635
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Wide Bay · Region (SA4)
Environment & Climate in Wide Bay
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
A rainfall average of 635mm makes Wide Bay far wetter than the Queensland average. This region experiences a climate that is generally warmer than most similar areas across the country.
635
- 0–63: 0 areas
- 63–125: 0 areas
- 125–188: 2 areas
- 188–250: 0 areas
- 250–313: 1 area
- 313–375: 5 areas
- 375–438: 4 areas
- 438–500: 2 areas
- 500–563: 5 areas
- 563–625: 4 areas
- 625–688: 10 areas
- 688–750: 6 areas
- 750–813: 4 areas
- 813–875: 1 area
- 875–938: 6 areas
- 938–1,000: 6 areas
- 1,000–1,063: 2 areas
- 1,063–1,125: 3 areas
- 1,125–1,188: 4 areas
- 1,188–1,250: 6 areas
- 1,250–1,313: 3 areas
- 1,313–1,375: 1 area
- 1,375–1,438: 6 areas
- 1,438–1,500: 2 areas
- 1,500–1,563: 1 area
- 1,563–1,625: 0 areas
- 1,625–1,688: 2 areas
- 1,688–1,750: 2 areas
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Wide Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wide Bay | 635 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 377 |
| Queensland | 379 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
Rainfall is far above the state figure, while the average maximum temperature of 29.3°C is much higher than most areas. The typical minimum temperature of 14.3°C is also much higher than in similar places, though both high and low temperatures remain a little below the Queensland averages.
29.3
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
14.3
Higher than 81% of region (sa4) 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 Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/319/wide-bay/topic/environment-climate