Rockhampton - Highest Temperature for Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Rockhampton, Queensland Australia. How hot did it get in 2018? When was the last time thermometers in Rockhampton rose above 40 °C? What was the highest temperature in Rockhampton five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Rockhampton and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Rockhampton Airport and go back to 1941. The highest temperature measured during that time was 46 degrees Celsius (114 Fahrenheit) on November 18, 1990.

Highest Rockhampton temperatures in recent years
Max °F Date Max °C
105 November 30, 2023   41
105 March 03, 2022   41
107 February 22, 2021   42
102 January 19, 2020   39
107 December 16, 2019 42
112 November 28, 2018 44
104 March 06, 2017 40
103 November 13, 2016 39
100 November 27, 2015 38
108 January 04, 2014 42
107 December 30, 2013 42
104 December 17, 2012 40
97 December 11, 2011 + 36
98 January 18, 2010 37
Highest temperature recorded at Rockhampton each year
Max °F Date Max °C
101 November 30, 2009 38
104 December 31, 2008 40
107 March 12, 2007 42
104 January 07, 2006 40
104 December 14, 2005 40
105 November 13, 2004 41
101 October 31, 2003 38
104 January 12, 2002 40
106 December 25, 2001 41
105 January 22, 2000 41
103 February 18, 1999 39
102 March 07, 1998 39
104 January 08, 1997 40
104 December 02, 1996 40
108 March 08, 1995 42
108 January 07, 1994 42
100 November 21, 1993 38
102 November 29, 1992 + 39
104 December 05, 1991 40
114 November 18, 1990 46
102 December 28, 1989 + 39
101 January 17, 1988 38
108 January 22, 1987 42
100 December 28, 1986 38
100 December 28, 1985 38
99 February 29, 1984 37
105 January 12, 1983 41
101 January 02, 1982 38
106 December 08, 1981 41
101 January 16, 1980 38
105 December 11, 1979 41
99 January 11, 1978 37
100 December 28, 1977 38
98 December 28, 1976 37
98 November 23, 1975 37
101 December 20, 1974 38
105 January 07, 1973 41
103 December 26, 1972 39
104 November 14, 1971 40
99 December 14, 1970 37
110 February 11, 1969 43
101 November 18, 1968 38
104 January 14, 1967 40
101 February 16, 1966 38
103 November 07, 1965 39
106 December 15, 1964 41
100 January 04, 1963 38
104 March 02, 1962 40
99 December 27, 1961 37
101 December 04, 1960 38
99 December 13, 1959 37
106 October 31, 1958 41
102 December 27, 1957 39
102 December 12, 1956 39
101 December 28, 1955 38
99 February 18, 1954 37
101 December 25, 1953 38
101 January 08, 1952 38
101 December 10, 1951 + 38
99 January 02, 1950 37
101 December 15, 1949 38
99 November 16, 1948 37
103 January 24, 1947 39
101 November 16, 1946 38
1945
103 December 08, 1944 39
101 November 30, 1943 38
100 January 17, 1942 38
101 December 29, 1941 38
Reference

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology. Climate Data Online.

Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 

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