Monthly Meteorological Report for Ferny Grove, Brisbane in February 2021 – near average temperatures and rainfall

Overnight temperatures at Ferny Grove were close to average. Daytime temperatures were close to average and the lowest in 6 years. In the Brisbane area all the official sites observed near average overnight temperatures and daytime temperatures were close to average at most sites. Rainfall at Ferny Grove was close to average. In the Brisbane area the official sites observed near average or below average rainfall totals. At Ferny Grove air pressure was below average, mean, mean minimum, and mean maximum relative humidity was close to average, mean minimum, mean maximum and mean dew point was below average, wind speed was below average and there were 2 thunderstorms (3 thunder days).

 

Temperature – near average temperatures

Monthly Mean Daily Minimum Temperature: 20.3 ºC, equal to the long term average and 0.9 ºC lower than same month in 2020. This is the sixth lowest on record for February and the lowest since 19.7 ºC in 2018. All of the official stations in the Brisbane area observed near average mean minimum temperatures that was slightly below average at some locations. The mean minimum temperatures ranged between 0.3 ºC below average at both Amberley with a mean minimum temperature of 19.2 ºC and Redcliffe (21.6 ºC) and 0.2 ºC above average at Archerfield (20.4 ºC). The lowest mean minimum temperature observed was 17.7 ºC at Canungra and the highest mean minimum temperature was 22.1 ºC at Cape Moreton Lighthouse which was equal to the long term average. Brisbane observed a mean minimum temperature of 21.5 ºC and was 0.1 ºC above average.

 

Monthly Mean Daily Maximum Temperature: 30.4 ºC, 0.4 ºC above average and equal to same month in 2020. This is the equal fourth lowest on record for February and the lowest since 29.7 ºC in 2015. Mean maximum temperatures as observed at the official sites were close to average across the Brisbane area and was above average at the inland sites. The sites measuring close to average mean maximum temperatures ranged between 0.4 ºC below average at Brisbane Aero with a mean maximum temperature of 28.7 ºC and equal to the long term average at Redcliffe (29 ºC). The highest anomaly and highest mean maximum temperature observed was 2 ºC above average at Gatton with a mean maximum temperature of 32.8 ºC. Amberley observed a mean maximum temperature that was 1 ºC above average (31.5 ºC), 0.6 ºC above average at Archerfield (30.5 ºC) and 0.9 ºC above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse (27.8 ºC) which observed the lowest mean maximum temperature of all the official sites. Brisbane observed a mean maximum temperature of 30 ºC and was 0.2 ºC below average.

 

Mean Monthly Temperature: 25.3 ºC, 0.2 ºC above average, 2.1 ºC lower than the same month in 2020. This is the fifth lowest on record for February and the lowest since 25.1 ºC in 2018.

 

Lowest Temperature: 17.3 ºC on 4 February 2021 at 5:38 AM. Same month in 2020 was 19.6 ºC. This is the sixth highest and lowest on record for February, the equal tenth lowest daily minimum temperature and the lowest since 16.8 ºC in 2019 on 27 February at 1:58 AM. Official stations in the Brisbane area observed the lowest temperature of the month at most sites on the 10th and at some sites on the 11th and 17th. The lowest was 13.3 ºC at Canungra on the 10th and the highest was 19.3 ºC at Point Lookout on the 11th. In the Brisbane area there were cool nights between the 4th and 6th and between the 11th and 18th before cool nights at some locations later in the month. Brisbane observed its lowest temperature of 18.8 ºC on the 10th.

Highest Temperature: 36.1 ºC on 7 February 2021 at 1:12 PM. The same month in 2020 was 37.6 ºC. This is the fifth highest and lowest monthly maximum temperature for February on record, the lowest since 35.2 ºC in 2015 on 1 February at 3:31 PM, the equal eighth highest daily maximum temperature and the highest since 37.6 ºC on 3 February 2020 at 12:38 PM. The official sites measured the highest temperature for the month at most sites on the 7th and 21st and at some sites on the 22nd. The lowest was 30.1 ºC at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 7th and the highest was 40.4 ºC at Gatton on the 22nd. The highest temperature observed at Brisbane was 35.2 ºC on the 7th. During the month there were several periods of warm days early in the month, briefly on the 12th and 13th and several days later in the month.

 

Lowest Daily Maximum Temperature: 26 ºC on 2 February 2021 at 9:00 AM. This is the fifth highest daily lowest maximum temperature for February on record, the eighteenth lowest daily maximum temperature and the lowest since 25.4 ºC in 2017 on 23 February at 11:51 AM. Same month in 2020 was 23.8 ºC. The official sites measured the coolest day of the month on the 2nd at most sites and on the 15th, 17th and 20th at some coastal sites. These ranged between 25.3 ºC at Beaudesert (2nd), Brisbane Aero (2nd), Cape Moreton Lighthouse (15th and 20th) and 26.8 ºC at Gatton on the 2nd. Brisbane observed 25.7ºC on the 2nd. There were many cool days throughout the month occurring mostly in the first 5 days and most days between the 8th and 20th.

 

Highest Daily Minimum Temperature: 23.1 ºC on 28 February 2021 at 5:45 AM. This is the fourth lowest daily highest minimum temperature on record for February, the lowest since 22.1 ºC in 2015 on 19 February 2015 at 4:05 AM, the fourteen highest daily minimum temperature and the highest since 23.2 ºC on 19 February 2020 at 5:35 AM. Same month in 2020 was 23.5 ºC. In the Brisbane area the warmest nights occurred on the 28th at many locations and on the 8th, 23rd and 25th at some sites. These ranged between 22 ºC at Beaudesert on the 8th and 24.5 ºC at Brisbane Aero and Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 28th. Most warm nights occurred on the 7th and 8th and on many nights during the last 10 days of the month.

 

Monthly Mean Minimum Grass Temperature: 18.1 ºC (2.4 ºC lower than same month in 2020).

 

Lowest Daily Minimum Grass Temperature: 14 ºC on 10 February 2021 (3.7 ºC lower than same month in 2020).

 

Highest Daily Minimum Daily Grass Temperature: 21 ºC on 25 February 2021 (3.7 ºC lower than same month in 2020).

 

Highest Minimum Grass Temperature Depression: 4.1 ºC on 10 February 2021 with a minimum grass temperature of 14 ºC and an air temperature of 18.1 ºC.

 

Lowest Minimum Grass Temperature Depression: 0.6 ºC on 14 February 2021 with a minimum grass temperature of 20.8 ºC and an air temperature of 21.4 ºC.

 

February minimum temperatures were close to or below average during the month with some warm nights in the middle of the month and in the last week of the month. The 1st was 1 ºC above average, close to average on the 2nd and 1 ºC below average on the 3rd. The temperature cooled to 3 ºC below average on the 4th, was 2 ºC below average on the 5th and 1 ºC below average on the 6th. Temperatures warmed to 1 ºC above average on the 7th, 3 ºC above average on the 8th before easing back to near average on the 9th. Cooler temperatures followed with the 10th at 2 ºC below average, 3 ºC below average on the 11th, close to average on the 12th before cooling to 2 ºC below average on the 13th and was 1 ºC below average on the 14th. On the 15th it was 2 ºC below average, 2 ºC below average on the 17th and 18th and close to average on the 19th and 20th. Warmer nights followed with the 21st being 1 ºC above average, close to average on the 22nd, 2 ºC above average on the 23rd to 25th, 1 ºC above average on the 26th and 27th and 3 ºC above average on the 28th.

