Friday, 2 December 2022 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Greater Brisbane - Product code IDCKGC24L0
Greater Brisbane in spring 2022: average rainfall; cooler days and mild nights
Rainfall was generally close to average for most locations across Greater Brisbane. Daytime temperatures were generally cooler than average, while night-time temperatures were generally within half a degree of the long-term average for all locations.
Average rainfall for most locations
- Most locations recorded close to average rainfall for spring, with totals generally ranging from 77% of the long-term average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse to 141% of the long-term average at University of Queensland Gatton.
- The wettest day was at Mt Tamborine Fern St when heavy rainfall in late September saw 173.0 mm recorded, this resulted in Mt Tamborine being the wettest location overall with a rainfall total for the season of 465.4 mm
Cooler days and nights.
- Daytime temperatures were generally cooler than average overall at sites around Greater Brisbane, ranging from 1.8 °C below average at Beaudesert Drumley Street to 0.5 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse.
- Minimum temperatures were generally cooler than average around Greater Brisbane, ranging from 0.5 °C below average at Point Lookout to 0.4 °C above average at Beerburrum Forest Station.
- With cooler days throughout the season Cape Moreton Lighthouse reported its lowest spring mean daily minimum temperature since 1999.
- With generally cooler days and nights overall, Brisbane had its lowest spring mean temperature on record and some other sites had their lowest spring mean temperature for at least 20 years.
Brisbane
- Total rainfall for Brisbane was 259.6 mm, which is 123% of the long-term average of 210.7 mm
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 26.0 °C, which is 1.0 °C below the long-term average of 27.0 °C
- The warmest day was 34.5 °C on 20 November, and the coolest day was on 2 October when the temperature reached 18.5 °C
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 16.1 °C, which is 0.3 °C below the long-term average of 16.4 °C
- The coldest morning was 10.0 °C on 8 September, and the warmest morning was on 30 November when the minimum temperature was 21.5 °C
Further information
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in spring 2022 | |
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Hottest day | 35.6 °C at Amberley AMO on 20 Nov |
Warmest days on average | 26.8 °C at Amberley AMO |
Coolest days on average | 23.7 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse |
Coldest day | 17.7 °C at Redland (Alexandra Hills) on 3 Sep |
Coldest night | 4.4 °C at Canungra (Defence) on 7 Sep |
Coolest nights on average | 11.5 °C at Canungra (Defence) |
Warmest nights on average | 18.0 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse |
Warmest night | 23.6 °C at Beerburrum Forest Station on 21 Nov |
Warmest on average overall | 21.4 °C at Point Lookout |
Coolest on average overall | 18.2 °C at Canungra (Defence) |
Wettest overall | 465.4 mm at Mt Tamborine Fern St |
Wettest day | 173.0 mm at Mt Tamborine Fern St on 23 Sep |
Strongest wind gust | 87 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 4 Sep |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Lowest spring mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent lower |
Average for spring |
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Cape Moreton Lighthouse | 18.0 | =18.0 | in 1999 | 17.8 |
Record lowest spring mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for spring |
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Brisbane | 21.0 | = 21.0 | in 2010 | 22 | 21.7 |
Lowest spring mean temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent lower |
Average for spring |
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University of Queensland Gatton | 19.8 | 19.7 | in 1992* | 20.5 | |
Amberley AMO | 19.8 | 19.5 | in 1999 | 20.4 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for spring 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for spring 2022 |
Diff from average |
Highest for spring 2022 |
Mean for spring 2022 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for spring 2022 |
Total for spring 2022 |
Average for spring |
Rank of spring 2022 |
Fraction of spring average |
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Amberley AMO | 26.8 | -1.0 | 35.6 | 20 Nov | 12.7 | -0.3 | 5.2 | 5 Sep | 227.8 | 187.2 | high | 122% |
Archerfield Airport | 26.5 | -0.5 | 35.2 | 20 Nov | 14.6 | +0.3 | 7.5 | 5 Sep | 247.4 | 211.8 | average | 117% |
Beaudesert Drumley Street | 26.4 | -1.8 | 35.1 | 27 Oct | 13.1 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 7 Sep | 185.6 | 203.7 | average | 91% |
Beerburrum Forest Station | 25.9 | -1.5 | 34.2 | 26 Nov | 14.8 | +0.4 | 8.7 | 5 Sep | 301.2 | 258.9 | average | 116% |
Brisbane | 26.0 | -1.0 | 34.5 | 20 Nov | 16.1 | -0.3 | 10.0 | 8 Sep | 259.6 | 210.7 | high | 123% |
Brisbane Aero | 25.2 | -0.4 | 34.2 | 20 Nov | 15.5 | -0.2 | 9.7 | 5 Sep | 229.8 | 208.3 | average | 110% |
Canungra (Defence) | 25.0 | 33.6 | 20 Nov | 11.5 | 4.4 | 7 Sep | 321.4 | |||||
Cape Moreton Lighthouse | 23.7 | +0.5 | 30.9 | 28 Oct | 18.0 | +0.2 | 13.3 | 4 Sep | 181.2 | 234.1 | average | 77% |
Greenbank (Defence) | 26.4 | 35.4 | 27 Oct | 12.7 | 5.7 | 19 Sep | 295.8 | |||||
Logan City Water Treatment Plant | 25.9 | -0.7 | 35.0 | 21 Nov | 15.2 | +0.1 | 9.5 | 7 Sep | 286.4 | 218.3 | average | 131% |
Point Lookout | 25.1 | -0.4 | 32.5 | 26 Nov | 17.8 | -0.5 | 12.9 | 3 Nov | 273.6 | 258.3 | average | 106% |
Redcliffe | 25.1 | -0.5 | 33.7 | 21 Nov | 16.6 | -0.4 | 11.0 | 5 Sep | 248.2 | 221.3 | average | 112% |
Redland (Alexandra Hills) | 24.6 | 33.6 | 21 Nov | 15.3 | 10.2 | 7 Sep | 272.8 | |||||
University of Queensland Gatton | 26.6 | -1.5 | 35.2 | 27 Oct | 13.1 | +0.2 | 6.4 | 5 Sep | 250.4 | 177.6 | high | 141% |
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. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
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 “include the population within the urban area of the city, as well as people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the city, and live in small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. It is important to note that GCCSAs do not define the built up edge of the city. They provide a stable definition for these cities and are designed for the output of a range of social and economic survey data.”
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 1 pm on Friday 2 December 2022. 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.
Further information
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