Wednesday, 1 October 2014 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in September 2014: Wet start to spring through the central interior; warm days and cool nights

The statewide average rainfall was 17% above average for September. Areas that received above average rainfall were mostly confined to the Central Highlands, Central Coast and Capricornia districts, and a small area in the north of the Cape York Peninsula. Parts of the north and northwest recorded below average falls while the remaining parts of the state recorded near-average September rainfall.

Very little rainfall was recorded in the first week of the month. An upper level trough over western Queensland, a deepening surface trough over central inland Queensland and a weak surface low on the trough to the southwest of Longreach contributed to moderate falls being recorded over the state's central interior on the 8th.  Another surface trough over the interior on the 13th brought more rainfall to parts of the Central Coast, with moderate totals over the adjacent inland areas of the Central Highlands and Coalfields district on the 14th. Very little rain fell in the state from the 14th to the 21st. By the 21st, a surface trough located over the interior deepened and, assisted by an upper level disturbance, brought light to moderate falls to the central interior. This was followed by widespread rainfall with moderate totals to most of the southeast quarter of the state. Some heavier falls were recorded in isolated areas of the Central Highlands district, with some new highest on record daily rainfall.

Maxima were above average in the north and western half of the state, with parts of the Gulf Country and Cape York Peninsula  recording very much above average mean maximum temperatures. Areas in the Central Highlands and parts of the coast around Townsville had cooler than average days, while the remainder of the state recorded near-average daytime temperatures.

Minima were below average in far north Cape York Peninsula and parts of the Gulf Country as well as parts of the Capricorn Coast and adjacent inland areas. Average minima were recorded through the remaining parts of the state, with only small pockets around the central and southwestern interior recording above-average overnight temperatures.

• Above average rainfall statewide
• Wetter than normal through Central Queensland
• Warm days in the west, cool nights in the north

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Extremes in September 2014
Hottest day	39.9 °C at Birdsville Airport on the 30th
Warmest days on average	35.8 °C at Century Mine
Coolest days on average	19.3 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	13.2 °C at Applethorpe on the 3rd
Coldest night	-3.0 °C at Oakey Aero on the 4th
Coolest nights on average	5.1 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	23.5 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	24.9 °C at Coconut Island on the 23rd 24.9 °C at Coconut Island on the 25th
Warmest on average overall	27.3 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	12.4 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	131.6 mm at Melrose
Wettest day	80.6 mm at Yaamba on the 23rd
Strongest wind gust	115 km/h at Double Island Point Lighthouse on the 27th

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 September daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Rockhampton Aero	55.6	on the 23rd	55.4	on the 28th in 1966	76
Wharton Creek Station	52.0	on the 22nd	35.0	on the 4th in 2008	68
Carnarvon Station	61.6	on the 22nd	48.0	on the 15th in 1998	60
Broadmeadows	77.4	on the 23rd	45.0	on the 15th in 1970	59
Hecate	53.0	on the 23rd	48.2	on the 20th in 2010	55
Frankfield Station	53.0	on the 22nd	31.0	on the 26th in 2010	26
Taemas	43.0	on the 22nd	13.0	on the 3rd in 1997	20

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Record highest September total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for September
Taemas	43.0	39.6	in 2010	20	7.6

Highest September total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Years since higher	Average for September
Cardowan	49.0	66.8	in 1976*	36	14.4
Moreton Telegraph Station	12.1	13.0	in 1972*	34	4.3

* 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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Lowest September total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Years since lower	Average for September
Low Isles Lighthouse	1.0	0.8	in 1966	48	36.6
Cairns Aero	1.6	0.2	in 1991	23	33.4
Daintree Village	2.0	0.0	in 1984*	23	59.1
Whyanbeel Valley	1.2	0.0	in 1991*	22	60.3

* 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 lowest September temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for September
Seventeen Seventy	9.4	on the 3rd	9.9	on the 7th in 1995	26	17.1

