Monday, 1 June 2009 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC24R0
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Southeast Queensland's autumn rainfall was well above average. The north western districts were well below the long term average, while the remaining districts were close to average, or just below. See a map of total rainfall for autumn and of rainfall deciles for autumn.
Significant figures, records and further details for March to May are below.
March: A very dry month across the state despite the presence of
Tropical Cyclone Hamish tracking parallel to the Queensland east coast. Area
averaged across the state,
April: Rainfall was well above average in the far northwest, the
central interior, parts of the Herbert and
For the autumn period, the wettest overall was 2348 mm at Bellenden Ker Top Station, then 1307.2 mm at Tully Sugar Mill, followed by 1264.2 mm at Daradgee. Some sites had their highest total autumn rainfall on record
The wettest single day during autumn was 332 mm at Godwin Beach on 20 May, followed by 311 mm at Theebine on 14 Apr, then 301.8 mm at Beerburrum Forest Station on 20 May. Some sites had their highest autumn daily rainfall on record.Close to average maximum temperatures were recorded across the state, with the southern districts about a degree warmer, and the north tropical coast and adjacent inland about a degree below.
The hottest day was 44.8°C at Birdsville Airport on 3 March, and the warmest days on average were 33.9°C at Century Mine.
The coolest days on average were 21.1°C at Applethorpe while the coldest day was 12.0°C at Applethorpe on 20 and 21 May.
Some sites had their highest autumn temperature on record.
Some sites had their highest autumn mean daily maximum temperature on record.
See a map of mean maximum temperatures. See a map of maximum temperature anomalies.Cooler than average over the northern districts, and the northern interior, and over parts of the western Darling Downs. The remaining districts were close to the long term autumn average.
The coldest night was −4.0°C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on 15 May and the coolest nights on average were 9.5°C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade.
The warmest nights on average were 25.0°C at Willis Island, while the warmest night was 31.2°C at Birdsville Airport on 2 March.
Some sites had their lowest autumn temperature on record. And some sites had their warmest autumn night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
See a map of mean minimum temperatures. See a map of minimum temperature anomalies.The strongest recorded wind gust was 117 km/h at Gold Coast Seaway on 20 May. This was a result of the East Coast Low that formed near Cape Moreton and moved slowly south west.
Other significant wind gusts for autumn were 113 km/h
