Thursday, 1 June 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in May 2017: Record high rainfall in parts of the north; equal sixth-warmest May on record

May was a wet month overall in the northern interior and southern tropics of Queensland, with record high rainfall in some locations. Queensland had its equal sixth-warmest May on record in terms of mean temperature.

Record high rainfall in the north

• Overall, May rainfall was well above average from the Gulf Country to the tropical and central coasts
• Near to below average rainfall across most of southern and western Queensland
• Record high May rainfall in the northern interior and parts of the southern tropics
• Heavy rainfall on the 19th, associated with a surface trough located off north Queensland coast
• Numerous locations had their wettest May day on record
• Thunderstorms in southwestern districts on the 17th and 18th produced moderate falls in parts of the southwest and southern districts

Warm days and nights

• Queensland had its equal sixth-warmest May on record in terms of mean temperature (both 1973 and 2017 recorded 21.2 °C, 1.4°C above average)
• Overall, days were very warm in the west, record warm in some areas; seventh-warmest mean maximum temperatures for the State
• Overnight temperatures were above average across western, central and southeast districts; Statewide mean minimum temperature above the long-term average 
• Rockhampton had its warmest May nights since 1989

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in May 2017
Hottest day	40.9 °C at Georgetown Airport on the 30th
Warmest days on average	33.6 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	18.2 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	9.8 °C at Thargomindah Airport on the 31st
Coldest night	-2.9 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on the 31st
Coolest nights on average	6.5 °C at Applethorpe
Warmest nights on average	25.9 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	27.0 °C at Coconut Island on the 17th
Warmest on average overall	28.9 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	12.4 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	289.4 mm at Bingil Bay
Wettest day	192.2 mm at Alva Beach on the 19th
Strongest wind gust	93 km/h at Heron Island Res Stn on the 10th

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 May daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Croydon Township	118.0	on the 19th	63.5	on the 7th in 1956	127
Ravenswood Post Office	127.4	on the 19th	102.0	on the 21st in 1981	127
Mingela Post Office	110.6	on the 19th	107.0	on the 21st in 1981	119
Collinsville Post Office	120.4	on the 19th	102.9	on the 26th in 1955	78
Townsville Aero	115.2	on the 19th	96.0	on the 11th in 1956	77
Werrington Station	90.0	on the 19th	81.0	on the 15th in 1977	59
Gatton Vale	100.0	on the 19th	95.5	on the 2nd in 1983	48
Lucky Springs Station	93.0	on the 19th	90.0	on the 16th in 1977	47
Robin Hood Station	129.0	on the 19th	49.0	on the 23rd in 1990	45
Lansdown CSIRO	141.2	on the 19th	98.0	on the 21st in 1981	40
Proserpine Airport	111.0	on the 19th	107.8	on the 23rd in 1990	35
North Head	97.0	on the 19th	86.0	on the 22nd in 1990	34
Green Hills	119.4	on the 19th	51.0	on the 21st in 1989	31
McAllister Station	45.0	on the 19th	34.0	on the 23rd in 2013	27
Crystal Brook	108.6	on the 19th	62.4	on the 1st in 1996	25
Wyora	72.0	on the 19th	47.0	on the 12th in 1992	25
Yappar River	49.0	on the 19th	27.0	on the 16th in 1997	24
Alva Beach	192.2	on the 19th	61.0	on the 15th in 1998	21

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Record highest May total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for May
Ravenswood Post Office	195.4	141.8	in 1955	131	25.5
Croydon Township	150.0	129.3	in 1920	127	8.9
Mingela Post Office	219.4	138.7	in 1956	118	25.7
Lucky Springs Station	139.0	118.4	in 1977	47	25.1
Lansdown CSIRO	216.8	198.8	in 1977	46	40.0
Robin Hood Station	177.0	55.0	in 1989	45	14.8
North Head	122.0	86.0	in 1990	33	17.4
Green Hills	198.2	51.8	in 2016	30	18.8
Crystal Brook	198.6	154.0	in 2013	25	66.8
Yappar River	49.0	27.0	in 1997	24	6.4
Alva Beach	259.8	114.2	in 2013	20	41.2

