Gold Coast pest control: Coolangatta's wet late summer

Gold Coast pest control

At the Coolangatta station February is the wettest month on average with 201 mm, and the rain stays heavy into March before July brings a much quieter run.

Average daily low to high, °C
Average rainfall, mm
Autumn and spring, when termites usually fly
Usual tick season, varies by place

The average year, 1991 to 2020, at the Bureau of Meteorology's Coolangatta weather station, which stands for the Gold Coast on this page, from SILO's records, which SILO completes with its own estimates for any day the station did not record. The termite seasons are the ones the Australian Museum names and the tick months are the ones the Australian Government’s health advice gives (both below); neither is read from the weather.

The figures as a table

Month	Average daily maximum	Average daily minimum	Average rainfall
January	28.7°C	21.1°C	166 mm
February	28.4°C	21.0°C	201 mm
March	27.5°C	19.8°C	182 mm
April	25.6°C	17.0°C	126 mm
May	23.2°C	13.8°C	119 mm
June	21.1°C	11.5°C	136 mm
July	20.8°C	10.0°C	67 mm
August	21.8°C	10.5°C	55 mm
September	23.6°C	13.3°C	41 mm
October	24.8°C	15.9°C	92 mm
November	26.3°C	18.2°C	109 mm
December	27.5°C	19.8°C	161 mm

A warm year shaped by its rain

The average maximum at Coolangatta reaches 28.7°C in January and sinks no lower than 20.8°C in July, so the change through the year shows more in the nights, with July's average minimum at 10.0°C.

From October each month at the station is wetter than the last until February, then March and April let the totals fall. June interrupts with a wetter month than May, before July, August and September form the dry stretch, with September the driest of all at 41 mm. Across a year, the station averages 1,454 mm.

An autumn still holding summer's rain

Autumn at Coolangatta still carries summer's rain: March is the second wettest month of the year, and the season's three months together hold 427 mm. Spring is the leaner season, starting in September, the driest month, and only gaining its rain as October and November lead towards summer.

Pests and weather, from public sources

Termites

New colonies begin when winged termites leave the nest in a colonising flight. The Australian Museum says these flights happen in warm, humid weather, mostly in spring and autumn.

Australian Museum

Cockroaches

The Better Health Channel says cockroaches do best where conditions are warm, humid and unhygienic.

Better Health Channel (Victorian Government)

Mosquitoes

“Mosquitoes need water to breed, and some mosquitoes can breed in very small amounts of water.”

NSW Health

Ticks

Ticks can be found in any month. The Australian Government’s health advice puts the usual tick season at July to December, and says it differs from place to place.

Australian Centre for Disease Control

Who licenses pest work in Queensland

Queensland Health requires a licence of anyone who does pest control work for payment. Queensland Health

Applying a chemical termite management system needs a Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) licence as well as the government-issued pest control licence. QBCC

Where the work involves termites, Queensland Health says to ask to see the technician’s QBCC licence. Queensland Health

Seeking pest management services, Queensland Health