Mean annual temperature

The following mean annual air temperature information for selected locations has been compiled based on data sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) Australian Climate Observations Reference Network — Surface Air Temperature (ACORN–SAT) dataset (to 2017), as at February 2018. Subsequent updates to data may result in minor changes to some values. For each location, mean annual temperatures (where available) are plotted for the extent of the ACORN–SAT dataset records. Rolling 10-year averages are plotted only if there are 10 consecutive years of annual data. The Bureau of Meteorology currently calculate temperature anomalies based on the 1961 to 1990 period. Queensland’s State-wide mean annual temperature for the 1981 to 2010 period is approximately +0.4°C warmer than the 1961 to 1990 average.