Highest May total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for May
Ayr DPI Research Stn	168.0	173.6	in 1977	41.3
Townsville Aero	161.0	180.8	in 1977	33.4
Boothulla	65.9	74.7	in 1926*	19.1
Werrington Station	90.0	135.1	in 1977*	19.0
Home Hill Post Office	182.2	198.6	in 1983	35.7
Turrawulla Station	132.4	200.1	in 1983	33.7
Rollingstone	142.9	147.8	in 1983*	51.1
Woodhouse	214.5	293.6	in 1983*	32.2
Yabulu QLD Nickel	140.8	188.6	in 1983*	31.6
Strathmore	179.9	209.2	in 1977*	26.9
Carfax	97.5	139.4	in 1989	36.8
Burdekin Shire Council	153.0	191.0	in 1990	35.5
Collinsville Post Office	186.4	187.3	in 1990	33.4
Eton Vale	205.4	222.2	in 1990	36.8
Mackay M.O	165.6	333.2	in 1990	105.2
Proserpine Airport	129.2	271.6	in 1990	67.9
Low Holm Station	48.2	87.0	in 1989*	19.8
Mackay Aero	162.6	537.3	in 1955*	90.4
Mutarnee Store	168.0	189.2	in 1989*	69.0
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	160.4	313.6	in 1990*	76.9
Bambaroo	164.6	181.8	in 1989*	50.0
Farleigh Co-op Sugar Mill	168.8	328.5	in 1990*	99.4
Hecate	125.8	133.4	in 1992	50.5
Kalamia Estate	166.8	174.6	in 1990*	38.7
Gatton Vale	148.0	156.5	in 1990*	29.1
Wyora	72.0	91.0	in 1992*	14.6
Jambin Post Office	62.6	64.0	in 1995*	37.1
Lovandee	81.0	92.6	in 1992*	46.5
McAllister Station	45.0	49.5	in 1992*	10.5
Mount Kroombit	58.8	62.4	in 1997	34.1

* 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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Highest May mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for May
Rockhampton Aero	17.0	17.8	in 1989	14.2
Gympie	13.3	=13.3	in 1995	10.8