 

Maximum temperatures in February were below average during many days of the month and were above average during some days mostly occurring late in the month. The 1st was 1 ºC below average before cooling to 5 ºC below average on the 2nd before easing to 2 ºC below average on the 3rd and to near average on the 4th. The 5th was 1 ºC below average, then warmed to 2 ºC above average on the 6th and to 5 ºC above average on the 7th. The 8th to 10th was 2 ºC below average, 3 ºC below average on the 11th and 1 ºC below average on the 12th. After the temperature was 3 ºC above average on the 13th, cooler temperatures followed being 1 ºC below average on the 14th, 2 ºC below average on the 15th and 16th, 3 ºC below average on the 17th, 5 ºC below average on the 18th and 2 ºC below average on the 19th and 20th. Warms days followed being 5 ºC above average on the 21st and 22nd and 2 ºC above average on the 23rd. The 24th was 1 ºC below average, 2 ºC below average on the 25th before warming to 2 ºC above average on the 26th and was 1 ºC above average on the 27th and 28th.

 

Heatwave Conditions (Maximum temperatures): Nil

 

MSL pressure – below average air pressure

Monthly Mean Daily Minimum MSL Pressure: 1008.5 hPa (equal to same month in 2020). This is the equal lowest for February equalling 1008.5 hPa in 2020.

 

Monthly Mean Daily Maximum MSL Pressure: 1012.8 hPa (0.5 hPa lower than same month in 2020). This is the lowest on record for February exceeding the previous record low of 1013.3 hPa in 2020.

 

Monthly Mean MSL Pressure: 1010.7 hPa (2.2 hPa below average, 0.2 hPa lower than same month in 2020). This is the lowest on record for February exceeding the previous record low of 1010.9 hPa in 2020.

Lowest MSL Pressure: 1000.8 hPa on 21 February 2021 at 3:27 PM. The same month in 2020 saw 1002.9 hPa. This is the fourth lowest monthly minimum air pressure for February, the seventh lowest daily minimum air pressure for February and the lowest since 1000 hPa in 2017 on 14 February at 12:20 AM.

 

Highest MSL Pressure: 1017.1 hPa on 18 February 2020 at 10:13 AM. The same month in 2020 saw 1020.6 hPa. This is the lowest February monthly maximum air pressure on record exceeding the previous record low of 1019.7 hPa in 2014 on 9 February at 8:06 AM.

Note: Air pressure measurements are being closely monitored to maintain its accuracy. Over the month of February, a difference of 0.12 hPa lower compared to the official BoM Brisbane site – No. 040913 was observed which is deemed as being optimum.

 

Relative Humidity – close to average mean humidity, mean minimum humidity, and mean maximum humidity

Monthly Mean Daily Minimum Humidity: 55.2 % (6.4 % lower than same month in 2020 and 0.4 % above average). This is the fifth lowest on record for February and the lowest since 44.8 % in 2019.

 

Monthly Mean Daily Maximum Humidity: 93.5 % (1.7 % lower than same month in 2020 and 1.5 % above average). This is the fifth highest on record for February and the lowest since 84% in 2019.

 

Monthly Mean Humidity: 74.3 % (4.1 % lower than same month in 2020 and 1 % above average). This is the sixth highest and lowest on record for February and the lowest since 64.4 % in 2019.

 

Lowest Humidity: 37 % on 21 February 2021 at 1:01 PM (4 % higher than this month in 2020). This is the sixth highest monthly minimum humidity for February on record, the highest since 38 % in 2017 on 11 February at 12:45 PM, the fifth lowest daily minimum humidity for February and the lowest since 33% on 3 February 2020 at 12:33 PM.

 

Highest Humidity: 98 % on 23 February 2021 at 6:31 AM (1 % lower than this month in 2020). This is the fourth highest monthly February maximum humidity on record and the equal lowest since 98% in 2019 on 6 February at 4:49 AM.

 

Dew point – near average mean, mean minimum and mean maximum dew point

Monthly mean daily minimum dew point: 18 ºC (0.2 ºC below average). This is the fifth lowest monthly mean minimum dew point for February on record and the lowest since 16.9 ºC in 2019.

 

Monthly mean daily maximum dew point: 22.4 ºC (0.5 ºC above average). This is the second highest mean maximum dew point for February and the highest since the current record high of 23.7 ºC in 2020.

Monthly mean dew point: 20.2 ºC (0.2 ºC above average). This is the equal fourth highest monthly mean dew point for February and the lowest since 18.3 ºC in 2019.

 

Lowest dew point: 14.1 ºC on 3 February 2021 at 4:34 PM. This is the fourth lowest monthly minimum dew point for February on record, the lowest since 10.4 ºC in 2019 on 23 February at 5:53 PM, the equal twelfth lowest daily dew point for February and the lowest since 17.5 ºC in 2019 on 27 February at 1:16 AM.

 

Highest dew point: 24.9 ºC on 23 February 2021 at 1:20 PM. This is the fifth highest monthly maximum dew point on record for February, the lowest since 24.2 ºC in 2015 on 22 February at 3:58 PM, the thirteenth highest daily dew point on record for February and the highest since 21.2 ºC on 19 February 2019 at 5:25 PM.

 

Wind Speed – below average wind speed

Maximum Wind Gust: 39 km/hr on 17 February 2021 at 1:42 PM. This is the third lowest maximum wind gust on record for February, the equal thirty-second highest daily wind gust for February and the highest since 44 km/hr in 2019 on 22 February at 12:43 PM.

 

Maximum Wind Speed: 18 km/hr on 16 February 2021 at 5:45 PM (Light Force Wind). This is the lowest monthly maximum wind speed for February on record, exceeding the previous record low of 18.1 km/hr in 2012 on 20 February at 5:35 PM, the fifty-eighth highest daily wind speed for February and the highest since 19 km/hr in 2020 on 3 February at 4:05 PM.

 

Wind Run: 2470.7 km (594.9 km lower than same month in 2020), 329.1 km below average and 0.9 % below average. This is the third highest on record for February total wind run and the lowest since 1588.2 km in 2018.

 

Monthly Mean Wind Speed: 1.8 km/hr (2.3 km/hr lower than this month in 2021), 2.1 km/hr below the long term average). This is the second lowest on record for February and the lowest since the current record low of 0.9 km/hr in 2012.

 

Daily Mean Maximum Wind Gust: 24.1 km/hr (0.2 km/hr lower than this month in 2020), 0.1 km/hr above average and 0.2% above average. This is the second lowest daily mean maximum wind gust on record for February and the lowest since the current record low of 22.2 km/hr in 2012.

 

Daily Mean Maximum Wind Speed: 12.5 km/hr, 0.2 km/hr lower than this month in 2020), 2.7 km/hr above average and 27.5 % above average. This is the second lowest on record for February and lowest since the current record low of 10.1 km/hr in 2012.

 

Dominant Direction: SE (E this month last year).

 

Rainfall – above average rainfall

Monthly Rainfall Total: 126.2 mm (35.6 mm above average) and 78% of the long-term average. This total is in decile 5/ 41st percentile which ranks as average and 9.8 mm below the long-term median (82.1 % of long term median). This total is lower than this month in 2020 which was 389.2 mm, the thirteenth highest on record for February and the lowest since 39.8 mm in 2019.

