Wednesday, 1 May 2013 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC24R0

Queensland in April 2013

• Tropical Cyclone Zane named on the 30th
• Warmer than usual maximum temperatures, close to average minimum temperatures
• Heavy rainfall at the start of the month across the north tropical coast
• 3 daily rainfall records, 1 monthly rainfall record
  
• Hottest day at Urandangi with 40 °C on the 22nd
• Coldest night at Injune with 1.7 °C on the 21st

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Rainfall

It was wetter than usual for the month of April across the southern parts of the Peninsula, adjacent inland and a broad area across the central north interior (see Anomaly map). Drier over the southern interior and western districts.

Area averaged rainfall was 34.08 mm, below the long term average of 41.88 mm.

Start of month to Tuesday 9th April 2013:
Rainfall was mainly recorded in the tropical north coast and along the east coast of Australia. Most of the rain fell during the first half of the week, when onshore flow generated rain and storms along the east coast.
Falls greater than 170 mm were recorded in the north tropical coast (Tully and Tree House Creek both with 184.2 mm up to the 9th). Isolated falls greater than 100 mm were also recorded around the southeast coastal district, mainly along the coast (Coolangatta with 148.4 mm, Gold Coast Seaway with 121 mm, Coomera Foxwell Road with 115 mm up to the 9th).

Week ending 16th April 2013:
Onshore flow triggered rain along eastern Australia during the first half of the week, with an inland surface trough enhancing falls in northeast Queensland. Falls greater than 250 mm were widespread in northern Queensland. The highest weekly rainfall total was 354 mm, recorded at Tree House Creek, south of Cairns.

Week ending 23 April 2013:
Falls of between 15 and 25 mm were recorded mainly along the coast and adjacent inland south of St Lawrence, along with some parts of the Northern Goldfields districts

Week ending 30 April 2013:
Falls greater than 50 mm were recorded in the north tropical coast, with the highest weekly total at Daradgee with 76.2 mm.

The highest monthly rainfall total in the state was recorded at Tree House Creek with 594.1 mm. Tully Sugar Mill received 498.3 mm, closely followed by Daradgee with 485.2 mm.

Dooruna Downs had its highest total April rainfall on record and some sites had their highest total April rainfall for at least 20 years. 

The highest daily rainfall total was 166.0 mm at Daintree Tea on the 10th, then Bingil Bay with 140.2 mm on the 11th, followed by Laura Post Office with 125.1 mm on the 11th.

3 sites had their highest April daily rainfall on record.

Temperature

Area averaged, the mean temperature was 0.39 °C above the long term average of 23.6 °C .

The warmest on average was Coconut Island with 29.3 °C. The coolest on average was Applethorpe with 14.8 °C.

Maximum temperature

Area averaged, the maximum temperature for April was 0.79 °C above the long term average of 29.87 °C.

The hottest day was the 22nd, with Urandangi Aerodrome reaching 40.0 °C and Century Mine with 39.6 °C.

The warmest days on average were at Century Mine with 36.5 °C, while the coolest days on average were at Applethorpe with 21.0 °C

The coldest day was on the 6th, with Applethorpe dropping to 16.4 °C and Stanthorpe Leslie Parade recording 16.6 °C.

Thangool Airport had its lowest April mean daily maximum temperature on record. 

Minimum temperature

Area averaged, the minimum temperature for April was 0.01 °C below the long term average of 17.34 °C.

The coldest night was on the 21st, with Injune Post Office recording 1.7 °C, Roma Airport with 2.1 °C and Oakey Aero with 2.3 °C.

The coolest nights on average were at Applethorpe with 8.4 °C, and in contrast, the warmest nights on average were at Coconut Island with 26.2 °C.

The warmest night was at Sweers Island with 28.2 °C on the 9th.

Wind

The strongest wind gust was at Cape Moreton Lighthouse with 94 km/h on the 13th, followed by Hamilton Island Airport with 91 km/h on the 11th, followed by Rundle Island with 89 km/h on the 12th.

Tropical Cyclone

Tropical Cyclone Zane was named on the 30th April. For the latest information, see the latest Queensland Warnings and the most current Tropical Cyclone Forecast Track Map.

