Moreton Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
32.3 31.4 31.4 31.2 30.5 29.6 29.3 30.7 32.1 34.0 35.0 33.7 31.7
Mean Min (°C)
23.5 23.6 23.4 22.1 20.4 18.1 17.2 16.9 18.7 20.2 21.7 23.0 20.8
Mean Rain (mm)
348.4 333.9 294.7 110.9 22.9 10.5 7.6 4.2 4.5 17.7 65.4 202.4 1407.8
Median Rain (mm)
320.9 320.9 267.2 86.3 13.2 6.4 5.6 2.0 1.3 3.5 40.4 187.6 1382.2
Mean Rain Days
20.4 20.0 19.6 10.8 6.0 4.5 3.9 2.4 1.6 2.2 4.8 12.6 107.5

Moreton Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
37.8 37.8 35.6 36.6 33.4 36.5 32.8 34.8 37.6 40.0 39.5 39.4 40.0
Low Max (°C)
24.8 25.6 25.2 24.6 25.5 24.0 24.6 24.0 25.6 28.6 25.4 25.6 24.0
High Min (°C)
26.3 26.0 25.8 25.2 24.7 24.0 25.4 25.0 25.4 25.9 26.0 27.8 27.8
Low Min (°C)
19.7 20.6 19.0 14.4 12.5 9.5 4.5 10.0 10.5 10.9 15.3 17.8 4.5
High Rain (mm)
196.8 137.9 201.0 128.0 84.0 43.9 26.4 25.0 36.6 154.9 398.8 123.7 398.8

Moreton Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.7 32.5 32.3 32.2 31.3 31.1 30.3 31.6 33.4 35.6 36.4 35.3 32.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)
30.3 30.5 29.8 30.2 29.1 28.3 28.4 28.4 31.0 32.9 33.5 30.9 31.3
High Mn. Min (°C)
24.3 24.2 24.1 23.5 23.5 20.6 20.5 19.0 21.8 22.4 23.5 23.7 21.8
Low Mn. Min (°C)
22.6 23.0 22.9 20.8 18.9 16.0 15.5 14.3 15.6 16.4 19.7 21.9 19.5
High Rain (mm)
849.2 589.6 655.6 400.2 119.4 52.5 39.0 28.6 43.5 159.0 513.0 576.5 2223.7
Low Rain (mm)
120.1 36.6 47.9 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.4 717.3

Moreton Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Moreton annual climate

Moreton 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
≥ 35°C
2.7 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 8.1 14.9 8.1 33.7
≥ 30°C
24.5 21.9 24.5 24.6 20.9 13.1 10.1 20.1 25.6 28.9 26.9 27.9 246.1
≤ 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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
34.5 33.5 33.3 32.6 32.0 31.3 30.7 32.4 33.9 35.7 36.7 36.1 34.5
Low Max
29.7 29.0 29.5 29.7 29.2 28.0 27.7 28.9 30.4 32.2 33.3 31.3 29.2
High Min
24.4 24.5 24.2 23.8 23.0 21.6 21.1 20.8 21.7 23.3 23.8 24.2 23.9
Low Min
22.5 22.9 22.6 20.0 17.5 15.0 13.9 14.0 15.8 17.3 19.8 21.2 16.5

Moreton Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
12 18 19 17 17 19 13 15 17 18 14 13 16.0
Earliest Entry
1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
1986 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1986 1987
Years of Maxima
11 18 19 17 17 19 14 14 17 17 15 13 15.0
Earliest Entry
1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
1986 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1986 1987
Years of Rainfall
113 116 113 113 112 113 111 111 113 113 111 112 113.0
Earliest Entry
1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

MORETON TELEGRAPH STATION
Peninsula, Queensland
12.4536°S 142.6389°E 40m AMSL
Commenced 1887

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Generation gone with the wind

13:20 AEST A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia.  The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average of 13.1% (Mon, April 15 to Wed, April 17).

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