 

Many of the long period rainfall totals reduced as compared to the previous month and remained below or well below average. As compared with the previous month the 6 monthly rainfall reduced slightly by 20 mm to 94.7 mm below average (decile 6) and 9 monthly rainfall slipped by 45 mm to 108.6 mm below average (decile 3). 12 monthly rainfall was slightly above average in the previous month but fell to 256.4 mm below average (decile 3) in February. 18 month rainfall fell slightly to 167.8 mm below average while the 24 month, 36 month and 48 month rainfall totals mostly fell by a large amount and were at decile 3. The deficiencies compared to the long term average for 24 month rainfall fell from -163.9 mm to -312 mm, 36 month rainfall improved from -442.6 mm to -344.6 mm and 48 month rainfall fell from -68.8 mm to -360.3mm. Compared with the same period in 2020 rainfall deficiencies have deteriorated, in contrast to January where the rainfall totals were less deficient than in January 2020. When compared with the start of summer rainfall totals worsened for all periods except for 24 month rainfall that improved by 54 mm but was still well below average.

 

Most official sites in the Brisbane area observed close to average rainfall totals in February and was below average at some locations. The below average rainfall totals were measured at two locations, namely Cape Moreton Lighthouse (52 % of the long term average and a total of 80.6 mm) and Gatton (40% of the long term average and a total of 39.4 mm). The totals for these two sites ranked historically as low. The remaining sites saw totals that ranked historically as average which ranged between 55 % of the long term average at Amberley, with a total of 65.8 mm and 127 % of the long term average at Brisbane Aero with a total of 173.4 mm (and observed the highest total of all the main official sites). The highest total of all the official sites was 213.8 mm at Fort Lytton.

 

At the start of the month in the Brisbane area were thunderstorms and showers with most locations observing totals of 60 mm or more in the first 3 days of the month. During the middle of the month, from the 22nd to 25th and at the end of the month were thunderstorms and showers as a result of moist onshore flow and the passage of surface low pressure troughs. Thunderstorms on the evening of the 22nd extended from the southern interior into Brisbane, with small hail reported in Greater Brisbane.

 

Number of Rain Days (0.1 mm or greater): 14 days, 6 less than same month in 2020 and 2.2 days above average. This is ninth highest on record for February and is the lowest since 13 days in 2019.

 

Highest Daily Total: 33.5 mm on 2 February 2021. This is the eleventh lowest on record for February, the lowest since 20.2 mm in 2019 on 6 February, the fourthly-seventh highest daily total for February and the highest since 60.3 mm on 13 February 2020. The highest daily total in the Brisbane area of all official sites was 94 mm at Fort Lytton on the 3rd.

 

Monthly Rainfall Total – (automatic gauge) 24 hours to 9am: 103.2 mm (23 mm less than the site official standard gauge and within 18.2 %). Highest daily total of automatic gauge, (24 hours to 9am): 27 mm on 2 February 2021, (24 hours from midnight): 38.6 mm on 2 February 2021.

 

Note: This automatic gauge for the month of February, did not reached the expected accuracy (of +/- 10% of the standard gauge) at -18.2%.

 

Light to moderate showers in the late morning in the last day of the previous month and light showers in the early hours of the 1st brought 2.6 mm on the 1st. In the late evening of the 1st and from early on the 2nd were light showers with light to moderate falls and some briefly heavy falls in the morning with 33.5 mm measured on the 2nd. Frequent light showers during the rest of the morning and until the mid-afternoon with 17.3 mm measured on the 3rd. 0.4 mm on the 4th after a brief midday light shower on the 3rd. A light few drops in the mid-afternoon of the 7th and a light shower in the early hours of the 8th brought 0.9 mm on the 8th. A very brief light shower in the early evening of the 10th with no measurable rainfall. Drizzle late in the evening on the 13th, followed by light rain and showers early on the 14th cleared in the early morning. 6.5 mm was measured on the 15th.

 

Very brief light showers in the late morning, early afternoon, and early evening, with a brief moderate to heavy shower in the late afternoon of the 16th. Early on the 17th were very light showers with 2.9 mm measured on the 17th. 9.5 mm was measured on the 18th from light and brief showers from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon, with a brief gusty heavy shower in the mid-afternoon. Light to moderate showers in the morning and afternoon of the 18th with some heavy falls in the afternoon and some light showers later in the evening. From early on the 19th were light showers clearing in the mid-morning with 17.3 mm measured on the 19th. 9.5 mm was observed on the 20th from a moderate to heavy shower in the mid-afternoon with distant thunder on the 19th. 2 light showers in the mid evening with distant thunder to the north followed by a mild thunderstorm with light rain in the late evening of the 22nd. 1 mm was measured on the 23rd. In the early evening of the 23rd was a moderate thunderstorm with very brief heavy falls, followed by some light rain and then a light shower late in the evening. 14.8 mm was measured on the 24th. On the 25th were light showers late in the early hours, then light to moderate showers in the morning and early afternoon with a heavy shower late in the morning. 3 mm was measured on the 25th and 7 mm was measured on the 26th.

 

There was 1 day with falls of at least 25 mm (6 less than the same month in 2020) with 2 days of less than 1 mm (2 less than same month in 2020).

 

Highest rainfall rate was 129.4 mm/hr on the 17 February 2021 at 2:31 PM. This is the fourth highest monthly and daily rainfall rate for February on record and the lowest since 104.8 mm/hr in 2019 on 6 February at 11:48 PM.

 

The highest hourly rainfall total was 17.6 mm on the 2 February 2021 at 8:40 AM. This is the fourth highest hourly rain for February, the seventh highest daily hourly rain for February and the equal highest since 17.6 mm in 2019 on 10 February at 8:51 PM.

 

Number of severe thunderstorms: 0

 

Number of thunderstorms: 2 (Mild: 1, Moderate: 1)

 

Number of thunder days: 3 days

 

Number of nearby storms: 3

 

Severe thunderstorms of note in the Brisbane area: Nil

 

Remarks for month

• The temperature was rather variable that rose and fell from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon of the 1st.
• On the 2nd it was cloudy, and the temperature rose slowly in the morning and afternoon that became cold from the late morning until the late afternoon. Mostly calm winds during the afternoon.
• Variable temperature from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon of the 6th.
• On the 8th the maximum temperature was reached in the late morning and the temperature became variable and generally fell before stabilising in the afternoon.
• Later in the morning on the 9th the temperature rose slowly before falling from the early afternoon.
• Cloudy at times on the 10th, with the temperature stop rising from the mid-morning and generally fell during the rest of the morning and was variable while rising slowly in the afternoon.
• The temperature was rather variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon of the 11th.
• The temperature was rather variable that rose and fell numerous times from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon of the 12th.
• On the 13th it became cloudy from the late afternoon with the temperature falling slowly in the evening.
• Mostly cloudy on the 14th after early rain cleared and was warm early in the day. The temperature rose a little slowly in the morning.
• Mostly cloudy on the 16th after the minimum temperature was reached at the start of the day, and then rose during the early hours before falling a little later in the early hours. The temperature was variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon and especially in the afternoon when the temperature rose and fell numerous times.
• The 17th saw cloudy periods and rainfall with the temperature cooling during the day and was cold in the mid to late afternoon. The temperature was very variable that rose and fell numerous times from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon.
• Mostly cloudy on the 18th becoming partly cloudy at times in the afternoon, with further rainfall. The temperature generally rose rather slowly in the morning and afternoon and was rather variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. Relative humidity was elevated from the mid-morning before easing later in the afternoon.
• On the 19th it was cloudy with rainfall. The temperature rose a little slowly in the morning and afternoon and was a little variable before falling quickly and became cold in the mid afternoon with a moderate to heavy shower. Elevated relative humidity in the morning and afternoon became very high in the mid afternoon after the relative humidity was high and stable during the day before rising in the mid afternoon before easing while rising during the rest of the day.
• Mostly cloudy on the 20th
• Sunny and a warm to hot day on the 22nd, with the maximum temperature reached in the early afternoon but remained warm during much of the afternoon.
• Mostly sunny and partly cloudy at times on the 23rd before increasing clouds later in the afternoon ahead of an evening thunderstorm. The maximum temperature was reached in the early afternoon and became stable during the afternoon before falling quickly with the thunderstorm that fell 5 ºC in 25 minutes.
• Cloudy at times in afternoon of the 24th. The temperature was variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon.
• Cloudy at times on the 25th, with the temperature rather variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. High to very high relative humidity in the late morning and early afternoon while the relative humidity was stable and rose slowly during the morning and afternoon.
• Cloudy in afternoon of the 27th.
• 0 day of dew.

