Queensland experienced a wetter than average year in 2012, followed by drier years from 2013-2015 leading to widespread drought. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation. It was last updated on 2026-05-27.
Use Cases
- Analyzing annual rainfall trends based on the described wet and dry periods from 2012-2015
- Studying the onset and impact of drought conditions based on the described multi-year dry spell
- Correlating rainfall data with other environmental or agricultural indicators for the Queensland region
Strengths
- Data is provided by a government environmental department (Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation)
- Last updated on 2026-05-27, suggesting recent maintenance
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Time Range
- Covers at least the period 2012-2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:18:23.168521
- Geography
- Queensland, Australia