Monday, 2 February 2015 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in January 2015: Warm nights across most of the state

January 2015 saw another month of warm night time temperatures for QLD, with minimum temperatures 0.67 °C above the mean. Four stations recorded their warmest January mean minimum temperatures on record, with Brisbane experiencing its warmest night since 2004 (26.5 °C on 18th). Day time temperatures were above average close to the east coastal strip, particularly in the north of the state. A four day warm spell in the southeast, starting on the 15th, was caused by hot air from the north meeting a trough from the west of the state.

The state-wide average rainfall was 1.5% below the mean, with above average rainfall mainly in the Central, North-west and Channel country. Below average rainfall was mainly centred on the far north of the state. On the evening of the 11th a surface trough formed over the Gold Coast. High humidity in the area created an unstable environment and the resultant heavy, slow moving showers lead to localised flash flooding. There was a severe thunderstorm in Townsville on the evening of 19th, and severe weather continued on the 21st in the Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia and parts of the Herbert and Lower Burdekin forecast districts. There was also widespread rain on the east coast, particularly around Mackay, on the 22nd and 23rd. Brisbane was impacted by a hail-storm on the 31st. There were four stations that had their highest January total rainfall on record.

•    Birdsville Airport received more rain for January 2015 (76.2 mm), than in total for the whole of 2014 (56.4 mm)
•    Mt Isa received 292.8 mm, the biggest January falls since 2009.

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Extremes in January 2015
Hottest day	44.2 °C at Birdsville Airport on the 2nd
Warmest days on average	38.1 °C at Longreach Aero
Coolest days on average	26.7 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	19.6 °C at Applethorpe on the 28th
Coldest night	10.1 °C at Applethorpe on the 29th
Coolest nights on average	15.6 °C at Applethorpe
Warmest nights on average	26.5 °C at Sweers Island
Warmest night	30.8 °C at Isisford Post Office on the 14th
Warmest on average overall	31.4 °C at Isisford Post Office
Coolest on average overall	21.1 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	670.0 mm at Mt Sophia
Driest overall	1.0 mm at Homeleigh
Wettest day	250.0 mm at Kamilaroi Station on the 3rd
Strongest wind gust	113 km/h at Heron Island Res Stn on the 25th

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 January daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Kamilaroi Station	250.0	on the 3rd	200.4	on the 28th in 2012	85
Spring Creek Station	159.8	on the 22nd	132.4	on the 11th in 2004	64

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Record highest January total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Spring Creek Station	346.6	320.4	in 2004	64	110.5
Frankfield Station	267.0	191.0	in 2010	27	75.3
Coconut Island	592.4	501.6	in 2010	20	289.1
Yeppoon The Esplanade	311.8	302.2	in 1999	20	133.3

Highest January total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Years since higher	Average for January
Southport Ridgeway Ave	553.0	775.8	in 1974*	37	181.3
Woorarra	295.6	313.0	in 1984	31	103.2
Roseberth Station	96.5	178.0	in 1985*	29	26.9

* 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 lowest January total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Homeleigh	1.0	10.0	in 2002	98	125.3

Lowest January total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Years since lower	Average for January
Laura Post Office	2.2	0.0	in 1942*	71	229.6
Gregory Springs Station	6.4	0.8	in 1967*	47	184.7
Tiree	5.4	4.9	in 1990*	22	97.3

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

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Record highest January mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Mackay Aero	32.2	31.8	in 2006	28	30.2
Seventeen Seventy	30.7	30.5	in 2010	27	29.3
Sunshine Coast Airport	30.4	30.3	in 2010	20	28.8

Highest January mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Years since higher	Average for January
Cairns Aero	32.9	33.6	in 1994	21	31.5
South Johnstone Exp Stn	32.7	33.3	in 1994*	20	31.2

* 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 January daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	25.7	on the 26th	25.5	on the 30th in 1998	59	21.9

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Record highest January mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Cairns Aero	24.7	= 24.7	in 1980	72	23.7
South Johnstone Exp Stn	23.8	= 23.8	in 1991	61	22.6
Ayr DPI Research Stn	24.0	= 24.0	in 2004	57	22.7
Lockhart River Airport	24.6	= 24.6	in 2013	49	23.7

