Monday, 2 July 2018 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in June 2018: A dry start to winter; some cold nights

Rainfall was below average across the north, the central and southern interior, and along parts of eastern Queensland. June was wetter than usual in the northwest and west. Daytime temperatures were warmer than usual in southern and southeastern parts of the State. Overnight temperatures were cooler than usual across much of eastern and northern Queensland

Dry in the north and east of the State

• June rainfall was below average in eastern and northern Queensland, and in parts of central and southern interior districts. A few sites had their lowest total June rainfall on record or in several decades
• Apart from a few showers along the east coast, there was little or no rainfall recorded in Queensland during the first half of June
• June rainfall was above average in the west and northwest, and close to average elsewhere in the State
• Moderate falls were recorded from north of Mt Isa, south to Boulia and east to Winton from the 13th to 15th as a series of upper level troughs moved eastwards across Queensland, with showers, storms and areas of rain over western and northwestern districts
• At the end of the month, a surface- and upper-level trough generated areas of rain in the southwest, central interior and southeastern districts

Warm days in southern and southeastern districts

• Overall, daytime temperatures were warmer than usual, and 1.15 °C above the long-term average for June
• Warmer than usual days were experienced in southern and eastern districts, with the warmest days occurring across the southeast
• Daytime temperatures were close to average in northern and northwestern Queensland
• Warm, clear days in the first half of the month resulted in above average mean maximum temperatures across the southwest, and southern and central interior
• A cold southerly burst kept days cooler than usual west of the Great Dividing Range during the middle of the month

Cool nights in northern and eastern Queensland

• Overall, mean minimum temperatures were 0.01 °C below the long-term average
• Cool nights were recorded in the north and across much of the eastern half of Queensland, with much cooler than usual nights extending from the northern to southern inland
• In the middle of the month, low pressure over the Tasman Sea and a large high over South Australia directed cool, dry air into Queensland, resulting in clear skies and widespread frost over inland districts.
• Cold nights associated with a southerly burst, resulted in a few sites reporting their lowest June temperature on record between the 18th to 20th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in June 2018
Hottest day	34.4 °C at Century Mine on the 12th
Warmest days on average	32.2 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest days on average	16.0 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	8.5 °C at Applethorpe on the 18th
Coldest night	-5.7 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on the 15th
Coolest nights on average	1.4 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	24.3 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	25.3 °C at Coconut Island on the 18th
Warmest on average overall	28.2 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	8.9 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Wettest overall	166.6 mm at Tully Sugar Mill
Driest overall	0.4 mm at Windorah Airport
Wettest day	50.2 mm at Fraser Island Eurong on the 1st
Strongest wind gust	78 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 7th

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 lowest June total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Warwick	2.6	3.0	in 2004	24	36.5
Beardy Junction	1.6	10.8	in 2004	22	41.9

Lowest June total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Average for June
Dalveen	5.6	5.0	in 1982	54.6
Texas Post Office	5.8	0.0	in 1986	40.8
Wallangarra Post Office	7.0	5.8	in 1986	46.9
Yangan Post Office	1.8	1.0	in 1986	38.3
Bambaroo	2.4	0.4	in 1988	28.3
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	7.1	3.8	in 1982*	46.8
Whyenbah	3.2	0.0	in 1992*	29.6

* 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 June temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Coolangatta	0.6	on the 18th	1.5	on the 25th in 1998	31	11.4
Charters Towers Airport	1.4	on the 20th	2.0	on the 2nd in 2000	26	12.8
Emerald Airport	1.4	on the 19th	= 1.4	on the 13th in 2009	26	10.3
Bedourie	2.0	on the 22nd	2.5	on the 25th in 2008	21	8.4

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Lowest June mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Average for June
Cardwell Marine Pde	14.0	11.0	in 1982*	15.1
Roma Airport	3.2	3.0	in 1994	5.3

