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Queensland Weather

Current Warnings
 

Queensland Forecast

  • Sunday Showers/storms, intense in central Qld. Very hot in west. Cooler in SE. Hot elsewhere.

  • Monday Showers/storms, intense in central & northern Qld. Mild in SE. Hot in west & nth, very hot far west.

  • Tuesday Thunderstorms in the south and west. Enhanced tropical storms in the ext. north.

  • Wednesday Isolated showers in the south, storms for tropics. Very hot in the southwest grading warm to coast.

  • Thursday Showers for the Channel Country and Far North. Light coastal showers abouth the S and central.

Qld Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 19/01 Fri 20/01 Sat 21/01

35.5°C

Emerald Ap
Hottest

43.5°C

Birdsville Ap

42.1°C

Birdsville Ap

40.6°C

Birdsville Ap

45.4°C

Ballera Gas Field

20.3°C

Stanthorpe
Coldest

18.0°C

Stanthorpe

18.2°C

Mingela

16.0°C

Stanthorpe

10.6°C

Stanthorpe

SE 42km/h

Double Is Pt
Windiest

68km/h

Oakey Ap

85km/h

St George Ap

74km/h

Longreach Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

108.0mm

Abingdon Downs

52.0mm

Dunvegan

70.0mm

Horn Island

70.0mm

Horn Island
Queensland's Records for January
Max Min Rain
Highest 49.0°C at
Birdsville Ap in 2013
Lowest 16.2°C at
Stanthorpe in 1967
Highest 34.5°C at
Birdsville Police Station in 2003
Lowest 5.4°C at
Stanthorpe in 2010
Highest 627.4mm at
Mackay in 1918

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 %
Mostly cloudy
23 29 40% < 1mm Nil SSE 20 61 SE 27 56
Thunderstorms
24 31 90% 10-20mm Nil NW 10 82 NW 13 80
Possible shower
25 34 60% 1-5mm Nil SE 7 70 E 20 61
Mostly sunny
25 34 40% < 1mm Nil ENE 9 63 ENE 25 55
Possible shower
25 33 70% 1-5mm Nil E 6 77 E 15 72
Possible shower
26 34 50% 1-5mm Nil E 13 68 ESE 20 59
Possible thunderstorm
27 40 70% 1-5mm Nil NE 12 55 ENE 9 39
Possible thunderstorm
25 37 90% 1-5mm Nil WNW 10 63 E 10 37
Mostly sunny
26 41 20% < 1mm Nil E 14 32 S 8 28
Possible thunderstorm
25 38 90% 1-5mm Nil NE 15 57 E 8 40
Mostly cloudy
18 27 30% < 1mm Nil ESE 26 79 E 24 62
Showers
23 30 50% < 1mm Nil SE 24 85 SE 27 65
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Weather News

Heating up across the southeastern capitals

11:19 EDT

A couple of scorchers are on the way for Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney over the next few days.

Darwin not quite that wet (yet)

11:13 EDT

Following a good start to January 2017 rainfall, when 125mm fell during the first 48 hours of the year, conditions have been relatively dry for the Northern Territory capital.

Steamy night in Brisbane

14:29 EDT

In the early hours of the morning, Brisbane had its warmest minimum temperature since at least 1999, when the mercury halted its descent at 28 degrees just after 3am.