 

Weather influences

• On the 1st to 3rd a high pressure system near New Zealand extended a ridge along the east Queensland coast that extended moist onshore winds.
• On the 4th and 5th, the high pressure system remained slow moving and extended a weakening ridge along the southern and central Queensland coasts.
• The high pressure weakened further as a trough shifted eastwards across the state and extended an air mass ahead of the trough on the 6th.
• On the 7th the surface trough shifted across to eastern Queensland reaching the south-east late in the day and brought some instability with its passage. The ridge along the southern and central coasts decayed further.
• Another trough extended from northwest to southeast of the state on the 8th with some instability in the region and cool air, whilst a high pressure system extended a new ridge of high pressure and onshore flow on the southern and central coasts.
• On the 9th a high pressure system in the Great Australia Bight extended a strengthening ridge along the east Queensland coast that brought cooler conditions over the region and the surface trough contract further inland over the central and southern interior.
• The high pressure ridge was maintained along the east Queensland coast on the 10th as the high pressure system shifted further east into the Tasman Sea.
• On the 11th and 12th the high pressure system shifted slowly eastwards across the Tasman Sea and maintained the ridge along the east Queensland coast.
• The high pressure system shifted further east to New Zealand on the 13th with the ridge contracting off the east Queensland coast. This was as a surface trough shifted eastwards to extend from the northwest to the southern inland of the state and extended a warm air mass ahead of the trough across to the east coast.
• On the 14th the surface trough extended from the northwest to the south-east, with the southern end of the trough shifted northwards along the southern Queensland coast. This was as a high pressure system in the Great Australian Bight extended a firm ridge in its wake. The passage of the trough brought unstable conditions with some thunderstorms.
• To the south of the surface trough shifting northwards over central and northern Queensland on the 15th was a ridge of the high pressure as a high pressure system shifted eastwards and into the Tasman Sea.
• On the 16th the high pressure system shifted further east across the Tasman Sea and extended a firm ridge and moist onshore flow along the Queensland east coast.
• On the 17th the high pressure system shifted further east across the Tasman Sea maintaining a firm ridge of high pressure and moist and unstable onshore flow along the east Queensland coast.
• On the 18th the high pressure ridge contracted towards the southern Queensland coast and remained in place through to the 20th and maintained moist and unstable onshore flow.
• On the 19th and 20th a surface trough lied off the southern Queensland coast aiding in the instability.
• On the 21st a deep low pressure system lied off the northern New South Wales from a surface trough extending off the east Queensland coast. This extended a dry south-westerly flow over the southeast, though there was some instability in the region.
• On the 22nd a deep low pressure remained off the northern New South Wales coast extending dry south-westerly flow while shifting a little further east that extended to a surface trough that extended off the southern Queensland coast and in the Tasman Sea while moving away. A surface trough shifted eastwards over the inland extended some instability into the region in the evening.
• Instability on the 23rd in the region as a surface trough shifted eastwards over the central and south-eastern parts of the state.
• On the 24th a high pressure that moved into the Tasman Sea extended a ridge along the east Queensland coast and extended moist onshore flow along the east Queensland coast and some instability along the east Queensland coast. A surface trough also extended from the northwest to the southern inland.
• On the 25th and 26th the inland surface trough remained slow moving extending a moist and unstable air mass across to the east coast, as a firm ridge of high pressure remains in place from a high pressure system shifting east over the Tasman Sea.
• On the 27th and 28th the ridge of high pressure persisted along the east Queensland coast as the high pressure system shifted further east with onshore flow along the east Queensland coast.

