Monday, 3 June 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in May 2019: dry across central to southeast Queensland

Rainfall was below average from central to southeastern Queensland, extending into the central and southeastern interior. Above average rainfall was recorded in small areas in the southwest, the north tropical coast and Cape York Peninsula. Mean maximum temperatures were warmer than average in the Gulf Country and southeast, while mean minimum temperatures were warmer than usual in the north, east and parts of the southwest.

Drier than usual from central to southeastern Queensland; wetter than usual in the far Cape York Peninsula

• Rainfall was below average from central to southeastern Queensland extending into the central and southeastern interiors. A few sites had their lowest total May rainfall on record or their lowest total May rainfall for several decades
• Above average rainfall was recorded in small parts of southwestern Queensland and in far northern Cape York Peninsula and parts of the north tropical coast, but near-average elsewhere
• A slow-moving upper-level trough and associated surface trough moved through southwestern and southern Queensland at the start of the month, and led to showers and thunderstorms with moderate falls in the southwest, then the central to southern interior of the State
• The surface trough moved eastwards, and produced widespread shower activity over the southeastern quarter of the State on the 4th before moving offshore
• Onshore flow brought showers to parts of the east coast for much of the month, with more frequent showers about the north tropical coast
• Tropical cyclone Ann formed over the Coral Sea on the morning of 12 May, and peaked at category 2 intensity on 13 May as it tracked westwards towards the Queensland northeast coast
• The system transitioned to an ex-tropical low before crossing the coast around Lockhart River in the far northern Cape York Peninsula. Moderate to heavy falls were recorded in the northern Cape York Peninsula and North Tropical Coast districts

Warmer than usual days and nights overall in the Gulf Country and southeast interior

• Maximum temperatures were generally warmer than average in southern and the southeastern quarter of the State as well as the Gulf Country
• Parts of the far western interior and the Central Highlands experienced cooler than average daytime temperatures
• Very warm overnight temperatures were recorded at the beginning of the month, and a few sites had their warmest May night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record
• There were areas of well above average mean minimum temperatures reported about the Gulf Country, north tropical coast and southern interior
• Warmer than usual nights were experienced across most of the State apart from the central west and far southeast, where these areas were close to average
• It was a cold end to the month, with a few sites reporting their lowest May temperature on record on the 31st

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in May 2019
Hottest day	36.0 °C at Century Mine on the 2nd
Warmest days on average	32.7 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	18.9 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	13.2 °C at Applethorpe on the 28th
Coldest night	-6.9 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on the 31st
Coolest nights on average	5.4 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	25.6 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	27.1 °C at Coconut Island on the 2nd
Warmest on average overall	28.9 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	12.3 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Wettest overall	405.5 mm at Tully Sugar Mill
Driest overall	0 mm at several locations
Wettest day	60.5 mm at Babinda Post Office on the 15th
Strongest wind gust	89 km/h at Arlington Reef on the 14th

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 May total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for May
Wamuran	0.1	0.5	in 1923	63	93.7

Lowest May total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Average for May
Rewan Station	0.6	0.0	in 1975*	39.6
Lowood Don St	6.9	5.2	in 1984*	47.9
Oakey Aero	4.2	=4.2	in 1994	38.8

* 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 May daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for May
Bedourie	16.0	on the 31st	16.4	on the 31st in 2000	21	26.6

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Record highest May daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for May
Cairns Aero	25.0	on the 11th	24.7	on the 1st in 2016	77	19.9
Kowanyama Airport	25.2	on the 2nd	24.8	on the 11th in 1996	49	19.2
Dalby Airport	19.3	on the 4th	18.9	on the 10th in 2016	28	8.3

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Record lowest May temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for May
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	-6.9	on the 31st	-6.8	on the 31st in 2006	57	5.4
Applethorpe	-6.1	on the 31st	-4.0	on the 24th in 2006	50	6.1
Oakey Aero	-4.4	on the 31st	-4.1	on the 24th in 2006	47	7.8
Dalby Airport	-3.6	on the 31st	-2.0	on the 30th in 2000	28	8.3
Warwick	-4.9	on the 31st	-4.7	on the 31st in 2006	22	6.8

