below is recorded once per year. The average annual rainfall is around , of which over three-quarters falls from November to March. Between May and September, rainfall is extremely rare: the median rainfall is zero in August, less than in July and September and less than in April, May, June and October. Variability is extreme, however, and totals as high as occur roughly one year in ten, whilst in the driest years as little as can be recorded. Between December and March, monthly totals can exceed if the monsoon is vigorous, with the wettest month being January 1984 with . Humidity is generally low except when the monsoon is active, when relatively lower temperatures accompany high humidity. The same applies to cloudiness: in the dry winter months over twenty days are completely clear. See also Porcupine Gorge National Park Kennedy Energy Park References Further reading The Railways of Hughenden Knowles, J.W. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, April, 1965 External links University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Hughenden Town map of Hughenden, 1979, northern and southern sections Hughenden Court House Discover Queensland Buildings website Towns in Queensland North West Queensland Shire of Flinders (Queensland) Queensland in World War II Localities in Queensland