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A dry start to winter, with below average rainfall across most of the State, except southeastern parts of Queensland. Warm days across southern Queensland, with very warm days in the southeast quarter of the State. Overnight temperatures were close to average.
Dry across much of the State; wet in the south
- It was the 16th-driest June on record for Queensland
- Little or no rain fell in most areas away from the east coast, except in the south
- A number of locations had their driest June on record, or in several decades
- A surface trough off the southeast coast on the 12th produced moderate falls in southeastern parts
- At the end of the month, a rainband brought light to moderate falls to the Maranoa, Warrego and Darling Downs districts
Above average temperatures
- Overall, Queensland had its ninth-warmest mean maximum temperature on record
- Warmer than usual days across the southern half of Queensland, some locations, including Taroom, had their warmest June days on average on record
- Charleville, Injune and Mitchell had their warmest June days on average since 1991
- Overall, overnight temperatures were above average for Queensland
- Nights were cooler than average in the far west and central west
- Warmer than usual nights about the Gulf Country and Cape York Peninsula, Weipa had its warmest June night on record on the 2nd, with 25.0 °C (5.0 °C above the long-term average)
- Mean temperatures for June were the warmest on record at the Sunshine Coast and Coolangatta
