Weather in Crows Nest

Climate of Crows Nest: 1991–2020 normals

In Crows Nest, January is typically the warmest month (up to 28.2 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 7.4 °C. December sees the most rain, with around 109 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 17.7 °C and 87 mm of rain, spring 24.6 °C and 178 mm, summer 27.6 °C and 308 mm, autumn 22.9 °C and 130 mm. The wettest season is summer (44 % of the annual total), the driest winter (12 %).

Compared with Brisbane, the main town 99 km to the east, highs in the warmest month are 0.7 °C lower here, and the year brings 151 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 8 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, September, October, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Cabarlah (20 km to the south): summers 0.6 °C cooler and 33 mm drier a year; Kingsthorpe (34 km to the south-west): summers 1.2 °C warmer and 170 mm drier a year; Esk (37 km to the east): summers 1.9 °C warmer and 12 mm drier a year. Among the 210 places we cover in Queensland whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Crows Nest ranks 192nd for summer warmth and 127th for annual precipitation. The warmest summers are in Winton and the coolest in Tamborine Mountain; the wettest year is in Babinda and the driest in Winton.