Slightly weaker winds on Friday but still predominantly from the west (19 km/hr – WSW and 14 km/h – WNW at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. recorded at Archerfield). Consequently carbon dioxide concentrations remained at their recent ‘lows’. (To reinforce yesterday’s point that these ‘lows’ are a great deal higher than pre-industrial levels, it’s worth remembering that the value of 410 ppm – the average we recorded in Brisbane for yesterday – had never been recorded as the monthly average background level at Kennaook/Cape Grim before July 2020, and the very lowest value we recorded at the bottom of the diurnal cycle yesterday (393 ppm at Bellbird Park at 1:30 pm) had never been recorded as the monthly average there until May 2013. Even the ‘lows’ are high.


Daily Averages – Phase 2 (See explanation of differences between Phase 1 and Phase 2 data)
For reference, latest monthly average (May 2023) from CSIRO for Kennaook/Cape Grim in NW Tasmania was 415.7 ppm. (Note – these are provisional values, subject to revision folllowing sensor re-calibrations and other checks.)
Date | Petrie Terrace | Chapel Hill | Bellbird Park |
1-Jul-2023 | 419 ppm | 407 ppm | 405 ppm |
30-Jun-2023 | 414 ppm | 405 ppm | 402 ppm |
29-Jun-2023 | 415 ppm | 409 ppm | 405 ppm |
28-Jun-2023 | 435 ppm | 427 ppm | 428 ppm |
27-Jun-2023 | 426 ppm | 409 ppm | 415 ppm |
26-Jun-2023 | 412 ppm | 402 ppm | 412 ppm |
25-Jun-2023 | 447 ppm | 426 ppm | 429 ppm |
24-Jun-2023 | 427 ppm | 417 ppm | 423 ppm |
23-Jun-2023 | 434 ppm | 427 ppm | 435 ppm |
22-Jun-2023 | 442 ppm | 425 ppm | 436 ppm |
21-Jun-2023 | 443 ppm | 421 ppm | 437 ppm |
20-Jun-2023 | 421 ppm | 414 ppm | 417 ppm |
19-Jun-2023 | 430 ppm | 418 ppm | 419 ppm |
18-Jun-2023 | 436 ppm | 426 ppm | 434 ppm |
17-Jun-2023 | 440 ppm | 429 ppm | 437 ppm |
16-Jun-2023 | 438 ppm | 421 ppm | 433 ppm |
15-Jun-2023 | 433 ppm | 412 ppm | 428 ppm |
14-Jun-2023 | 435 ppm | 425 ppm | 438 ppm |
13-Jun-2023 | 441 ppm | 436 ppm | 442 ppm |
12-Jun-2023 | 442 ppm | 439 ppm | 448ppm |
11-Jun-2023 | 443 ppm | 441 ppm | 451 ppm |
10-Jun-2023 | 446 ppm | 432 ppm | 4444 ppm |
9-Jun-2023 | 441 ppm | 428 ppm | 440ppm |