Logan pest control: a dry winter at the Logan City station

Logan pest control

At the Logan City station, which stands for Logan, summer is warm and winter is dry, with July both the driest month, at 35 mm, and the month of the coolest nights, at 8.9°C.

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 Logan City Water Treatment Plant weather station, which stands for Logan on this page, from SILO's records, which SILO completes with its own estimates for any day the station did not record. The station's own records cover 1992 to 2020; the years before 1992 are SILO's estimates. 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	29.9°C	20.7°C	124 mm
February	29.5°C	20.6°C	159 mm
March	28.5°C	19.2°C	135 mm
April	26.5°C	16.1°C	77 mm
May	24.0°C	12.8°C	96 mm
June	21.7°C	10.3°C	72 mm
July	21.6°C	8.9°C	35 mm
August	22.8°C	9.5°C	40 mm
September	25.2°C	12.5°C	38 mm
October	26.5°C	15.1°C	73 mm
November	28.0°C	17.6°C	96 mm
December	29.2°C	19.4°C	143 mm

Three warm months and a quick return

Three summer months sit together at the top of the year at the station, from December's 29.2°C to January's 29.9°C, and the days stay warm into March. After that the cooling is steady through April, May and June, and June and July share the coolest days. Spring then warms quickly: by November the average maximum is 28.0°C, already close to summer.

December is wetter than January at the station, and February then brings the heaviest month, at 159 mm. March stays wet before April drops away, and May is wetter again than April. After June comes a dry run through July, August and September, with July the driest of them. October and November then bring the rain back up towards summer.

April and October share their days

At the station, April and October both average a daily maximum of 26.5°C, and May and November both average 96 mm of rain, so the two seasons meet at more than one point. They part in how they begin. Autumn starts from a wet March and holds 308 mm across its three months, with a dip in April before May lifts the rain again. Spring starts from a dry September and holds 207 mm.

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