Results of rainfall observations made in Queensland : including all available annual rainfall totals from 1040 stations for all years of record up to 1913, together with maps and diagrams / published with the authority of the Minister of State for Home Affairs under the direction of H.A. Hunt, Commonwealth Meteorologist

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RESULTS OF RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS MADE IN QUEENSLAND. 5
RESULTS OF RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS MADE IN QUEENSLAND. 7
CONTENTS. 9
INDEX TO QUEENSLAND RAINFALL STATIONS. 11
VARIATIONS IN THE ANNUAL MEAN RAINFALL OVER QUEENSLAND, SHOWN BY DIAGRAMS AND TABLES, FOR THE YEARS 1888 TO 1918 INCLUSIVE; AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE FOR SOME OF THE YEARS 1865-1887. 17
TABLES. 23
TABLE SHOWING DEPARTURES FROM THE MEAN RAINFALL DURING EACH YEAR (1888 1913 INCLUSIVE) IN THE VARIOUS DIV OF QUEENSLAND. 26
NOTES ON THE MONTHLY AND ANNUAL RAIN DISTRIBUTION IN QUEENSLAND, 1888 TO 1913. 27
NAMES OF OFFICIAL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVERS AT BRISBANE, AND SOME NOTES ON THE EARLY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF QUEENSLAND. 46
MEMORANDUM ON THE AVERAGE RAINFALL MAP. 47
NUMBER OF STATIONS REPORTING. 47
*TABLE SHOWING RECORDS OF HEAVY RAINFALLS AT BRISBANE FROM MARCH, 1911, TO DECEMBER, 1913, INCLUSIVE. (100 POINTS = 1 INCH). 48
NOTE ON THE ANNUAL RAINFALL MAPS. 48
HEAVY RAINS. 49
List of HEAVY RAINS recorded in QUEENSLAND during years previous to, and including, 1913. 50
FROSTS IN AUSTRALIA.* 52
QUEENSLAND FLOOD WARNING SERVICE. 52
RAINFALL DURING THE WHEAT-GROWING PERIOD.* 52
TELEGRAPHIC CODES.* RAINFALL. 53
BRISBANE FLOOD NOTICE BOARD. 54
BRISBANE RIVER FLOOD GAUGES. 55
REFERENCE TO STATIONS NUMBERED ON ENLARGEMENT OF CATCHMENT AREAS.—(See opposite page.) 56
QUEENSLAND. 57
HYDROGRAPH OF FLOOD IN BRISBANE RIVER, QUEENSLAND, JANUARY, 1898. 59
QUEENSLAND FLOOD WARNINGS. DIAGRAM OF FLOOD GAUGES ON THE BRISBANE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. 61
QUEENSLAND FLOOD WARNINGS. DIAGRAM OF FLOOD GAUGES ON THE MARY RIVER AND WIDE BAY CREEK. 67
QUEENSLAND FLOOD WARNINGS. Diagram of Flood Gauges on the Burnett River. 71
QUEENSLAND. 74
EVAPORATION AND RAINFALL, QUEENSLAND STATIONS. 75
EVAPORATION AND RAINFALL. 75
GENERAL NOTES. 77
AURORA AUSTRALIS. 78
DROUGHTY CONDITIONS. 78
1888-1889. SPECIAL NOTES BE SEASONS AND DROUGHTS (1888 AND PREVIOUS SEASONS); CONDITION OF STOCK AND STATE OF COUNTRY. 86
EARTHQUAKES. 103
FLOODS. 104
data and notes on pages 85 to 90 are reprinted from the “SPECIAL REPORT ON THE FLOODS OF 1890—WITH NOTES ON THE METEOROLOGY OF PREVIOUS SEASONS,” published by the Queensland Government Meteorotogist. 113
REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF THE FLOOD OF MARCH, 1890, ON THE PLANTS IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS, BRISBANE. 115
SPECIAL NOTES OF THE FLOOD IN THE VALLEY OF THE UPPER BRISBANE RIVER. 115
NORTH QUEENSLAND. 116
REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD OF MARCH, 1890, ON THE PLANTS IN THE ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY’S GARDENS, BOWEN PARK, BRISBANE. 116
