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[8] [9] This La Niña event caused a prolonged event of heavy rainfall over Queensland river catchments. Record or near record sea surface temperatures were recorded off the Queensland coast in late 2010. [10] December 2010 was Queensland's wettest on record, with record-high rainfall totals set in 107 locations for the month. [11]
In Queensland, Jasmine produced heavy rains and gusty winds. Heavy rainfall from Jasmine's outer rainbands produced large precipitation totals across southern areas of Queensland. After moving into the Coral Sea, a surface trough attached to the system produced more rain showers over Australia. [58]
It caused torrential rainfall over parts of the Cobourg Peninsula and the adjacent north coast of the Arnhem District. [4] The system reached Category 2 strength in the afternoon of 25 December. [5] In the evening of 28 December the system, downgraded to a tropical low, moved back onto the waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria. [6]
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi (/ ˈ j ɑː s iː /) was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that made landfall in northern Queensland, Australia in early 2011, causing major damage to the affected areas.
For many locations this was the first year of above-average rainfall since 1996. The rainfall dramatically increased surface water storage and soil moisture, effectively ending the drought in the south-east. [35] Very wet conditions continued through 2011, resulting in floods in Queensland and northern Victoria. [36]
By contrast, the rainfall recorded for the year of the 2010–2011 Queensland floods in South East Queensland was 1,198.6 millimetres (47.19 in), but for the period January 2010 to January 2011, the total rainfall was 1,758.4 millimetres (69.23 in).
The 2009–2010 El Niño event started in the Pacific Ocean during July 2009, before it reached it peaked during December and broke down during the first quarter of 2010. [5] [6] The climate of the Pacific Ocean subsequently returned to neutral conditions by the end of April, while climate models used and developed by various meteorological agencies, subsequently started to show signs that a ...
1949–51 were La Niña years, which had significant rain events in central New South Wales and most of Queensland: Dubbo's 1950 rainfall of 1,329 mm (52.3 in) can be estimated to have a return period of between 350 and 400 years, whilst Lake Eyre filled for the first time in thirty years. 1954–57 were also intense La Niña years. In contrast ...