Monday, 2 September 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in August 2019: a dry end to winter

Below average rainfall was recorded across the southern half of Queensland, and in the lowest 10% of records along the southern border. Mean maximum temperatures were generally warmer than average in the southeastern quarter of the State, and along much of the east coast and adjacent inland districts. Overnight temperatures were cooler than usual in the southwest.

For the year-to-date, rainfall for Queensland is above average in the northern tropics, and below average in the southeastern quarter of the State. Areas of lowest on record persist in the southern Darling Downs. Temperatures for Queensland are warmer than average for mean, maximum and minimum temperatures, with record warm days in the southeast and southern Darling Downs also persisting.

Dry across southern Queensland

• Below average August rainfall was recorded in Queensland
• Monthly rainfall totals exceeding 10 mm were recorded along the east coast, and pockets of the southeast quarter of the State; above average rainfall was recorded in far northern Queensland
• August rainfall was below average across the southern half of the State, and in the lowest 10% of historical records along the southern border
• Some sites had their driest August in several decades

Warm days in the southeast; cooler than average nights in the southwest

• For Queensland as a whole, the mean maximum temperature was 0.69 °C above average
• Queensland's mean minimum temperature was 0.24 °C above average, and the State's overall mean temperature was 0.47 °C warmer than average
• Mean maximum temperatures were warmer than average along most of the east coast, and the southeastern quarter of the State
• Warm days occurred across northern and eastern Queensland around the 8th and 9th, due to warm northwesterly winds ahead of a cold front
• Daytime temperatures were well above average from warm northwesterly winds ahead of the passage of a cold front between the 15th and 18th
• Mean minimum temperatures were cooler than average in the southwest, the southern Maranoa and Warrego District, and areas of central Queensland; August nights were warmer than average in the Gulf Country and western Cape York Peninsula
• Some sites had their highest August temperature on record

Fires

• Multiple hazard reduction burns took place across the State in August, with numerous smoke alerts issued by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES)
• A bushfire burnt at the northern end of Bribie Island on the 21st
• Fire crews fought fires at Noosa Heads, where a bushfire came within metres of homes on the 23rd
• On the same day, a fire burnt at Dunwich in North Stradbroke Island

Fog and dust

• Heavy fog blanketed much of Greater Brisbane on the morning of the 19th, with low-lying cloud spreading as far west to the Lockyer Valley and Scenic Rim

• Hours after the fog lifted, much of inner Brisbane was then blanketed in a dust cloud, originating from the southern inland from winds behind a cold front

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in August 2019
Hottest day	35.6 °C at Kowanyama Airport on the 16th
Warmest days on average	32.8 °C at Kowanyama Airport
Coolest days on average	17.9 °C at Applethorpe
Coldest day	11.1 °C at Applethorpe on the 11th
Coldest night	-5.0 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade on the 20th
Coolest nights on average	1.4 °C at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
Warmest nights on average	23.6 °C at Coconut Island
Warmest night	24.6 °C at Coconut Island on the 10th
Warmest on average overall	27.9 °C at Coconut Island
Coolest on average overall	9.9 °C at Applethorpe
Wettest overall	124.4 mm at Bingil Bay
Driest overall	0 mm at several locations
Wettest day	42.6 mm at Bingil Bay on the 5th
Strongest wind gust	78 km/h at Innisfail Aerodrome on the 3rd

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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Lowest August total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Average for August
Lowood Don St	0.8	0.0	in 1991*	29.2
Glenroy Massie	0.4	0.2	in 1995	30.2

* 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 highest August temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Alva Beach	31.4	on the 9th	31.2	on the 19th in 2018	23	25.0
Coconut Island	34.3	on the 27th	34.0	on the 17th in 2018	23	30.1

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Record lowest August mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for August
Bedourie	6.9	7.1	in 2008	20	9.0