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Summary statistics for May 2017
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for May 2017	Diff from average	Highest for May 2017		Mean for May 2017	Diff from average	Lowest for May 2017		Total for May 2017	Average for May	Rank of May 2017	Fraction of May average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	32.0	+0.8	33.4	31st	25.9	+0.5	24.5	1st	16.0	73.7	low	22%
Coen Airport	30.6	+0.2	31.8	15th	19.9	+0.1	16.6	14th	0	12.8	v low	0%
Horn Island	30.3	+0.3	31.1	17th	25.1	+0.3	22.9	2nd	27.2	69.5	average	39%
Scherger RAAF	31.8	-0.2	33.7	18th	21.4	+0.2	18.0	1st	1.0	21.1	v low	5%
Weipa Aero	32.0	+0.1	34.0	18th	21.6	+0.2	18.9	1st	2.8	20.5	average	14%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	28.7	0.0	29.6	18th	22.9	+0.9	18.5	1st	28.0	104.3	low	27%
Palmerville	33.0	+1.8	34.7	22nd	17.0	-0.5	13.5	25th	0.6	16.1	low	4%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	32.8	+1.0	35.0	7th	18.8	+0.7	14.8	14th	4.4	5.7	high	77%
Century Mine	33.3	+1.9	35.6	17th	17.0	-0.2	10.5	1st	2.0	6.5	average	31%
Cloncurry Airport	31.3	+1.9	33.9	18th	17.3	+1.8	12.5	1st	0	7.6	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	32.5	+1.9	35.8	3rd	14.2	+0.7	7.9	30th	0	9.0	v low	0%
Kowanyama Airport	33.6	+1.5	35.8	10th	19.2	+0.1	14.9	26th	6.4	11.6	high	55%
Lake Julius AWS	31.6		35.2	18th	18.1		13.2	28th	4.6
Mornington Island Airport	29.7		32.2	5th	21.0		17.3	14th	17.8
Mount Isa Aero	30.3	+2.4	34.5	18th	13.5	-0.4	6.7	1st	0	12.4	lowest	0%
Normanton Airport	32.6	+0.6	35.0	3rd	20.1	+0.8	16.1	26th	15.6	5.4	high	289%
Sweers Island	29.5	+0.7	31.3	3rd	23.2	+1.4	20.1	13th	7.4	5.5	high	135%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	31.1	+0.7	40.9	30th	17.1	+0.4	10.8	26th	116.6	15.7	v high	743%
Hughenden Airport	30.2	+1.5	33.2	3rd	16.2	+2.7	11.0	25th	0.2	5.6	average	4%
Richmond Airport	31.7	+2.0	34.5	3rd	14.1	+0.9	9.8	28th	2.4	7.4	average	32%
Richmond Post Office	31.4	+2.3	34.5	3rd	15.2	+2.1	9.9	30th	2.0	14.8	average	14%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	28.4	+0.7	29.9	2nd	20.5	+0.6	17.3	12th	72.4	91.5	average	79%
Cairns Racecourse	28.1		29.6	3rd	19.5		15.2	12th	61.2
Cape Flattery	28.4	-0.2	29.6	18th	23.6	+0.3	21.2	26th	61.4	66.4	average	92%
Cooktown Airport	28.1	+0.3	29.9	18th	21.9	+0.9	16.5	12th	21.0	48.2	low	44%
Low Isles Lighthouse	27.6	0.0	29.9	2nd	23.2	+0.3	22.2	5th	56.0	99.6	low	56%
Mareeba Airport	27.2	+0.3	29.1	9th	17.2	+0.5	13.5	15th	13.8	12.0	average	115%
Walkamin Research Station	25.6	+0.5	27.5	9th	16.5	+0.3	13.0	12th	22.6	26.3	average	86%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	26.8	-0.3	28.0	10th	18.7	+1.0	15.7	12th	89.3	94.7	average	94%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	26.1		27.7	14th	19.6		16.1	12th	251.4
Ingham Composite	27.5	+0.4	29.0	10th	17.8	0.0	15.0	12th	138.3	108.3	high	128%
Innisfail	26.7	+0.3	28.2	3rd	19.8	+1.4	16.6	12th	194.1	301.3	average	64%
Innisfail Aerodrome	26.9		28.6	3rd	18.1		13.7	12th	163.8
Lucinda Point	25.2	-0.8	28.2	9th	21.0	-0.3	19.1	12th	54.4	61.8	average	88%
Townsville Aero	28.0	+0.3	30.7	5th	18.4	+0.7	14.2	12th	161.0	33.4	v high	482%
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	26.7	-0.3	28.8	9th	18.3	+0.5	14.4	11th	259.8	41.2	highest	631%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	28.0	+0.4	30.2	15th	16.8	+0.6	13.1	11th	168.0	41.3	v high	407%
Bowen Airport AWS	27.4		30.0	3rd	18.4		14.0	11th	126.4
Collinsville Post Office	27.6	0.0	30.7	16th	15.1	+1.3	11.9	26th	186.4	33.4	v high	558%
