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Burdekin Climate

Burdekin Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
32.1 31.6 31.1 29.9 27.9 25.7 25.2 26.4 28.3 30.1 31.4 32.4 29.3
Mean Min (°C)
22.4 22.2 21.1 18.7 15.6 12.9 11.5 12.7 15.3 18.2 20.3 21.8 17.7
Mean Rain (mm)
254.3 255.6 164.8 57.1 32.1 29.7 17.1 13.6 18.6 21.5 42.2 100.2 991.9
Median Rain (mm)
178.6 200.3 104.4 25.9 14.0 13.0 4.5 2.7 3.6 6.6 17.8 60.2 896.4
Mean Rain Days
9.9 10.2 8.2 4.3 3.7 3.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 2.4 4.0 6.0 57.2

Burdekin Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
41.7 42.9 38.3 37.2 34.4 32.8 32.8 34.2 36.9 40.0 40.3 42.7 42.9
Low Max (°C)
21.7 22.3 21.1 21.7 18.4 14.6 13.2 16.1 20.7 23.3 21.9 23.6 13.2
High Min (°C)
28.9 29.4 26.8 27.2 24.6 24.4 21.5 22.8 25.0 25.8 26.7 28.7 29.4
Low Min (°C)
13.3 4.6 9.8 7.2 2.3 -0.6 -0.2 2.2 4.3 8.5 12.2 11.1 -0.6
High Rain (mm)
266.7 478.3 268.0 228.6 269.5 159.3 135.9 85.9 370.3 116.8 189.7 321.8 478.3

Burdekin Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
37.8 35.2 33.7 33.4 30.1 27.6 27.3 29.5 32.5 35.8 35.5 38.4 32.6
Low Mn. Max (°C)
29.2 29.2 29.0 27.7 25.5 22.6 23.2 24.1 26.2 28.2 29.4 29.7 27.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
24.0 23.6 22.7 20.6 18.1 17.0 15.3 15.5 18.7 20.7 23.1 23.9 19.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
18.5 15.8 15.1 11.3 8.3 5.7 5.9 9.0 9.3 14.0 16.4 16.6 12.7
High Rain (mm)
951.3 1680.7 689.4 523.7 422.3 222.8 314.9 114.7 418.8 237.0 317.4 720.1 2431.7
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 224.7

Burdekin Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

BURDEKIN SHIRE COUNCIL

Mean daily minimum temp
Mean daily maximum temp
Highest/lowest on record
Highest/lowest on record
Mean monthly rainfall

Burdekin Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40.0°C
0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4
≥ 35.0°C
2.8 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1 1.6 2.4 10.3
≥ 30.0°C
22.0 20.0 20.7 12.3 3.2 0.4 0.3 1.6 5.5 13.0 21.1 23.1 139.1
≤ 2.0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
≤ 0.0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Burdekin 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
34.4 33.8 33.0 31.7 29.7 27.8 27.2 28.6 30.6 32.2 33.3 34.4 32.8
Low Max
29.5 29.4 29.4 28.1 26.1 23.6 23.3 24.4 26.2 27.9 29.5 30.6 25.6
High Min
24.4 24.0 23.3 21.1 18.9 17.1 15.6 16.2 18.5 21.1 22.8 24.2 22.8
Low Min
20.6 20.4 18.9 16.1 11.7 8.3 7.2 8.9 12.2 15.5 17.8 19.4 12.2

Burdekin Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
76 77 76 74 77 75 78 78 79 79 78 74 76.6
Earliest Entry
1893 1893 1893 1893 1893 1893 1893 1892 1892 1892 1892 1892 1892
Latest Entry
1986 1986 1986 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986
Years of Maxima
77 78 76 73 76 76 77 77 79 78 78 73 76.5
Earliest Entry
1893 1893 1893 1893 1893 1893 1893 1892 1892 1892 1892 1892 1892
Latest Entry
1986 1986 1986 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986
Years of Rainfall
124 124 125 127 128 128 129 128 129 127 126 122 126.3
Earliest Entry
1887 1887 1888 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887
Latest Entry
2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2016 2016 2017

Station Details

BURDEKIN SHIRE COUNCIL
Lower Burdekin, Queensland
19.5778°S 147.4063°E 13m AMSL
Commenced 1886

Now Temperature

At Darwin Ap

23:00 CST

Tonight

21°C

Tomorrow

34°C

Mostly sunny

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Weather News

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Turbulent Monday for Victoria and Tasmania

16:24 EST

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Meet the forecasters behind the weather at the BOM in Hobart

12:42 EST

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