* 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

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Summary statistics for June 2018
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for June 2018	Diff from average	Highest for June 2018		Mean for June 2018	Diff from average	Lowest for June 2018		Total for June 2018	Average for June	Rank of June 2018	Fraction of June average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	32.2	+1.9	34.2	11th	24.3	-0.5	23.2	25th	13.2	29.0	low	46%
Coen Airport	28.9	-0.7	30.5	17th	16.9	-1.3	10.9	4th	0	3.9	v low	0%
Horn Island	29.0	-0.4	29.8	30th	23.6	-0.4	22.1	6th	9.0	15.3	average	59%
Scherger RAAF	30.7	-0.3	31.9	29th	18.7	-1.3	14.4	6th	0.8	5.1	low	16%
Weipa Aero	30.8	-0.3	32.8	29th	19.2	-0.8	15.5	6th	0.8	3.5	average	23%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	27.4	-0.1	28.6	11th	20.1	-0.2	13.2	6th	19.6	59.3	low	33%
Palmerville	30.3	+0.4	32.4	18th	13.5	-1.7	7.9	5th	0	11.7	lowest	0%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	29.7	+0.5	33.3	30th	14.4	-0.8	9.1	20th	0	3.9	v low	0%
Century Mine	29.7	+1.3	34.4	12th	13.1	-0.5	5.5	20th	0	5.0	v low	0%
Cloncurry Airport	26.4	+0.1	32.7	12th	12.3	+0.6	6.7	2nd	11.2	7.8	high	144%
Julia Creek Airport	27.4	+0.3	33.2	12th	9.9	0.0	2.6	19th	0.2	16.5	average	1%
Kowanyama Airport	31.2	+0.4	32.6	28th	16.2	-0.1	11.3	6th	0	4.4	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	26.7		33.7	12th	13.3		7.9	20th	23.4
Mornington Island Airport	26.0		29.6	11th	17.0		12.3	22nd	0.6
Mount Isa Aero	25.8	+0.9	32.5	12th	9.8	-0.2	2.1	20th	13.2	6.5	high	203%
Normanton Airport	29.5	-0.3	32.4	29th	15.7	-1.0	11.1	20th	0	3.9	v low	0%
Sweers Island	25.6	-0.4	29.0	30th	18.2	-0.5	15.6	3rd	0.6	5.1	high	12%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	28.3	-0.3	31.3	12th	11.8	-2.2	4.4	5th	0	8.3	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport	26.2	+0.2	30.9	12th	9.6	-1.2	0.8	20th	0	18.6	v low	0%
Richmond Airport	27.3	+0.6	32.2	12th	9.9	-0.3	1.7	19th	0	15.0	lowest	0%
Richmond Post Office	27.2	+1.0	32.5	12th	10.9	+1.0	3.6	19th	0	15.1	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	26.7	+0.7	28.8	16th	17.1	-0.8	11.2	5th	21.6	47.2	low	46%
Cairns Racecourse	26.3		28.5	9th	15.6		8.6	20th	46.8
Cape Flattery	26.8	-0.2	28.3	23rd	21.6	0.0	20.3	13th	19.4	38.4	average	51%
Cooktown Airport	26.4	-0.3	27.8	29th	18.8	-0.8	11.4	4th	30.8	38.0	average	81%
Low Isles Lighthouse	25.9	0.0	27.3	9th	21.1	-0.2	19.4	20th	23.4	63.1	low	37%
Mareeba Airport	25.1	-0.3	26.7	17th	13.8	-1.5	8.7	5th	1.0	11.5	low	9%
Walkamin Research Station	23.6	-0.1	25.6	13th	12.4	-1.6	6.0	2nd	7.0	18.8	low	37%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	24.4	-0.9	26.2	14th	14.0	-1.1	7.8	20th	17.2	46.6	low	37%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	23.9		25.9	13th	15.8		8.4	20th	94.0