Further information

Queensland Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (07) 3239 8700
Email climatedata@bom.gov.au

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Extremes in April 2013
Hottest day	40.0 °C at Urandangi Aerodrome on the 22nd
Warmest days on average	36.5 °C at Century Mine
Coolest days on average	21.0 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	16.4 °C at Applethorpe on the 6th
Coldest night	1.7 °C at Injune Post Office on the 21st
Coolest nights on average	8.4 °C at Applethorpe
Warmest nights on average	26.2 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	28.2 °C at Sweers Island on the 9th
Warmest on average overall	29.3 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	14.7 °C at Applethorpe1
Wettest overall	594.1 mm at Tree House Creek 498.3 mm at Tully Sugar Mill 485.2 mm at Daradgee
Wettest day	166.0 mm at Daintree Tea on the 10th 140.2 mm at Bingil Bay on the 11th 125.1 mm at Laura Post Office on the 11th
Highest wind gust	94 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 13th 91 km/h at Hamilton Island Airport on the 11th 89 km/h at Rundle Island 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 April daily rainfall
	Highest daily rainfall in April 2013 (mm)		Previous wettest for April		Years of record
Laura Post Office	125.1	on the 11th	94.0	on the 9th in 1982	110
Cooby Creek Dam	29.0	on the 1st	25.0	on the 24th in 2003	23
Dalby Airport	30.4	on the 1st	29.8	on the 14th in 2009	22

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Record highest total April rainfall
	Total rainfall for April 2013 (mm)	Previous wettest for April		Years of record	Average for April
Dooruna Downs	156.4	116.0	in 2000	23	41.8

Highest total April rainfall for at least 20 years
	Total rainfall for April 2013 (mm)	Most recent April at least this wet		Years since wetter	Average for April
Palmerville	229.6	469.8	in 1911	102	50.6
Capella Post Office	106.9	259.2	in 1983	30	32.4
Maryborough	116.0	161.4	in 1990	23	87.4

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Record lowest April mean daily maximum temperature
	Mean daily maximum temperature for April 2013 (°C)	Previous coolest for April		Years of record	Average for April
Thangool Airport	27.6	= 27.6	in 2011	20	29.7

