Queensland has more than made up for rudely thrusting extra days of winter upon her unsuspecting citizens.
On Saturday, the Sunshine State absolutely lived up to its name and offered the warmest July day in 70 years in Brisbane, matching the previously held record from 1946 when the temperature reached a balmy 29.1 degrees.
![Crowds flocked to the Brisbane city beach and the surrounding parklands to escape the sweltering weather.](/web/20160725054435im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/c/9/q/3/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gqc9rj.png/1469263229127.jpg)
It was the peak of a run of unseasonably warm days as a trough passed through southern Queensland dragging warm air down from the north and returning the weather to that we would expect in summer and came on the back of some unseasonably cold weather.
It was warm throughout the south-east with warm July records being smashed all over the place.
The Sunshine Coast bore the brunt of the hot day, reaching 31.4 degrees, beating its previous record of 27.7.
On the Gold Coast it got to 29.6, beating its previous record of 26.9.
Archerfield, Brisbane Airport and Gold Coast Seaway observation stations all recorded record-breaking temperatures for July.
![Washing away the heat at South Bank as July temperature soar.](/web/20160725054435im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/c/9/q/a/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gqc9rj.png/1469263229127.jpg)
But before you book a week off to make the most of the warm spell, the Bureau of Meteorology has sad news... things return to "winter" temperatures from Sunday with the mercury tipped to drop to average conditions.
Bureau forecaster Adam Blazak said a change in the wind would bring a change in the temperature.
![Plenty of people chose to escape the heat at Brisbane's city beach.](/web/20160725054435im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/c/9/q/e/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gqc9rj.png/1469263229127.jpg)
"We will have more of a slight southerly wind direction change with the winds coming slightly more from the south," he said.
"So we won't be getting the hot air being dragged down from the north and that will see temperatures getting back to around average for this time of the year.
"(On Sunday) we are going for 22 and it will stay around that number roughly for most of the week."
The good news is the days will be clear and sunny, so we can all be thankful we are spending winter in Queensland and not somewhere dreadful like Sydney, where a top of 16 is expected on Sunday, or Melbourne where they can only manage a measly 12.
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