at Middle Percy Island on 8 Mar, 106 km/h at Double Island Point
Lighthouse on 10 Mar, and 106 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on
20 May.
| Hottest day Highest temperature |
44.8°C at Birdsville Airport on 3 Mar |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature |
33.9°C at Century Mine 33.9°C at Normanton Airport |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature |
21.1°C at Applethorpe |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature |
12.0°C at Applethorpe on 20 May 12.0°C at Applethorpe on 21 May |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature |
−4.0°C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on 15 May |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature |
9.5°C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature |
25.0°C at Willis Island |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature |
31.2°C at Birdsville Airport on 2 Mar |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall | 2348 mm at Bellenden Ker Top Station 1307.4 mm at Tully Sugar Mill 1264.8 mm at Daradgee |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall |
332.0 mm at Godwin Beach on 20 May 311.0 mm at Theebine on 14 Apr 301.8 mm at Beerburrum Forest Station on 20 May |
| Highest wind gust |
117 km/h at Gold Coast Seaway on 20 May 113 km/h at Middle Percy Island on 8 Mar 106 km/h at Double Island Point Lighthouse on 10 Mar 106 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 20 May |
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| Record highest autumn daily rainfall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest daily rainfall in autumn 2009 (mm) |
Previous highest for autumn |
Years of record |
||||
| Mungar Junction | 296.2 | on 14 Apr | 259.1 | on 10 Mar 1901 | 116 | |
| Theebine | 311.0 | on 14 Apr | 254.0 | on 30 Apr 1948 | 103 | |
| Goomboorian Webster Rd | 266.0 | on 14 Apr | 260.4 | on 28 Mar 1955 | 96 | |
| Lake Manchester | 187.0 | on 21 May | 160.0 | on 6 Mar 2004 | 93 | |
| Amberley AMO | 142.2 | on 21 May | 121.0 | on 9 May 1980 | 68 | |
| Beerburrum Forest Station | 301.8 | on 20 May | 223.0 | on 10 Mar 2001 | 64 | |
| Teddington Waterworks | 279.2 | on 14 Apr | 190.8 | on 6 Mar 1976 | 51 | |
| Toolara Forestry | 234.4 | on 14 Apr | 203.0 | on 17 Mar 1992 | 40 | |
| Strathpine Colonial Drive | 206.0 | on 20 May | 196.4 | on 2 May 1996 | 33 | |
| Record highest total autumn rainfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total rainfall for autumn 2009 (mm) |
Previous highest for autumn |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
||
| Beerburrum Forest Station | 1030.8 | 934.1 | in 1988 | 59 | 403.9 |
| Highvale | 672.6 | 653.3 | in 1955 | 41 | 283.8 |
| Record highest autumn temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest temperature in autumn 2009 (°C) |