Hamilton Island Airport	24.0	-0.5	25.6	17th	20.6	0.0	18.4	11th	230.2	87.5	v high	263%
Mackay Aero	25.6	+0.3	27.6	3rd	17.1	+1.5	12.3	11th	162.6	90.4	v high	180%
Mackay M.O	24.7	+0.5	26.4	2nd	18.0	+0.8	13.4	11th	165.6	105.2	high	157%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	25.4		27.2	3rd	16.6		12.3	11th	133.6
Proserpine Airport	26.6	0.0	29.1	15th	16.6	+0.7	11.7	26th	129.2	67.9	v high	190%
Samuel Hill Aero	25.2	+0.2	28.3	25th	16.5	+3.0	11.9	25th	129.8	95.9	high	135%
St Lawrence	26.5	-0.2	29.1	25th	16.5	+2.0	11.6	11th	76.0	30.3	v high	251%
Williamson	26.7	+0.3	29.3	25th	16.2	+2.5	11.8	11th	51.6	29.3	high	176%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	24.7	+0.5	27.0	15th	18.0	+2.2	13.7	11th	56.4	71.8	average	79%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	27.5	+0.1	31.0	1st	16.3	+1.0	12.3	12th	124.6	24.2	v high	515%
Moranbah Airport	26.2		28.9	3rd	13.7		8.8	11th	101.2
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	27.0		30.0	3rd	13.7		10.0	28th	17.6
Clermont Airport	26.7		29.0	25th	11.8		8.4	27th	19.0
Emerald Airport	27.4	+1.1	29.9	24th	14.3	+1.3	11.3	16th	19.2	19.3	average	99%
Lochington	27.7		30.2	24th	11.2		6.9	29th	4.2
Rolleston Airport	26.7		29.7	3rd	11.1		6.4	26th	19.0
Springsure Comet St	26.0	+0.7	29.6	24th	12.4	+1.5	7.7	30th	13.6	34.9	average	39%
Tambo Post Office	27.1	+2.1	31.2	3rd	10.1	+1.9	3.5	16th	14.2	33.8	average	42%
Taroom Post Office	26.3	+1.7	30.8	24th	11.0	+1.3	5.0	26th	17.8	39.5	average	45%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	28.8	+2.8	32.9	5th	15.3	+2.9	11.1	16th	7.0	29.7	average	24%
Blackall Airport	28.3	+2.0	31.2	3rd	12.4	+1.7	5.5	16th	8.8	13.6	average	65%
Isisford Post Office	29.2	+2.9	32.1	3rd	13.7	+2.4	7.6	30th	8.4	28.1	average	30%
Longreach Aero	29.9	+2.8	32.6	3rd	13.9	+1.9	7.5	28th	0	24.8	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	31.5	+2.5	35.1	18th	14.9	+1.4	8.0	30th	0	10.8	lowest	0%
Carters Bore	29.8		32.8	18th	17.1		12.2	30th	0
New May Downs	29.9		33.0	17th	16.5		11.8	1st	0
The Monument Airport	29.9	+2.1	33.1	17th	13.1	+1.1	6.1	30th	0	11.6	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	30.2	+1.9	33.2	6th	14.6	+1.5	8.3	31st	0	8.2	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	30.5		34.4	5th	11.6		4.9	31st	0
Winton Airport	31.0	+2.4	34.8	2nd	15.0	+2.0	9.2	30th	13.8	12.9	average	107%
Lower Western (district 38)
Birdsville Airport	27.2	+1.4	34.5	17th	11.7	0.0	6.4	10th	10.6	9.5	high	112%
Boulia Airport			33.2	17th	14.6	+2.0	9.9	30th	1.2	12.8	average	9%
Windorah Airport	27.7		32.6	17th	14.2		7.1	31st	7.8
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	25.7	+0.9	28.2	3rd	15.9	+1.8	13.1	31st	93.8	68.4	high	137%
Gayndah Airport	25.6	0.0	27.6	22nd	13.3	+2.7	9.0	26th	26.4	28.4	average	93%
Gladstone Airport	26.3	+0.6	28.6	3rd	17.3	+1.8	13.0	26th	42.8	36.3	high	118%
Gladstone Radar	26.5	+0.8	29.0	3rd	18.2	+1.3	15.1	11th	33.6	56.4	average	60%
Lady Elliot Island	24.8	+0.7	26.0	28th	20.6	+1.0	16.0	29th	127.0	113.7	average	112%
Monto Township	24.5	+0.3	26.6	1st	11.8	+1.8	6.6	26th	47.7	43.9	average	109%
Rockhampton Aero	26.6	+0.6	29.6	25th	17.0	+2.8	12.5	11th	45.6	46.3	average	98%
Rundle Island	23.6	+0.1	25.8	16th	20.1	+0.7	17.2	10th
Seventeen Seventy			27.4	25th	18.1	+1.2	15.6	10th	31.4	98.7	low	32%
Thangool Airport	25.6	-0.7	28.2	24th	12.1	+2.2	6.6	26th	42.8	39.0	average	110%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	24.5	+0.4	27.8	3rd	11.2	+1.2	3.2	31st	35.4	53.3	average	66%
