Bureau confirms Queenslanders are sweating through a hot, wet summer
If you thought 2022 has gotten off to an unusually steamy start, youāre not wrong.
The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed that January 2022 was wetter and warmer across Australia than usual.
Thanks to ex-tropical cyclone Seth parts of Queenslandās experienced record rainfalls, meteorologist Jonathan How said.
ā2022 is starting off pretty much how 2021 finished and thatās wetter and more humid than usual across the east and north of the country,ā he said.
āIt was warmer than average for both days and nights,ā he said, adding that January rainfall across Australia was 22 per cent above average.
Both the mean maximum and minimum temperatures in Australia over January were warmer than average, with parts of Queensland recording their hottest January temperature.
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The Western Downs town of Miles set a new highest January daily rainfall record on New Years Day with 96.4mm, while parts of south-west Queensland had more than twice their usual rainfall.
Overall temperatures in the state were warmer than January 2021 but cooler than 2020.
How said the la Nina weather pattern meant the likelihood of more cyclones later in the summer.
Seqwater records show that the south-east Queenslandās water supply capacity is just below 70 per cent, a marked improvement on where it was last year when the authority was contemplated reintroducing water restrictions.
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