Climate
Toowoomba has a temperate climate with warm summers and cool winters and it enjoys four distinct seasons.
Daily maximum temperatures in Toowoomba average 27 °C (81 °F) in summer and 16 °C (61 °F) in winter. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the highest temperature ever recorded in Toowoomba was 39.3 °C (102.7 °F), while the lowest was −4.4 °C (24.1 °F). Winter temperatures seldom go below freezing; however in a situation unique among Queensland cities, snow has been reported on the higher parts of the city on rare occasions. Light frost will be experienced several nights each winter in the city centre, more often in the western suburbs.
Average annual rainfall, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, is 944 millimetres (37.2 in) in Toowoomba City. Rainfall in the eastern suburbs along the Great Dividing Range nudges 1,000 mm (39 in) per year.
| Climate data for Toowoomba | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.3 (102.7) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
36.2 (97.2) |
38.1 (100.6) |
38.9 (102.0) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.3 (41.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
6.1 (43.0) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 132.1 (5.201) |
121.1 (4.768) |
94.6 (3.724) |
61.9 (2.437) |
58.4 (2.299) |
56.8 (2.236) |
52.0 (2.047) |
39.5 (1.555) |
46.7 (1.839) |
72.2 (2.843) |
89.5 (3.524) |
120.0 (4.724) |
944.0 (37.165) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 105.0 |
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On 10 January 2011 the city was hit by a massive flash flood causing damage to properties, infrastructure and resulting in the deaths of two people in the CBD. The flash flood, which has been called an "Inland Tsunami", has resulted in sixteen deaths in Toowoomba and the nearby Lockyer Valley, with 14 people still missing.
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