Previous highest for autumn |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
|||
| Charleville Aero | 40.7 | on 2 Mar | 40.3 | on 2 Mar 1985 | 68 | 27.8 |
| Mitchell Post Office | 41.0 | on 3 Mar | 39.9 | on 12 Mar 2007 | 40 | 27.2 |
| Record highest autumn mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean daily maximum temperature for autumn 2009 (°C) |
Previous highest for autumn |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
||
| Mornington Island | 32.0 | 31.9 | in 2007 | 33 | 30.7 |
| Record highest autumn daily minimum temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest daily minimum temperature in autumn 2009 (°C) |
Previous highest for autumn |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
|||
| Charleville Aero | 30.4 | on 4 Mar | 28.1 | on 15 Mar 1989 | 68 | 13.8 |
| Record lowest autumn temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lowest temperature in autumn 2009 (°C) |
Previous lowest for autumn |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
|||
| Weipa# | 12.7 | on 23 May | 14.4 | on 17 Apr 1969 | 30 | 22.5 |
| Palmerville | 6.5 | on 22 May | 7.8 | on 24 May 1896 | 58 | 19.6 |
| Lockhart River Airport | 11.5 | on 23 May | 13.3 | on 31 May 1965 | 44 | 22.7 |
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In this table, key sites have been highlighted to make them easier to find. This table is very wide and may not fit if printed.
| Summary statistics for autumn 2009 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures for autumn (°C) |
Minimum temperatures for autumn (°C) |
Rainfall for autumn (millimetres) |
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| Mean for autumn 2009 |
Diff from average |
Highest for autumn 2009 |
Mean for autumn 2009 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for autumn 2009 |
Total for autumn 2009 |
Average for autumn |
Rank of autumn 2009 |
Fraction of autumn average |
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| North Peninsula (district 27) | ||||||||||||
| Coen Airport | 31.5 | 33.8 | 18 Mar | 21.0 | 8.0 | 23 May | 65.6 | |||||
| Horn Island | 30.4 | +0.2 | 32.3 | 14 Apr | 24.9 | −0.1 | 17.7 | 23 May | 639.2 | 674.1 | average | 95% |
| Weipa Aero | 32.1 | +0.1 | 34.5 | 16 Apr | 22.4 | −0.1 | 12.7 | 23 May | 368.4 | 521.4 | average | 71% |
| South Peninsula (district 28) | ||||||||||||
| Lockhart River Airport | 30.0 | +0.4 | 33.4 | 6 Mar | 22.5 | −0.2 | 11.5 | 23 May | 583.8 | 856.5 | low | 68% |
| Musgrave | 32.7 | +1.1 | 34.9 | 7 Mar | 19.4 | −0.4 | 8.2 | 22 May | 179.0 | 325.9 | low | 55% |
| Palmerville | 32.0 | +0.1 | 34.3 | 15 Apr | 19.3 | −0.3 | 6.5 | 22 May | 190.6 | 244.3 | average | 78% |
| Lower Carpentaria (district 29) | ||||||||||||
| Burketown Post Office | 33.4 | +1.0 | 38.0 | 4 Apr | 21.6 | +1.1 | 12.0 | 21 May | 19.0 | 180.2 | low | 11% |
| Century Mine | 33.9 | 38.8 | 22 Mar | 19.6 | 10.5 | 24 May | 90.0 | |||||