Daily weather notes

• 1/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds and was cloudy at times. Light showers in the early hours and in the last few minutes of the day. Slightly warm temperature early in the day that fell more slowly later in the early hours before easing to near average in the morning becoming slightly cool in the mid-afternoon. The temperature was rather variable rising and falling numerous times from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. From the late afternoon the temperature eased to near average before becoming slightly warm later in the evening with the temperature falling slowly. Stable dew point early in the day, rose slightly in the morning, fell slowly in the morning and afternoon before rising in the evening close to average. Relative humidity was slightly below average from early in the day, was temporarily close to average in the mid to late early hours, was near average from the morning and became slightly below average in the evening while rising slowly in the evening. At the very end of the day the relative humidity started to rise sharply. Light S to SW winds with some S to SE winds with periods of calm winds in the early hours, S to SSW early in the morning before backing to ESE to SE in the morning before E to ESE winds from the late morning with some S to SE winds, ESE to ENE winds in the afternoon, ESE to E later in the afternoon that became E to SE early in the evening. S to SE winds later in the evening with some S to SW winds and E to SE winds.
• 2/2/21: Cloudy with Cu and Ns clouds. Light showers in the early hours and in the morning with light to moderate falls developing in the morning until the mid-morning with very brief heavy falls. Frequent light showers followed until the mid-afternoon. Near average temperature fell sharply for a brief period at the start of the day that then rose slowly during the rest of the early hours and in the morning and became slightly cool. The temperature cooled further during the morning and became cold from the late morning to the late afternoon as the temperature rose slowly in the morning and the afternoon. From later in the afternoon the temperature fell slowly before becoming stable later in the evening while easing to near average during the evening. Dew point rose from early in the day, slowly in the morning, rose more slowly in the afternoon close to average before becoming slightly above average in the early evening before falling slowly in the evening close to average. Relative humidity was close to average that rose slowly in the early hours and in the early morning after briefly rising sharply at the start of the day before becoming very high in the mid-morning as the relative humidity was stable from early in the day. The relative humidity eased during the evening to slightly above average while remaining at the same level. Light S to SW winds from early before tending W to NW in the morning. Calm winds during the morning and at times there were some S to SW winds and E to SE winds in the late morning. In the afternoon were calm winds with light and variable occasionally before mostly calm winds in the evening.
• 3/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds and increased at times. A brief light shower at midday. Near average temperature from early before becoming slightly cool to cool in the late morning and the middle of the day as the temperature rose more slowly later in the morning and fell in the middle of the day. In the afternoon, the temperature rose while easing to near average before becoming slightly cool later in the evening. Dew point was near average that fell in the early hours, rose in the early morning, fell from the mid-morning close to average becoming moderately low in the afternoon. From the late afternoon the dew point rose and became near average and became stable before falling slowly later in the evening. Relative humidity was stable and near average from early, became slightly above average in the middle of the day as the relative humidity spiked briefly before falling in the afternoon while easing to slightly below average and became near average later in the evening. Mostly calm winds early except for some S to SW winds at the start of the day, then SSE to ESE winds from the mid-morning, SSE to E in the late morning and early afternoon before ESE to E winds in the afternoon and early evening. During the rest of the evening the wind was calm.
• 4/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Slightly cool early in the day and became near average from the morning. Dew point was near average that fell slowly from early, rose in the morning, became stable from the morning, rose slightly in the late afternoon, became stable in the early evening, and fell later in the evening. Relative humidity was near average early, became slightly below average in the morning and eased back to near average from the mid-morning. Calm winds early before light S to SW winds in the early morning backed during the morning to E to NE from the late morning with some ESE winds in the mid-afternoon becoming calm later in the evening.
• 5/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu, Sc and Ci clouds. Near average temperature from early in the day and was slightly cool in the mid-afternoon. The temperature was a little variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. Dew point was near average that fell a little slowly in the early hours, rose in the morning, fell slowly from the mid-morning, rose slowly from late morning, fell slowly in the late afternoon and then became stable in the early evening before falling a little later in the evening. Relative humidity was near average that became slightly below average in the morning that eased to near average in the mid-morning. Relative humidity became slightly above average in the mid-afternoon before easing back to near average from the late afternoon and was slightly above average in the early evening. Calm winds early, light S to SW winds in the morning backed to E to NE later in the morning and in early afternoon, ENE to NNE from the mid-afternoon before ENE to ESE in the early evening that was followed by calm winds.
• 6/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds with some Ci clouds. Near average temperature during most of the day and was slightly warm at times in the early to mid-afternoon and was slightly warm later in the evening while the temperature fell more slowly. Variable temperature from the mid-morning to mid-afternoon. Dew point was stable in the early hours, rose in the morning and became generally stable from the mid-morning close to average. Near average relative humidity early in the day, became slightly below average in the morning and eased back to near average from the mid-morning but was slightly below average in the early afternoon. In the late evening, the relative humidity became slightly below average as the rise in the relative humidity eased. Calm winds early, light S to SW winds in the early morning that backed during the morning to ESE to NE in the mid-morning before becoming NNW to NE. From the late morning the wind became NE to SE with some E to SE winds in the early afternoon, tending NNE to ENE from the mid-afternoon and during the evening with mostly calm winds later in the evening with some N to NW winds.
• 7/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu, Sc , Ac and Ci clouds. A light few drops in the mid-afternoon. Slightly warm from early, became warm later in the morning as the temperature steadily rose quite quickly in the morning before easing to slightly warm in the afternoon after the maximum temperature was reached. The temperature was a little variable while generally falling, became warm from the late afternoon and became stable later in the evening. Dew point was near average from early that fell slightly in the early hours, then rose slightly in the early morning before rising in the morning and became slightly above average in the late morning while rising slowly. In the early afternoon, the dew point became stable, rose slightly in the mid-afternoon before stabilising from the late afternoon that became moderately high in the late evening. Slightly below average relative humidity early in the day eased to near average from the mid-morning and was slightly below average in the late morning. After the relative humidity stopped falling the relative humidity became near average from the early afternoon. Calm winds early, light and variable winds in the morning becoming WSW to SSE in the middle of the day and in the early afternoon and backed to NNE to ENE from the mid-afternoon with some N to E winds before calm winds later in the evening with some variable winds at times.
• 8/2/20: A light shower in the early hours. Partly cloudy with Cu, Sc and Ci clouds. Warm early in the day with the temperature stable or falling slowly easing to near average in the morning. After the maximum temperature was reached in the late morning the temperature became variable and generally fell before becoming generally stable in the afternoon and became slightly cool. From the late afternoon the temperature eased to near average before falling a little slowly later in the evening and became slightly warm. Stable dew point early in the day moderately high, fell during the rest of the early hours while easing to near average, rose in the early morning, became stable from the mid-morning and fell slowly from the late morning close to average. Stable and slightly below average relative humidity early in the day, fell later in the early hours and fell slowly in the morning moderately high before easing to slightly below average and to near average from the mid-morning as the relative humidity stopped falling in the mid-morning. Afterwards the relative humidity generally rose becoming slightly above average in the early to mid-afternoon and to near average later in the afternoon. In the evening, the relative humidity was slightly below average becoming moderately low later in the evening while the relative humidity rose slowly. Calm winds early became E to SE with some S to SE winds from 2am, becoming S to SE from later in the early hours and in the early morning. Afterwards there were some S to SW winds before SSE to ESE winds in the morning and E to SE in the afternoon and early evening.
• 9/2/20: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Slightly warm early in the day eased to near average in the morning and became slightly cool in the afternoon as the temperature rose more slowly later in the morning and fell from the early afternoon. In the evening, the temperature eased to near average while falling steadily. In the early hours, the dew point fell slowly, stabilised in the morning close to average and became slightly below average during the morning and early afternoon while falling and then rose slightly in the mid-afternoon before stabilising during the rest of the afternoon. In the evening, the dew point fell slowly or was stable. Moderately low relative humidity from early rose rather slowly and eased during the day to slightly below average from the mid-morning to near average in the mid to late afternoon. In the evening, the relative humidity was moderately low while rising a little slowly. Light S to SE winds with some ESE winds in the early hours and early morning that became calm before SSW to SSE winds tended S to SE in the morning and early afternoon with some ESE winds. From the mid-afternoon were E to SE winds before veering in the evening to S to SSW winds in the late evening.
• 10/2/20: Partly cloudy and cloudy at times with Cu and Sc clouds. A very brief light shower in the early evening. Near average temperature from early became cool later in the morning as the temperature stopped rising in the mid-morning and generally fell during the rest of the morning. The temperature was slightly cool or cool that generally rose slowly and was variable. In the evening, the temperature returned to near average. Dew point fell slowly in the early hours that was slightly below average and briefly moderately low in the early morning before rising slowly in the morning and was slightly below average. In the early afternoon, the dew point fell slightly that was moderately low before generally rising in the afternoon while remaining slightly below average before near stable and near average dew point in the evening. Relative humidity was slightly below average that rose a little slowly in the early hours before becoming moderately low in the early morning and eased to near average from the late morning after the relative humidity rose from the mid-morning. In the afternoon, the relative humidity fell and became slightly below average before easing to near average from the mid-afternoon. The relative humidity rose more slowly later in the evening and became slightly below average. Light S to SW winds from early with some calm winds in the early hours and early morning. Light S to SE winds in the morning with some S to SSW winds, SSE to ESE in the early afternoon that became ESE to ENE in the mid-afternoon, E to ESE from the late afternoon before backing later in the evening to SSE to SW with some calm winds.
