Climate in the Daintree Rainforest.

The Daintree Rainforest in Australia provides one of the best examples of tropical environment in the world. It is part of a region in Tropical North Queensland called the “Wet Tropics.” It receives vast amounts of rain, however this usually occurs in torrential downpours that last only a few hours at a time. When it’s not raining, usually the sun is out in full force highlighting the vibrant colours of the rainforest and the sea.

The rainforest has about 120 days of rain per year, with an average of 2013 mm falling per year.

Floods develop quickly in the river when rain is plentiful. In the wet season of 1996, record flood levels swamped roads and properties throughout the Daintree region. Statistics gathered at the rainfall station recorded 606 millimetres of rain falling in 24 hours on March 6th of that year.

Climatic data was first recorded in the Daintree Rainforest in 1884, and has continued every since. The average temperature is 28 degrees Celsius, and most of the time the air fluctuates between about 24 and 30 degrees.

Temps in the rainforest are surprisingly mild due to the protective canopy layer of tall trees. The air is often humid but cool.

• The highest recorded temperature is 36.7 degrees Celsius.
• The lowest recorded temperature is 8.9 degrees Celsius.
• Sea temperatures range from 23 degrees in July (winter) to 29 degrees in February (summer).