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Gayndah: weather history since 1910

Gayndah is a weather station located 111 m above sea level, 1 km from Gayndah. Its records go back to 1910: 112 years of temperature are available up to 2025, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 21.3 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (20.5 °C): a difference of 0.8 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2016 (22.2 °C) and the coldest 1917 (19.2 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 6 out of 112, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.28 °C per decade. The station ranks 31 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.

Annual mean temperature since 1910

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Mean temperature of the year   10-year running mean   1961–1990 normal (20.5 °C)   1991–2020 normal (21.3 °C)

The first ten years of the series (1910–1919) average 20.4 °C; the last ten (2014–2025) average 21.7 °C, a difference of +1.3 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2016 (22.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 21.7 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 19.8 °C (1968).

Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020

The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.

Monthly temperature and rainfall normals, 1961–1990 and 1991–2020
MonthTemp. 1961–1990Temp. 1991–2020DifferenceRain 1961–1990Rain 1991–2020Difference
January26.3 °C27.0 °C+0.7 °C–––
February25.6 °C26.2 °C+0.6 °C–––
March24.3 °C24.8 °C+0.5 °C–––
April21.2 °C21.7 °C+0.5 °C–––
May17.7 °C18.1 °C+0.4 °C–––
June14.3 °C15.4 °C+1.1 °C–––
July13.2 °C14.5 °C+1.3 °C–––
August14.6 °C15.7 °C+1.1 °C–––
September17.7 °C19.2 °C+1.5 °C–––
October21.3 °C22.2 °C+0.9 °C–––
November23.8 °C24.3 °C+0.5 °C–––
December25.7 °C26.1 °C+0.4 °C–––

The largest temperature change is in September (+1.5 °C) and the smallest in May (+0.4 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.8 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before.

Records at Gayndah

  • Warmest year: 22.2 °C, in 2016
  • Coldest year: 19.2 °C, in 1917
  • Driest year: 306 mm, in 2006
  • Wettest year: 944 mm, in 2010
  • Warmest month: 28.7 °C, in January 2020
  • Coldest month: 10.6 °C, in July 1965
  • Wettest month: 368 mm, in January 2013
  • Hottest day: 44.3 °C, on 6 January 1994
  • Coldest day: −5.9 °C, on 6 August 1919
  • Heaviest rain in one day: 282.8 mm, on 27 January 2013

3.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 50.2 °C.

Temperature trend over 1961–2025

The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.28 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.8 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.09 °C per decade: the station ranks 31 out of 227.

The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal

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October 2024September 2026
Warmer than the 1991–2020 normal   Cooler than the 1991–2020 normal

Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 11 months out of 15 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.7 °C. The highest departure was in October 2025 (+3.1 °C); the lowest, in June 2025 (−0.8 °C).

Temperature and rainfall of recent months, compared with the 1991–2020 normals
MonthTemperatureDeparture from normalRainNormal rain
October 202423.7 °C+1.5 °C37 mm–
November 202425.7 °C+1.4 °C––
December 202426.6 °C+0.5 °C239 mm–
January 202526.3 °C−0.7 °C––
February 202526.0 °C−0.2 °C––
March 202526.4 °C+1.6 °C75 mm–
April 202522.1 °C+0.4 °C68 mm–
May 202519.5 °C+1.4 °C48 mm–
June 202514.6 °C−0.8 °C29 mm–
July 202514.8 °C+0.3 °C37 mm–
August 202515.9 °C+0.2 °C9 mm–
September 202519.9 °C+0.7 °C13 mm–
October 202525.3 °C+3.1 °C41 mm–
November 202526.0 °C+1.7 °C194 mm–
December 202525.7 °C−0.4 °C109 mm–
January 2026––116 mm–
February 2026––86 mm–
March 2026––317 mm–
April 2026––4 mm–
May 2026––56 mm–
June 2026––8 mm–
July 2026––2 mm–
August 2026––11 mm–
September 2026––4 mm–

Data source and licence

Data source: Bureau of Meteorology (ACORN-SAT) and NOAA NCEI (GHCN-Daily) (dataset “ACORN-SAT v2 daily (homogenised) + GHCN-Daily”), licence CC BY 4.0; Public domain (NOAA NCEI). Last updated: 29 October 2026.

The data for Gayndah are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 227 stations in Australia: the overview page lets you compare them.

Frequently asked questions

What is the annual mean temperature at Gayndah?

Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Gayndah is 21.3 °C. It was 20.5 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.8 °C.

What is the warmest year ever measured at Gayndah?

Since records began in 1910, the warmest year at Gayndah is 2016, at 22.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1917 (19.2 °C).

Is the climate at Gayndah getting warmer?

Yes: at Gayndah, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.28 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.8 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.

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