Friday, 1 December 2023 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Greater Brisbane - Product code IDCKGC24L0

Greater Brisbane in spring 2023

Rainfall

  • Rainfall was below average at most sites in Greater Brisbane during spring, with a few sites in the west recording above average rainfall.

Temperature

  • Mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures varied between close to average and above average.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 146.2 mm, which is 70% of the long-term average of 208.0 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 27.1 °C, which is 0.1 °C above the long-term average of 27.0 °C.
  • The warmest day was 34.6 °C on 30 November, and the coolest was 22.4 °C on 10 September.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 16.7 °C, which is 0.3 °C above the long-term average of 16.4 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 11.0 °C on 10 September, and the warmest was 23.8 °C on 17 November.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes in spring 2023
Hottest day 38.7 °C at University of Queensland Gatton on 31 Oct
Warmest days on average 29.2 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 24.5 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 19.0 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 11 Sep
Coldest night 3.0 °C at Canungra (Defence) on 10 Sep
Coolest nights on average 11.8 °C at Canungra (Defence)
Warmest nights on average 18.8 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Warmest night 24.1 °C at Redcliffe on 17 Nov
Warmest on average overall 22.5 °C at Point Lookout
Coolest on average overall 19.5 °C at Canungra (Defence)
Wettest overall 290.8 mm at Mt Tamborine Fern St
Wettest day 83.0 mm at University of Queensland Gatton on 21 Nov
Strongest wind gust 98 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 27 Oct

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top



Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Summary statistics for spring 2023
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
spring
2023		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
spring
2023		 Mean for
spring
2023		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
spring
2023		 Total for
spring
2023		 Average
for
spring		 Rank of
spring
2023		 Fraction of
spring
average
Amberley AMO 29.2 +1.5 38.2 16 Nov 12.7 -0.3 3.3 12 Sep 230.8 187.8 high 123%
Archerfield Airport 27.9 +0.9 34.9 21 Sep 15.1 +0.8 7.0 12 Sep 183.4 211.5 average 87%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 28.4 +0.3 37.4 16 Nov 13.3 +0.2 4.9 10 Sep 186.4 202.6 average 92%
Beerburrum Forest Station 27.3 0.0 36.0 31 Oct 15.0 +0.6 8.7 26 Sep 158.4 257.5 low 62%
Brisbane 27.1 +0.1 34.6 30 Nov 16.7 +0.3 11.0 10 Sep 146.2 208.0 average 70%
Brisbane Aero 25.9 +0.4 34.6 30 Nov 16.3 +0.6 10.1 10 Sep 109.6 204.6 low 54%
Canungra (Defence) 27.2   36.3 16 Nov 11.8   3.0 10 Sep 207.0
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 24.5 +1.3 29.9 30 Nov 18.8 +1.0 14.2 12 Sep 177.4 233.8 average 76%
Greenbank (Defence) 28.3   36.4 16 Nov 12.9   4.4 12 Sep 235.2
Point Lookout 26.2 +0.7 32.0 30 Nov 18.7 +0.4 14.1 12 Sep 275.8 259.0 average 106%
Redcliffe 25.7 +0.1 34.6 30 Nov 17.3 +0.3 11.7 10 Sep 124.2 216.5 low 57%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 25.4   30.5 16 Nov 16.0   8.8 10 Sep 128.8
University of Queensland Gatton 28.9 +0.8 38.7 31 Oct 13.0 +0.1 5.5 10 Sep 213.0 177.9 high 120%

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Notes

The Seasonal 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.

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 represent a socio-economic definition of each capital city. This means the greater capital city boundary includes people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the capital city, but live in the small towns and rural areas surrounding the capital city. It does not define the built up edge of the capital city.

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Friday 1 December 2023. 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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