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Lowest September mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Years since lower	Average for September
Weipa Aero	18.2	18.1	in 1994	20	19.8

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Lowest September mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Years since lower	Average for September
Surat	17.0	15.0	in 1994	20	17.6

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Summary statistics for September 2014
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for September 2014	Diff from average	Highest for September 2014		Mean for September 2014	Diff from average	Lowest for September 2014		Total for September 2014	Average for September	Rank of September 2014	Fraction of September average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	31.0	+0.2	32.8	3rd	23.5	-0.7	21.2	11th	4.8	7.9	low	61%
Coen Airport	32.2	+0.5	34.3	27th	15.8	-3.0	10.9	3rd	0	0.9	v low	0%
Horn Island	29.7	-0.4	31.3	23rd	23.2	-0.6	18.1	9th	0.8	6.1	low	13%
Scherger RAAF	34.8		37.0	26th	18.3		15.4	4th	0
Weipa Aero	34.6	+0.2	37.1	26th	18.2	-1.6	15.3	3rd	0	1.3	lowest	0%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	29.1	+0.1	30.2	25th	18.8	-1.7	13.7	11th	11.6	15.7	average	74%
Palmerville	34.5	+0.9	36.5	27th	14.7	-1.8	9.8	18th	0	8.6	lowest	0%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	34.2	+0.7	38.1	11th	16.2	-2.5	10.4	4th	0.2	0.9	average	22%
Century Mine	35.8	+0.5	37.9	20th	15.3	-2.1	8.3	4th	0	3.1	v low	0%
Cloncurry Airport	33.7	+0.5	38.2	10th	15.4	-1.1	9.2	4th	0	6.0	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	34.7	+0.6	38.8	10th	12.9	-1.6	5.3	4th	0	2.4	v low	0%
Kowanyama Airport	35.1	+0.5	36.6	27th	18.0	-1.0	12.5	4th	0	2.6	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	34.4		38.2	10th	17.3		10.7	4th	0
Mornington Island Airport	31.1		34.4	26th	20.1		15.7	5th	2.2
Mount Isa Aero	33.1	+1.8	37.0	29th	11.8	-2.4	2.7	4th	0	6.5	lowest	0%
Normanton Airport	34.8	+0.1	37.4	26th	18.2	-2.0	14.5	5th	0.4	7.1	average	6%
Sweers Island	29.3	-0.4	34.3	27th	21.2	-0.8	16.5	5th	0.2	6.1	average	3%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	33.9	+0.3	36.4	26th	14.5	-2.6	9.4	5th	0	5.6	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport	32.4	-0.1	35.6	11th	14.2	-1.2	4.5	4th	1.0	8.4	average	12%
Richmond Airport	33.7	+0.3	36.8	10th	13.4	-1.5	6.9	4th	0	3.3	v low	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	28.9	+0.8	31.4	17th	17.3	-1.4	12.2	3rd	1.6	33.4	v low	5%
Cairns Racecourse	29.3		31.2	27th	15.9		10.9	18th	2.8
Cape Flattery	28.3	-0.7	29.5	25th	21.7	-0.5	15.1	3rd	2.4	7.1	average	34%
Cooktown Airport	28.5	-0.3	30.0	25th	19.0	-1.9	10.9	3rd	1.0	7.8	low	13%
