Climate observations
You are viewing the archived 2015 report.
Key messages
Key findings
State
- Average Rainfall
In 2012, Queensland experienced a wetter than average year, but then experienced much drier years from 2013-2015, leading to widespread drought.
- Evaporation Rate
In Queensland, potential evaporation is much higher than mean annual rainfall in semi-arid inland locations.
- Minimum, mean and maximum temperatures
Extremely warm temperatures have been experienced across Queensland from 2013 to 2015, including the second, third and fourth warmest years on record.
Programs
Rainfall Monitoring |
The Bureau of Meteorology provides high quality Australian rainfall data sets from 1900 to the most recent calendar year. The data is available for daily or monthly time scales. Information is available for rainfall totals, percentages, deciles, drought, anomalies, and one year, two year, three year differences. |
Weather Station Data |
Weather stations monitor and record information on rainfall, evaporation and air temperature. |
Annual climate statement |
The annual climate statement discusses the long-term trends in Australia’s climate. The statement focuses primarily on climate observations and monitoring carried out by the Bureau of Meteorology and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in the Australian region. |