Archerfield Airport	24.8	+0.9	28.1	2nd	12.9	+1.0	8.2	16th	26.0	73.5	low	35%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	24.6		27.2	22nd	11.1		2.2	31st	39.6	59.8	average	66%
Beerburrum Forest Station	24.1	0.0	27.4	24th	13.8	+1.2	10.5	31st	90.2	123.3	average	73%
Brisbane	24.7	+0.2	27.7	24th	15.1	+1.4	11.2	31st	36.2	66.1	low	55%
Brisbane Aero	23.6	0.0	26.5	29th	14.4	+1.5	9.0	31st	35.2	101.1	low	35%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	22.7	+0.9	25.1	2nd	18.0	+1.5	14.2	31st	102.4	167.4	average	61%
Coolangatta	23.5	+0.3	26.0	29th	14.5	+0.6	8.0	31st	100.2	137.5	average	73%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	22.7	+0.4	27.2	29th	18.6	+1.3	16.3	31st	73.6	144.7	low	51%
Gold Coast Seaway	23.6	0.0	26.6	24th	15.6	+0.2	11.3	31st	77.8	106.2	average	73%
Gympie	24.8	+0.3	27.9	3rd	13.3	+2.5	7.5	31st	74.0	71.4	average	104%
Hervey Bay Airport	24.7	+0.4	27.4	3rd	15.7	+1.7	11.2	16th	54.8	90.3	low	61%
Kingaroy Airport	22.7	+0.2	26.9	24th	9.8	+2.6	2.1	31st	30.0	33.2	average	90%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	24.2	+0.2	27.3	24th	14.2	+1.7	10.9	16th	35.4	104.1	low	34%
Maryborough	25.3	+0.6	27.8	3rd	14.9	+1.9	9.5	16th	74.2	78.0	average	95%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	24.4		27.9	29th	14.9		10.8	31st	68.0	107.5	low	63%
Point Lookout	24.3	+0.4	26.3	29th	17.8	+1.1	12.6	31st
Rainbow Beach	24.2	+0.5	26.6	29th					125.4	152.9	average	82%
Redcliffe	23.3	-0.1	26.8	3rd	15.7	+1.5	11.8	31st	73.0	71.0	high	103%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	23.5		26.3	3rd	14.3		9.1	31st
Sunshine Coast Airport	24.1	+0.6	26.5	15th	15.1	+1.6	8.2	31st	110.6	151.6	average	73%
Tewantin RSL Park	24.1	+0.5	27.7	29th	16.3	+1.6	12.1	31st	78.6	146.2	low	54%
University of Queensland Gatton	24.3	+0.5	27.5	3rd	11.4	+1.2	4.9	31st	26.6	45.6	average	58%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	18.2	+0.7	22.5	21st	6.5	+0.4	-0.4	30th	25.8	49.6	average	52%
Dalby Airport	24.2	+1.0	28.3	24th	9.4	+1.1	-0.7	31st	12.4	37.3	low	33%
Oakey Aero	23.0	+0.7	27.2	24th	8.7	+0.9	-1.3	31st	8.4	40.2	low	21%
Texas Post Office	23.1	+0.1	27.5	3rd	9.7	+1.7	0.1	31st	28.6	39.4	average	73%
Toowoomba Airport	20.3	+0.4	24.6	24th	11.2	+1.3	4.4	31st	14.4	38.6	low	37%
Warwick	21.6	+0.4	24.9	24th	7.7	+0.9	-2.7	31st	15.4	39.2	low	39%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	25.3	+1.8	29.2	24th	8.4	+0.7	2.5	12th	19.2	32.4	average	59%
Mitchell Post Office	26.0	+2.8	29.4	2nd	9.9	+2.8	3.6	31st	12.4	32.2	average	39%
Roma Airport	25.2	+1.3	29.8	24th	8.2	+0.5	1.3	31st	13.4	33.7	average	40%
St George Airport	24.9	+1.6	29.3	2nd	10.2	+1.3	2.3	31st	11.0	27.3	low	40%
Surat	25.0	+1.4	29.6	24th	9.9	+1.1	0.9	31st	13.4	33.9	average	40%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	25.8	+2.7	29.2	23rd	10.8	+2.2	2.8	31st	13.8	32.1	average	43%
Charleville Aero	26.2	+2.9	29.1	22nd	11.1	+2.2	4.1	16th	28.4	31.0	average	92%
Cunnamulla Post Office	25.1	+2.1	30.2	23rd	11.2	+1.4	4.4	31st	12.4	29.8	average	42%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	25.8	+1.1	31.8	23rd	11.7	+0.1	7.1	10th	6.4	12.3	average	52%
Thargomindah Airport	24.7	+0.6	30.8	23rd	11.5	+0.5	5.0	16th	16.2	17.1	average	95%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Frederick Reef	25.3		27.0	10th	22.5		20.0	14th
Middle Percy Island	23.4	0.0	25.7	2nd	19.6	+0.5	16.7	11th	95.0	83.9	average	113%
Willis Island	28.6	+0.8	29.3	31st	24.8	+0.9	22.9	26th	14.8	72.6	low	20%

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