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Long Crossing Channel Cooper Ck - QLD

Road flood level gauge on left

Water levels March 2025 flood

High and dry June 2013

Westbound sign

River Crossing

Position

DEG: -25.370501 142.729004

DMS: 25º 22' 13.8" S 142º 43' 44.41" E

UTM: 54 J 7192901mN 673963mE

Altitude: 126.61m

Address & Contact

Diamantina Developmental Road
Windorah QLD 4481

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/cooper/cooper.shtml

Information

Channel on west side of Cooper Creek at Windorah. Staff gauges read to 9 metres but will only reach this level every 50 years as in 1974 at 8.48m and March 2025 at 8.51m. The causeway goes under at 4.37 m even though the nearby bridge over the main channel is not submerged until 5.43 m. Recent high levels at the crossing are: 7.45 m in 2000 and 5.5 m in 2010. During the winter travel season this channel is bone dry. April 1st 2019 6.16 m.

PlaceID	107894

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Isisford at 31/09:00am EST

Distance from Long Crossing Channel Cooper Ck 212.25km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
13.7°C	8.0°C	40%	0.3°C	hPa	0.0mm	SE	20km/hr 11knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Windorah Post Office

Distance from Long Crossing Channel Cooper Ck 9.32km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.1	36.6	34.5	30.2	25.3	21.6	21.4	24.1	28.5	32.6	35.5	37.8
Mean Min. °C	24.1	23.5	21.1	16.0	11.3	7.6	6.6	8.1	12.1	16.5	19.9	22.5
Mean Rain mm	42.6	49.0	43.1	19.5	18.8	16.3	15.1	9.7	10.5	17.6	22.2	30.5