Low Isles Lighthouse	28.4	-0.1	30.4	26th			19.2	3rd	1.0	36.6	v low	3%
Mareeba Airport	28.9	+0.2	32.3	8th	14.1	-1.3	10.7	18th	0	4.1	v low	0%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cape Ferguson NTC AWS	24.0		26.1	18th	19.8		15.8	4th
Cardwell Marine Pde	27.1	-0.5	29.0	18th	17.4	+1.1	12.0	1st	20.4	38.6	average	53%
Innisfail	26.9	+0.2	28.2	27th	17.3	+0.3	13.1	18th	7.8	85.9	low	9%
Lucinda Point	25.3	-0.6	27.9	12th	20.6	-0.3	17.4	3rd	39.0	27.0	high	144%
South Johnstone Exp Stn	27.7	+0.7	30.2	18th	15.9	-0.8	10.8	18th	11.4	84.3	low	14%
Townsville Aero	27.9	+0.1	32.5	18th	17.4	0.0	12.0	4th	5.6	10.4	average	54%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	25.4	-1.7	27.5	3rd	17.5	-1.4	10.8	4th	1.2	15.3	low	8%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	28.3	+0.3	32.6	18th	14.8	-0.3	9.4	4th	0.6	10.2	average	6%
Bowen Airport	27.0	-0.4	29.7	17th	16.2	-0.3	8.6	4th	0	10.6	lowest	0%
Collinsville Post Office	30.2	+0.5	33.6	12th	13.4	-0.2	5.7	4th	1.0	11.3	average	9%
Hamilton Island Airport	25.0	-0.3	27.8	26th	19.6	-0.5	16.5	4th	10.2	25.9	average	39%
Mackay Aero	25.9	+0.1	29.4	17th	14.3	-0.4	5.7	4th	16.8	25.6	average	66%
Mackay M.O	25.2	-0.1	28.4	11th	16.3	-0.4	10.1	4th	22.8	19.6	average	116%
Proserpine Airport	28.3	-0.2	33.1	17th	13.0	-1.5	4.4	4th	37.4	19.5	high	192%
Rosslyn Bay NTC AWS	22.5		24.3	18th	16.8		11.9	4th
Samuel Hill Aero	25.6	-0.5	29.1	11th	11.2	-1.1	1.7	4th	54.2	45.8	high	118%
St Lawrence	26.7	-0.4	30.3	17th	13.2	-1.7	4.8	5th	50.0	27.4	average	182%
Williamson	26.7		30.3	17th	12.4		3.0	4th	30.6	22.5	high	136%
Woolshed	25.5	-0.2	30.2	18th	14.9	-0.4	5.9	4th	5.8	16.6	average	35%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	23.9	-0.5	26.9	17th	14.8	-0.9	5.6	4th	101.0	36.6	high	276%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	30.2	-0.1	33.4	11th	14.8	-0.4	8.4	4th	6.6	10.8	average	61%
Moranbah Airport	28.5		32.7	17th	11.3		2.9	4th	44.2
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	27.7		31.9	11th	12.3		4.3	4th	57.8
Clermont Airport	27.8		32.1	17th	9.7		0.3	4th	84.6
Emerald Airport	27.5	-1.6	32.1	17th	12.7	-0.8	6.4	4th	79.8	30.2	high	264%
Lochington	27.0		31.6	17th	11.1		3.8	4th	94.6
Rolleston Airport	26.7		31.3	17th	10.4		2.4	4th	84.8
Springsure Comet St	26.0	-1.6	30.3	17th	11.7	+0.5	1.9	4th	127.6	30.4	v high	420%
Tambo Post Office	27.2	-0.2	31.0	30th	9.0	0.0	1.4	4th	39.4	21.3	high	185%
Taroom Post Office	27.2	+0.4	32.2	16th	10.3	-0.1	2.5	4th	74.9	32.0	v high	234%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	28.7	0.0	32.2	11th			5.6	4th	25.6	15.9	high	161%
Blackall Airport			31.3	28th	11.4	-1.1	2.3	4th	16.8	23.9	high	70%
