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Queensland (locally / ˈkwiːnzlænd / KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) [ note 1 ] is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively.
Köppen climate types in Australia. Australia's climate is governed mostly by its size and by the hot, sinking air of the subtropical high pressure belt (subtropical ridge or Australian High). This moves north-west and north-east with the seasons. The climate is variable, with frequent droughts lasting several seasons, thought to be caused in ...
The wettest month on record was February 1893, when 1,025.9 millimetres (40.39 in) of rain fell, although in the last 30 years the record monthly rainfall has been a much lower 479.8 millimetres (18.89 in) from December 2010. Very occasionally a whole month will pass with no recorded rainfall, the last time this happened was August 1991. [10]
Mean min temp. Annual rainfall. 26.6 °C 80 °F. 16.4 °C 62 °F. 1,012 mm 39.8 in. Brisbane (/ ˈbrɪzbən / ⓘ BRIZ-bən, [ 10 ] Turrbal: Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland [ 11 ] and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of over 2.7 million.
The town of Inglewood in Queensland was left flooded on the morning of December 1 following heavy rainfall.Queensland’s state emergency services received more than 400 requests for help in 24 ...
Toowoomba (/ təˈwʊmbə / tə-WUUM-bə), nicknamed 'The Garden City’, ‘Hammertown’ and 'T-Bar', [ 3 ] is a city in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. [ 4 ] It is located 132 km (82 mi) west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 census was 142,163, [ 1 ] having grown at an ...
The Australian monsoon can also have a high influence on rainfall on the southeastern seaboard during the warmer months, such as in southeast Queensland and as well as the northern half of New South Wales (Northern Rivers to metropolitan Sydney), where summer is the wettest season and winter is the driest (the precipitation contrast between the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 September 2024. Category 4 Australian region cyclone in 2017 For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Debbie. Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie Debbie approaching Queensland shortly after peak intensity on 28 March Meteorological history Formed 23 March 2017 Remnant low 30 March 2017 ...