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Summary statistics for August 2019
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for August 2019	Diff from average	Highest for August 2019		Mean for August 2019	Diff from average	Lowest for August 2019		Total for August 2019	Average for August	Rank of August 2019	Fraction of August average
North Peninsula (district 27)
Coconut Island	32.2	+2.1	34.3	27th	23.6	0.0	22.1	26th	13.6	9.5	high	143%
Coen Airport	30.1	+0.1	33.6	10th	16.6	-0.3	10.8	23rd	0	1.9	v low	0%
Horn Island	29.4	+0.3	30.5	10th	22.9	-0.2	20.8	29th	2.6	5.6	average	46%
Scherger RAAF	31.8	-0.6	34.2	19th	18.9	+0.1	14.9	23rd	2.0	6.5	average	31%
Weipa Aero	32.1	0.0	34.0	9th	19.1	+0.4	15.3	24th	7.6	5.1	high	149%
South Peninsula (district 28)
Lockhart River Airport	27.7	-0.1	29.6	10th	19.9	+0.6	13.9	23rd	15.4	27.5	average	56%
Palmerville	32.0	+0.7	34.7	16th	13.2	-1.4	6.6	23rd	0	3.3	lowest	0%
Lower Carpentaria (district 29)
Burketown Airport	30.3	-0.3	34.2	8th	15.5	+0.4	11.0	24th	0	1.3	v low	0%
Century Mine	30.0	-1.0	35.6	18th	14.3	+1.0	9.1	24th	0	0.8	v low	0%
Cloncurry Airport	27.3	-1.5	33.7	18th	11.0	-1.2	7.4	12th	0	3.2	lowest	0%
Julia Creek Airport	28.9	-0.7	35.0	18th	9.7	0.0	3.1	12th	0	3.8	v low	0%
Kowanyama Airport	32.8	+0.5	35.6	16th	16.5	+0.3	10.2	12th	0	2.3	lowest	0%
Lake Julius AWS	27.6		34.2	18th	13.7		9.6	10th	0
Mornington Island Airport	27.2		31.9	8th	17.4		13.5	24th	1.2
Mount Isa Aero	26.5	-0.9	32.7	18th	10.0	-0.2	5.5	13th	0	3.4	lowest	0%
Normanton Airport	31.1	-0.5	34.1	8th	17.1	+0.2	11.7	24th	0	0.9	v low	0%
Sweers Island	26.5	-0.3	29.1	27th	18.5	-0.1	15.4	23rd	0	1.7	lowest	0%
Upper Carpentaria (district 30)
Georgetown Airport	30.2	-0.1	33.3	18th	12.8	-0.8	5.8	13th	0	1.8	v low	0%
Hughenden Airport	27.8	-0.3	32.3	18th	9.1	-1.3	0.1	12th	0	7.8	v low	0%
Richmond Airport	28.8	-0.3	35.0	18th	9.5	-0.4	2.4	13th	0	4.2	lowest	0%
Richmond Post Office	28.2	-0.4	33.8	18th	10.9	+0.8	4.1	12th	0	4.1	lowest	0%
Barron North Coast (district 31)
Cairns Aero	27.0	+0.3	29.6	31st	17.1	-0.3	8.9	23rd	27.0	26.1	average	103%
Cairns Racecourse	26.3		30.2	9th	15.8		7.9	23rd	29.8
Cape Flattery	26.8	-0.6	28.4	30th	21.4	+0.2	19.4	23rd	5.2	15.0	average	35%
Cooktown Airport	26.8	-0.4	29.6	10th	18.4	+0.1	9.5	23rd	11.4	14.9	average	77%
Low Isles Lighthouse	26.7	0.0	29.6	10th	20.6	-0.1	18.1	23rd	10.2	36.4	low	28%
Mareeba Airport	26.2	-0.1	31.3	9th	14.3	+0.5	8.4	23rd	1.2	7.2	average	17%
Walkamin Research Station	24.7	-0.1	32.5	8th	12.8	-0.5	7.6	13th	6.7	10.3	average	65%
Herbert North Coast (district 32)
Cardwell Marine Pde	25.3	-0.6	27.4	10th	14.7	+0.3	9.0	23rd	12.4	28.7	average	43%
Cowley Beach (Defence)	24.2		26.8	9th	16.0		8.8	23rd	81.4
