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The season officially started on 1 November, however the first system, Cyclone Jasper, would not be active until 4 December, when it crossed into the basin as a tropical low from the South Pacific. The low became a named storm on 5 December, receiving the name Jasper, [5] and intensified into the season's first severe tropical cyclone the next ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper was the wettest tropical cyclone in Australian history, surpassing Peter of 1979. [2] The third disturbance of the 2023–24 South Pacific cyclone season and the first named storm and severe tropical cyclone of the 2023–24 Australian region cyclone season, Jasper was first noted as an area of low pressure located in the South Pacific Ocean, which was initially ...
In December 2023 the airport, like all of greater Cairns, was greatly affected by the severe weather during and in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Jasper forcing it to close for several days. [15] [16] In March 2024 it was announced that both Cairns and Mackay Airports would run on 100% renewable energy sources from 2025. [17] [16]
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The 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season is an ongoing weather event in the southern hemisphere. The season has officially started on 1 November 2024 and will end on 30 April 2025, however, a tropical cyclone could form at any time between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 and would count towards the season total.
Cairns's mean annual rainfall is just under 2,000 millimetres (79 in), although monthly totals in the wet season from December to April can exceed 1,000 mm (39 in), with the highest monthly rainfall being recorded in January 1981, when over 1,417.4 mm (55.80 in) of rain fell. [37]
However, most of the Queensland populace experience two weather seasons: a winter period of rather warm temperatures with minimal rainfall, and a sultry summer period of hot, sticky temperatures and more rain. The highest maximum temperature observed in the state is 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) at Birdsville on 24 December 1972.
December 6–10, 1967 – A tropical cyclone existed off the east coast of Australia. [2] December 9–12, 1967 – A tropical low existed off the east coast of Australia. December 29, 1967 – January 9, 1968 - Tropical Cyclone Elspeth. December 30, 1967 – January 5, 1968 – Tropical Cyclone Amy existed over the central Indian Ocean.