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Summary statistics for May 2019
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for May 2019	Diff from average	Highest for May 2019		Mean for May 2019	Diff from average	Lowest for May 2019		Total for May 2019	Average for May	Rank of May 2019	Fraction of May average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	32.2	+0.8	34.3	1st	25.6	+0.2	23.0	11th	75.2	71.8	average	105%
Coen Airport	30.1	-0.3	31.8	14th	20.7	+0.8	16.2	9th	24.0	12.7	high	189%
Horn Island	30.1	0.0	31.5	11th	24.9	0.0	21.2	11th	42.6	66.7	average	64%
Scherger RAAF	31.5	-0.4	33.1	4th	21.6	+0.3	19.0	21st	26.2	20.0	high	131%
Weipa Aero	31.7	-0.2	33.5	4th	22.0	+0.6	19.4	9th	33.0	20.3	high	163%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	29.2	+0.5	30.3	4th	23.1	+1.1	19.5	10th	106.2	102.8	high	103%
Palmerville	30.7	-0.5	32.7	4th	17.8	+0.3	13.8	13th	0	15.9	lowest	0%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	32.0	+0.2	35.9	15th	19.9	+1.8	15.0	14th	0.6	5.1	average	12%
Century Mine	31.4	-0.1	36.0	2nd	19.5	+2.4	13.6	12th	0.6	5.7	average	11%
Cloncurry Airport	28.6	-0.8	34.0	2nd	17.0	+1.4	10.3	12th	0	7.0	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	29.7	-1.0	34.9	2nd	14.9	+1.4	8.3	29th	1.4	8.0	average	18%
Kowanyama Airport	32.7	+0.5	34.8	4th	20.5	+1.3	17.9	13th	0.2	11.4	average	2%
Lake Julius AWS	28.8		33.6	1st	18.5		11.3	29th	0.2
Mornington Island Airport	28.5		31.4	20th	21.3		17.9	9th	40.4
Mount Isa Aero	28.0	0.0	34.0	2nd	15.9	+2.0	8.4	13th	0.2	11.9	average	2%
Normanton Airport	32.3	+0.3	35.4	1st	21.2	+1.9	16.6	13th	0	4.8	v low	0%
Sweers Island	28.5	-0.3	32.0	2nd	21.7	-0.2	17.5	11th	0	4.9	lowest	0%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	30.5	+0.1	32.9	1st	17.6	+0.9	9.8	8th	0	12.5	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport	27.4	-1.4	31.1	2nd	15.0	+1.3	6.5	11th	0	5.0	v low	0%
Richmond Airport	29.4	-0.4	33.8	2nd	14.6	+1.4	6.9	12th	7.0	7.0	average	100%
Richmond Post Office	29.3	+0.2	33.6	2nd	15.4	+2.2	7.4	12th	13.2	14.7	high	90%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	28.1	+0.4	29.6	15th	21.1	+1.2	16.9	7th	80.8	90.7	average	89%
Cairns Racecourse	27.7		29.3	9th	20.7		16.1	7th	102.0
Cape Flattery	28.6	0.0	30.5	2nd	23.6	+0.3	22.3	10th	75.2	64.2	high	117%
Cooktown Airport	27.8	0.0	29.4	10th	22.2	+1.0	17.1	9th	137.8	52.2	v high	264%
Low Isles Lighthouse	27.1	-0.5	29.5	9th	23.2	+0.3	21.5	26th	82.2	99.3	average	83%
Mareeba Airport	26.9	0.0	29.0	9th	18.2	+1.5	15.2	30th	20.2	11.8	high	171%
Walkamin Research Station	25.4	+0.3	28.0	11th	17.3	+1.1	13.3	8th	15.1	25.8	average	59%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	26.2	-0.9	28.8	2nd	19.5	+1.8	14.2	12th	87.3	94.3	average	93%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	26.1		29.4	2nd	20.7		15.1	7th	255.4