Innisfail	24.8	-0.3	29.0	9th	16.0	+0.5	10.0	23rd	103.9	115.1	average	90%
Innisfail Aerodrome	24.8		29.1	9th	13.9		6.3	23rd	93.0
Lucinda Point	23.1	-0.8	26.1	9th	18.6	-0.3	14.4	23rd	5.2	23.8	low	22%
Mount Stuart (Defence)	26.9		30.9	9th	15.6		11.7	13th	0.4
South Johnstone Exp Stn	24.6	-0.6	29.2	9th	15.4	-0.1	8.0	23rd	92.0	87.6	average	105%
Townsville Aero	26.9	+0.8	32.1	9th	14.3	-0.4	7.8	23rd	0.6	15.5	average	4%
Townsville- Air Weapons Range (Defence)	26.6		30.2	8th	12.1		2.3	12th	1.2
East Central Coast (district 33)
Alva Beach	24.7	-0.3	31.4	9th	14.6	-0.8	7.5	12th	5.6	14.5	average	39%
Ayr DPI Research Stn	26.8	+0.6	32.2	9th	12.7	0.0	5.1	12th	0	15.3	lowest	0%
Bowen Airport AWS	26.2		31.3	9th	13.9		4.9	12th	0.6
Collinsville Post Office	27.9	+1.0	31.1	9th	9.6	-1.0	3.4	12th	1.0	16.7	average	6%
Hamilton Island Airport	22.4	-0.5	25.9	8th	18.2	-0.2	15.7	22nd	35.2	23.1	high	152%
Mackay Aero	24.1	+0.3	27.6	8th	11.8	-0.2	3.8	12th	5.6	31.1	average	18%
Mackay M.O	22.9	+0.2	26.6	8th	14.2	+0.1	8.0	12th	6.2	29.3	low	21%
Ooralea Racecourse (Mackay Turf Club)	23.9		28.3	9th	11.5		3.7	12th	7.2
Proserpine Airport	26.0	+0.2	31.0	9th	10.8	-0.7	1.1	12th	1.6	24.1	low	7%
Samuel Hill Aero	24.0	+0.1	28.7	9th	9.8	+0.4	2.4	22nd	19.4	35.0	average	55%
St Lawrence	26.2	+1.0	29.6	9th	10.9	-0.2	3.7	12th	5.6	23.8	average	24%
Townsville- Fanning River (Defence)	26.4		30.4	8th	12.1		6.7	23rd	0
Williamson	25.8	+0.7	29.9	9th	9.8	-0.6	0.6	12th	1.6	20.9	low	8%
Woolshed	24.0	+0.6	27.4	9th	11.7	-0.8	2.2	23rd	1.0	12.8	low	8%
Yeppoon The Esplanade	22.4	+0.2	26.6	22nd	13.3	+0.6	5.4	12th	11.4	31.4	average	36%
West Central Coast (district 34)
Charters Towers Airport	27.2	+0.4	30.0	29th	12.6	+0.3	7.3	22nd	0	15.0	lowest	0%
Moranbah Airport	26.5		29.8	19th	9.7		2.2	21st	5.4
Central Highlands (district 35)
Blackwater Airport	25.9		30.0	8th	10.0		2.7	13th	1.4
Clermont Airport	25.3		29.6	19th	6.8		-1.5	12th	0.8	15.3	low	5%
Emerald Airport	25.6	+0.1	30.5	8th	11.0	+1.0	6.0	12th	1.0	20.5	low	5%
Lochington	24.9		29.2	8th	8.1		0.9	12th	24.2
Rolleston Airport	25.0		29.9	8th	7.5		1.2	13th	1.6	19.6	low	8%
Springsure Comet St	24.1	0.0	28.1	8th	8.1	+0.5	0.9	14th	3.2	23.8	low	13%
Tambo Post Office	24.2	+0.6	29.9	18th	5.9	+0.8	-1.6	11th	7.0	18.7	average	37%
Taroom Post Office	25.3	+2.1	30.3	27th	7.7	+1.2	-0.7	13th	2.8	27.5	low	10%
Central Lowlands (district 36)
Barcaldine Post Office	25.1	+0.1	30.4	18th			4.2	12th	10.0	15.8	average	63%
Blackall Airport	25.0	-0.3	30.8	18th	8.4	+0.7	-1.1	11th	0	12.8	v low	0%
Isisford Post Office	26.2	+1.0	32.0	18th	8.3	+0.2	1.1	11th	0	12.0	lowest	0%
Longreach Aero	26.6	+0.5	32.3	18th	8.2	-0.3	1.8	12th	0	10.8	lowest	0%
Upper Western (district 37)
