KINGAROY RAINFALL

2008

 

 


Official readings for Kingaroy are taken at the Kingaroy Airport.

 94549  -  KINGAROY AIRPORT  -  151.8398°E, 26.5737°S, 434m ASL

KINGAROY Town  -  151.5072°E, 26.3232°S, 437m ASL

The rainfall ( in mm ) reported here is read from a commercial rain gauge mounted in the open on a post 2 metres off the ground at our home in Kingaroy itself, some 5km from the Kingaroy Airport.

Here is a link to our States' water resources. 

(The Dam closest to our area is the Bjelke-Petersen Dam) 

Water Storage Information
 

The worst drought in over 100 years MAY be coming to an end - though in our area we are STILL waiting as other areas flood.  
(Jan 6th 2008)

Readings are taken at 9.00 am

Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
1   1       1            
2 1         11            
3 3.5 1       10            
4 10 17       5     3      
5 1.5 60         .75   12      
6   30         1   4   9 16
7   31         4         10.5
8 40         5 31       4 12.5
9                     18 14
10 1.5                 2    
11 16                 13    
12 18 11               1    
13   8                   2
14   5.5         1     2    
15                        
16 1 1.5         2     7    
17             2.75       2  
18   1.5                 6  
19       1             15  
20 1                   54  
21             5   5.5      
22 5     1.5           3    
23             3.5          
24             28          
25             11         6
26   6                   .5
27   13 3               6 .5
28 6.5   10       2 4       58
29   1.5 9               2 1.5
30         23     4        
31 11       11              
Monthly Totals 115.5 189 22 2.5 34 32 92 8 24.5 28 116 121.5
Days Rained 13 14 3 2 2 5 12 2 4 6 9 10
Cumulative Rainfall 115.5 304.5 326.5 329 363 395 487 495 519.5 547.5 663.5 785
Cumulative Days Rained 13 27 30 32 34 39 51 53 57 63 72 82

 

 

 

2007 RAINFALL
 
Monthly Totals 46.5 56 38 25 11.5 33.5 0 41 28.5 66.5 46.5 80.5
Days Rained 5 7 6 2 3 3 0 5 4 5 7 9
Cumulative Rainfall 46.5 102.5 140.5 165.5 177 210.5 210.5 251.5 280 346.5 393 473.5
Cumulative Days Rained 5 12 18 20 23 26 26 31 35 40 47 56
 Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
1                        
2     1                  
3   4 7     1            
4 1.5         1.5            
5 5               5.5      
6     10     31     5.5   9  
7       20 1.5       10.5   2.5  
8     2           7   15 11
9     8             6   18
10                        
11   9                 1 12
12   4               12   1
13   5                   5
14   8                    
15                        
16                        
17   17                    
18                     5 16
19                        
20   9           18        
21         6              
22         4     9        
23               1       6
24               4        
25               9        
26 24   10             20 1  
27 7                   13 3.5
28                       8
29       5           4.5    
30                   24    
31 9                      

 


For comparison with actual rainfall, as I believe that the Sun controls the majority of our weather, below are graphs showing sunspot activity.

Here is a link to the graphs as shown below.

Thanks to
NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center

 


 

 

 

Last Updated : 28/01/2012 11:43 AM +1000