Final-community Guide 03 04

                                      PERFECT
                                                            CLIMATE
W           e call it winter when the average maximum temperature sinks to 22.3°, visitors call it heaven.
            And it does not really get all that hot all that often in summer (if we are lucky) with the
average maximum logged at 28.4°.

All tallies are taken from Tewantin.
                                                      TEMPERATURE (°C)
JAN        FEB        MAR        APR        MAY        JUN         JUL        AUG        SEP         OCT          NOV     DEC         YEAR
                                                       AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM
28.8       28.5       27.8       26.1       23.6       21.5        20.9       22.0       24.0        25.5         27.4    28.4        25.4
                                                        AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM
21.3       21.3       20.2       17.7       14.7       11.6        10.2       10.9       13.1        16.0         18.5    20.3        16.3

In best sub-tropical fashion, our rainfall peaks in mid-summer and early autumn. As detailed below, you should need your umbrella least
during August and September.
                                                              RAINFALL
JAN        FEB        MAR        APR        MAY        JUN         JUL        AUG        SEP         OCT          NOV     DEC         YEAR
                                                       RAINFALL (MM): AVERAGE
222        221        234        171        151        116         88         53         65          94           118     155         1688
                                                       MOST FREQUENT READING
177        168        200        143        139         80         64         49         51          83           95      144         1393
                                                           RAIN DAYS (AVERAGE)
12         13         15         12         11         9           7          7          7           8            9       10          120

Humidity, however, is a fact of life and fairly consistent throughout the year. The statistics show it peaking on autumn mornings at around
                                                                                                                                                       It is not practicable to
74 per cent, and on late summer afternoons at around 66 per cent. Coastal areas of the Shire generally experience slightly lower morning
humidity levels than inland areas, but moist sea breezes keep humidity levels slightly higher on the coast during the afternoon.                       increase Lake Macdonald’s

                                                           HUMIDITY (%)                                                                                capacity by excavating the
JAN        FEB        MAR        APR        MAY        JUN         JUL        AUG        SEP         OCT          NOV     DEC         YEAR      lake bed. The shallower upper
                                                              9 AM AVERAGE
                                                                                                                                                reaches    provide     a    valuable
70         72         74         74         75         73          72         70         65          65           65      68          70
                                                              3 PM AVERAGE                                                                      wetland system, supporting a
66         67         66         63         61         58          55         55         56          61           63      66          61        wide      variety     of     birdlife.
                                                                                                                                                Deepening the wetland would be
Noosa has two sources of town water: Lake                                  by irrigators in addition to Cooloola Council,                       detrimental to that ecosystem.
Macdonald at Cooroy with a maximum                                         whose annual allocation is 3,455 ML.                                 And to increase the Lake
capacity of 8,000 million                                                                                                                       Macdonald dam capacity by only
                                                                                                         Although        Borumba           is
litres          (ML),          and                                                                                                              1% of current storage, through
                                                                                                         situated outside of Noosa
SunWater’s            Borumba                                                                                                                   excavation, would incur a net
                                                                                                         Shire,                 Council
Dam,             situated        in                                                                                                             cost of at least $1.2 million.
                                                                                                         contributed               $1.875
neighbouring           Cooloola
                                                                                                         million towards raising
Shire - maximum capacity
                                                                                                         the dam wall in the year
46,000 ML.
                                                                                                         2000, and uses its Mary
Noosa Council is licensed                                                                                River Pump Station to
to take 3500 ML a year                                                                                   convey the water to its
from Lake Macdonald                                                                                      Lake             Macdonald
and 6,500 ML from                                                                                        treatment plant. Noosa
Borumba. The Borumba allocation is subject                                 Council is supporting a Cooloola proposal to                           This page: Lake MacDonald, Mt Cooroy

to possible reduction by SunWater in                                       expedite the further raising of the height
                                                                                                                                                       Opposite page: Noosa North Shore;
unfavourable conditions. The reservoir is used                             of Borumba.



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