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Wattles burst into bloom at the rear of a Tingoora house on Saturday, thanks to recent rain and a warmer-than-usual winter (Photo: Keith Kratzmann)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 25, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you think the South Burnett has been enjoying a warmer winter than usual, you’re right – so far, anyway.<\/p>\n

While June delivered several days of freezing sub-zero weather to the region, the Weather Bureau reports that minimum temperatures were still 2.5 degrees above average for the month.<\/p>\n

And so far in July, average minimum temperatures have been 2.8 degrees higher than usual.<\/p>\n

Maximum daytime temperatures are also higher than the long term averages.<\/p>\n

They were an average 0.1 degree higher in June, and have been 1.7 degrees higher this month.<\/p>\n

July is normally the South Burnett’s coldest month of the year.<\/p>\n

The Weather Bureau’s data for the 54 years between 1947 and 2001 suggests that in July we can look forward to average temperatures ranging between 4 and 18.5 degrees.<\/p>\n

But the average so far this month has been 6.8 to 20.2 degrees.<\/p>\n

And on Saturday, a daytime high of 27.2 degrees was just 0.2 degrees off a July record set in 1974.<\/p>\n

The warmer-than-usual weather has also begun to confuse \u00a0local plants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tingoora resident Keith Kratzmann reported that wattle trees at the rear of his property burst into bloom at the weekend, several weeks ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n

“The old wattle trees relished the steady rain last week and came out in full bloom with the blue skies and extra heat on Saturday,” Keith said.<\/p>\n

“My wife Gayle said that in her fours years at Tingoora she’s never seen such great blooms.”<\/p>\n

southburnett.com.au<\/strong> has also received reports that some domestic paw-paw trees have begun to form fruit in the Kingaroy area.<\/p>\n

However, Nanango’s pear trees are still in their leafless winter mode, and perhaps wisely so.<\/p>\n

With Spring not due to arrive until September 1, we still have more than five weeks of winter to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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