Friday, 1 November 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Queensland - Product code IDCKGC14R0

Queensland in October 2019 Above average daytime temperatures and below average rain for most of the State

Rain at the end of the month saw areas of the central west report above average October rainfall, but most of the State was drier than average. Maximum temperatures were above average everywhere apart from the far northeast tropical coast. Minimum temperatures were generally above average in the far west and south and below average in the north, and close to average elsewhere.

Above average rainfall across parts of the central west

• Queensland's total rainfall for the month was just over half the average for October
• Rainfall was above average in parts of the central west and an area of the Capricornia coast
• Below average rainfall was recorded across the northern interior, central Queensland interior and parts of the southeast interior
• Thunderstorms and showers brought moderate falls to the southeast at the start of the month
• Further moderate falls were recorded between the 11th and 13th in areas from the Capricornia to southeast coasts, and again from the 18th to 20th
• Coastal showers affected parts of the east coast throughout the month, particularly the north tropical coast
• Moderate falls were recorded in central western parts of Queensland at the end of the month
• A handful of sites had their lowest total October rainfall on record
• 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, whilst areas of lowest on record persist in the southern Darling Downs

Maximum temperatures above average across most of the State

• Mean maximum temperatures were warmer than average across much of Queensland, except the far northeast tropical coast
• Mean minimum temperatures were warmer than average in the far west and south, and below average in the north
• The State's mean maximum temperature was 1.88 °C above average, the mean minimum temperature was 1.00 °C above average and the overall mean temperature 1.44 °C above average; cooler than October last year
• Hot days were experienced across southern Queensland from the 6th, due to warm and gust northwesterly winds ahead of the passage of a surface trough
• Daytime temperatures were more than 12 degrees above average over the southeast on the 7th and 8th, and resulted in elevated fire dangers from the hot, dry air and fresh winds
• Hot, dry and gusty west to northwesterly winds from the 14th saw temperatures across much of Queensland between 6 to 10 degrees above average, and peaking on the 16th, where much of southern Queensland was 8 to 12 degrees above average
• Minimum temperatures were below average across most of the State in the first half of the month, due to very little cloud cover or rainfall
• Overnight temperatures were well more than 10 degrees above average over parts of the Maranoa and Warrego, and Darling Downs districts on the 17th, with some sites reporting their warmest October night on record
• Temperatures for Queensland are more than a degree warmer than average for mean, maximum and minimum temperatures, with record warm days in the greater southeast

Bushfires

• Fires burnt west of Brisbane in Laidley and Grandchester on the 8th, with other fires also burning in eastern Queensland

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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* 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

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top