| Cloncurry Airport | 32.8 | −0.3 | 38.6 | 15 Mar | 18.6 | −0.7 | 10.7 | 22 May | 5.4 | 107.5 | very low | 5% |
| Croydon Township | 32.7 | −0.6 | 36.3 | 4 Apr | 20.8 | +0.1 | 9.4 | 22 May | 95.4 | 145.9 | average | 65% |
| Julia Creek Airport | 32.6 | 38.2 | 4 Apr | 16.2 | 7.5 | 21 May | 36.8 | |||||
| Kowanyama Airport | 33.0 | +0.4 | 35.0 | 14 Apr | 21.7 | +0.2 | 9.5 | 22 May | 133.0 | 295.1 | low | 45% |
| Mornington Island | 32.0 | +1.2 | 37.3 | 4 Apr | 23.1 | +0.5 | 13.9 | 23 May | 80.0 | 313.7 | very low | 26% |
| Mount Isa Aero | 31.6 | +0.2 | 37.5 | 15 Mar | 16.9 | −1.2 | 6.2 | 21 May | 8.0 | 90.8 | very low | 9% |
| Normanton Airport | 33.9 | 38.1 | 5 Apr | 22.5 | 12.8 | 22 May | 34.4 | |||||
| Sweers Island | 31.2 | 35.6 | 4 Apr | 24.1 | 14.4 | 23 May | 121.0 | |||||
| Upper Carpentaria (district 30) | ||||||||||||
| Georgetown Airport | 32.4 | 35.9 | 2 Apr | 5.3 | 22 May | 45.0 | ||||||
| Hughenden Airport | 31.5 | 37.0 | 4 Apr | 16.5 | 6.2 | 22 May | 37.6 | |||||
| Richmond Airport | 32.3 | −0.7 | 37.9 | 4 Apr | 15.8 | −1.7 | 6.4 | 21 May | 34.8 | 91.7 | low | 38% |
| Richmond Post Office | 32.7 | +0.5 | 38.0 | 4 Apr | 16.9 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 22 May | 28.7 | 97.7 | low | 29% |
| Barron North Coast (district 31) | ||||||||||||
| Cairns Aero | 29.8 | +0.7 | 33.9 | 5 Mar | 21.6 | +0.1 | 12.8 | 23 May | 375.4 | 710.5 | low | 53% |
| Cape Flattery | 30.4 | 32.3 | 3 Mar | 24.1 | 12.2 | 22 May | 296.6 | |||||
| Cooktown Airport | 29.5 | 32.7 | 7 Mar | 22.4 | 9.1 | 22 May | 258.4 | |||||
| Green Island | 27.3 | −0.4 | 30.0 | 8 Mar | 24.2 | +0.5 | 19.2 | 23 May | ||||
| Kairi Research Station | 25.6 | +0.9 | 29.8 | 8 Mar | 16.0 | −0.7 | 4.8 | 22 May | 209.2 | 414.8 | low | 50% |
| Mareeba Airport | 28.7 | 32.7 | 8 Mar | 18.3 | 8.1 | 23 May | 177.6 | |||||
| Walkamin DPI | 27.1 | +0.6 | 31.0 | 3 Apr | 17.6 | −0.4 | 6.8 | 22 May | 148.7 | 291.7 | average | 51% |
| Herbert North Coast (district 32) | ||||||||||||
| Cardwell Marine Pde | 29.4 | +0.4 | 34.0 | 5 Mar | 20.6 | +0.7 | 12.0 | 22 May | 330.4 | 703.7 | low | 47% |
| Ingham Composite | 29.4 | +0.4 | 33.6 | 1 Apr | 12.0 | 23 May | 554.1 | 676.5 | average | 82% | ||
| Innisfail | 28.7 | +0.5 | 32.4 | 10 Mar | 21.0 | +0.8 | 13.7 | 23 May | 1146.3 | 1422.4 | average | 81% |
| Lucinda Point | 27.5 | −0.4 | 31.8 | 8 Mar | 23.1 | 0.0 | 17.1 | 23 May | 300.8 | 306.9 | average | 98% |
| South Johnstone Exp Stn | 28.8 | +0.7 | 32.5 | 1 Apr | 20.4 | +0.2 | 11.7 | 23 May | 1136.0 | 1282.2 | average | 89% |
| Townsville Aero | 30.0 | +0.7 | 33.0 | 20 Mar | 20.5 | +0.2 | 11.6 | 22 May | 77.2 | 278.2 | low | 28% |
| East Central Coast (district 33) | ||||||||||||
| Alva Beach | 29.0 | 0.0 | 33.1 | 9 Mar | 20.5 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 24 May | 161.6 | 178.8 | average | 90% |
