Stanthorpe Leslie Parade is a weather station located 787 m above sea level, 1 km from Stanthorpe. Its records go back to 1887: 50 years of temperature are available up to 2025, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Over the whole series (50 years) the annual mean temperature there is 15.4 °C; the 1961–1990 and 1991–2020 reference periods are not documented well enough for a comparison. The warmest year of the series is 1973 (17.2 °C) and the coldest 1960 (14.1 °C). The last complete year, 2024, ranks 2 out of 50, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.18 °C per decade. The station ranks 128 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1887
The first ten years of the series (1958–1967) average 14.7 °C; the last ten (1998–2024) average 15.6 °C, a difference of +1.0 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 2 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1973 (17.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 15.8 °C (1998) and bottoms out at 14.6 °C (1968).
Annual rainfall since 1887
On average 755 mm of rain falls per year over the 130 documented years. The wettest year, 1890, received 1177 mm; the driest, 2019, only 258 mm, which is 4.6 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (708 mm per year) is 98 mm (12.2 %) below the 1961–1990 one (806 mm). Over 1991–2020, December is on average the wettest month (104 mm) and April the driest (26 mm). Between 1997 and 2025, 9 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 | 21.4 °C | 22.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 105 mm | 93 mm | −12 mm |
| February | 21.0 °C | 21.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 81 mm | 81 mm | 0 mm |
| March | 19.4 °C | 19.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 74 mm | 56 mm | −18 mm |
| April | 16.0 °C | 16.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 53 mm | 26 mm | −27 mm |
| May | 12.1 °C | 12.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 52 mm | 47 mm | −5 mm |
| June | 9.0 °C | 9.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 38 mm | 42 mm | +4 mm |
| July | 7.6 °C | 8.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 53 mm | 37 mm | −16 mm |
| August | 9.1 °C | 9.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 48 mm | 34 mm | −14 mm |
| September | 12.3 °C | 13.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | 39 mm | −7 mm |
| October | 15.7 °C | 16.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 76 mm | 69 mm | −7 mm |
| November | 18.3 °C | – | – | 85 mm | 80 mm | −5 mm |
| December | 20.6 °C | – | – | 95 mm | 104 mm | +9 mm |
For rainfall, the largest difference is in December (+9 mm) and the smallest in April (−27 mm).
Records at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade
- Warmest year: 17.2 °C, in 1973
- Coldest year: 14.1 °C, in 1960
- Driest year: 258 mm, in 2019
- Wettest year: 1177 mm, in 1890
- Warmest month: 23.9 °C, in January 2020
- Coldest month: 5.9 °C, in July 1965
- Wettest month: 323 mm, in December 1897
- Hottest day: 38.2 °C, on 26 January 2026
- Coldest day: −10.6 °C, on 23 June 1961
- Heaviest rain in one day: 199.0 mm, on 11 February 1976
3.1 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 48.8 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.18 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.2 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.01 °C per decade: the station ranks 128 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 21 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 8 months out of 10 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 (+3.2 °C); the lowest, in June 2025 (−0.6 °C). The last twelve months add up to 484 mm of rain, which is 68 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (708 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 17.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | 69 mm |
| November 2024 | 21.0 °C | – | 81 mm | 80 mm |
| December 2024 | 22.5 °C | – | 83 mm | 104 mm |
| January 2025 | 22.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 130 mm | 93 mm |
| February 2025 | 21.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 52 mm | 81 mm |
| April 2025 | – | – | 72 mm | 26 mm |
| May 2025 | 14.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 60 mm | 47 mm |
| June 2025 | 9.0 °C | −0.6 °C | 38 mm | 42 mm |
| July 2025 | – | – | 80 mm | 37 mm |
| August 2025 | 9.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 26 mm | 34 mm |
| September 2025 | 13.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 45 mm | 39 mm |
| October 2025 | 19.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 34 mm | 69 mm |
| November 2025 | 20.4 °C | – | 143 mm | 80 mm |
| December 2025 | – | – | 23 mm | 104 mm |
| January 2026 | 22.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 61 mm | 93 mm |
| February 2026 | 21.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 28 mm | 81 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 4 mm | 56 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 2 mm | 26 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 84 mm | 47 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 31 mm | 42 mm |
| September 2026 | – | – | 3 mm | 39 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 Stanthorpe Leslie Parade 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 Stanthorpe Leslie Parade?
Over the whole series (50 years), the annual mean temperature at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade is 15.4 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade?
Since records began in 1887, the warmest year at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade is 1973, at 17.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1960 (14.1 °C).
Is the climate at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade getting warmer?
Yes: at Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.18 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.2 °C in total. 2 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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