Highest January mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Years since higher	Average for January
Innisfail	24.5	25.8	in 1948	67	22.8
Cardwell Marine Pde	24.5	24.9	in 1987	28	22.9
Gympie	21.1	21.9	in 1987*	27	19.6
Palmerville	24.4	24.5	in 1987*	24	22.9
Archerfield Airport	21.8	22.4	in 1994	21	20.3

* 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 January mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Innisfail	28.4	= 28.4	in 2002	105	26.9
Mackay Aero	27.9	27.8	in 2013	28	26.6
Sunshine Coast Airport	26.2	26.0	in 2013	20	25.0

Highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Years since higher	Average for January
South Johnstone Exp Stn	28.2	28.4	in 1992*	22	26.9
Cairns Aero	28.8	29.1	in 1994	21	27.6

* 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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Summary statistics for January 2015
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for January 2015	Diff from average	Highest for January 2015		Mean for January 2015	Diff from average	Lowest for January 2015		Total for January 2015	Average for January	Rank of January 2015	Fraction of January average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	31.0	-0.8	34.1	1st	25.7	-0.1	23.7	9th	592.4	289.1	highest	205%
Coen Airport	32.8	+0.5	36.9	3rd	24.0	+0.2	22.1	10th	309.0	304.2	average	102%
Horn Island	30.6	-0.2	32.9	1st	25.1	0.0	23.0	10th	595.6	412.1	high	145%
Scherger RAAF	31.6		36.0	1st	24.5		22.7	10th	399.8	532.5	low	75%
Weipa Aero	31.5	-0.4	35.4	1st	24.6	+0.4	22.6	2nd	415.6	481.9	average	86%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	32.2	+0.5	35.6	30th	24.6	+0.9	22.9	10th	589.6	404.1	high	146%
Palmerville	34.2	+0.8	37.4	2nd	24.4	+1.5	21.5	9th	224.0	266.5	average	84%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	34.6	+0.4	39.1	30th	25.2	-0.1	20.2	29th	163.8	254.6	low	64%
Century Mine	37.5	+1.2	42.7	31st	25.1	+0.4	22.0	30th	60.0	204.0	v low	29%
Cloncurry Airport	35.7	-0.9	41.0	1st	24.5	-0.2	21.4	26th	197.0	175.8	average	112%
Julia Creek Airport	37.5	+0.3	42.0	30th	24.2	+0.6	17.9	28th	113.8	140.7	average	81%
Kowanyama Airport	32.6	-0.4	34.8	19th	25.1	+0.8	22.9	22nd	277.4	340.4	average	81%
Lake Julius AWS	35.3		41.3	1st	24.9		22.1	26th	288.4
Mornington Island Airport	32.0		34.3	29th	26.2		23.2	8th	303.6
Mount Isa Aero	35.4	-1.0	39.9	31st	23.7	0.0	19.3	30th	292.8	118.1	v high	248%
Normanton Airport	33.9	+0.1	37.5	30th	25.5	+0.3	22.8	29th	297.4	246.9	high	120%
Sweers Island	32.5	+0.1	36.5	30th	26.5	+0.2	23.4	22nd	368.6	346.7	average	106%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	33.7	+0.1	38.0	19th	23.6	+0.3	17.9	29th	282.4	267.1	high	106%
Hughenden Airport	35.1	-0.3	38.8	15th	23.4	0.0	17.2	28th	157.8	136.4	average	116%
Richmond Airport	36.2	-0.4	40.6	20th	24.0	+0.7	17.0	28th	216.0	128.2	high	168%
Richmond Post Office	36.7	-0.2	40.4	1st	24.2	+1.2	17.5	28th	213.5	122.2	high	175%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	32.9	+1.4	36.3	29th	24.7	+1.0	22.6	7th	216.4	391.9	low	55%