| Ayr DPI Research Stn | 29.5 | +0.1 | 32.9 | 1 Apr | 19.1 | +0.3 | 10.0 | 22 May | 171.0 | 240.1 | average | 71% |
| Bowen Airport | 29.0 | −0.1 | 32.4 | 17 Mar | 20.1 | −0.5 | 10.4 | 17 May | 122.1 | 181.6 | average | 67% |
| Collinsville Post Office | 30.0 | +0.1 | 34.8 | 2 Mar | 16.8 | −0.2 | 7.6 | 22 May | 86.2 | 166.8 | average | 52% |
| Hamilton Island Airport | 26.4 | 30.3 | 1 Apr | 22.5 | 17.9 | 21 May | 400.6 | |||||
| Mackay Aero | 27.5 | +0.2 | 31.7 | 3 Mar | 18.8 | −0.1 | 9.0 | 17 May | 411.6 | 469.8 | average | 88% |
| Mackay M.O | 26.6 | +0.1 | 30.6 | 9 Mar | 20.0 | +0.1 | 12.1 | 17 May | 563.6 | 506.7 | average | 111% |
| Proserpine Airport | 28.6 | +0.1 | 33.8 | 1 Apr | 18.5 | −0.4 | 8.2 | 17 May | 267.6 | 342.3 | average | 78% |
| Samuel Hill Aero | 27.1 | 32.9 | 2 Apr | 17.2 | 7.4 | 17 May | 322.4 | |||||
| St Lawrence | 29.2 | 33.1 | 2 Apr | 18.0 | 9.3 | 17 May | 52.4 | |||||
| St Lawrence Post Office | 29.4 | +0.4 | 33.7 | 2 Apr | 18.5 | +0.3 | 10.7 | 17 May | 48.3 | 239.3 | very low | 20% |
| Williamson | 28.8 | 33.8 | 2 Apr | 17.2 | 7.3 | 17 May | 77.0 | |||||
| Woolshed | 26.2 | +0.3 | 30.2 | 4 Mar | 16.9 | −0.4 | 5.8 | 24 May | 191.6 | 157.3 | high | 122% |
| Yeppoon The Esplanade | 26.5 | +0.1 | 31.9 | 5 Mar | 19.2 | −0.1 | 10.5 | 17 May | 203.0 | 216.4 | average | 94% |
| West Central Coast (district 34) | ||||||||||||
| Charters Towers Airport | 29.5 | −0.6 | 34.7 | 2 Apr | 17.7 | −0.5 | 7.2 | 22 May | 89.5 | 103.8 | average | 86% |
| Moranbah Water Treatment Plant | 29.4 | −0.2 | 34.9 | 1 Apr | 16.8 | −0.6 | 9.0 | 17 May | 39.8 | 123.0 | low | 32% |
| Central Highlands (district 35) | ||||||||||||
| Brigalow Research Stn | 29.5 | +0.8 | 34.6 | 2 Apr | 15.2 | +0.2 | 8.0 | 16 May | 38.7 | 134.2 | very low | 29% |
| Clermont Sirius St | 29.8 | +0.6 | 36.5 | 4 Mar | 14.7 | −0.8 | 6.0 | 18 May | 75.0 | 147.2 | average | 51% |
| Emerald Airport | 29.7 | −0.2 | 35.8 | 4 Mar | 16.1 | −0.7 | 9.0 | 21 May | 94.2 | 88.9 | average | 106% |
| Rolleston | 29.7 | +0.1 | 36.8 | 2 Mar | 14.4 | −0.2 | 5.7 | 16 May | 51.4 | 138.0 | low | 37% |
| Springsure Dame St | 28.9 | +0.2 | 35.6 | 6 Mar | 15.4 | +0.5 | 6.9 | 21 May | 89.8 | 144.0 | average | 62% |
| Tambo Post Office | 29.5 | +0.6 | 39.3 | 2 Mar | 13.1 | +0.3 | 4.8 | 28 Apr | 151.7 | 128.9 | average | 118% |
| Taroom Post Office | 29.2 | +0.9 | 37.7 | 2 Mar | 14.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 16 May | 89.1 | 138.2 | average | 64% |
| Central Lowlands (district 36) | ||||||||||||
| Barcaldine Post Office | 30.4 | +0.7 | 37.8 | 2 Mar | 17.3 | +0.7 | 9.2 | 21 May | 44.9 | 126.8 | low | 35% |
| Blackall Airport | 30.1 | 39.3 | 4 Mar | 15.4 | 7.7 | 29 Apr | 131.6 | |||||
| Isisford Post Office | 31.0 | +0.5 | 39.4 | 2 Mar | 16.3 | +0.4 | 7.9 | 28 Apr | 101.2 | 125.3 | average | 81% |