SPECIAL NOTES OF THE FLOOD AT MARYBOROUGH. 116
SPECIAL NOTES OF THE FLOOD IN THE WARREGO RIVER. 116
SPECIAL NOTES RE THE FLOODS OF 1890. 116
BIG FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND, MARCH, 1910.* 121
LOCHNAGAR RAILWAY STATION. 123
FROSTS (SEVERE) AND EXCEPTIONAL COLD. 124
HAILSTORMS. 134
QUEENSLAND. 135
* HEAT (EXCESSIVE) AND HEAT WAVES. 142
METEORS. 147
MIRAGE. 149
PLAGUES AND PESTS, ALSO DISEASES IN LIVE STOCK. 149
RAINFALL (HEAVY). 151
Charts showing Course of Tropical Rain-Storm over Eastern Queensland, March, 1908. 164
FLOOD IN BRISBANE RIVER, MARCH, 1908. 166
SHOWER OF ASHES. 172
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. 173
TIDAL WAVES. 177
WATERSPOUTS. 178
WINDSTORMS (HURRICANES, CYCLONES, HEAVY GALES, ETC.) 178
QUEENSLAND. 179
CYCLONE AT CAIRNS. 192
LIST OF RECORDED STORMS IN FIJI. 196
TABLE I.—RETURN SHOWING RECORDS OF ANNUAL RAINFALL (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) AT ALL STATIONS IN QUEENSLAND, WITH THREE YEARS’ AND UP TO FOURTEEN YEARS’ RECORDS, 1899-1912 INCLUSIVE. 197
TABLE II—RETURN SHOWING ANNUAL RAINFALL RECORDS (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) IN QUEENSLAND, 1879-1912 INCLUSIVE. 202
TABLE III RETURN SHOWING ANNUAL RAINFALL RECORDS (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) IN QUEENSLAND, 1840-1912 INCLUSIVE. 236
TABLE IV.—TABLE SHOWING ANNUAL RAINFALL TOTALS (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) AT ADELAIDE BRISBANE, HOBART, MELBOURNE, PERTH, AND SYDNEY. 243
TABLE v.—SUPPLEMENTARY RETURN SHOWING RAINFALL TOTALS (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) IN QUEENSLAND FOR YEAR 1913. 244
TABLE VI.—RETURN SHOWING ANNUAL RECORDS (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) AT RAINFALL STATIONS RECENTLY ESTABLISHED IN QUEENSLAND—NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOREGOING RETURNS. 247
QUEENSLAND MONTHLY RAINFALL TABLES. 250
QUEENSLAND. 251
QUEENSLAND MEAN MONTHLY RAINFALL. 252
APPENDIX I. 283
NEW GUINEA RAINFALL. 287
RETURN SHOWING MONTHLY AND ANNUAL RAINFALL RECORDS (IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) FOR PAPUA, AND SOME ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.† 289
APPENDIX II. 301
NOTE. 303
INDEX TO BRISBANE TABLES. 305
MONTHLY AND YEARLY METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS AND NORMALS OF BRISBANE. 307
TEMPERATURE. 308
RAINFALL. 317
CLOUD AND PHENOMENA. 319
PHENOMENA. 320
ADDENDUM TO APPENDIX I. 323
NOTES ON METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE IN GERMAN NEW GUINEA DURING THE YEAR 1912. 324
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES OBSERVED AT RABAUL DURING PORTIONS OF THE YEARS 1913 AND 1914. 324
TABLE SHOWING MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS RECORDED AT STATIONS IN GERMAN NEW GUINEA DURING 1912, TOGETHER WITH ANNUAL TOTALS FOR 1911. 325
GERMAN NEW GUINEA. 326
NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES OBSERVED IN THE GERMAN POSSESSIONS IN NEW GUINEA DURING THE YEAR 1912. 327
[Chapter heading not available] 329
COMMONWEAIFH METEOROLOGY FROST MAP OF AUSTRALIA. 337
Average Rainfall Map And Isohyets Of QUEENSLAND Division No.3, SSECTION 5 341

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