Lady Elliot Island Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
29.5 29.4 28.6 26.8 24.3 22.1 21.3 22.3 24.1 25.9 27.5 28.8 25.8
Mean Min (°C)
24.1 24.2 23.6 22.0 19.7 17.7 16.7 17.3 18.9 20.5 22.0 23.3 20.8
Mean Rain (mm)
114.8 158.4 123.6 102.4 118.5 89.5 88.3 53.5 38.3 57.2 65.3 91.5 1094.5
Median Rain (mm)
95.0 133.4 103.8 82.3 96.5 80.0 70.1 48.2 28.4 44.7 50.3 65.4 1081.5
Mean Rain Days
12.5 14.1 14.8 14.8 14.5 11.9 10.3 8.2 7.3 8.2 8.3 9.5 133.5

Lady Elliot Island Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
33.9 33.7 33.0 31.2 28.8 27.4 26.4 28.1 28.4 29.5 31.3 32.9 33.9
Low Max (°C)
23.8 24.4 24.4 21.7 16.4 14.4 15.6 15.0 17.9 19.7 22.5 22.1 14.4
High Min (°C)
28.2 27.7 27.4 26.4 24.6 23.5 22.0 22.3 23.0 25.0 25.7 27.8 28.2
Low Min (°C)
16.4 17.4 16.7 13.7 11.0 7.9 8.1 6.8 9.5 10.3 14.9 16.2 6.8
High Rain (mm)
453.6 339.6 140.6 184.4 309.0 129.4 182.4 144.5 95.8 223.0 133.4 168.2 453.6

Lady Elliot Island Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
31.2 32.1 30.7 28.9 26.3 23.6 23.8 24.1 25.7 27.7 29.2 30.3 27.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
27.1 27.7 27.0 24.8 22.6 20.1 19.7 20.5 22.5 24.2 25.7 27.0 24.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
25.8 25.5 25.1 23.3 21.6 19.0 18.6 18.8 20.5 22.2 23.1 24.9 21.7
Low Mn. Min (°C)
21.4 22.9 22.4 19.8 18.2 16.0 15.0 15.2 17.3 18.9 19.7 20.4 19.9
High Rain (mm)
547.8 767.4 419.4 363.3 436.4 367.3 537.9 274.6 167.8 262.6 203.7 510.0 1924.1
Low Rain (mm)
0.2 0.2 9.2 9.0 18.7 8.9 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 2.0 370.8

Lady Elliot Island Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Lady Elliot Island annual climate

Lady Elliot Island Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°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
≥ 35°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
≥ 30°C
12.8 9.7 5.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 6.7 35.0
≤ 2°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
≤ 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

Lady Elliot Island 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
31.0 31.0 29.8 28.1 25.9 23.9 23.2 23.9 25.5 27.2 28.8 30.1 29.3
Low Max
27.8 27.8 27.0 25.2 22.5 19.9 19.0 20.0 22.3 24.3 25.8 27.2 21.8
High Min
25.6 25.5 24.9 23.5 21.7 19.6 18.9 19.3 20.6 22.0 23.5 24.9 24.1
Low Min
22.4 22.7 22.0 20.2 17.9 15.4 14.0 14.9 17.1 18.8 20.4 21.6 17.2

Lady Elliot Island Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
68 66 64 64 64 65 64 64 65 66 66 64 67.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
67 66 65 65 65 65 66 66 67 67 65 64 67.0
Earliest Entry
1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
84 84 83 84 84 85 85 85 84 85 84 85 85.0
Earliest Entry
1940 1940 1940 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939 1939
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

LADY ELLIOT ISLAND
Wide Bay & Burnett, Queensland
24.1116°S 152.7161°E 4m AMSL
Commenced 1939

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