Cairns Racecourse	33.5		37.0	21st	24.3		22.5	13th	252.8
Cape Flattery	32.6	+0.6	36.5	20th	25.2	+0.6	23.4	20th	222.0	293.2	low	76%
Cooktown Airport	33.9	+2.1	37.7	29th	24.9	+0.6	23.1	20th	181.0	277.8	average	65%
Low Isles Lighthouse	33.2	+1.0	36.8	28th	26.0	+0.5	22.7	27th	266.8	399.5	average	67%
Mareeba Airport	33.1	+2.1	36.2	18th	22.1	+0.8	19.4	29th	133.6	217.7	low	61%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	31.8	+0.3	36.5	25th	24.5	+1.6	22.2	13th	426.4	440.4	average	97%
Ingham Composite	33.7	+1.4	38.4	27th	23.8	+0.8	21.9	7th	227.3	385.6	average	59%
Innisfail	32.2	+1.3	35.0	29th	24.5	+1.7	22.3	13th	395.1	510.9	average	77%
Lucinda Point	31.1	+1.0	33.7	27th	26.1	+0.8	21.9	31st	100.2	182.8	average	55%
South Johnstone Exp Stn	32.7	+1.5	36.3	27th	23.8	+1.2	21.3	29th	298.2	523.8	average	57%
Townsville Aero	32.6	+1.2	36.0	27th	25.2	+0.9	21.9	7th	178.4	272.6	average	65%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	31.4	+0.3	34.1	18th	25.4	+0.8	21.3	7th	323.0	252.7	average	128%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	32.2	+0.4	36.5	27th	24.0	+1.3	21.2	7th	279.0	219.6	high	127%
Bowen Airport	31.5	0.0	34.3	18th	24.1	+0.3	21.4	23rd	239.9	178.9	average	134%
Collinsville Post Office	33.9	+0.5	37.1	20th	22.6	+0.7	20.1	8th	221.2	136.8	high	162%
Hamilton Island Airport	30.7	+1.0	34.5	19th	25.0	+0.3	21.0	23rd	209.0	281.0	low	74%
Mackay Aero	32.2	+2.0	34.7	19th	23.7	+0.7	20.1	21st	295.0	313.1	average	94%
Mackay M.O	31.8	+1.7	35.5	19th	24.1	+0.5	20.3	21st	230.6	276.8	average	83%
Proserpine Airport	32.3	+0.8	36.2	19th	23.2	+0.6	20.2	23rd	292.8	292.7	average	100%
Samuel Hill Aero	31.4	+0.7	36.8	25th	22.0	+0.5	19.4	12th	349.2	214.2	high	163%
St Lawrence	32.3	+0.7	37.0	26th	23.2	+0.2	21.0	8th	192.2	196.6	average	98%
Williamson	32.1		37.2	25th	23.0		20.3	21st	270.2	172.7	high	156%
Woolshed	29.6	+1.1	34.7	27th	21.2	+0.5	18.2	7th	398.2	260.0	average	153%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	30.3	+1.0	36.1	25th	24.4	+0.7	21.6	21st	311.8	133.3	highest	234%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	34.2	+0.5	39.1	20th	22.9	+0.5	20.0	7th	186.4	158.4	high	118%
Moranbah Airport	33.6		38.2	14th	21.7		19.1	23rd	206.6
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	33.4		37.9	19th	22.1		19.4	21st	152.2
Clermont Airport	33.5		37.0	14th	21.8		18.9	9th	115.6
Emerald Airport	34.3	-0.1	38.2	19th	22.5	+0.3	19.9	7th	100.2	87.6	average	114%
Lochington	33.6		37.5	13th	21.7		17.3	21st	258.6
Rolleston Airport	33.7		37.9	19th	21.7		18.8	7th	170.8
Springsure Comet St	33.0	-1.0	36.4	19th	20.2	-0.6	16.8	18th	283.4	110.1	v high	257%
Tambo Post Office	35.8	+0.9	40.5	26th	21.4	+1.0	17.8	7th	41.8	80.2	average	52%
Taroom Post Office	33.9	+0.2	39.6	25th	21.5	+0.9	17.9	7th	173.6	98.9	high	176%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	36.7	+1.1	42.1	20th	24.2	+1.1	19.2	23rd	66.3	86.4	average	77%