Innisfail	26.5	+0.1	28.9	10th	19.3	+0.9	15.2	7th	347.8	301.4	average	115%
Innisfail Aerodrome	26.4		29.2	3rd	19.5		13.8	7th	301.8
Lucinda Point	25.2	-0.8	27.7	2nd	21.4	+0.1	18.4	7th	66.6	60.1	average	111%
Mount Stuart (Defence)	27.3		30.0	4th	18.8		13.8	12th	13.0
South Johnstone Exp Stn	26.2	-0.1	28.9	2nd	20.2	+1.8	15.2	7th	276.4	266.9	average	104%
Townsville Aero	28.5	+0.8	30.6	10th	19.4	+1.7	14.5	12th	19.6	32.9	average	60%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	26.5		29.7	2nd	15.4		8.7	12th	25.6
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	27.0	0.0	29.1	10th	19.1	+1.3	11.2	12th	8.6	38.3	low	22%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	28.1	+0.4	30.3	4th	17.7	+1.5	11.0	12th	5.2	40.2	low	13%
Bowen Airport AWS	27.9		29.9	10th	18.9		9.5	12th	4.8
Collinsville Post Office	27.6	0.0	31.0	8th	15.6	+1.8	6.2	12th	26.5	33.0	average	80%
Hamilton Island Airport	24.3	-0.1	27.5	1st	20.9	+0.3	17.9	12th	94.6	88.7	average	107%
Mackay Aero	25.5	+0.2	27.9	10th	17.8	+2.1	8.9	12th	3.8	85.6	lowest	4%
Mackay M.O	24.4	+0.2	27.5	1st	19.1	+1.9	12.0	12th	42.8	102.1	low	42%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	25.6		28.1	10th	17.5		7.8	12th	25.2
Proserpine Airport	26.2	-0.4	28.1	27th	17.9	+2.0	9.3	12th	20.6	64.9	low	32%
Samuel Hill Aero	25.0	0.0	28.1	1st	16.1	+2.4	6.5	12th	69.0	95.9	low	72%
St Lawrence	26.8	0.0	30.3	10th	16.2	+1.6	10.6	7th	11.6	27.5	average	42%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	26.6		29.9	2nd	15.3		7.1	12th	13.8
Williamson	26.7	+0.3	30.3	10th	15.7	+1.8	8.1	7th	11.8	27.8	low	42%
Woolshed	23.8	-0.3	26.4	2nd	16.3	+1.8	9.1	13th	39.0	28.2	high	138%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	24.5	+0.3	28.1	27th	17.1	+1.2	10.1	29th	18.6	67.9	v low	27%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	27.0	-0.4	30.8	2nd	15.6	+0.3	10.6	7th	9.4	22.8	average	41%
Moranbah Airport	26.4		29.9	1st	14.4		6.6	7th	4.0
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	26.6		30.2	10th	13.8		6.0	29th	0.6
Clermont Airport	25.1		28.5	1st	12.0		5.7	7th	5.0	15.2	average	33%
Emerald Airport	26.1	-0.3	28.9	1st	13.9	+0.8	8.4	12th	1.8	18.3	low	10%
Lochington	25.3		28.1	27th	11.2		3.8	29th	0.6
Rolleston Airport	25.7		28.6	10th	10.9		3.2	29th	0
Springsure Comet St	24.6	-0.7	26.4	27th	10.8	-0.1	3.8	31st	3.1	34.5	low	9%
Tambo Post Office	24.0	-1.0	27.0	18th	8.4	+0.2	0.8	29th	16.8	33.5	average	50%
Taroom Post Office	25.8	+1.1	29.0	2nd	10.4	+0.7	1.8	29th	1.4	39.1	v low	4%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Blackall Airport	25.2	-1.2	29.1	2nd	10.8	0.0	2.3	29th	6.0	12.4	low	48%
Isisford Post Office	26.2	-0.1	30.0	2nd	11.7	+0.4	4.8	29th	7.8	27.7	average	28%
Longreach Aero	27.3	+0.2	31.5	2nd	12.7	+0.7	4.3	29th	0.2	24.0	low	1%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	29.6	+0.6	34.6	1st	15.3	+1.8	6.3	29th	7.4	10.7	average	69%
