380
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Longreach · Council (LGA)
Environment & Climate in Longreach
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
Maximum temperatures reaching 33.1 degrees on average make Longreach one of the hottest areas in the country. The region experiences extreme heat and low rainfall, which shapes the local environment. This combination of high temperatures and dry conditions is typical for the area.
380
- 0–71: 0 areas
- 71–143: 6 areas
- 143–214: 17 areas
- 214–286: 31 areas
- 286–357: 45 areas
- 357–429: 42 areas
- 429–500: 34 areas
- 500–571: 42 areas
- 571–643: 36 areas
- 643–714: 62 areas
- 714–786: 42 areas
- 786–857: 27 areas
- 857–929: 21 areas
- 929–1,000: 24 areas
- 1,000–1,071: 13 areas
- 1,071–1,143: 10 areas
- 1,143–1,214: 13 areas
- 1,214–1,286: 11 areas
- 1,286–1,357: 7 areas
- 1,357–1,429: 13 areas
- 1,429–1,500: 10 areas
- 1,500–1,571: 8 areas
- 1,571–1,643: 6 areas
- 1,643–1,714: 4 areas
- 1,714–1,786: 1 area
- 1,786–1,857: 4 areas
- 1,857–1,929: 0 areas
- 1,929–2,000: 16 areas
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Longreach — lower than 79% of areas.
| Longreach | 380 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 377 |
| Queensland | 379 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
The average annual rainfall is 380mm, which is much lower than most areas and about the same as the Queensland figure. This dryness comes with high temperatures, as the average minimum of 15.8 degrees is much higher than most similar places.
33.1
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
15.8
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
Sources
- SILO gridded climate data — Queensland Government (Long Paddock), 2019–2023 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34710/longreach/topic/environment-climate