Urandangi

Urandangi (formerly also spelled Urandangie) is an outback town in the locality of Piturie in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.

The town is located on the banks of the Georgina River in Central West Queensland, 2,007 kilometres (1,247 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane and 187 kilometres (116 mi) south west of the regional centre of Mount Isa.

Urandangi is in the Channel Country. All watercourses in this area are part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin, and most will dry up before their water reaches Lake Eyre.

The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

The Marmanya Aboriginal community is located in Urandangi.

Urandangi has a subtropical desert climate (Köppen: BWh) with very hot, erratically wetter summers and very mild, very winters. On average, the town is extremely sunny, experiencing 199.4 clear days and only 50.5 cloudy days per annum. The wettest recorded day was 16 December 1984 with 164.0 mm (6.46 in) of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from 47.5 °C (117.5 °F) on 18 December 2019 to −2.0 °C (28.4 °F) on 30 June 2002 and 5 July 1984.

The original weather station has data available for precipitation (from 1891), temperature (from 1938) and 3 pm conditions (from 1938); but lacks recorded climate data after 2012.

A newer weather station at the town's aerodrome opened in 2012. It records temperature and precipitation data.