| Longreach Aero | 31.3 | +0.3 | 38.3 | 4 Mar | 15.8 | −0.4 | 6.7 | 21 May | 70.0 | 122.6 | average | 57% |
| Upper Western (district 37) | ||||||||||||
| Camooweal Township | 32.8 | +0.4 | 38.3 | 22 Mar | 17.2 | −0.6 | 7.7 | 21 May | 13.0 | 79.7 | low | 16% |
| The Monument Airport | 31.5 | 38.2 | 22 Mar | 16.1 | 7.8 | 21 May | 72.4 | |||||
| Trepell Airport | 32.0 | 38.0 | 15 Mar | 16.7 | 9.6 | 21 May | 13.0 | |||||
| Urandangi | 32.1 | +0.3 | 39.0 | 23 Mar | 15.8 | −0.9 | 7.0 | 23 May | 2.0 | 66.9 | low | 3% |
| Winton Airport | 32.6 | 39.3 | 15 Mar | 15.8 | 7.1 | 21 May | 48.8 | |||||
| Winton Post Office | 32.0 | +0.3 | 38.7 | 4 Mar | 17.4 | +0.3 | 9.1 | 21 May | 36.2 | 95.1 | average | 38% |
| Lower Western (district 38) | ||||||||||||
| Birdsville Airport | 31.0 | 44.8 | 3 Mar | 16.5 | 7.7 | 15 May | 9.2 | |||||
| Boulia Airport | 32.2 | +1.0 | 40.6 | 2 Mar | 17.9 | +0.7 | 10.5 | 21 May | 5.7 | 62.6 | low | 9% |
| Windorah Post Office | 30.9 | +0.8 | 42.0 | 2 Mar | 16.9 | +0.7 | 8.9 | 2 May | 44.9 | 77.3 | average | 58% |
| Port Curtis South Coast (district 39) | ||||||||||||
| Baralaba Post Office | 30.0 | +0.1 | 36.0 | 3 Mar | 15.8 | −0.1 | 6.0 | 17 May | 46.5 | 159.5 | low | 29% |
| Bundaberg Aero | 27.3 | +0.2 | 32.3 | 2 Mar | 17.8 | +0.6 | 9.0 | 16 May | 262.0 | 220.4 | high | 119% |
| Gayndah Airport | 28.5 | 35.4 | 2 Mar | 14.9 | 3.3 | 16 May | 90.8 | |||||
| Gayndah Post Office | 29.0 | +0.7 | 36.2 | 2 Mar | 15.2 | +0.9 | 3.8 | 16 May | 100.5 | 153.1 | average | 66% |
| Gladstone Airport | 27.9 | +0.1 | 32.9 | 2 Apr | 18.6 | −0.2 | 10.0 | 17 May | 130.8 | 124.0 | average | 105% |
| Gladstone Radar | 28.4 | +0.3 | 34.4 | 2 Apr | 19.5 | +0.1 | 13.3 | 16 May | 127.2 | 188.3 | average | 68% |
| Lady Elliot Island | 26.0 | −0.3 | 30.4 | 4 Mar | 21.4 | −0.2 | 12.6 | 17 May | 311.4 | 349.2 | average | 89% |
| Monto Township | 27.6 | +0.3 | 35.1 | 2 Mar | 13.5 | −0.2 | 2.8 | 17 May | 137.6 | 164.6 | average | 84% |
| Rockhampton Aero | 29.1 | +0.7 | 34.8 | 2 Apr | 17.7 | +0.1 | 7.7 | 17 May | 82.6 | 187.4 | low | 44% |
| Rundle Island | 25.3 | −0.2 | 30.9 | 5 Mar | 21.6 | −0.1 | 16.1 | 22 May | ||||
| Sandy Cape Lighthouse | 26.2 | −0.3 | 31.3 | 4 Mar | 19.6 | −0.1 | 14.4 | 22 May | 516.2 | 394.0 | high | 131% |
| Seventeen Seventy | 26.6 | +0.3 | 31.5 | 5 Mar | 13.8 | 23 May | 240.2 | 350.8 | average | 68% | ||
| Thangool Winston Street | 29.1 | −0.6 | 35.6 | 2 Mar | 14.5 | +0.6 | 4.3 | 17 May | 69.3 | 135.9 | low | 51% |
| Moreton South Coast (district 40) | ||||||||||||
| Amberley AMO | 27.1 | +0.3 | 35.8 | 1 Mar | 13.5 | −0.4 | 1.8 | 15 May | 400.4 | 190.8 | high | 210% |
| Archerfield Airport | 26.5 | +0.1 | 34.4 | 1 Mar | 15.6 | +0.5 | 6.0 | 15 May | 498.4 | 278.2 | high | 179% |
| Beaudesert Drumley Street | 26.6 | 35.8 | 1 Mar | 13.8 | 2.3 | 15 May | 318.2 | |||||
