Gympie is a weather station located 64 m above sea level, 3 km from Gympie. Its records go back to 1888: 35 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 20.5 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2023 (21.7 °C) and the coldest 1994 (19.7 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 6 out of 35, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade. The station ranks 180 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1888
The first ten years of the series (1987–1996) average 20.5 °C; the last ten (2015–2025) average 20.9 °C, a difference of +0.5 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2023 (21.7 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 21.0 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 20.3 °C (2012).
Annual rainfall since 1888
On average 1100 mm of rain falls per year over the 110 documented years. The wettest year, 1893, received 2243 mm; the driest, 1957, only 441 mm, which is 5.1 times less. Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (184 mm) and July the driest (31 mm). Between 2004 and 2025, 10 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
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.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | – | 25.5 °C | – | – | 144 mm | – |
| February | – | 25.2 °C | – | – | 184 mm | – |
| March | – | 23.8 °C | – | 83 mm | 126 mm | +43 mm |
| April | – | 21.0 °C | – | 75 mm | 63 mm | −12 mm |
| May | – | 17.7 °C | – | – | 63 mm | – |
| June | – | 15.3 °C | – | 51 mm | 47 mm | −4 mm |
| July | – | 14.4 °C | – | 48 mm | 31 mm | −17 mm |
| August | – | 15.4 °C | – | 36 mm | 37 mm | +1 mm |
| September | – | 18.8 °C | – | 33 mm | 35 mm | +2 mm |
| October | – | 21.1 °C | – | 62 mm | 73 mm | +11 mm |
| November | – | 23.3 °C | – | 84 mm | 80 mm | −4 mm |
| December | – | 24.8 °C | – | – | 145 mm | – |
Records at Gympie
- Warmest year: 21.7 °C, in 2023
- Coldest year: 19.7 °C, in 1994
- Driest year: 441 mm, in 1957
- Wettest year: 2243 mm, in 1893
- Warmest month: 27.8 °C, in January 1987
- Coldest month: 11.9 °C, in July 2007
- Wettest month: 934 mm, in February 1893
- Hottest day: 42.4 °C, on 4 January 2014
- Coldest day: −4.3 °C, on 20 July 2007
- Heaviest rain in one day: 336.0 mm, on 22 February 1992
2.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 46.7 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +0.8 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.06 °C per decade: the station ranks 180 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 17 months out of 24 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.6 °C. The highest departure was in October 2025 (+3.1 °C); the lowest, in June 2025 (−0.4 °C). The last twelve months add up to 1133 mm of rain, which is 110 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (1028 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 53 mm | 73 mm |
| November 2024 | 24.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 266 mm | 80 mm |
| December 2024 | 25.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 308 mm | 145 mm |
| January 2025 | 25.4 °C | −0.1 °C | 176 mm | 144 mm |
| February 2025 | 25.1 °C | −0.1 °C | 94 mm | 184 mm |
| March 2025 | 24.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 247 mm | 126 mm |
| April 2025 | 21.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 135 mm | 63 mm |
| May 2025 | 19.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 60 mm | 63 mm |
| June 2025 | 14.9 °C | −0.4 °C | 26 mm | 47 mm |
| July 2025 | 14.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 47 mm | 31 mm |
| August 2025 | 15.1 °C | −0.3 °C | 59 mm | 37 mm |
| September 2025 | 19.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 7 mm | 35 mm |
| October 2025 | 24.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 66 mm | 73 mm |
| November 2025 | 24.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 184 mm | 80 mm |
| December 2025 | 24.6 °C | −0.2 °C | 133 mm | 145 mm |
| January 2026 | 25.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 96 mm | 144 mm |
| February 2026 | 24.9 °C | −0.3 °C | 154 mm | 184 mm |
| March 2026 | 23.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 297 mm | 126 mm |
| April 2026 | 21.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 22 mm | 63 mm |
| May 2026 | 19.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 66 mm | 63 mm |
| June 2026 | 16.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 35 mm | 47 mm |
| July 2026 | 15.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | 31 mm |
| August 2026 | 16.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 43 mm | 37 mm |
| September 2026 | 19.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 24 mm | 35 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 Gympie 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 Gympie?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Gympie is 20.5 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Gympie?
Since records began in 1888, the warmest year at Gympie is 2023, at 21.7 °C on average. The coldest is 1994 (19.7 °C).
Is the climate at Gympie getting warmer?
Yes: at Gympie, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.13 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +0.8 °C in total. 7 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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