Carters Bore	27.1		33.0	2nd	16.1		8.3	29th	5.2
New May Downs	27.4		33.3	1st	15.8		9.1	29th	5.4
Trepell Airport	27.0	-1.4	33.0	2nd	12.4	-0.7	4.1	11th	0	7.3	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	26.6		33.0	18th	11.8		2.9	29th	10.8
Winton Airport	27.9	-0.8	32.2	2nd	12.9	-0.2	5.8	29th	1.0	11.9	low	8%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	25.3	-1.3	31.5	17th			9.5	7th	5.1	11.3	average	45%
Birdsville Airport	25.0	-0.9	30.6	17th	12.3	+0.6	4.4	31st	4.0	8.7	average	46%
Windorah Airport	24.9		29.2	17th	12.5		4.4	31st	3.6
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	25.7	+0.9	28.7	10th	14.6	+0.4	5.5	29th	27.4	66.8	average	41%
Gayndah Airport	25.4	-0.3	28.6	10th	11.5	+0.7	2.3	29th	13.4	26.8	low	50%
Gladstone Airport	26.1	+0.4	30.0	27th	16.9	+1.3	9.4	29th	9.2	34.4	low	27%
Gladstone Radar	25.7	0.0	29.6	27th	17.3	+0.3	11.2	29th	12.8	55.0	low	23%
Lady Elliot Island	24.8	+0.7	27.8	10th	20.1	+0.5	16.4	27th	51.0	113.9	low	45%
Monto Township	24.7	+0.4	28.3	10th	10.7	+0.6	1.9	29th	12.7	43.1	low	29%
Rockhampton Aero	27.3	+1.2	30.6	27th	15.7	+1.4	7.5	29th	5.8	45.3	low	13%
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	25.1	+1.0	27.9	10th	18.2	+0.7	13.2	31st	65.2	118.0	low	55%
Seventeen Seventy	24.3	+0.1	27.3	2nd	16.6	-0.4	11.7	31st	41.9	96.0	low	44%
Thangool Airport	26.5	+0.2	31.1	10th	11.5	+1.5	3.4	29th	1.0	38.2	v low	3%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	25.5	+1.4	28.8	10th	9.8	-0.2	-1.8	31st	22.6	52.4	average	43%
Archerfield Airport	24.7	+0.7	27.4	27th	12.3	+0.4	4.5	31st	26.2	72.3	low	36%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	24.9	+0.7	28.0	10th	10.7	+1.3	1.3	29th	13.8	51.2	low	27%
Beerburrum Forest Station	24.1	0.0	27.7	10th	12.9	+0.2	5.2	31st	60.4	121.4	average	50%
Brisbane	24.9	+0.4	27.6	8th	14.3	+0.6	7.7	29th	25.4	62.1	low	41%
Brisbane Aero	23.8	+0.2	27.1	27th	13.5	+0.5	5.2	31st	40.0	98.4	average	41%
Canungra (Defence)	23.7		26.6	27th	8.7		-2.4	31st	21.0
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	22.8	+0.9	26.5	1st	17.3	+0.8	10.6	31st	52.2	166.4	low	31%
Coolangatta	24.2	+1.0	27.3	27th	13.5	-0.4	3.6	29th	55.4	132.2	low	42%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	23.3	+1.0	28.0	8th	17.9	+0.6	11.6	31st	95.8	144.1	average	66%
Gold Coast Seaway	24.5	+0.9	27.0	10th	15.4	0.0	8.2	31st	53.2	100.5	average	53%
Greenbank (Defence)	24.8		28.1	10th	9.8		-2.3	31st	22.8
Gympie	24.3	-0.2	27.5	10th	11.8	+1.0	2.5	29th	38.6	71.4	average	54%
Hervey Bay Airport	24.8	+0.5	28.5	10th	14.8	+0.7	6.2	29th	45.2	90.4	low	50%
Kingaroy Airport	22.6	+0.1	26.8	10th	8.0	+0.7	-2.5	31st	13.0	31.5	low	41%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	24.4	+0.4	27.7	27th	13.3	+0.7	5.4	31st	53.1	99.3	average	53%