Longreach Aero	30.7	+0.4	34.5	30th	13.3	+0.7	4.2	4th	0	10.4	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	34.1	+1.7	37.7	30th	15.4	+0.2	6.0	4th	0.2	5.8	average	3%
Carters Bore	32.1		36.6	30th	17.6		10.2	4th	0
New May Downs	32.7		36.3	29th	16.5		10.6	4th	0
The Monument Airport	32.0	+0.2	37.4	30th	13.1	-1.3	5.7	4th	0	4.9	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	32.4	+0.2	36.5	30th	13.9	-0.9	6.6	4th	0.2	3.3	average	6%
Urandangi Aerodrome	32.8		39.1	30th	12.0		4.2	4th	0
Winton Airport	32.5	+0.1	36.1	24th	14.0	-0.5	7.0	4th	0	10.0	v low	0%
Lower Western (district 38)
Birdsville Airport	29.6	-0.6	39.9	30th	12.6	-1.1	5.6	3rd	2.8	6.6	average	42%
Boulia Airport	31.2	+1.0	38.5	9th	13.9	+0.3	6.7	4th	0	7.4	lowest	0%
Windorah Post Office	29.4	+0.9	36.2	29th	12.4	+0.2	5.2	3rd	0	10.4	lowest	0%
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	25.9	+0.4	29.5	11th	12.6	-1.1	5.7	5th	17.8	36.5	average	49%
Gayndah Airport	27.2	-0.8	31.3	17th	10.6	-0.9	4.0	5th	21.8	32.9	average	66%
Gladstone Airport	25.6	-0.4	30.3	17th	14.4	-1.2	8.0	5th	39.2	30.0	average	131%
Gladstone Radar	26.7	+0.2	31.5	17th	16.0	-0.5	10.4	5th	49.2	27.3	high	180%
Lady Elliot Island	24.1	+0.4	25.8	20th	18.5	-0.3	13.2	6th	38.2	38.8	average	98%
Monto Township	26.1	-0.2	30.7	17th	8.9	-0.7	2.2	5th	52.9	24.8	high	213%
Rockhampton Aero	27.5	+0.1	33.2	17th	13.5	-0.2	5.4	4th	84.0	24.8	v high	339%
Rundle Island	22.4	-0.7	26.4	30th	18.3	-1.0	15.7	5th
Seventeen Seventy	23.6	-0.6	25.6	26th	16.1	-1.0	9.4	3rd	55.4	37.8	high	147%
Thangool Airport	27.5	-0.6	31.6	17th	8.4	-1.5	-0.3	4th	62.0	25.5	high	243%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	26.4	+0.8	31.1	16th	8.5	-1.0	1.7	4th	10.4	32.9	low	32%
Archerfield Airport	25.7	+0.5	29.7	17th	10.8	-0.3	5.4	5th	41.2	35.6	average	116%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	25.4		30.2	30th	9.1		0.8	4th	17.8
Beerburrum Forest Station	25.0	-1.0	30.0	17th	11.0	-1.1	4.7	5th	43.4	46.7	average	93%
Brisbane	25.2	-0.5	29.5	17th	12.9	-0.9	9.1	5th	27.6	28.8	average	96%
Brisbane Aero	23.8	-0.4	29.2	17th	12.3	-0.5	6.9	4th	26.6	32.2	average	83%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse			23.5	29th	16.5	+0.6	11.8	4th	60.4	65.0	average	93%
Coolangatta	23.6	+0.3	28.5	17th	12.5	-0.9	6.4	5th	35.0	39.7	average	88%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	23.6	+0.9	28.6	17th	16.5	-0.1	11.9	3rd	67.6	50.7	high	133%
Gold Coast Seaway	23.8	-0.1	28.4	17th	14.4	-0.5	10.3	4th	65.0	44.4	high	146%
Gympie	25.7	-0.4	30.0	17th	10.1	-0.1	1.7	5th	24.0	45.4	average	53%
Hervey Bay Airport	24.4	-0.4	28.4	26th	12.6	-1.7	5.4	4th	25.2	37.4	average	67%
Jimna Forestry	22.3	-1.2	27.2	30th	8.1	-0.9	-0.5	5th	9.6	31.6	low	30%
Kingaroy Airport	24.3	-0.8	28.8	30th	6.9	-1.2	-1.1	5th	3.0	29.1	low	10%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	24.6	-0.5	30.0	17th			7.6	5th	35.5	43.0	average	83%