• 11/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Near average temperature from early becoming slightly cool from the morning that was rather variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. In the evening, the temperature was near average. Dew point was slightly below average from early that was briefly near average in the early morning that fell in the early hours before rising in the morning. From the mid-morning the dew point became stable, rose in the late morning and early afternoon, and became generally stable in the afternoon close to average. In the evening, the dew point became stable and near average in the evening after falling a little in the late afternoon. Slightly below average relative humidity early in the day that became moderately low in the early morning, became near average from the morning, was slightly below average in the evening and moderately low in the late evening. Light SSE to SW winds at the start of the day that became calm during the rest of the early hours and in the early morning, light SSE to SW winds tended WSW to SSW from the mid-morning, then backed to NE to ESE from the late morning, E to NE from the mid-afternoon before calm winds later in the evening.
• 12/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Slightly warm in the early morning and was otherwise near average. The temperature was rather variable that rose and fell numerous times from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. Near average dew point from early in the day, rose slightly in the morning, a little more quickly in the afternoon, fell from the mid-afternoon before stabilising in the evening. Relative humidity rose a little slowly in the early hours, fell steadily in the morning slightly below average or moderately low, eased to near average from the mid-afternoon before easing to slightly below average in the evening while rising a little slowly. Calm winds from early before WSW to NNW winds in the morning, became N to NW with some W to NW winds in the morning backed to E to NE later in the morning with some E to SE winds in the early afternoon, N to NE from the mid-afternoon, becoming N to NW winds later in the evening with calm winds at times.
• 13/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds becoming cloudy in the late afternoon. Drizzle later in the evening. Near average temperature became slightly warm later in the morning eased back to near average from the mid-afternoon after the temperature started to fall before falling more slowly in the evening and became warm in the evening. Dew point was near average that fell slowly in the early hours, rose in the morning and afternoon, dropped slightly in the mid-afternoon before becoming stable afterwards. In the late evening, the dew point rose slightly and became slightly above average. Relative humidity was slightly below average that steadily rose in the early hours and steadily fell in the morning and afternoon and eased to near average from the early afternoon. In the evening, the relative humidity was slightly below average before easing to near average in the late evening. Light W to NW winds at the start of the day became calm during the rest of the early hours, light N to NW winds becoming NW to NE from the morning with some variable winds that became E to NE in the afternoon, N to NE from the mid-afternoon and N to NW winds in the evening that was followed by W to NW winds and then calm winds later in the evening.
• 14/2/21: Mostly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Light rain and showers early in the day cleared in the early morning. Warm in the early hours that fell slowly before falling a little more quickly in the early morning while easing to near average. Slightly cool temperature in the morning while the temperature rose a little slowly before near average temperature from the late morning and was a little variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. Dew point rose slowly from early in the day slightly above average, fell a little in the early morning close to average before rising during the morning slightly above average. From the late morning the dew point eased to near average as the dew point fell from later in the morning and stabilised in the evening close to average. Mostly near average relative humidity early in the day became moderately high in the morning that rose slowly from early in the day before easing to slightly above average from the late morning. In the late afternoon, the relative humidity became near average before slightly below average relative humidity in the evening while rising a little slowly. Calm winds before S to SW winds in the morning with some calm winds and W to SW winds, becoming S to SE from the early afternoon with some E to SE winds that became S to SSW late in the evening.
• 15/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc Clouds. Near average temperature from early that was stable and then rose slightly early in the day and then fell steadily during the rest of the early hours. In the afternoon, the temperature was near average or slightly cool after the maximum temperature was reached in the early afternoon. After temporarily falling the temperature rose in the mid-afternoon rising close to the earlier maximum temperature before falling during the rest of the afternoon. In the evening, the temperature was near average. Stable and slowly rising dew point from early in the day, fell slightly in the late morning slightly below average, rose slightly in the afternoon near average before generally falling slowly from the mid-afternoon. Slightly below average relative humidity became moderately low later in the early hours and in the morning as the relative humidity rose slowly in the early hours. In the morning, the relative humidity eased to near average from later in the morning, was a little variable while rising in the afternoon and was near average or slightly below average in the evening while rising slowly. Light SSW to SSE winds from early became E to SSE from the morning, E to SE from the mid-morning, ENE to ESE in the afternoon and the early evening before calm winds later in the evening.
• 16/2/21: Mostly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Very brief light showers in the late morning, early afternoon, and evening, with a brief moderate to heavy shower in the late afternoon. Near average temperature from early that rose in the first half of the early hours before falling a little later in the early hours, while remaining above the minimum temperature reached very early in the day. In the afternoon, the temperature became slightly cool and cool in the late afternoon with variable temperature from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon and particularly in the afternoon that rose and fell numerous times. In the evening, the temperature was near average that was stable or fell slowly. Stable dew point from early after falling slightly at the start of the day slightly below average, eased to near average while rising slowly in the morning, generally rose in the afternoon before falling slightly early in the evening while remaining close to average. The dew point then stabilised before falling later in the evening close to average. Slightly below average relative humidity early in the day that became moderately low from later in the early hours, easing during the morning to near average later in the morning and to slightly above average in the afternoon before moderately high relative humidity later in the afternoon. In the afternoon, the relative humidity was variable while generally rising before stable or slowly rising relative humidity close to average. Calm winds at the start of the day were followed by mostly SSW to SSE winds before light and variable winds with calm winds at times in the early morning. In the morning winds became SSW to ESE, ENE to SE later in the morning, E to WSW in the afternoon with some SE to NE winds before S to ESE in the late afternoon and early evening. During the rest of the evening were S to SW winds.
• 17/2/21: Cloudy periods with Cu and Sc clouds. Some very light showers very early in the day, then light and brief showers from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon, with a brief gusty heavy shower in the mid-afternoon. Near average temperature from early before cooling to slightly cool later in the morning, to cool in the early afternoon and to cold in the mid to late afternoon. The temperature was very variable that rose and fell numerous times from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. In the evening, the temperature eased to near average. Near average dew point fell in the early hours, rose in the morning, and became variable from the mid-morning while broadly stabilising. In the afternoon, the dew point rose a little, then fell slowly from the late afternoon becoming slightly below average in the evening and became stable later in the early hours. Slightly below average relative humidity from early became moderately low in the morning before easing to near average in the mid-morning. From the mid-morning the relative humidity stopped falling and became very variable that rose and fell constantly until the late afternoon being slightly above average in the mid and late afternoon. In the early evening, the relative humidity eased to near average and during slightly below average later in the evening while rising slowly. Light SSW to SSE winds early, SSW to SSE in the morning with some SW to SE winds becoming SSE to ESE later in the morning, veered during the afternoon to S to SE in the late afternoon and early evening to S to SSW winds later in the evening.
• 18/2/21: Mostly cloudy with Cu and Ns and became partly cloudy at times in the afternoon. Light to moderate showers from the morning with some heavy falls in the afternoon and was less frequent in the afternoon with some light showers later in the evening. Near average temperature from early in the day that became cool in the morning, cold from the late morning and eased later in the afternoon to near average in the evening. The temperature was stable or rose slowly in the early hours before generally rising a little slowly in the morning and became variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. In the early afternoon, the temperature temporarily rose quickly and then more slowly until the mid-afternoon. After falling sharply for a brief period, the temperature fell steadily from the late afternoon. Slightly below average dew point at the start of the day eased to near average with stable or slowly rising dew point early, rose in the morning, was rather variable in the afternoon that was generally stable before becoming stable in the evening. Slightly below average relative humidity from early became slightly above average in the morning and very high from the mid-morning with relative humidity remaining elevated during the day. From the mid-afternoon the relative humidity eased that returned to near average in the late evening. Light S to SSW winds, became S to SW in the morning with some SSE winds, became variable in the late morning, tended to E to SE in the afternoon before veering from the late afternoon to S to SE in the evening and S to SW later in the evening.
• 19/2/21: Cloudy periods with Cu and Sc clouds. Light showers in the early hours and in the morning, clearing in the mid-morning. A moderate to heavy shower in the mid-afternoon with distant thunder as the shower shifted further inland. Near average temperature from early that fell slowly, eased to slightly cool from the morning while rising a little slowly and was a little variable. In the mid-afternoon the temperature fell quickly and became cold, before rising slowly that eased to near average in the evening. Stable dew point in the early hours that rose in the morning close to average, became slightly above average from the mid-morning while rising, became stable from the late morning, was nearly stable in the afternoon before falling slowly in the evening while remaining slightly above average. Near average relative humidity from early, became moderately high or high in the morning with stable relative humidity falling slowly from the morning and became very high in the mid-afternoon as the relative humidity rose. From later in the afternoon the relative humidity rose slowly that eased to slightly above average in the late evening. Light S to SW winds from early with some S to SE winds later in the early hours before SSW to SSE winds in the morning, SSW to SE from the late morning, SSE to E winds in the mid-afternoon, SSE to ENE later in the afternoon with some calm winds before calm winds with some SSW to SE winds in the evening.
• 20/2/21: Mostly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds and Ac and Ci clouds in the afternoon. Near average temperature at the start of the day became slightly warm during the rest of the early hours that fell slowly before rising in the morning close to average. The temperature became a little variable in the afternoon and generally stable and slightly cool before easing to near average from the late afternoon and became slightly warm in the evening while the temperature fell steadily. Near average dew point fell slowly in the early hours and slowly rose in the morning close to average, was stable in the afternoon, which after briefly rising slightly in the early evening and became slightly above average before stable dew point fell later in the evening that eased back to near average. Near average relative humidity early in the day became slightly below average in the morning with the relative humidity falling slowly in the early hours and more quickly in the morning that became slightly below average from the mid-morning that eased to near average from the late morning. Mostly calm winds early with some variable winds in the early hours, then light S to SW winds in the morning, became variable in the afternoon before NW to NE winds in the evening before calm winds later in the evening with some WNW to NNW winds.
