Burdekin Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
32.0 31.5 31.0 29.9 27.9 25.7 25.2 26.3 28.2 30.1 31.4 32.4 29.2
Mean Min (°C)
22.2 21.9 20.8 18.5 15.3 12.8 11.3 12.3 15.0 18.0 20.1 21.7 17.4
Mean Rain (mm)
254.1 252.6 170.7 58.8 34.6 28.5 19.3 14.2 18.3 23.4 42.5 108.0 1035.7
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
10.1 10.4 8.5 4.5 3.8 3.0 2.2 1.9 1.7 2.5 4.1 6.3 59.1

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 18.1 14.6 13.2 14.7 20.7 23.3 21.9 21.9 13.2
High Min (°C)
31.1 29.4 26.8 27.2 24.6 24.4 21.5 22.8 25.0 25.8 26.7 28.7 31.1
Low Min (°C)
12.8 2.5 1.1 1.0 -1.7 -0.6 -5.0 -0.7 1.1 7.8 12.2 11.1 -5.0
High Rain (mm)
334.0 478.3 320.0 228.6 269.5 159.3 135.9 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 28.9 27.7 25.5 22.6 23.2 23.8 26.2 28.2 29.4 29.7 27.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
24.0 26.7 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 10.5 9.4 9.9 7.9 5.7 5.0 9.0 8.6 14.0 16.4 16.6 11.6
High Rain (mm)
954.4 1680.7 689.4 523.7 422.3 222.8 314.9 114.7 418.8 237.0 317.4 738.4 2431.7
Low Rain (mm)
1.8 3.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 261.1

Burdekin Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Burdekin annual climate

Burdekin Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5
≥ 35°C
2.7 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.7 2.8 10.2
≥ 30°C
23.4 20.9 21.3 13.3 3.6 0.4 0.4 1.4 5.6 13.7 22.3 25.2 149.0
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

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
66 70 68 63 69 67 68 68 70 70 70 65 67.0
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
71 70 69 63 69 69 69 69 70 69 69 63 68.0
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
132 134 136 137 136 137 138 137 136 136 133 131 137.0
Earliest Entry
1887 1887 1888 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

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

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An electrifying start to October long weekend

17:21 AEST More than 420,000 lightning strikes affected the nation’s east on Friday as a highly unstable trough and a cold front brought thunderstorms, some severe, to northeastern SA, NSW, Vic and southern QLD ahead of the October long weekend.  Thunderstorms began hopping the border from northeastern SA into NSW from 9am on Friday, October 4.

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