Innisfail is a weather station located 10 m above sea level, 0 km from Innisfail. Its records go back to 1888: 61 years of temperature are available up to 2019, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2019. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 24.2 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (23.5 °C): a difference of 0.7 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2016 (25.2 °C) and the coldest 1965 (22.6 °C). The last complete year, 2019, ranks 30 out of 61, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2019, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.22 °C per decade. The station ranks 85 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1888
The first ten years of the series (1957–1966) average 23.4 °C; the last ten (2010–2019) average 24.3 °C, a difference of +0.9 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2016 (25.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 24.5 °C (2010) and bottoms out at 23.3 °C (1968).
Annual rainfall since 1888
On average 3510 mm of rain falls per year over the 113 documented years. The wettest year, 1950, received 5895 mm; the driest, 1902, only 1775 mm, which is 3.3 times less. Over 1991–2020, March is on average the wettest month (596 mm) and September the driest (78 mm). Between 2000 and 2019, 8 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 | 26.6 °C | 27.3 °C | +0.7 °C | – | 505 mm | – |
| February | 26.6 °C | 27.4 °C | +0.8 °C | – | 589 mm | – |
| March | 25.8 °C | 26.4 °C | +0.6 °C | – | 596 mm | – |
| April | 24.4 °C | 24.9 °C | +0.5 °C | – | 385 mm | – |
| May | 22.5 °C | 22.9 °C | +0.4 °C | – | 304 mm | – |
| June | 20.1 °C | 21.1 °C | +1.0 °C | – | 180 mm | – |
| July | 19.5 °C | 20.3 °C | +0.8 °C | – | 167 mm | – |
| August | 20.3 °C | 20.8 °C | +0.5 °C | – | 124 mm | – |
| September | 21.7 °C | 22.6 °C | +0.9 °C | – | 78 mm | – |
| October | 23.4 °C | 24.2 °C | +0.8 °C | – | 114 mm | – |
| November | 25.2 °C | 25.8 °C | +0.6 °C | – | 167 mm | – |
| December | 26.2 °C | 27.0 °C | +0.8 °C | – | 283 mm | – |
The largest temperature change is in June (+1.0 °C) and the smallest in May (+0.4 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.7 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before.
Records at Innisfail
- Warmest year: 25.2 °C, in 2016
- Coldest year: 22.6 °C, in 1965
- Driest year: 1775 mm, in 1902
- Wettest year: 5895 mm, in 1950
- Warmest month: 28.9 °C, in February 2020
- Coldest month: 17.5 °C, in July 1965
- Wettest month: 1652 mm, in April 1894
- Hottest day: 40.8 °C, on 21 February 2019
- Coldest day: 6.2 °C, on 6 July 1984
- Heaviest rain in one day: 539.0 mm, on 29 December 1903
2.6 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 34.6 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2019
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.22 °C per decade between 1961 and 2019, about +1.3 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.03 °C per decade: the station ranks 85 out of 227.
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 Innisfail 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 Innisfail?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Innisfail is 24.2 °C. It was 23.5 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.7 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Innisfail?
Since records began in 1888, the warmest year at Innisfail is 2016, at 25.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1965 (22.6 °C).
Is the climate at Innisfail getting warmer?
Yes: at Innisfail, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.22 °C per decade between 1961 and 2019, +1.3 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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