Maleny Tamarind St	22.0	-0.9	27.6	17th	11.8	-0.7	5.0	4th	64.0	64.0	average	100%
Maryborough	25.6	-0.1	29.4	11th	11.8	-0.3	5.3	4th	34.6	42.7	average	81%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	24.4		28.7	17th	12.5		5.5	5th	33.2
Rainbow Beach	23.6	-0.6	28.6	17th					26.8	62.3	low	43%
Redcliffe	23.3	-0.8	28.3	2nd	13.9	-0.5	9.2	5th	35.8	42.9	average	83%
Sunshine Coast Airport	24.6	+0.4	28.3	2nd	12.6	-0.3	3.6	5th	63.2	55.9	high	113%
Tewantin RSL Park	23.7	-0.6	27.3	2nd	13.9	-0.6	6.8	5th	18.2	57.3	low	32%
Toolara (Kelly)	25.6	-1.2	29.5	17th	13.9	-0.8	8.7	4th	32.2	53.6	average	60%
University of Queensland Gatton	26.5	+1.0	31.4	16th	9.2	-0.3	3.8	5th	15.2	35.0	average	43%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	19.3	+0.3	26.1	30th	5.5	-0.3	-1.6	5th	20.6	42.9	low	48%
Dalby Airport	25.4	-0.2	30.2	30th	7.9	-0.9	-1.6	4th	24.4	30.1	average	81%
Goondiwindi Airport	25.5	0.0	33.0	30th	9.1	-0.3	1.1	4th	7.6	31.7	low	24%
Oakey Aero	24.4	+0.5	30.0	30th	6.7	-0.5	-3.0	4th	13.4	30.7	average	44%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	20.0	+0.4	27.2	30th	5.1	0.0	-2.8	4th	22.6	51.5	low	44%
Texas Post Office	25.1	+0.6	31.5	30th	7.7	-0.1	0.1	4th	13.8	39.8	low	35%
Toowoomba Airport	21.6	-0.8	27.5	30th	9.6	-1.0	2.5	4th	18.0	35.4	low	51%
Warwick	23.0	-0.6	28.6	30th	6.6	-0.5	-0.9	4th	20.0	35.2	average	57%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street			31.0	30th	8.3	-1.9	-0.7	4th	28.4	21.5	high	132%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	25.5	-0.7	31.1	30th	8.0	-0.2	0.5	4th	33.6	26.1	high	129%
Mitchell Post Office	25.8	0.0	33.3	30th	7.3	-0.2	-0.4	4th	15.9	26.6	average	60%
Roma Airport	25.6	-1.1	32.3	30th	8.3	-1.2	-0.9	4th	14.0	24.3	average	58%
St George Airport	25.2	-1.5	34.1	30th	10.0	-0.8	1.3	4th	22.4	26.2	average	85%
Surat	25.1	-0.6	32.4	30th	8.9	-0.5	0.4	4th	24.2	29.0	average	83%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	25.6	-0.1	35.5	30th	10.3	+1.0	1.8	4th	9.9	24.4	average	41%
Charleville Aero	26.1	0.0	33.2	30th	10.4	+0.5	2.0	4th	15.6	23.4	average	67%
Cunnamulla Post Office	25.7	+0.1	35.9	30th	10.9	+0.2	5.0	3rd	8.4	18.3	average	46%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	28.2	-0.4	37.1	30th	13.0	-0.5	6.8	3rd	1.2	9.1	average	13%
Thargomindah Airport	27.0	-1.0	37.0	30th	11.9	-1.0	5.8	3rd	1.0	8.9	low	11%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Frederick Reef	23.2		25.5	18th	21.0		19.3	16th
Middle Percy Island	23.4	-0.2	26.6	17th	17.7	-0.6	14.9	4th	19.2	31.9	average	60%
Willis Island	26.9	-0.4	28.0	20th	22.7	+0.1	20.7	30th	8.0	16.7	average	48%

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