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for April 2013
	Maximum temperatures for April (°C)				Minimum temperatures for April (°C)				Rainfall for April (millimetres)
	Mean for April 2013	Diff from average	Highest for April 2013		Mean for April 2013	Diff from average	Lowest for April 2013		Total for April 2013	Average for April	Rank of April 2013	Fraction of April average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	32.3	+1.0	34.5	19th	26.2	+0.5	24.1	15th	78.4	154.2	average	51%
Coen Airport	31.4	+0.4	33.7	20th	21.7	-0.1	19.3	25th	21.0	59.1	average	36%
Horn Island	31.1	+0.7	32.4	30th	25.1	-0.1	21.7	14th	112.4	228.0	average	49%
Scherger RAAF	32.9		34.6	20th	22.3		19.4	25th	47.4
Weipa Aero	32.4	+0.1	33.7	20th	22.7	-0.1	20.4	25th	48.8	101.0	average	48%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	30.7	+1.0	32.7	13th	22.9	0.0	19.8	25th	87.8	296.9	low	30%
Palmerville	31.3	-0.9	34.2	1st	20.2	+0.5	17.3	27th	229.6	50.6	v high	454%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	35.0	+0.9	37.9	17th	21.3	-0.3	17.3	28th	3.8	55.0	average	7%
Century Mine	36.5	+2.3	39.6	22nd	20.2	-0.7	14.8	22nd	0.2	39.5	low	1%
Cloncurry Airport	34.4	+1.0	38.0	22nd	20.1	+0.3	13.1	21st	2.6	19.5	average	13%
Croydon Township	34.3	+0.4	37.7	24th	21.9	+0.9	15.3	21st	8.4	25.1	average	33%
Kowanyama Airport	32.2	-0.7	34.0	8th	22.0	+0.2	18.0	22nd	50.0	55.5	average	90%
Mornington Island	32.8	+1.4	35.1	17th	23.0	-0.2	19.1	22nd	0.6	54.0	v low	1%
Mount Isa Aero	33.6	+1.8	38.5	22nd	17.9	-0.5	10.7	21st	0.4	15.1	average	3%
Normanton Airport	34.4	+0.4	38.1	2nd	22.7	0.0	16.9	22nd	57.8	32.0	high	181%
Sweers Island	31.2	-0.1	33.9	2nd	25.6	+1.0	22.0	12th	54.7	51.1	high	107%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	33.0		36.7	24th	20.0		13.3	21st	14.2	20.7	average	69%
Hughenden Airport	31.9	+0.1	37.1	1st	18.4	+0.5	11.4	21st	22.2	23.4	high	95%
Richmond Airport	33.5	+0.5	38.3	22nd	18.0	+0.2	10.6	21st	23.0	36.2	average	64%
Richmond Post Office	33.7	+1.0	38.4	22nd	18.4	+1.4	11.9	21st	28.8	23.0	high	125%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	29.4	+0.2	31.0	3rd	21.8	+0.2	19.8	20th	94.8	195.1	low	49%
Cape Flattery	29.8	0.0	31.7	4th	24.2	0.0	21.3	21st	77.8	211.8	low	37%
Cooktown Airport	29.1	0.0	30.6	21st	22.4	-0.5	19.0	20th	85.6	156.7	average	55%
Low Isles Lighthouse	29.3	-0.1	31.3	21st	24.0	-0.1	22.1	13th	195.0	230.7	average	85%
Mareeba Airport	28.6	+0.3	31.6	20th	18.8	0.0	16.3	23rd	128.0	41.8	high	306%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	28.1	-1.1	29.8	4th	21.6	+1.5	19.4	11th	124.1	208.2	average	60%
Ingham Composite	29.2	+0.2	31.6	23rd	21.4	+1.1	18.9	29th	101.0	200.1	low	50%
Innisfail	28.1	-0.2	30.5	23rd	21.5	+1.0	19.8	20th	411.0	459.9	average	89%
South Johnstone Exp Stn	28.1	-0.1	30.4	23rd	20.9	+0.5	18.6	20th	402.0	395.6	average	102%
Townsville Aero	29.6	0.0	31.3	4th	21.5	+0.9	18.8	29th	46.8	65.7	average	71%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	28.5	-0.5	30.1	4th	21.3	+0.4	18.3	27th	96.0	68.8	high	140%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	29.4	-0.1	31.4	16th	19.7	+0.7	16.4	28th	39.4	47.9	average	82%
Bowen Airport	28.5	-0.8	30.3	3rd	20.6	-0.2	17.4	26th	44.3	58.6	average	76%
Collinsville Post Office	29.5	-0.8	33.0	1st	17.5	+0.5	13.5	28th	57.0	42.5	high	134%
Hamilton Island Airport	26.5	-0.3	29.0	24th	22.3	-0.3	19.4	11th	234.4	140.1	high	167%
Mackay Aero	27.3	-0.3	31.1	24th	20.0	+0.7	17.8	19th	310.8	175.6	high	177%
Mackay M.O	26.5	-0.2	29.8	24th	20.6	+0.5	18.5	7th	244.2	147.3	high	166%
Proserpine Airport	28.4	-0.3	31.2	24th	19.7	+0.6	17.6	28th	137.8	118.3	high	116%
Rosslyn Bay NTC AWS	25.6		27.6	2nd	20.5		17.6	21st
