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Current Warnings
 

Queensland Forecast

  • Friday Patchy rain in south, skies clearing in far south. The odd shower in centre and on Peninsula.

  • Saturday The odd shower/storm in the far east and north. Dry elsewhere. Cool morning in the south.

  • Sunday A few showers along the coast. Dry elsewhere. Cool in the south. Light winds.

  • Monday A few showers on North Tropical Coast. Showers developing in far SW. Sunny elsewhere.

Qld Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Tue 24/05 Wed 25/05 Thu 26/05

27.0°C

Horn Island
Hottest

33.0°C

Kowanyama Ap

33.3°C

Scherger RAAF

35.0°C

Urandangi

38.5°C

Century Mine

10.8°C

Stanthorpe
Coldest

-4.4°C

Stanthorpe

-2.6°C

Stanthorpe
 

-4.4°C

Stanthorpe

NNW 46km/h

Cato Is
Windiest

50km/h

Willis Island

44km/h

Cape Moreton

79km/h

St George Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

57.0mm

Southwell

49.0mm

Mornington Island
 

274.0mm

Hazelmere
Queensland's Records for May
Max Min Rain
Highest 39.5°C at
Toorak in 1981
Lowest 6.9°C at
Stanthorpe in 1969
Highest 28.0°C at
Coconut Island in 2001
Lowest -6.8°C at
Stanthorpe in 2006
Highest 318.8mm at
Mackay Ap in 1955

Queensland Weather Forecasts

Station
(ungroup by district)
Forecast Min Max Chance of rain Rain amount Frost risk 9am 3pm
Wind RH Wind RH
°C °C km/h % km/h %
Clearing shower
19 27 50% < 1mm Nil W 24 66 WSW 28 40
Late shower
22 33 80% 5-10mm Nil ESE 11 84 ESE 7 58
Sunny
22 30 50% < 1mm Nil WSW 5 76 NE 9 68
Sunny
21 31 20% < 1mm Nil NW 10 67 N 20 60
Sunny
19 30 30% < 1mm Nil NW 18 83 - -
Sunny
20 33 30% < 1mm Nil WNW 19 69 W 17 32
Sunny
18 30 5% < 1mm Nil S 13 45 SSW 21 32
Sunny
18 32 40% < 1mm Nil NW 9 71 WSW 14 38
Clearing shower
14 21 10% < 1mm Nil SSE 7 70 WSW 17 37
Clearing shower
16 22 90% < 1mm Nil SSW 11 68 WNW 16 50
Clearing shower
16 19 70% < 1mm Nil W 31 87 W 32 50
Late shower
19 31 40% < 1mm Nil WNW 22 71 WNW 20 41
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