Ingham Composite	25.4	+0.1	28.4	12th	13.8	-1.1	7.0	19th	15.8	45.5	low	35%
Innisfail	24.5	-0.1	27.1	11th	15.7	-0.6	10.7	20th	149.2	188.4	average	79%
Innisfail Aerodrome	24.6		27.1	11th	13.9		6.1	20th	99.0
Lucinda Point	22.8	-1.1	24.5	11th	18.1	-1.0	13.0	20th	10.0	35.6	low	28%
Mount Stuart (Defence)	25.7		28.2	15th	15.3		11.4	19th	2.4
South Johnstone Exp Stn	24.3	-0.1	27.0	11th	15.2	-0.8	8.7	20th	86.8	155.3	average	56%
Townsville Aero	26.2	+0.6	28.3	30th	13.5	-1.2	6.3	19th	2.2	20.7	low	11%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	24.7		28.1	15th	9.7		1.9	19th	3.2
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	24.5	-0.3	25.9	17th	14.0	-1.4	7.8	19th	3.6	24.8	low	15%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	26.0	+0.5	27.9	15th	11.8	-1.2	3.5	19th	0	24.2	lowest	0%
Bowen Airport AWS	25.2		26.9	10th	13.4		4.0	20th	3.2
Collinsville Post Office	27.0	+1.8	30.5	15th	9.1	-1.4	0.9	20th	0	27.0	lowest	0%
Hamilton Island Airport	21.7	-0.6	24.8	12th	18.5	-0.3	16.3	19th	24.4	63.9	average	38%
Mackay Aero	24.0	+0.8	26.9	11th	11.9	-0.9	2.6	19th	34.0	61.3	average	55%
Mackay M.O	22.5	+0.5	26.5	14th	13.9	-0.3	7.4	19th	22.4	62.2	low	36%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	24.0		27.9	12th	11.5		2.3	19th	25.2
Proserpine Airport	25.5	+0.9	29.8	12th	10.7	-2.2	1.7	20th	7.8	40.2	low	19%
Samuel Hill Aero	23.1	+0.3	27.2	15th	11.4	-0.3	2.9	19th	48.6	96.2	low	51%
St Lawrence	25.2	+1.1	27.1	16th	10.7	-1.8	2.3	19th	18.2	38.2	average	48%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	25.2		28.1	12th	10.6		3.4	2nd	4.8
Williamson	24.6	+0.6	27.4	16th	10.1	-1.7	-0.8	19th	14.2	40.4	low	35%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	22.1	+0.1	25.2	10th	13.1	-0.4	6.6	2nd	21.4	54.8	low	39%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	25.6	+0.6	29.6	13th	10.6	-2.2	1.4	20th	2.2	20.2	low	11%
Moranbah Airport	25.1		31.1	13th	8.8		-0.7	20th	0.4
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	24.5		28.8	13th	9.4		3.5	19th	12.2
Clermont Airport	23.9		29.6	12th	6.5		-1.4	20th	0.6
Emerald Airport	24.2	+0.8	28.6	10th	9.9	-0.4	1.4	19th	20.4	31.4	average	65%
Lochington	23.7		28.8	12th	6.9		-1.1	20th	10.2
Rolleston Airport	23.2		27.9	10th	6.7		0.3	19th	37.4
Springsure Comet St	22.7	+0.4	26.5	11th	7.0	-0.3	-1.7	19th	18.6	38.0	average	49%
Tambo Post Office	22.2	+0.6	27.6	12th	4.5	-0.5	-3.9	18th	4.0	28.8	low	14%
Taroom Post Office	23.3	+1.7	28.5	10th	5.2	-1.3	0.6	18th	29.5	36.7	average	80%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	24.1	+1.2	30.2	12th	9.7	+0.6	1.2	19th	2.8	25.1	low	11%
Blackall Airport	23.5	+0.8	29.9	12th	6.9	-1.2	-1.2	19th	3.6	24.1	average	15%
Isisford Post Office	24.5	+1.5	30.7	12th	7.5	-0.4	0.1	19th	1.8	21.3	low	8%