• 21/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Slightly warm from early as the temperature fell slowly in the early hours and rose for 1 hour from 1am before steadily rising quickly in the morning and became warm later in the morning. After the maximum temperature was reached in the early afternoon the temperature temporarily fell and then rose a little while remaining below the maximum temperature before easing to mostly slightly warm from the late afternoon except for a short period of time in the early evening of warm temperature. Close to average dew point from early that fell slowly or was stable in the early hours, rose in the early morning before falling slowly from the mid-morning while remaining close to average. In the afternoon, the dew point was stable which then rose slightly for a brief period and became slightly above average before stable dew point in the evening while remaining slightly above average. Relative humidity was slightly below average from early that fell for 1 hour in the early hours before steadily falling in the morning that became moderately low later in the morning. In the afternoon, the relative humidity eased after the minimum relative humidity was reached to slightly below average from the mid-morning and returning to near average in the evening. Mostly calm winds with some W to SW winds in the early hours, then light WNW to W winds in the morning that became W to SW from the mid-morning. In the afternoon were SSW to W winds that backed during the afternoon to SE to NE in the mid-afternoon with some variable winds before NNE to NE in the late afternoon and in the early evening. After some variable winds, the wind was calm during the rest of the evening.
• 22/2/21: Sunny with Cu and Sc clouds. 2 light showers in the mid evening with distant thunder heard to the north. A mild thunderstorm with light rain in the late evening. Slightly warm early in the day eased to near average in the morning before becoming warm in the mid-morning and hot in the late morning as the temperature rose steadily in the morning. In the afternoon, the temperature fell after the maximum temperature was reached in the early afternoon and eased to warm and then slightly warm from the mid-afternoon. In the evening, the temperature became warm as the fall in the temperature in the evening eased to fall very slowly before falling a little more quickly late on the evening. Near average dew point from early that fell slowly in the early hours, rose slowly in the morning, and became slightly above average, before dropping a little in the mid-morning close to average. During the rest of the morning the dew point was stable which after was a little variable in the early afternoon rose and became slightly above average. During the rest of the afternoon the dew point fell very slowly before rising very slowly in the evening that became moderately high late in the evening. Relative humidity rose slowly in the early hours before steadily falling in the morning that was near average from early that became slightly below average in the morning and moderately low in the late morning. In the afternoon, the relative humidity rose, quickly at first before rising more slowly and eased back to near average from the mid-afternoon. Calm winds until light and variable winds from the mid-morning that became S to WSW later in the morning, SW to SE in the early afternoon before that tended to E to NE. Light N to NE winds in the mid-afternoon, NNE to ENE from the late afternoon before becoming NW to NE in the evening with some WNW to WSW that tended E with the thunderstorm.
• 23/2/21; Mostly sunny and partly cloudy at times from the morning with Cu and Sc clouds before increasing cu, sc, Ac and Cb in the late afternoon. A moderate thunderstorm in the early evening with very brief heavy falls, followed by some light rain. A light shower in the late evening. Warm early in the day eased to slightly warm in the morning while the temperature fell a little slowly in the early hours and then rose steadily during the morning that became warm in the late morning. In the afternoon the temperature was stable after the maximum temperature was reached in the early afternoon that was slightly warm before easing to near average from the mid-afternoon as the temperature fell. The temperature fell quickly with the evening thunderstorm by 5 C in 25 minutes and became slightly cool. The temperature was near average and fell very slowly after the rain. Dew point was slightly above average from early that fell slowly in the early hours, fell slowly in the morning while remaining slightly above average before stabilising in the afternoon after rising slightly in the middle of the afternoon while generally remaining slightly above average. Later in the afternoon the dew point was stable slightly above average before easing to near average in the evening after the dew point fell sharply with the thunderstorm, which then rose very slowly during the rest of the evening. Near average relative humidity from early that rose slowly before remaining near average during the day that stopped falling in the middle of the day, rose slowly in the afternoon before rising sharply for a brief period with the evening thunderstorm that became slightly above average. After dropping a little during the thunderstorm and eased to near average, the relative humidity rose again and then became slightly above average. Light NNW to NW winds at the start of the day, calm winds from 2am before W to NW winds in the morning that became NE to NW from the mid-morning. Light NNE to ENE winds in the afternoon and NNE to NE later in the afternoon. Early in the evening with the storm the wind veered to W to SW before continuing to veer to E to NE with some N to NE winds with the rainfall before variable winds later in the evening with some calm winds at times with some NNW to WNW winds.
• 24/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu, Sc and As clouds in the morning and cloudy at times with Cu and Sc clouds in the afternoon. Stable temperature early in the day that fell very slowly in the early hours and in the early morning. The temperature became slightly below average in morning while rising before stable temperature in the early to mid-afternoon that became near average with the temperature variable from the mid-morning to the mid-afternoon. Slightly warm in the evening and warm later in the evening as the fall in the temperature eased and became generally stable. Near average dew point from early that fell slowly from the start of the day, rose in the morning that became slightly above average before falling in the afternoon easing to near average before stable dew point from the late afternoon slightly above average. Relative humidity was near average from early that fell very slowly in the early hours and early morning, then fell a little slowly that became moderately high in the mid-morning easing to slightly above average from the late morning with the relative humidity becoming stable in the early to mid-afternoon. In the evening, the relative humidity was near average. Light SW to SE winds from early and calm winds at times with some variable winds at the start of the day and some W to SW winds in the early hours, before light E to SE winds in the morning that became E to NE, ENE to NNE in the afternoon and E to NE in the late afternoon and early evening before light E to NE winds later in the evening.
• 25/2/20: Cloudy at times with Cu and Sc clouds. Light showers later in the early hours and light to moderate showers in the morning and early afternoon with a heavy shower in the late morning. Warm early in the day while the temperature fell slowly, eased to near average in the morning as the temperature rose slowly in the morning. As the temperature rose slowly in the morning the temperature became rather variable until the mid-afternoon that became cool from the late afternoon that eased to near average or slightly cool in the mid to late afternoon with the temperature rising more quickly in the afternoon. Early in the evening the temperature was near average before becoming slightly warm and slightly warm later in the evening while falling a little slowly. Dew point was slightly above average that was stable in the early hours, was variable from the morning while generally rising before falling steadily from the mid-afternoon. Slightly below average relative humidity early in the day while rising slowly, was near average in the morning before becoming very high in the late morning and early afternoon with the relative humidity broadly stable. In the afternoon, the relative humidity eased to moderately high in the mid-afternoon and eased further in the afternoon to stable and near average relative humidity in the evening. Calm winds with some SSE to E winds at times in the early hours, then SSW to E in early morning with some ENE to SE winds and light E to SE winds in the morning. Winds tended NW to NE from the late morning, E to NE in the mid-afternoon, NNE to NE later in the afternoon and early evening before NNW to NNE winds later in the evening.
• 26/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds. Slightly warm in the morning and afternoon that was briefly near average in the late morning, as the temperature temporarily stabilised later in the morning and became near average in the late afternoon. In the evening it was slightly warm which after falling a little slowly early in the evening then fell more quickly later in the evening. Stable or falling slowly dew point in the early hours that was slightly above average that eased to near average at times in the morning before while rising a little. From the mid-morning the dew point eased to near average and was stable, rose a little in the afternoon slightly above average before falling slowly from the mid-afternoon that eased to near average later in the evening. Slightly below average relative humidity eased to near average later in the early hours and at times in the early morning before easing to near average in the morning through to the evening. Light NW to NNE winds early in the day became calm during the rest of the early hours and in early morning before W to NW became N to NW during the morning. Light NW to NE winds in the morning with some W to NW winds, NNW to NE in the early afternoon, NNW to ENE in the rest of the afternoon and early evening. Later in the evening were NE to NW winds that became mostly calm.
• 27/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds before becoming cloudy in the afternoon with Cu, As and Ac clouds. The fall in the temperature eased early in the day with the temperature becoming stable in the early hours slightly warm before easing to near average from the morning. In the evening, the temperature became slightly warm and then warm as the temperature fell a little slowly. Dew point was stable and near average in the early hours, rose in the early morning slightly above average, then fell slowly while easing back to near average before becoming stable from the mid-morning. In the afternoon, the dew point was a little variable while rising slowly in the early to mid-afternoon and became slightly above average, was stable from the late morning before falling slowly later in the evening while remaining slightly above average. Near average relative humidity rose slowly early in the day, fell quickly in the morning, and became slightly below average before easing back to near average during the morning and in the early afternoon. In the afternoon, the relative humidity became slightly above average as the relative humidity started to rise in the afternoon. Later in the afternoon the relative humidity eased to near average. Light N winds at times early in the day before calm winds during the rest of the early hours and in the early morning and followed by NW to NE winds with variable winds in the morning. Light NNE to NE winds in the early afternoon with some variable winds before NNE to E winds during the rest of the afternoon and early evening. Later in the evening were mostly calm winds with some N to NE winds.
• 28/2/21: Partly cloudy with Cu and Sc clouds and with Ac clouds in afternoon. Warm early in the day and in the early morning as the temperature stopped falling and became stable later in the early hours. In the morning, the temperature eased and returned to near average from the late morning. In the evening, the temperature was slightly warm and warm later in the evening as the temperature fell more slowly later in the evening. Stable and slightly above average dew point from early in the day, became generally stable and a little variable in the morning and afternoon, fell slightly in the late morning before becoming stable in the evening. Relative humidity rose slowly in the early hours and slightly below average, then eased to near average from the morning before becoming slightly above average in the mid to late afternoon as the relative humidity stopped falling in the early morning and started to rise. In the evening, the relative humidity was near average. Calm winds early, some W to SW and S to SW winds in the early morning before NE to NW winds in the morning, N to NE winds in the afternoon and early evening before becoming N to NW. Later in the evening were calm winds with some variable winds.

