7Queensland, Australia – 121.1 degrees Fahrenheit
Named in honor of Queen Victoria, Queensland is the second largest state in Australia.
Located in the North-East of the country, Queensland is the world’s 6th largest sub-national entity.
Based on humidity and temperature, Queensland features 5 predominant climatic zones, such as hot humid summer and warm dry winter (in Cairns, Townsville and Gladstone), warm humid summer and mild dry winter (in Brisbane, Bundaberg and Rockhampton), hot dry summer and mild dry winter (in My Isa, Emerald and Longreach), hot dry summer and cold dry winter (in Roma, Charleville and Goondiwindi) and warm humid summer and cold dry winter (in Toowoomba, Warwick and Stanthorpe.
The highest temperature recorded in Queensland was 121.1 degrees Fahrenheit, the equivalent to 49.5 degrees Celsius, at Birdsville Police Station, in 1972.
If you’re wondering which was the minimum temperature, we also have the answer. It was recorded at Stanthorpe in 1961 and at The Hermitage, in 1965 : 12.9 degrees Fahrenheit (or -10.6 degrees Celsius).
