 0.2 - - - - 7.8 3.0 - - - - 4.6 - -
Greenbank (Defence) 2.0 - 23.0 3.8 - - - - 10.0 2.2 0.2 - - - - 4.6 1.6 - - - - 12.6 20.0 3.2 - - - 30.4 - -
Greenbank Thompson Road 5.0 - 16.8 3.2 - - - - 9.4 0.4 - - - - - 4.4 4.0 - - - - 15.0 20.0 3.6 - - - 35.0 - 0.2
Harrisville Mary Street 0.1 - 13.2 1.4 - - - - 15.2 0.6 - - - - - 9.8 0.2 - - - - 17.4 11.4 1.0 - - - 11.2 - -
Highvale - - 17.2 1.8 - - - - 9.2 0.8 - - - - - 5.4 - - - - - 24.0 14.0 - - - - 6.4 - -
Kalbar State School - - 18.0 4.0 - - - - 13.6 0.8 - - - - - 11.0 - - - - - 20.2 22.0 - - - - 9.2

Karalee 0.4 - 18.6 3.3 - - - - 8.2 - - - - - - 8.4 - - - - - 19.6 12.0 0.4 - - - 1.8 - -
Karragarra Island - - 24.4 2.4 - - - - 11.2 - - - - - - 14.0 - - - - - 11.8 46.4 - - - - 19.4 - -
Landsborough - - - - - - 2.6 - 5.0 14.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 6.6 12.4 - - - - 14.4 0.8
Lindfield - - 39.0 2.2 - - - - 6.6 2.2 - - - - - 1.2 - - - - - 13.8 3.4 - - - - 6.0 - -
Logan City Water Treatment Plant - - 22.1 3.4 - - 0.2 - 12.2 4.4 - - - - - 7.4 0.1 - - - - 9.8 29.0 - - - - 17.4 - -
Lowood Don St 0.2 0.1 16.6 1.6 - - - - 10.4 0.2 - - - - - 8.6 0.2 - - - - 17.8 5.0 0.1 - - - 2.2 - -
Manly Railway Station - - 30.0 - - - - - - - - - - 5.0 - - - - - 12.8 14.0 0.6 - - - - - -
Maroon Dam - - 16.8 8.2 - - - - 6.2 11.6 - - - - - 9.0 5.0 - - - - 32.2 27.0 2.2 - - 6.8 - - -
Mt Alford - - 21.2 0.4 - - - 1.4 14.2 0.6 - - - - - 15.0 0.4 - - - - 24.8 57.2 - - - - 19.2

Mt Tamborine Fern St - - 25.6 2.6 - - - - 17.6 4.4 - - - - - 15.0 2.0 - - - - 21.6 173 0.2 - - - 14.0 - -
Mt Tarampa - - 19.8 0.6 - - - - 11.0 - - - - - - 10.2 - - - - - 22.0 3.6 - - - - - - -
Peachester - - 61.0 3.7 - - - - 7.5 7.0 - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 8.0 5.0 - - - - 7.0 - -
Point Lookout 0.2 17.6 5.6 - - 2.2 3.2 2.8 11.2 - - - - - 3.8 - - - - - 14.2 58.4 - - - - - 0.2 -
Redcliffe - - 26.2 3.6 - - - - 6.2 9.2 - - - - - 2.6 - - - - - 24.4 6.4 - - - - 6.4 - -
Redland (Alexandra Hills) - 0.2 18.2 3.4 - - - - 10.8 4.8 - - - - - 4.6 - - - - - 8.2 26.4 0.2 - - - 1.2 - -
Regents Park 0.6 - 22.0 4.8 - - - - 11.4 1.4 - - - - - 5.8 0.2 - - - - 11.6 26.2 2.0 - - - 18.0 -
Somerset Dam - - 34.8 2.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 5.2 - - - - - 22.4 11.0






University of Queensland Gatton 0.2 - 16.6 2.2 0.2 - - - 10.0 2.2 0.2 - - - - 7.8 0.2 - - - - 19.0 17.6 0.2 - - - 4.0 - -
Wamuran 5.3 1.0 30.0 - - - - - 6.8 1.0 - - - - - 2.2 - - - - - 15.6 3.1 - - - - 7.4 - -
Wivenhoe Dam 0.2 - - - - - - - 7.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 15.2 0.8 - - - - 9.6

Woodford Stanmore - - 53.2 3.8 - - - - 8.8 1.6 - - - - - - 3.0 - - - - 17.6 2.4 - - - - - - -
Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated. Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day.
Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre.
Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell).
Rainfalls coloured
according to the amount
0 1.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 25.0 50.0 100 150 200 300 400 600 millimetres

Notes

The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, lists the main features of the weather in Greater Brisbane using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.

This summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Greater Brisbane “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to “include the population within the urban area of the city, as well as people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the city, and live in small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. It is important to note that GCCSAs do not define the built up edge of the city. They provide a stable definition for these cities and are designed for the output of a range of social and economic survey data.

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Monday 3 October 2022. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.

Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from all available years of record, which vary widely from site to site. They are not shown for sites with less than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of long-term average rain.

The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site, based on the decile ranking (very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3, average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a percentage of the long-term mean.

Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

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