Blackall Airport	37.5	+1.6	42.5	25th	23.9	+1.1	20.7	6th	32.2	100.3	low	32%
Isisford Post Office	38.0	+1.1	43.0	25th	24.8	+1.8	20.9	6th	27.6	69.8	average	40%
Longreach Aero	38.1	+1.1	42.9	20th	24.3	+1.2	19.9	6th	37.2	77.9	average	48%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	35.6	-1.7	40.6	1st	24.2	-0.1	16.1	29th	191.6	99.2	high	193%
Carters Bore	35.1		39.7	1st	24.4		18.2	29th	147.8
New May Downs	35.3		39.2	31st	23.7		20.0	29th	221.6
The Monument Airport	36.6	-0.8	42.8	25th	24.6	+0.2	19.8	28th	24.8	67.8	low	37%
Trepell Airport	36.2	-1.2	42.4	25th	24.8	+0.5	20.8	29th	70.6	101.9	average	69%
Urandangi Aerodrome	36.3		41.1	24th	24.1		17.3	29th	125.6
Winton Airport	37.2	-0.3	41.1	20th	24.6	+0.5	20.0	28th	105.2	82.5	average	128%
Lower Western (district 38)
Birdsville Airport	37.1	-3.4	44.2	2nd	24.4	-2.1	16.9	28th	76.2	23.2	high	328%
Boulia Airport			39.8	30th	25.3	+0.7	20.2	30th	35.6	47.7	average	75%
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	31.0	+0.8	34.5	17th	22.3	+0.9	20.1	30th	169.6	174.9	average	97%
Gayndah Airport	32.3	-1.3	37.5	19th	21.6	+0.9	18.4	8th	102.0	97.0	average	105%
Gladstone Airport	31.4	+0.7	34.3	19th	23.6	+0.6	21.2	31st	259.2	147.9	high	175%
Gladstone Radar	32.3	+1.0	35.6	19th	23.3	+0.8	21.3	22nd	248.8	153.5	high	162%
Lady Elliot Island	30.6	+1.4	32.1	19th	25.0	+1.1	23.0	22nd	116.8	122.4	average	95%
Monto Township	31.1	-0.9	36.1	19th	20.6	+1.3	17.6	9th	131.3	112.6	average	117%
Rockhampton Aero	32.3	+0.4	37.1	19th	23.2	+1.1	20.7	8th	154.6	133.1	high	116%
Rundle Island	29.3	+1.2	31.7	20th	24.5	+0.2	20.9	22nd
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	30.6	+1.2	33.8	26th	23.5	+1.2	18.0	20th	164.3	162.9	average	101%
Seventeen Seventy	30.7	+1.4	32.5	16th	24.0	+1.1	19.6	21st	304.2	170.3	v high	179%
Thangool Airport	31.9	-1.7	36.7	18th	20.4	+0.7	16.9	9th	118.0	98.1	average	120%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	31.7	+0.6	39.4	17th	20.6	+1.0	16.4	8th	145.0	116.9	average	124%
Archerfield Airport	30.9	+0.5	37.4	18th	21.8	+1.5	18.5	8th	243.2	139.3	high	175%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	31.2		37.7	17th	19.9		15.3	8th	121.8
Beerburrum Forest Station	30.3	+0.1	36.9	17th	20.9	+1.2	18.1	9th	309.0	203.1	high	152%
Brisbane	30.5	+0.3	36.7	25th	22.5	+1.1	19.5	28th	322.4	153.9	high	209%
Brisbane Aero	29.4	+0.4	36.3	15th	22.4	+1.2	18.2	8th	201.0	142.3	average	141%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	28.2	+1.3	30.9	18th	23.0	+1.1	19.1	20th	164.0	149.6	average	110%
Coolangatta	29.1	+0.9	32.5	25th	21.8	+0.9	18.2	30th	409.6	165.0	v high	248%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	29.9	+2.1	34.3	19th	23.3	+0.9	20.7	20th	170.8	164.1	average	104%
Gold Coast Seaway	29.7	+1.0	36.5	15th	22.3	+0.5	19.2	20th	388.2	139.9	v high	277%
Gympie	31.2	0.0	38.0	18th	21.1	+1.5	17.3	31st	106.6	164.8	average	65%
Hervey Bay Airport	30.8	+0.8	33.7	26th	22.7	+0.7	19.3	30th	114.0	147.8	average	77%