Samuel Hill Aero	26.8	-0.5	29.9	19th	18.2	+0.3	14.2	21st	200.4	127.3	high	157%
St Lawrence	27.9		30.4	3rd	19.2		17.4	30th	94.8	33.3	v high	285%
Williamson	27.8		30.3	19th	18.4		15.8	3rd	74.6
Woolshed	25.6	-0.4	28.6	16th	18.2	+0.5	14.0	28th	64.8	67.4	average	96%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	26.1	-0.5	28.9	19th	19.5	-0.1	15.4	21st	130.8	70.7	high	185%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	29.4	-0.7	33.2	23rd	18.5	+0.2	16.0	27th	43.0	29.9	high	144%
Moranbah Airport	28.2		32.3	24th	17.1		12.7	28th	133.4
Central Highlands (district 35)
Clermont Airport	27.7		32.1	23rd	15.9		9.6	27th	74.6
Emerald Airport	28.6	-1.3	33.4	23rd	16.5	-0.4	12.4	27th	60.6	35.2	high	172%
Lochington	29.0		34.5	23rd	14.6		9.0	27th	56.4
Rolleston Airport	29.1		34.4	23rd	14.0		8.6	21st	13.8
Springsure Comet St	28.2	-0.8	32.6	23rd	15.1	+0.3	11.1	28th	37.4	40.0	average	94%
Tambo Post Office	30.0	+0.9	34.5	22nd	11.8	-0.9	3.5	21st	5.3	36.9	average	14%
Taroom Post Office	29.1	+0.3	35.5	23rd	13.0	-1.1	3.9	21st	27.0	35.5	average	76%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	30.8	+0.8	34.5	22nd	17.3	+0.6	11.8	21st	14.4	36.3	average	40%
Blackall Airport	31.0	+0.3	35.7	22nd	15.1	-0.5	5.9	21st	1.8	28.4	low	6%
Isisford Post Office	31.6	+0.9	36.2	22nd	15.7	-0.2	8.5	21st	13.4	36.5	average	37%
Longreach Aero	31.8	+0.4	36.9	22nd	16.2	-0.2	10.3	21st	5.2	36.9	average	14%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	35.0	+2.0	39.2	22nd	19.0	+1.0	13.2	26th	0.4	14.4	average	3%
The Monument Airport	33.0	+0.6	39.1	22nd	17.0	-0.1	11.6	21st	2.2	15.4	average	14%
Trepell Airport	33.4	+0.5	39.0	22nd	17.2	-0.3	12.2	21st	0.6	16.2	low	4%
Urandangi Aerodrome	34.5		40.0	22nd	15.9		9.9	26th	0.2
Winton Airport	32.8	+0.4	38.0	22nd	18.0	+1.0	11.9	28th	16.6	23.8	average	70%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie Police Station	32.8	+0.8	35.9	5th	16.5	-0.8	12.0	21st	0.2	9.7	average	2%
Birdsville Airport	32.0	+0.2	34.5	6th	16.4	-0.7	11.1	27th	0.4	1.3	average	31%
Boulia Airport	33.3	+1.9	38.8	22nd	18.5	+1.4	13.3	21st	0.8	13.7	average	6%
Windorah Post Office	31.5	+1.3	34.5	4th	16.4	+0.4	10.5	28th	1.6	19.5	average	8%
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	27.4	0.0	30.1	19th	17.3	-0.2	10.0	21st	40.6	57.7	average	70%
Gayndah Airport	28.0	-1.1	30.4	17th	14.7	-0.5	7.3	21st	33.6	25.1	average	134%
Gladstone Airport	27.6	-0.4	30.5	19th	19.0	0.0	14.2	22nd	63.2	44.5	high	142%
Gladstone Radar	27.5	-0.9	30.7	19th	19.6	0.0	17.2	21st	70.8	48.4	high	146%
Lady Elliot Island	26.7	+0.2	28.3	3rd	21.8	0.0	18.8	5th	52.0	102.6	low	51%
Monto Township	26.6	-1.1	31.2	23rd	14.1	+0.4	6.5	21st	61.2	44.6	high	137%
Rockhampton Aero	27.8	-1.0	31.0	23rd	19.0	+1.1	14.5	21st	105.6	44.2	high	239%
Rundle Island	25.3	-0.2	27.7	24th	21.4	-0.3	18.9	20th
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	26.6	-0.2	28.3	23rd	20.2	+0.3	17.4	21st	90.4	121.0	average	75%
Seventeen Seventy	26.1	-0.3	28.3	24th	19.5	+0.2	18.0	30th	78.2	104.6	average	75%
Thangool Airport	27.6	-2.1	30.9	17th	13.8	-0.3	6.6	21st	23.6	34.9	average	68%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	26.7	-0.5	29.9	23rd	13.1	-0.9	7.1	21st	88.6	56.0	high	158%
Archerfield Airport	26.9	+0.5	30.2	23rd	14.8	-0.3	10.1	21st	93.4	80.7	average	116%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	26.4		29.2	16th	13.3		7.4	21st	57.6
Beerburrum Forest Station	26.5	0.0	30.6	23rd	15.3	-0.4	9.7	21st	182.4	116.7	high	156%
Brisbane	26.6	-0.5	30.2	23rd	17.0	-0.3	14.1	28th	104.6	69.5	high	151%
Brisbane Aero	25.4	-0.6	28.8	18th	16.1	-0.2	11.0	21st	162.2	79.5	high	204%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	24.7	+0.5	26.9	23rd	19.0	-0.1	16.2	21st	135.2	146.4	average	92%
