Dayboro Warming or Cooling?

Examining whether Dayboro is experiencing warming or cooling trends using local weather station data and long-term temperature records from South East Queensland.

Dayboro: Warming or Cooling?

Annual temperature and rainfall trends from our on-site weather station, going back to 2006. Every data point is measured here in Dayboro, not interpolated or averaged from distant stations.

Station: Lyndhurst Hill, Dayboro

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That's the question everyone asks, so here's what our own station on Lyndhurst Hill actually says, not a BOM gauge 50 km away, not satellite estimates, not interpolated data from the coast. Twenty years of measurements, right here in Dayboro.

The short answer: the trend line says it's warming slightly. But the year-to-year swings are enormous, 2017 and 2018 ran unusually cool, 2023 came in as one of the warmest on record. Rainfall bounces around even more. Make of that what you will.

temperature change since 2006

warmest year on record

average annual rainfall

wettest year on record

Annual Average Temperature

Mean daily temperature per year · °C · trend line in orange

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Annual Rainfall

Total recorded rainfall per year · mm · long-term average in blue

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Data from Dayboro Weather Station (Ecowitt GW2000 + WS90), stored in local archive updated every 5 minutes. Years with fewer than 300 recorded days are shown as partial (lighter colour) and excluded from the trend line. View forecast accuracy →

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