Camooweal Township	27.7	-0.7	34.0	18th	10.5	-0.4	5.3	12th	0	2.9	lowest	0%
Carters Bore	25.7		32.9	18th	13.0		8.7	11th	0
New May Downs	26.0		32.4	18th	12.2		7.5	12th	0
The Monument Airport	25.1	-1.8	32.6	18th	6.9	-2.0	2.0	14th	0	3.3	v low	0%
Trepell Airport	25.9	-1.3	32.6	18th	8.4	-1.2	3.7	12th	0	2.0	v low	0%
Urandangi Aerodrome	26.0		33.4	17th	7.1		2.0	12th	0
Winton Airport	27.4	-0.3	33.7	18th	8.7	-1.0	1.8	12th	0	7.8	v low	0%
Lower Western (district 38)
Bedourie	24.0	-1.7	31.7	17th	6.9	-2.1	3.7	11th	0	7.5	lowest	0%
Birdsville Airport	23.1	-1.6	30.9	17th	6.7	-2.0	2.2	20th	0	3.1	v low	0%
Windorah Airport	24.5		33.0	18th	7.9		2.5	11th	0
Port Curtis South Coast (district 39)
Bundaberg Aero	25.1	+1.6	28.0	8th	10.4	-0.4	4.8	13th	9.0	33.6	low	27%
Gayndah Airport	25.4	+0.6	29.8	26th	7.4	-0.3	0.5	13th	2.6	23.6	average	11%
Gladstone Airport	25.1	+1.1	29.2	8th	12.9	+0.3	7.5	12th	2.4	31.0	low	8%
Gladstone Radar	25.4	+1.2	29.0	22nd	15.0	+0.7	11.4	12th	4.4	30.7	low	14%
Lady Elliot Island	23.1	+1.1	24.9	27th	17.5	+0.3	14.4	18th	28.6	55.1	average	52%
Monto Township	24.3	+1.1	28.2	26th	6.1	-0.4	-1.6	13th	0.9	24.9	v low	4%
Rockhampton Aero	26.2	+1.3	30.0	19th	11.7	+1.0	4.4	12th	3.8	26.8	low	14%
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	23.2	+0.9	25.4	29th	15.9	+0.8	12.2	11th
Seventeen Seventy	22.6	+0.4	25.4	18th	14.3	-0.3	10.3	11th	15.8	41.1	average	38%
Thangool Airport	25.6	+0.6	29.1	8th	6.5	+0.1	-1.1	12th	2.0	23.2	low	9%
Moreton South Coast (district 40)
Amberley AMO	24.7	+1.9	29.4	8th	5.9	-0.3	0.0	20th	6.0	28.3	low	21%
Archerfield Airport	23.9	+1.2	28.5	8th	8.6	+0.5	4.7	21st	3.6	36.4	v low	10%
Beaudesert Drumley Street	24.5	+1.2	28.1	17th	7.0	+0.6	1.1	21st	13.0	30.0	average	43%
Beerburrum Forest Station	23.9	+0.6	29.0	19th	9.0	-0.4	5.7	13th	5.8	44.7	low	13%
Brisbane	24.1	+0.8	28.7	8th	11.7	+1.0	7.7	21st	3.2	36.2	low	9%
Brisbane Aero	22.5	+0.5	27.6	8th	10.4	+0.7	5.7	21st	3.2	36.7	low	9%
Canungra (Defence)	23.2		27.0	19th	4.7		-2.7	21st	13.2
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	21.0	+1.2	23.3	21st	14.9	+0.9	10.3	12th	57.4	75.4	average	76%
Coolangatta	22.6	+1.1	27.6	19th	10.4	0.0	2.7	21st	6.8	57.9	low	12%
Double Island Point Lighthouse	22.3	+1.5	26.2	28th	15.3	+0.6	9.8	11th	32.8	62.5	average	52%
Gold Coast Seaway	22.9	+0.8	27.3	19th	12.6	+0.2	8.2	21st	6.4	56.2	low	11%
Greenbank (Defence)	24.1		28.5	8th	5.4		-0.3	21st	2.4
Gympie	24.4	+1.0	28.9	19th	7.0	-0.1	-0.2	21st	9.8	39.8	low	25%
Hervey Bay Airport	23.5	+0.7	27.1	22nd	9.3	-1.1	2.5	21st	19.4	53.4	average	36%
Kingaroy Airport	21.6	-0.1	25.8	8th	4.0	-0.1	-2.3	13th	7.8	28.8	average	27%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant	23.6	+0.8	28.2	17th	10.1	+0.7	3.7	21st	1.9	43.2	v low	4%