Coolangatta	25.8	+0.5	28.9	18th	16.4	-0.6	13.0	19th	248.8	175.6	high	142%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	25.6	+0.8	29.5	19th	20.1	+0.3	17.5	21st	59.8	130.7	low	46%
Gold Coast Seaway	26.4	+0.7	29.0	18th	17.8	-0.5	14.4	21st	232.6	129.0	high	180%
Gympie	26.5	-0.8	30.6	23rd	15.1	+0.4	6.2	21st	74.6	83.4	average	89%
Hervey Bay Airport	27.0	+0.1	29.1	20th	17.4	-0.5	8.2	21st	33.0	71.7	v low	46%
Jimna Forestry	23.1	-0.6	27.4	23rd	12.0	-1.0	3.6	21st	75.4	56.7	average	133%
Kingaroy Airport	24.8	-1.1	29.1	23rd	11.0	-1.2	2.6	21st	33.6	21.9	high	153%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	26.3	0.0	30.6	18th	15.9	0.0	10.9	21st	134.2	85.0	high	158%
Maleny Tamarind St	23.2	-0.3	28.6	23rd	15.1	+0.1	10.2	21st	191.4	193.2	average	99%
Maryborough	27.5	+0.1	30.0	19th	16.8	+0.2	7.5	21st	116.0	87.4	high	133%
Nambour DPI - Hillside	26.1		30.8	23rd	16.2		10.9	21st	214.4
Point Lookout			29.0	3rd	18.6	-0.9	16.6	21st	271.2	191.4	high	142%
Rainbow Beach	26.2	+0.2	29.5	22nd					160.8	141.3	average	114%
Redcliffe	25.4	-0.5	29.4	18th	17.0	-0.7	12.3	21st	111.6	114.0	average	98%
Sunshine Coast Airport	26.3	+0.5	30.6	23rd	16.8	-0.2	8.8	21st	235.8	164.3	high	144%
Tewantin RSL Park	25.7	0.0	30.8	23rd	17.8	-0.2	12.5	21st	160.2	169.7	average	94%
Toolara (Kelly)	26.2	-0.8	29.7	23rd	17.2	-0.2	13.3	21st	152.0	103.3	high	147%
University of Queensland Gatton	26.6	-0.5	29.5	23rd	13.3	-0.4	7.3	21st	74.8	49.6	high	151%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	21.0	-0.2	24.5	29th	8.4	-1.2	3.6	21st	46.4	45.0	average	103%
Dalby Airport	26.7	-0.6	30.7	23rd	11.0	-1.5	4.0	21st	38.8	21.7	high	179%
Goondiwindi Airport	27.7	-0.1	30.1	16th	11.6	-1.4	6.3	20th	6.8	19.0	average	36%
Oakey Aero	25.5	-0.3	29.1	23rd	9.9	-1.9	2.3	21st	29.0	32.2	average	90%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	21.5	-0.6	24.8	29th	8.7	-0.8	3.1	21st	59.6	42.7	high	140%
Texas Post Office	26.5	-1.0	28.5	23rd	10.6	-1.1	4.1	20th	27.4	34.5	average	79%
Toowoomba Airport	22.3	-1.0	26.1	23rd	12.8	-0.6	6.6	21st	41.0	29.3	high	140%
Warwick	24.4	-0.5	27.8	23rd	9.9	-1.5	3.5	21st	58.8	33.2	high	177%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	27.4	-0.5	31.0	23rd	11.1	-2.3	3.4	21st	23.6	33.4	average	71%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	27.9	+0.2	33.1	23rd	10.6	-1.3	1.7	21st	2.8	41.8	low	7%
Mitchell Post Office	28.9	+1.4	33.1	22nd	10.3	-1.2	2.5	21st	6.8	34.2	low	20%
Roma Airport	28.8	+0.8	33.4	22nd	9.6	-2.9	2.1	21st	8.2	36.5	average	22%
St George Airport	27.9	-0.1	31.8	22nd	11.6	-2.2	6.3	27th	15.6	21.0	average	74%
Surat	28.4	+0.2	32.2	22nd	11.4	-1.7	4.8	27th	7.6	31.3	low	24%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	28.9	+1.1	32.0	22nd	12.0	-1.2	5.5	26th	10.2	31.3	average	33%
Charleville Aero	29.1	+1.0	33.9	22nd	12.2	-1.6	4.2	21st	8.2	30.6	average	27%
Cunnamulla Post Office	29.2	+1.3	33.4	15th	14.0	-0.1	8.0	20th	0.6	27.1	low	2%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Quilpie Airport	30.4	+1.2	34.2	23rd	13.9	-1.8	6.4	21st	23.8	24.8	average	96%
Thargomindah Airport	29.7	+0.2	32.9	30th	15.0	-1.6	6.9	21st	0.2	16.2	average	1%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Middle Percy Island	25.4	-0.1	27.6	24th	20.8	-0.3	18.3	8th	108.8	118.1	average	92%
Willis Island	28.9	0.0	29.8	22nd	25.1	+0.4	22.4	11th	274.0	129.2	v high	212%

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Further information

Queensland Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (07) 3239 8700
Email climatedata@bom.gov.au

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