Home The Townsville Airport recorded 886.2mm during that 7 day period as well – this is believed to be the wettest 7 day period for Townsville since records began in the area.
• Well over 100 locations have now surpassed the 1000mm mark for this event.
Further good falls have also been recored North of Mount Isa. • Its almost 15 years worth of rainfall for Birdsville!
The average annual temperature in Townsville … Hi! • Upper Bluewater is still the only location to record 3 300mm+ days from this event. Terms of Use, Disclaimer, Return and Refund Policies. (Not sure why Paluma was removed from previous blogs with this streak – this was an oversight) – Several locations between Townsville / Ross River Dam and Ingham had a streak of 7-8 consecutive days of 100mm+ as well. This places it above the 1318mm at Mt Glorious in 1974 and just behind Mount Bellenden Ker 1870mm (1999) and 1947mm (1979).
This event was exceptional between 25 January and 14 February 2019 with 39 local government areas affected by the monsoon trough and significant rainfall and flooding. Townsville Development Incentives Package 2019-21, Townsville North Queensland Defence Strategy, Townsville Regional Skills and Investment Strategy, Townsville City Council Support & Information, Australian and Queensland Governments COVID-19 support and information, Stories of Townsville: The 2019 Monsoon Collection, Community Engagement - How Can We Help You, 2019 Monsoon Trough Rainfall and Flood Review, More than 200 traditional media communications, More than 3,600 social media communications, The establishment of the 'Townsville Disaster Information' Facebook page which provided the community with 'real-time' updates and a channel for two-way communication, The establishment of the Emergency Management Dashboard which provided the community with a central location for 'real-time' updates, The provision of 143,000 sandbags and 9,000 tonnes of sand to residents and businesses, The opening of six evacuation centres that provided temporary accommodation, which at its peak accommodated more than 800 people, The deployment through TCC of more than 80 trucks and 52 Council crews to support the community during the floods, including one TCC truck used to facilitate flood evacuations of residents under QPS direction, Mobilisation of resources to assist with bulk waste collection and the removal of debris, other damaged items and rubbish following the 2019 weather event.
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Multiple locations have recorded at least 5 consecutive days above 100mm.
Disaster Management
In late January and early February 2019, the Townsville local government area experienced an unprecedented weather event (2019 weather event).
Here are some average weather facts we collected from our historical climate data: During the month of June, July and August you are most likely to experience good weather with pleasant average temperatures that fall between 20 degrees Celsius (68°F) and 25 degrees Celsius (77°F). Customer enquiries : sales@higginsstormchasing.com Townsville City Council acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Townsville – the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun; and Bindal people. The 2021 Australia Day Awards will recognise Townsville's unsung heroes.
Throughout the event, rainfall was measured at historic highs and the level of water in the RRD exceeded the greatest flood on record peaking at 43.00m and a capacity of 247%.
Throughout the event, the TLDMG conducted the following: An independent review has been conducted to assess the effectiveness of preparedness activity for and response to the weather event that occurred in North Queensland.
The best time of year to visit Townsville in Australia. This means that every year, there is a one in 1000 chance of this type of event occurring. • It is the equivalent of 4.5 years worth of rainfall for Adelaide – Adelaide would also need to break its record for yearly rainfall for almost 3 consecutive years to match what Paluma has recorded in 10 days.
The 2019 weather event was the largest rainfall event to have occurred over the Townsville catchment in the past 120 years. Rainfall Summary February 3rd 2019 – Townsville Flood Event Over the past 24 hours, we’ve seen the effects of extreme rainfall rates over a localised area in a short to moderate period of time. • This is now 6 consecutive days that someone across the Ingham to Mackay region has recorded in excess of 300mm. Woolshed still holds the highest consecutive 200mm days with 5. The 2019 weather event was the largest rainfall event to have occurred over the Townsville catchment in the past 120 years. The rainfall totals that keep on keeping on.. even when it seemed like the bulk of it was over, another 50-150mm has fallen over the Townsville area overnight with up to 250mm in some isolated areas. In this respect, the Australian Defence Force collected 5,840 tonnes and TCC collected over 19,000 tonnes of bulk waste.
To view, please click the year above • 3 days into the month and this is already the wettest February in 10 years (2009) for Townsville City – the total of 960mm that month is also the benchmark (current record) for February and based off current forecasts, theres no reason Townsville won’t surpass that. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); North West QLD Rainfall totals to 9am Sunday February 3rd via BOM, Public or Media enquiries: admin@higginsstormchasing.com This report examines how the Queensland Disaster Management System prepared for, responded to and provided early relief and recovery to those impacted by the monsoon rainfall and flood event. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 10-day rainfall accumulation graph for the top 6 locations, Public or Media enquiries: admin@higginsstormchasing.com
Townsville Airport. • Upper Bluewater, Paluma and Rollingstone have maintained their run of 100mm days, with 10 consecutive now. Customer enquiries : sales@higginsstormchasing.com The top 24hr totals up to 9am Wednesday include: • Widespread falls of 50-150mm across Greater Townsville, • Widespread falls of 50-100mm across the Whitsunday Peninsula (Proserpine, Airlie Beach) back into the Eungella Ranges, • Sandy Plateau (highest in the Central Coast area) 1619mm, • Widespread falls of 1200-1700mm across the Greater Townsville area, • It is 1.4x Darwin’s annual total, its also just 300mm shy of Darwin’s record yearly total, • It is higher than the record yearly total for Townsville (2399mm in 2000), • Its more than double Brisbane’s yearly average, • Its 2.5 years worth of rainfall for Sydney. Since the monsoon began about nine days ago, more than one metre of rain …
ABN: 44 741 992 072 Copyright 2020 Townsville City Council all rights reserved. This has now lead to 39 locations surpassing the 1000mm mark for the past 7 days, some of these include: • In January 1998, when the ‘Night of Noah’ occurred. Townsville climate summary The Townsville lies on 7m above sea level This city has a tropical climate. The current 7 day period has recorded 1012mm which has clearly beaten this milestone quite comfortably. The clean-up effort coordinated by TCC in the immediate aftermath of the event, including more than 700 jobs by not-for-profit entities such as Team Rubicon, Combined Churches and Samaritan’s Purse (to assist those without insurance) and over 400 washouts conducted by the SES. ABN: 88 495 561 455, Copyright 2020 Higgins Storm Chasing ® | All Rights Reserved | Powered by, Rainfall Summary February 3rd 2019 – Townsville Flood Event. 2019 Weather Event. Do you need assistance? • Woolshed has now recoded 5 consecutive days above 200mm (totalling 1350mm in 5 days). Models were indicating an area (and still are) of excessive rainfall just North of the highway running from Mt Isa to Cloncurry. The continuous rainfall over Greater Townsville has also lead to the City recording its wettest week in history – beating the Night of Noah by over 100mm! Rainfall Summary for the Townsville Floods as of February 6th 2019 The rainfall totals that keep on keeping on.. even when it seemed like the bulk of it was over, another 50-150mm has fallen over the Townsville area overnight with up to 250mm in some isolated areas.
According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as Aw. • Paluma’s total of 1667mm or the Paluma Alert total of 1600mm – both fit the criteria – rank this as the third wettest event in Australian history (QLD hold the top 5-7 titles of rain events in Australia). Rainfall for 2015 (398mm) was the lowest since 187mm was recorded in 1902. Terms of Use, Disclaimer, Return and Refund Policies. Thankfully for those further South, the predicted 200mm+ didn’t come off, with models failing to pick the monsoon trough convergence movements – this limited the impacts further South, despite some high accumulative totals occurring over the past 10 days regardless of last night.