Pest control Indooroopilly: wet summers at Archerfield

Indooroopilly pest control

At the Archerfield Airport station, which stands for Indooroopilly, the rain follows the heat: December to March are its wettest months, and among its warmest, and July is both the coolest month and the driest.

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 Archerfield Airport weather station, which stands for Indooroopilly 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	30.8°C	20.7°C	124 mm
February	30.3°C	20.5°C	137 mm
March	29.3°C	18.8°C	107 mm
April	27.1°C	15.4°C	54 mm
May	24.3°C	12.0°C	75 mm
June	21.8°C	9.6°C	54 mm
July	21.7°C	8.1°C	28 mm
August	23.2°C	8.3°C	34 mm
September	25.9°C	11.7°C	29 mm
October	27.3°C	14.8°C	68 mm
November	28.8°C	17.5°C	92 mm
December	29.8°C	19.3°C	122 mm

A long summer and a short, dry winter

The warm days at Archerfield run from October to April, with January the warmest at 30.8°C on average, and the nights stay mild for all of that stretch. The cool part of the year is brief: the days are at their coolest in June and July and are climbing again by August, though the nights hold on to the cold a little longer, July's and August's averaging 8.1°C and 8.3°C.

February is the station's wettest month, at 137 mm, in the middle of a wet run from December to March. April then dips, drier than May, which brings one more autumn fall before June and July dry the year out. July is the driest month, and the dry holds through August and September, until October and November bring the rain back ahead of summer.

Spring's rain comes late

At Archerfield, spring opens in September, at 29 mm one of the year's driest months, and its rain comes late, in October and November, for 189 mm in the three months together. Autumn is the wetter season, with 235 mm, and March brings its heaviest falls before the dip in April. Spring's days average 27.3°C and autumn's 26.9°C, nearly the same.

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