Longreach Aero	24.6	+0.8	31.3	12th	8.4	+0.1	0.7	19th	2.6	18.8	average	14%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	27.4	+1.4	33.2	12th	9.8	-0.1	1.7	19th	3.2	9.8	average	33%
Carters Bore	25.1		31.9	12th	12.6		7.0	22nd	15.2
New May Downs	25.6		32.0	12th	12.2		6.8	20th	5.0
The Monument Airport	24.2	+0.1	31.2	11th	8.0	-0.5	1.8	20th	0	10.0	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	24.8	+0.3	31.9	12th	9.1	-0.2	2.7	19th	14.6	11.9	high	123%
Urandangi Aerodrome	25.4		32.7	11th	7.7		-1.2	20th	9.0
Winton Airport	24.8	0.0	32.1	12th	9.1	-0.7	1.5	19th	24.6	21.8	average	113%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	23.2	+0.5	32.0	11th	8.9	+0.5	2.0	22nd	3.8	9.3	average	41%
Birdsville Airport	22.1	+0.8	32.5	11th	7.6	-0.3	2.2	21st	14.0	12.7	average	110%
Boulia Airport	24.2	+0.9	32.0	11th	10.1	+1.1	4.4	19th	33.6	10.7	v high	314%
Windorah Airport	23.1		29.9	11th	8.7		1.6	19th	0.4
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	23.8	+1.2	26.7	13th	10.7	-1.0	4.8	18th	4.2	50.7	v low	8%
Gayndah Airport	23.7	+1.0	27.6	10th	6.7	-2.1	1.1	20th	6.6	34.2	low	19%
Gladstone Airport	24.3	+0.9	27.0	10th	13.1	-0.2	7.0	2nd	2.8	39.8	low	7%
Gladstone Radar	24.7	+1.4	28.2	10th	15.0	+0.7	10.0	2nd	1.2	37.5	v low	3%
Lady Elliot Island	22.6	+0.7	25.7	14th	18.1	+0.5	13.9	19th	20.0	90.9	v low	22%
Rockhampton Aero	25.3	+1.8	29.0	15th	11.8	+0.8	3.8	2nd	6.2	37.7	low	16%
Seventeen Seventy	21.9	-0.1	24.9	13th	14.8	+0.1	9.0	18th	32.2	65.3	average	49%
Thangool Airport	24.5	+1.1	28.2	13th	5.9	-1.2	-1.7	20th	9.0	31.9	low	28%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	22.9	+1.3	27.2	13th	5.0	-2.1	-0.2	1st	8.4	46.9	low	18%
Archerfield Airport	22.5	+1.1	25.0	13th	8.7	-0.7	4.0	17th	17.0	66.9	low	25%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	22.8	+1.4	26.0	30th	5.9	-2.0	-1.6	18th	7.6	51.3	low	15%
Beerburrum Forest Station	21.8	+0.2	25.9	13th	9.9	-1.0	6.2	18th	44.0	77.9	average	56%
Brisbane	22.6	+0.7	25.4	3rd	11.4	-0.5	6.9	16th	29.2	66.9	low	44%
Brisbane Aero	21.6	+0.3	24.4	13th	10.4	-0.4	5.3	16th	32.8	69.2	average	47%
Canungra (Defence)	21.6		25.1	30th	3.8		-1.6	1st	16.4
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	20.1	+0.4	22.7	13th	14.8	+0.6	10.6	18th	100.6	136.1	average	74%
Coolangatta	21.7	+0.7	24.9	14th	11.0	-0.4	0.6	18th	38.4	138.9	low	28%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	20.5	+0.3	24.3	13th	15.4	+0.4	9.3	18th	73.2	116.9	average	63%
Gold Coast Seaway	22.1	+0.7	24.7	14th	12.3	-0.9	7.9	16th	47.6	116.9	average	41%
Greenbank (Defence)	22.1		24.4	3rd	6.0		0.9	1st	24.0
Gympie	22.3	+0.3	26.3	30th	7.2	-0.8	0.9	20th	17.2	60.2	low	29%
Hervey Bay Airport	22.3	+0.2	24.7	30th	11.0	-0.9	2.4	18th	18.0	78.5	v low	23%
Kingaroy Airport	20.2	+0.5	24.7	10th	3.8	-2.1	-3.5	18th	25.0	43.2	average	58%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	22.2	+0.6	24.6	14th	9.4	-0.8	5.5	16th	49.5	74.8	average	66%
