Gold Coast Seaway Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
28.9 28.7 28.0 26.1 23.6 21.5 21.2 22.2 24.1 25.4 26.9 28.0 25.3
Mean Min (°C)
21.9 21.8 20.9 18.3 15.3 13.1 12.0 12.5 14.8 17.0 18.9 20.5 17.2
Mean Rain (mm)
144.7 180.3 157.6 118.2 107.9 101.3 54.5 53.2 44.0 86.1 107.1 142.5 1284.4
Median Rain (mm)
100.8 140.0 89.9 85.3 106.4 57.2 37.8 19.4 25.0 66.4 101.0 126.2 1265.8
Mean Rain Days
14.5 14.9 15.9 12.2 12.0 10.4 8.6 7.3 8.3 10.0 11.6 12.5 136.0

Gold Coast Seaway Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
38.5 40.5 36.3 33.3 29.4 27.7 28.9 32.4 33.0 36.8 35.5 39.4 40.5
Low Max (°C)
22.8 21.8 22.2 19.3 16.6 14.5 14.2 15.0 16.9 17.5 19.8 20.9 14.2
High Min (°C)
26.8 27.3 26.2 23.8 21.8 19.1 21.8 19.4 20.7 22.7 24.0 24.9 27.3
Low Min (°C)
16.7 17.2 13.4 8.9 6.6 3.8 2.5 4.2 7.9 9.4 8.2 14.7 2.5
High Rain (mm)
254.8 177.8 307.2 183.4 126.0 350.8 100.6 144.0 87.0 127.0 149.8 112.2 350.8

Gold Coast Seaway Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
30.8 31.3 30.0 27.8 26.0 23.0 22.4 24.6 26.2 27.8 28.7 31.4 26.6
Low Mn. Max (°C)
25.8 25.8 25.0 23.6 21.4 18.8 18.3 18.4 21.0 22.3 24.1 25.4 22.9
High Mn. Min (°C)
23.2 24.0 22.1 19.4 17.8 14.9 15.7 15.1 16.3 18.4 20.4 21.9 18.7
Low Mn. Min (°C)
20.4 20.8 19.1 15.9 13.2 11.3 9.3 9.9 12.7 15.0 17.4 18.8 16.1
High Rain (mm)
399.8 630.6 517.4 385.6 339.6 455.8 172.2 204.2 163.6 374.4 440.6 490.4 2021.8
Low Rain (mm)
4.4 17.4 13.0 13.4 15.6 12.4 1.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 0.2 20.8 832.4

Gold Coast Seaway Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Gold Coast Seaway annual climate

Gold Coast Seaway Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
≥ 35°C
0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.2
≥ 30°C
9.2 7.4 5.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.7 3.3 5.9 33.5
≤ 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

Gold Coast Seaway 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
31.5 31.4 30.1 27.8 25.5 23.5 23.4 24.6 26.8 28.6 30.0 30.6 29.1
Low Max
26.0 26.1 25.6 23.7 21.5 19.1 19.0 19.3 20.8 21.9 23.5 24.8 21.0
High Min
23.5 23.7 22.6 20.2 17.8 16.0 14.9 15.2 17.5 19.3 21.0 22.6 21.6
Low Min
19.9 20.0 18.9 16.6 12.4 9.8 8.8 9.7 12.1 14.6 16.5 18.4 12.2

Gold Coast Seaway Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
32 32 31 33 32 32 32 32 31 32 30 31 31.0
Earliest Entry
1993 1992 1993 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1992
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
31 32 31 32 32 33 33 33 32 32 30 31 31.0
Earliest Entry
1993 1992 1993 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1992
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
27 28 29 29 28 30 28 30 31 31 29 28 29.0
Earliest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024

Station Details

GOLD COAST SEAWAY
Southeast Coast, Queensland
27.9390°S 153.4283°E 3m AMSL
Commenced 1987

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