Maryborough	25.2	+0.5	28.7	10th	13.7	+0.6	4.4	29th	50.8	77.8	average	65%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	24.0	+0.2	27.4	10th	13.8	+0.4	5.7	29th	68.6	107.6	low	64%
Point Lookout	24.3	+0.4	27.6	1st	16.4	-0.4	9.8	31st	96.0	145.9	low	66%
Rainbow Beach	24.2	+0.4	26.5	8th					94.2	151.7	low	62%
Redcliffe	24.1	+0.6	27.3	8th	14.9	+0.6	7.7	31st	27.0	67.0	low	40%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	23.6		26.6	27th	13.8		6.0	31st	49.4
Sunshine Coast Airport	23.5	-0.1	27.3	27th	14.7	+1.1	6.2	30th	149.2	154.9	average	96%
Tewantin RSL Park	23.9	+0.2	27.1	10th	15.0	+0.2	7.7	31st	106.6	146.2	average	73%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	23.8		27.1	10th	14.4		5.5	29th	98.0
University of Queensland Gatton	25.4	+1.6	29.3	10th	10.4	+0.2	2.2	29th	14.6	45.2	low	32%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	18.9	+1.4	22.0	9th	5.9	-0.2	-6.1	31st	11.6	48.0	v low	24%
Dalby Airport	23.9	+0.6	28.1	3rd	8.5	+0.2	-3.6	31st	10.2	35.7	low	29%
Oakey Aero	23.1	+0.8	27.0	10th	7.8	0.0	-4.4	31st	4.2	38.8	v low	11%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	19.6	+1.2	23.0	9th	5.4	0.0	-6.9	31st	7.6	46.1	low	16%
Texas Post Office	23.2	+0.2	28.6	2nd	8.8	+0.8	-2.7	31st	7.6	38.9	low	20%
Toowoomba Airport	20.0	+0.1	23.3	10th	10.7	+0.7	1.8	31st	21.4	36.5	average	59%
Warwick	22.3	+1.0	24.9	10th	7.3	+0.5	-4.9	31st	7.6	36.9	low	21%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	24.0	+0.1	28.0	2nd	9.0	+0.9	-0.5	29th	6.6	22.5	low	29%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	23.9	+0.3	27.9	1st	9.2	+1.5	0.5	31st	13.0	31.9	average	41%
Mitchell Post Office	23.2	0.0	27.8	1st	8.7	+1.6	-1.0	31st	8.4	31.8	average	26%
Roma Airport	23.8	-0.2	28.5	1st	9.1	+1.4	-1.4	31st	7.0	32.0	low	22%
St George Airport	23.2	-0.2	27.9	2nd	10.8	+1.9	0.4	31st	20.2	25.8	average	78%
Surat	23.6	0.0	27.5	2nd	10.2	+1.4	-1.0	31st	8.4	33.5	low	25%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	23.9	+0.8	28.1	2nd	11.1	+2.5	0.6	31st	16.0	31.7	average	50%
Charleville Aero	23.6	+0.2	28.0	2nd	10.0	+1.0	-0.1	31st	5.8	30.2	low	19%
Cunnamulla Post Office	23.3	+0.3	28.2	2nd	11.7	+1.8	2.7	31st	21.4	29.5	average	73%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	24.3	-0.5	30.6	2nd	12.3	+0.7	4.4	31st	8.2	11.5	average	71%
Thargomindah Airport	23.8	-0.4	30.5	2nd	12.4	+1.4	3.1	31st	23.0	16.8	average	137%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Cato Island	24.7		26.2	30th	21.7		19.3	29th
Creal Reef	25.5		28.0	29th	22.8		20.9	24th
Flinders Reef	26.5		27.5	1st	24.0		21.0	27th
Gannet Cay	25.0		26.5	10th	22.6		19.6	24th
Holmes Reef	26.7		27.7	1st	24.1		20.9	22nd
Marion Reef	26.1		27.0	10th	23.7		20.6	26th
Middle Percy Island	23.7	+0.3	26.1	1st	19.6	+0.5	16.7	12th	26.8	78.6	v low	34%
Willis Island	28.0	+0.2	29.3	5th	24.1	+0.2	22.4	18th	82.8	72.5	average	114%

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