Maryborough	24.6	+1.1	28.7	19th	8.6	-0.7	1.7	12th	12.2	40.8	low	30%
Nambour Daff - Hillside	23.4	+0.2	29.1	19th	10.4	-0.2	5.6	21st	11.8	46.5	average	25%
Point Lookout	22.9	+0.7	26.1	22nd	14.4	+0.2	9.6	12th	73.2	59.2	average	124%
Rainbow Beach	22.9	+0.6	26.8	8th					30.8	87.0	average	35%
Redcliffe	22.5	+0.4	28.4	19th	12.0	+0.5	7.8	13th	10.6	38.2	average	28%
Redland (Alexandra Hills)	22.3		26.2	19th	10.5		7.6	21st	3.8
Sunshine Coast Airport	22.6	+0.4	28.8	19th	10.3	+0.5	3.6	21st	20.8	73.0	average	28%
Tewantin RSL Park	22.9	+0.6	28.5	19th	11.5	-0.1	6.7	21st	37.6	81.5	average	46%
Tin Can Bay (Defence)	23.4		28.4	19th	10.3		2.7	21st	14.8
University of Queensland Gatton	24.2	+1.7	29.1	8th	6.9	+0.2	1.5	13th	1.6	26.5	v low	6%
East Darling Downs (district 41)
Applethorpe	17.9	+2.2	22.4	26th	2.0	-0.8	-3.4	20th	14.0	40.9	low	34%
Dalby Airport	22.7	+0.8	27.5	18th	4.6	0.0	-1.4	11th	11.2	22.4	average	50%
Oakey Aero	22.0	+1.5	26.8	18th	3.9	+0.3	-2.2	13th	7.2	25.4	low	28%
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	18.8	+2.4	23.5	26th	1.4	-0.5	-5.0	20th	17.0	42.2	low	40%
Texas Post Office	22.2	+1.3	27.0	26th	5.5	+1.0	0.0	21st	7.0	33.6	low	21%
Toowoomba Airport	19.5	+0.8	24.0	26th	7.6	+0.1	1.9	11th	5.8	29.8	low	19%
Warwick	21.4	+1.3	26.5	26th	4.1	+0.9	-3.7	20th	6.0	25.6	low	23%
West Darling Downs (district 42)
Miles Constance Street	23.2	+0.5	29.0	18th	5.3	+0.2	-1.9	13th	10.8	31.7	average	34%
Maranoa (district 43)
Injune Post Office	23.4	+0.9	28.8	18th	5.3	+0.9	-2.8	13th	13.0	25.1	average	52%
Mitchell Post Office	23.2	+1.4	29.7	18th	4.1	+0.2	-2.7	13th	9.0	23.6	average	38%
Roma Airport	23.5	+0.8	30.2	18th	4.9	+0.2	-1.5	13th	1.4	22.8	low	6%
St George Airport	22.9	+0.8	30.1	18th	5.4	-0.7	0.1	20th	3.4	21.0	low	16%
Surat	22.7	+0.9	29.0	18th	5.8	+0.2	-0.9	13th	3.0	27.2	low	11%
Warrego (district 44)
Bollon Mary St	22.8	+1.3	30.2	18th	5.0	-0.6	0.7	5th	0.4	21.7	low	2%
Charleville Aero	23.1	+1.1	30.2	18th	5.6	-0.3	-0.5	11th
Cunnamulla Post Office	22.4	+1.0	30.1	18th	6.9	-0.2	3.4	5th	0	17.0	lowest	0%
Far Southwest (district 45)
Ballera Gas Field	22.4	-1.1	28.7	17th	7.9	-1.1	3.9	11th	0	6.1	v low	0%
Thargomindah Airport	22.4	-0.5	31.6	18th	7.3	-0.9	3.2	13th	0	8.6	lowest	0%
Offshore Islands (district 200)
Cato Island	22.4		25.6	9th	19.0		16.4	12th
Creal Reef	22.4		25.5	8th	20.3		18.2	12th
Flinders Reef	23.9		25.3	24th	21.9		20.7	3rd
Gannet Cay	22.3		23.8	19th	19.4		16.4	4th
Holmes Reef	24.4		25.4	29th	22.6		19.7	2nd
Marion Reef	23.6		26.4	10th	21.5		19.7	12th
Middle Percy Island	21.5	-0.2	25.2	9th	16.8	+0.1	14.2	13th	19.0	25.8	average	74%
Willis Island	27.1	+0.7	28.6	29th	22.6	+0.6	20.2	3rd	15.2	22.6	average	67%

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