Maryborough	23.4	+1.0	27.1	13th	9.4	-1.0	1.3	18th	13.4	66.8	low	20%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	21.7	0.0	24.5	13th	11.2	-0.6	6.2	18th	65.6	119.3	average	55%
Point Lookout	21.6	-0.1	24.4	14th	14.4	-0.1	8.4	18th	112.2	167.0	average	67%
Rainbow Beach	21.7	+0.1	25.1	13th					35.6	113.7	v low	31%
Redcliffe	21.3	+0.3	25.3	13th	11.8	-0.7	8.3	2nd	53.6	86.9	average	62%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	21.2		23.9	3rd	10.8		7.5	16th	49.8
Sunshine Coast Airport	21.7	+0.3	24.8	13th	11.0	-0.4	4.6	18th	87.8	118.3	average	74%
Tewantin RSL Park	21.7	+0.1	25.4	13th	12.2	-0.4	7.4	18th	70.4	120.9	average	58%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	21.8		26.1	13th	11.0		1.9	18th	38.4
University of Queensland Gatton	22.6	+1.5	26.5	13th	6.4	-1.2	-0.6	16th	18.0	41.7	average	43%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	16.0	+1.4	20.2	9th	2.0	-1.3	-3.1	24th	7.8	39.1	v low	20%
Dalby Airport	21.0	+0.9	23.9	10th	3.9	-1.7	-2.4	19th	15.6	31.2	average	50%
Oakey Aero	20.4	+1.3	24.5	13th	2.9	-1.4	-4.9	18th	13.8	30.0	average	46%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	16.5	+1.0	19.8	9th	1.4	-1.3	-5.7	15th	7.1	46.8	v low	15%
Texas Post Office	20.5	+1.1	23.5	8th	4.1	-0.6	-1.1	19th	5.8	40.8	v low	14%
Toowoomba Airport	18.0	+1.1	22.3	30th	7.1	-0.5	0.3	18th	13.8	37.1	average	37%
Warwick	19.2	+0.8	23.7	30th	3.9	-1.1	-3.5	1st	2.6	36.5	lowest	7%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	21.1	+0.6	25.8	12th	4.2	-1.9	-2.5	18th	23.8	37.5	average	63%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	21.6	+1.2	27.0	9th	3.3	-1.3	-2.5	20th	32.4	30.3	average	107%
Mitchell Post Office	21.8	+2.1	27.6	12th	2.7	-1.6	-3.2	18th	24.8	34.1	average	73%
Roma Airport	21.3	+0.9	27.5	12th	3.2	-2.1	-3.4	18th	20.6	29.5	average	70%
St George Airport	20.9	+1.0	27.7	12th	5.0	-1.6	-1.3	25th	12.2	33.5	low	36%
Surat	21.1	+0.9	26.4	12th	4.7	-0.9	-0.9	18th	14.0	36.6	average	38%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	21.1	+1.6	28.1	12th	5.1	-0.7	-0.2	25th	1.4	30.3	low	5%
Charleville Aero	21.6	+1.7	27.5	12th	5.5	-0.2	-1.7	18th	14.6	25.7	average	57%
Cunnamulla Post Office	20.8	+1.5	26.8	9th	7.1	+0.2	2.7	19th	16.8	26.3	average	64%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	21.2	+0.8	29.7	11th	8.1	-0.1	2.7	19th	0.6	14.2	low	4%
Thargomindah Airport	20.7	+0.7	27.2	9th	7.5	-0.4	1.6	19th	8.2	16.5	average	50%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Frederick Reef	23.2		24.0	17th	20.9		18.0	26th
Middle Percy Island	21.3	+0.2	24.0	14th	17.2	+0.1	13.3	19th	15.2	75.7	v low	20%
Willis Island	26.6	+0.1	27.7	16th	22.9	+0.2	21.4	23rd	9.4	55.0	low	17%

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