| Beerburrum Forest Station | 26.3 | −0.1 | 35.7 | 1 Mar | 16.0 | +0.5 | 8.9 | 16 May | 1030.8 | 403.9 | highest | 255% |
| Brisbane* | 26.8 | +0.9 | 33.8 | 1 Mar | 17.3 | +0.8 | 9.0 | 16 May | 483.6 | 302.7 | high | 160% |
| Brisbane Aero | 25.9 | 0.0 | 31.2 | 5 Mar | 16.7 | +0.5 | 7.0 | 16 May | 506.2 | 261.0 | high | 194% |
| Cape Moreton Lighthouse | 24.7 | +0.7 | 29.9 | 3 Mar | 19.5 | +0.7 | 15.0 | 22 May | 431.2 | 498.9 | average | 86% |
| Coolangatta | 25.6 | +0.5 | 30.8 | 1 Mar | 17.1 | +0.3 | 5.7 | 16 May | 748.0 | 496.7 | high | 151% |
| Double Island Point Lighthouse | 25.0 | +0.4 | 31.7 | 1 Mar | 19.8 | +0.2 | 15.6 | 22 May | 421.0 | 443.7 | average | 95% |
| Gold Coast Seaway | 26.4 | +0.8 | 33.6 | 1 Mar | 18.0 | −0.1 | 11.0 | 15 May | 660.4 | 314.1 | very high | 210% |
| Gympie | 26.3 | −0.8 | 34.8 | 1 Mar | 14.8 | +0.2 | 1.9 | 16 May | 346.6 | 297.8 | high | 116% |
| Hervey Bay Airport | 26.5 | −0.2 | 31.2 | 5 Mar | 17.7 | +0.3 | 6.7 | 17 May | 260.6 | 274.3 | average | 95% |
| Jimna Forestry | 23.0 | 32.6 | 1 Mar | 12.8 | 2.0 | 16 May | 322.2 | 164.0 | very high | 196% | ||
| Kingaroy Airport | 25.4 | 33.4 | 2 Mar | 12.1 | −1.0 | 16 May | 103.8 | |||||
| Logan City Water Treatment | 26.3 | +0.1 | 35.1 | 1 Mar | 16.2 | +0.6 | 6.6 | 16 May | 546.4 | 308.1 | high | 177% |
| Maleny Tamarind St | 23.0 | 31.2 | 1 Mar | 15.0 | 10.0 | 16 May | 908.8 | 622.8 | high | 146% | ||
| Maroochydore Aero | 25.7 | +0.2 | 33.8 | 1 Mar | 17.2 | +0.5 | 7.3 | 16 May | 858.8 | 455.2 | high | 189% |
| Maryborough | 26.9 | −0.2 | 32.6 | 2 Mar | 16.7 | +0.4 | 5.1 | 16 May | 243.1 | 321.2 | average | 76% |
| Nambour DPI - Hillside | 25.7 | 34.2 | 1 Mar | 16.9 | 8.2 | 16 May | 848.7 | |||||
| Point Lookout | 26.9 | +1.0 | 30.7 | 28 Mar | 19.0 | −0.5 | 11.7 | 16 May | 787.5 | 443.2 | very high | 178% |
| Rainbow Beach | 25.5 | −0.3 | 30.8 | 5 Mar | 12.0 | 28 Apr | 566.5 | 423.4 | high | 134% | ||
| Redcliffe* | 25.8 | 0.0 | 32.8 | 1 Mar | 17.7 | +0.1 | 10.9 | 15 May | 588.0 | 282.4 | very high | 208% |
| Tewantin RSL Park* | 25.5 | −0.1 | 31.7 | 1 Mar | 18.0 | +0.2 | 8.8 | 16 May | 760.0 | 554.1 | high | 137% |
| Toolara | 26.4 | −0.7 | 34.9 | 1 Mar | 17.2 | +0.1 | 12.1 | 16 May | 627.0 | 299.6 | very high | 209% |
| University of Queensland Gatton | 27.3 | +0.6 | 35.7 | 1 Mar | 14.1 | +0.4 | 3.7 | 15 May | 251.2 | 173.0 | high | 145% |
| East Darling Downs (district 41) | ||||||||||||
| Applethorpe | 21.1 | +0.3 | 31.0 | 1 Mar | 9.6 | −0.1 | −2.0 | 15 May | 235.8 | 161.8 | high | 146% |
| Dalby Airport | 26.9 | −0.1 | 37.6 | 2 Mar | 12.3 | −0.1 | 1.0 | 16 May | 116.2 | 97.0 | high | 120% |
| Goondiwindi Airport | 27.6 | +0.2 | 37.2 | 1 Mar | 13.3 | +0.5 | 2.4 | 1 May | 88.6 | 107.9 | average | 82% |
| Inglewood Forest | 27.0 | 36.4 | 1 Mar | 12.9 | 5.7 | 1 May | 132.4 | 104.6 | average | 127% | ||
| Oakey Aero | 25.8 | +0.2 | 36.7 | 1 Mar | 12.3 | +0.5 | 0.0 | 16 May | 146.6 | 117.4 | high | 125% |