 

Station records for February 2021

NOTE: This is a summary of the aforementioned monthly records exceeded over a monthly basis. Additionally, it lists records that are the lowest or highest in at least 5 years. See end notes for more information about record periods.

 

Record low February mean maximum temperature in at least 5 years
Observed [C]			Most recent lower			Years of record		Monthly average
30.4			29.7 in 2015			11		30
Record low February maximum temperature in at least 5 years
Observed [C]			Most recent lower			Years of record		Monthly average
36.1 on 7th at 1:12 PM			35.2 in 2015 on 1st at 3:31 PM			11		30
Record low February lowest daily minimum temperature in at least 5 years
Observed [C]			Most recent lower			Years of record		Monthly average
23.1 on 28th at 5:45 AM			22.1 in 2015 on 19th at 4:05 AM			11		30
Record low February mean minimum MSL pressure
Observed [hPa]			Old record			Years of record		Monthly average
1008.5			= 1008.5			11		1010.8
Record low February mean maximum MSL pressure
Observed [hPa]			Old record			Years of record		Monthly average
1012.8			1013.3 in 2020			11		1014.8
Record low February mean MSL pressure
Observed [hPa]			Old record			Years of record		Monthly average
1010.7			1010.9 in 2020			11		1012.9
Record low February daily maximum MSL pressure
Observed [hPa]			Old record			Years of record		Monthly average
1017.1 on 18th at 10:13 AM			1019.7 in 2014 on 9th at 8:06 AM			11		1014.8
Record low February daily maximum dew point in at least 5 years
Observed [C]			Most recent lower			Years of record		Monthly average
24.9 on 23rd at 1:20 PM			24.2 in 2015 on 22nd at 3:58 PM			11		21.9
Record low February daily maximum wind speed
Observed [km/hr]			Old record			Years of record		Monthly average
18 on 16th at 5:45 PM			18.1 in 2012 on 20th at 5:35 PM			10		7.4
Record low February mean wind speed in at least 5 years
Observed [km/hr]			Most recent lower			Years of record		Monthly average
1.8			0.9 in 2012			10		3.9
Record low February mean daily wind gust in at least 5 years
Observed [km/hr]			Most recent lower			Years of record		Monthly average
24.1			22.2 in 2012			11		24
Record low February mean daily wind speed in at least 5 years
Observed [km/hr]			Most recent lower			Years of record		Monthly average
12.5			10.1 in 2012			11		7.4

 

Key records for February 2021

NOTE: These records are drawn from automatic data record for this site. See end notes for more information.

 

All time records

No records

 

Monthly records

No records

 

Data summary tables for February 2021