Monday, 3 March 2014 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Brisbane Metro - Product code IDCKGC14R0
Brisbane Metro in summer 2013-14: Dry summer, warm days
- Five out of six metropolitan stations recorded less than 50% of their summer rainfall
- Warm days, within a degree of the average maximum temperature
- Average days, less than one degree of the long term minimum temperature
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Rainfall
Five of the metropolitan sites recorded less than 50% of the summer rainfall. The highest summer rainfall recorded at the metropolitan sites was at Brisbane with 178.8 mm, but even this was only 42% of the summer average.
Archerfield had its lowest summer rainfall since 1951 with 178.4 mm.
The wettest single day was on 24 January, when Archerfield Airport recorded 104.8 mm, Brisbane 94.0 mm and Amberley 93.6 mm -.due to thunderstorm activity in the area on 23 January.
Temperature
Northwest winds extended to near the coast of southeast Queensland on 4 January, bringing extreme heat to metropolitan Brisbane and surrounding regions.The warmest on average was Brisbane with 25.5 °C and the coolest on average was Brisbane Aero with 24.7 °C.
Maximum temperature
Daytime maximum temperatures were above average at most sites in the metropolitan area, typically by about half a degree. The hottest day was on 4 January when Amberley reached 43.9 °C and Archerfield Airport reached 43.5 °C. Several very hot days occurred in the metropolitan sites in January, and some sites had their highest summer temperature on record.
The warmest days on average were at Amberley with 31.5 °C and the coolest days on average were at Redcliffe with 28.4 °C.
The coldest day was at Redcliffe with 24.3 °C on 1 Dec 2013
Minimum temperature
Overnight minimum temperatures were below average at most sites, although mostly by only a fraction of a degree. The coldest night was at Amberley with 10.4 °C on 7 December, whilst the warmest night was at Redcliffe with 26.5 °C on 4 January 2014.The coolest nights on average were at Amberley with 18.1 °C and the warmest nights on average were at Redcliffe with 21.5 °C.
Wind
The strongest wind gust was 70km/.h at Brisbane Aero 3 January and at Archerfield Airport on 17 January.
Further information
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| Extremes in summer 2013-14 | |
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| Hottest day |
43.9 °C at Amberley on 4 Jan 2014 |
| Warmest days on average | 31.5 °C at Amberley |
| Coolest days on average | 28.4 °C at Redcliffe |
| Coldest day |
24.3 °C at Redcliffe on 1 Dec 2013 |
| Coldest night |
10.4 °C at Amberley on 7 Dec 2013 |
| Coolest nights on average | 18.1 °C at Amberley |
| Warmest nights on average | 21.5 °C at Redcliffe |
| Warmest night |
26.5 °C at Redcliffe on 4 Jan 2014 |
| Warmest on average overall | 25.5 °C at Brisbane |
| Coolest on average overall | 24.7 °C at Brisbane Aero |
| Wettest overall | 178.8 mm at Brisbane |
| Wettest day |
104.8 mm at Archerfield Airport on 24 Jan 2014 |
| Highest wind gust |
70 km/h at Brisbane Aero on 3 Jan 2014 and at Archerfield Airport on 17 Jan 2014 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Lowest total summer rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Total rainfall for summer 2013-14 (mm) |
Most recent summer at least this dry |
Years since drier |
Average for summer |
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| Archerfield Airport | 178.4 | 103.3 | in 1951* | 59 | 416.4 |
* 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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Highest temperature in summer 2013-14 (°C) |
Previous warmest for summer |
Years of record |
Average for summer |
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| Archerfield Airport | 43.5 | on 4 Jan 2014 | 43.3 | on 26 Jan 1940 | 39 | 29.8 |
| Logan City Water Treatment Plant | 41.9 | on 4 Jan 2014 | 41.0 | on 21 Feb 2004 | 22 | 29.3 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for summer 2013-14 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures for summer (°C) |
Minimum temperatures for summer (°C) |
Rainfall for summer (millimetres) |
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| Mean for summer 2013-14 |
Diff from average |
Highest for summer 2013-14 |
Mean for summer 2013-14 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for summer 2013-14 |
Total for summer 2013-14 |
Average for summer |
Rank of summer 2013-14 |
Fraction of summer average |
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| Moreton South Coast (district 40) | ||||||||||||
| Amberley AMO | 31.5 | +0.7 | 43.9 | 4 Jan 2014 | 18.1 | -1.1 | 10.4 | 7 Dec 2013 | 168.2 | 361.6 | v low | 47% |
| Archerfield Airport | 30.7 | +0.9 | 43.5 | 4 Jan 2014 | 19.7 | -0.1 | 12.0 | 7 Dec 2013 | 178.4 | 416.4 | v low | 43% |
| Brisbane | 30.2 | +0.4 | 38.7 | 4 Jan 2014 | 20.8 | -0.2 | 15.0 | 7 Dec 2013 | 178.8 | 426.2 | v low | 42% |
| Brisbane Aero | 28.7 | 0.0 | 34.3 | 4 Jan 2014 | 20.7 | -0.1 | 14.2 | 2 Dec 2013 | 150.4 | 403.7 | v low | 37% |
| Logan City Water Treatment Plant | 29.7 | +0.4 | 41.9 | 4 Jan 2014 | 20.2 | +0.2 | 13.5 | 7 Dec 2013 | 162.3 | 403.9 | v low | 40% |
| Redcliffe | 28.4 | -0.3 | 34.4 | 5 Dec 2013 | 21.5 | -0.1 | 15.7 | 3 Dec 2013 | 134.2 | |||
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
A Seasonal Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in Brisbane Metro using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review, usually published in the fourth week of the month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 1 pm on Monday 3 March 2014. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
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 9 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.
The ACORN-SAT dataset is being used for temperature area averages from December 2012 onwards. The major change from earlier datasets is that the ACORN-SAT dataset commences in 1910, rather than 1950, and hence rankings are calculated using a larger set of years.
Further information
- Media
- media@bom.gov.au (03) 9669 4057
- Enquiries
- helpdesk.climate@bom.gov.au