Jimna Forestry	27.9	-0.2	34.4	17th	18.2	+0.7	14.5	16th	113.2	125.8	average	90%
Kingaroy Airport	30.1	-0.7	35.7	18th	18.6	+0.6	14.4	16th	134.2	96.1	high	140%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	30.2	+0.5	37.0	17th	21.6	+1.1	18.5	30th	155.5	135.4	average	115%
Maleny Tamarind St	26.9	-0.3	34.4	18th	19.7	+0.8	17.0	8th	292.1	285.6	average	102%
Maryborough	31.2	+0.5	36.1	17th	21.3	+0.6	18.2	20th	216.6	165.1	high	131%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	29.6		35.1	25th	21.4		18.5	9th	259.8
Rainbow Beach	29.3	+0.5	32.1	18th					105.6	175.4	average	60%
Redcliffe	29.4	+0.4	36.6	15th	22.9	+0.8	19.7	31st	210.8	165.5	average	127%
Sunshine Coast Airport	30.4	+1.6	36.2	15th	22.1	+0.8	18.3	31st	153.8	150.2	average	102%
Tewantin RSL Park	29.2	+0.8	34.1	15th	23.0	+1.1	19.9	31st	95.6	146.7	average	65%
University of Queensland Gatton	31.4	-0.1	38.0	18th	20.3	+1.2	16.0	8th	92.6	112.1	average	83%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	26.7	+0.3	31.3	18th	15.6	+0.4	10.1	29th	89.6	98.3	average	91%
Dalby Airport	31.8	-0.7	37.1	18th	19.0	+0.3	14.7	18th	107.4	75.9	average	142%
Goondiwindi Airport	32.7	-1.3	38.3	18th	20.2	-0.1	16.4	30th	146.4	93.3	high	157%
Oakey Aero	30.8	0.0	36.5	18th	18.6	+0.8	14.9	16th	40.8	80.7	average	51%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	27.0	-0.4	33.0	18th	16.0	+0.4	10.9	29th	72.3	96.9	average	75%
Texas Post Office	32.7	-1.0	37.5	18th	19.2	+0.6	14.9	19th	197.2	88.8	v high	222%
Toowoomba Airport	27.7	-0.4	33.7	18th	18.5	+1.0	14.8	29th	49.2	99.8	average	49%
Warwick	29.6	-0.5	35.4	18th	17.6	+0.6	13.7	29th	97.6	83.5	average	117%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	32.2	-1.5	36.8	25th	20.2	-0.1	16.0	19th	146.4	76.9	high	190%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	32.2	-1.4	37.1	25th	20.1	+0.5	15.4	19th	57.0	88.5	average	64%
Mitchell Post Office	33.7	-0.4	38.1	25th	20.3	+0.3	14.5	19th	68.1	80.4	average	85%
Roma Airport	32.5	-1.7	38.7	26th	20.0	-0.9	14.7	19th	85.6	70.9	high	121%
St George Airport	34.3	-0.5	39.6	26th	21.6	-0.2	16.5	30th	33.8	54.7	average	62%
Surat	33.5	-0.7	39.4	25th	20.8	+0.1	15.2	19th	51.2	71.6	average	72%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	35.1	-0.4	40.9	26th	21.9	+0.4	17.0	19th	57.4	64.1	average	90%
Charleville Aero	34.5	-0.5	39.3	25th	21.8	+0.1	17.7	17th	93.8	74.4	high	126%
Cunnamulla Post Office	35.7	-0.3	41.2	1st	22.0	-0.2	18.5	15th	81.0	47.7	high	170%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	37.6	-1.9	42.6	1st	24.1	-1.6	19.6	28th	58.2	29.5	high	197%
Thargomindah Airport	36.7	-1.9	42.2	1st	23.9	-1.6	19.2	31st	38.8	36.9	average	105%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Middle Percy Island	29.8	+1.3	32.0	25th	23.8	+0.5	19.6	23rd	114.0	186.6	average	61%
Willis Island	31.0	+0.3	32.8	18th	26.3	+0.6	23.7	19th	96.4	195.3	average	49%

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