| Stanthorpe Leslie Parade | 21.7 | −0.1 | 32.0 | 1 Mar | 9.5 | 0.0 | −4.0 | 15 May | 209.9 | 154.3 | high | 136% |
| Texas Post Office | 27.5 | +0.1 | 36.3 | 3 Mar | 12.8 | +1.0 | 2.2 | 16 May | 134.4 | 127.5 | average | 105% |
| Toowoomba Airport | 23.2 | −0.1 | 33.6 | 1 Mar | 13.3 | +0.2 | 6.2 | 1 May | 99.0 | 113.9 | average | 87% |
| Warwick | 24.4 | −0.4 | 35.1 | 1 Mar | 11.8 | +0.9 | −1.5 | 15 May | 164.8 | 116.2 | high | 142% |
| West Darling Downs (district 42) | ||||||||||||
| Miles Constance Street | 28.0 | +0.1 | 38.8 | 2 Mar | 13.3 | +0.3 | 0.6 | 16 May | 77.4 | 92.8 | average | 83% |
| Maranoa (district 43) | ||||||||||||
| Injune Post Office | 28.3 | +1.0 | 38.1 | 2 Mar | 11.7 | −0.4 | 1.6 | 1 May | 74.6 | 135.9 | average | 55% |
| Mitchell Post Office | 28.7 | +1.5 | 41.0 | 3 Mar | 12.4 | +0.7 | 1.1 | 1 May | 79.2 | 127.1 | average | 62% |
| Roma Airport | 28.3 | +0.5 | 38.9 | 4 Mar | 12.9 | +0.3 | 0.9 | 1 May | 75.0 | 116.0 | average | 65% |
| St George Airport | 28.2 | +0.3 | 41.0 | 1 Mar | 13.9 | +0.2 | 2.5 | 1 May | 85.0 | 82.5 | average | 103% |
| Surat | 28.3 | +0.4 | 38.5 | 1 Mar | 13.4 | +0.1 | 1.5 | 1 May | 52.0 | 122.8 | low | 42% |
| Warrego (district 44) | ||||||||||||
| Bollon Mary St | 28.8 | +1.2 | 40.5 | 3 Mar | 13.6 | +0.3 | 2.9 | 1 May | 89.0 | 112.4 | average | 79% |
| Charleville Aero | 29.0 | +1.2 | 40.7 | 2 Mar | 14.3 | +0.5 | 4.2 | 1 May | 62.0 | 116.9 | average | 53% |
| Cunnamulla Post Office | 28.8 | +1.1 | 42.0 | 3 Mar | 15.2 | +1.0 | 5.4 | 1 May | 50.3 | 97.5 | average | 52% |
| Far Southwest (district 45) | ||||||||||||
| Ballera Gas Field | 30.2 | 44.6 | 3 Mar | 16.9 | 7.7 | 30 May | 6.4 | |||||
| Quilpie Airport | 30.3 | +1.4 | 42.3 | 3 Mar | 16.7 | +1.0 | 5.0 | 17 May | 51.2 | 90.9 | average | 56% |
| Thargomindah Airport | 29.5 | 42.5 | 1 Mar | 16.9 | 6.8 | 16 May | 62.2 | 66.0 | average | 94% | ||
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This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Monday 1 June 2009. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Please
note that the rainfall data from Bureau of Meteorology telemetry gauges
(those with ALERT, AL or TM in their names) includes real-time
operational data from automated systems and has not been checked.
Averages
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. *In this case, averages from a nearby suitable
site have been used instead (these are marked with an *).
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of long-term average rain.
The
temperature anomaly maps are calculated with respect to the reference
period 1961−1990. The rainfall decile maps are based on a reference
period comprising all gridded analyses from 1900 to the present
available at the time the deciles are calculated.
Averages 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.