Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:30 PM EST on Sunday 26 January 2025
Valid for Sunday 26 January 2025 to Wednesday 29 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Channel Country
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central West, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders and Central Coast and Whitsundays
Safety Advice::
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the low to mid forties, with overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased through all coastal and most inland parts of Queensland. Severe heatwave conditions have redeveloped over the Channel Country where they will likely persist until the middle of next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Birdsville.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Monday 27 January 2025
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Airlie Beach (20.2679°S, 148.7162°E, 17m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY27° 31° windy with showers Chance of rain: 50% Likely amount: 5-10mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:21am 5:44am 6:49pm 7:13pm NOW28.1° Feels Like: 25.0° Relative Humidity: 79% Dew: 24.1° Wind: E 46km/h Gust: 57km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1009.4hPa -
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Airlie BeachNow27.6°cFeels Like:28.5°Wind:E 20km/hGusts:22km/hHumidity:73%27°Min31°MaxToday in Airlie BeachPartly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds E 25 to 35 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.Tomorrow27°Min31°MaxPartly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 35. -
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Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds E 25 to 35 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.
Forecast for Airlie Beach (20.2679°S, 148.7162°E, 17m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary Minimum 27° 27° 26° 26° 26° 26° 26° Maximum 31° 31° 30° 30° 31° 30° 30° Chance of rain 50% 60% 60% 80% 70% 90% 90% Likely amount 5-10mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 40-80mm 40-80mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate No Rating Moderate Moderate - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 46
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(km/h)Wind direction ESE ESE ESE SE SE SE SE SE ESE SE SE SE SE SE Relative humidity 81% 78% 79% 77% 80% 78% 83% 78% 79% 73% 81% 77% 82% 79% Dew point 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C -
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Airlie Beach Rain Forecast
Airlie Beach 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025686877888777105012 - 34 - 78 - 910Well below normalBelow normalNear normalAbove normalWell above normalIssue Notes - Issued Jan 14
ENSO status: La Niña-like conditions. IOD status: Neutral. SAM status: Negative. Trending slightly negative. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is in a La Niña-like pattern. Recent conditions show some atmosphere-ocean coupling, resulting in the US declaring a La Niña event has started. A La Niña typically increases rainfall over northern and eastern Australia, while reducing rainfall over southern coastal Australia and western Tas. The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is in a neutral phase and does not play a part in Australia's climate during this time of year. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is in a negative phase. Recent forecasts show negative SAM is more likely to dominate for the remainder of summer, due to the polar vortex taking an unusually long time to recover from the stratospheric warming event in winter 2024. During summer, a negative SAM decreases rainfall over most of southeastern Australia, and increases rainfall for far southwest WA and western Tas. Rainfall outlooks are showing above average rainfall over large parts of the country during summer, with closer to average conditions for the southwest corner of WA, southern SA and Vic, and central parts of Tas.
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Airlie Beach Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Thursday
Jan 2327.1 °C 32.8 °C 0.0 mmFriday
Jan 2427.6 °C 32.0 °C 0.0 mmSaturday
Jan 2523.9 °C 31.1 °C 4.6 mmSunday
Jan 2624.1 °C 29.2 °C 34.8 mmMonday
Jan 2727.8 °C 29.1 °C 59.8 mmLegend -
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Airlie Beach minimum temp history (20.2679°S, 148.7162°E, 17m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 32.9° 17/01/2025 Coldest this month 21.4° 13/01/2025 Hottest on record 34.5 19/01/2015 Coldest on record 21.0 23/01/2015 Hottest this year 32.9° 17/01/2025 Coldest this year 21.4° 13/01/2025 Long term average 29.9° Long term average 24.9° Average this month 30.5° Average this month 25.3° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 30.8° 2016 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 24.3° 2007 Airlie Beach rainfall history (20.2679°S, 148.7162°E, 17m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 59.8mm 27/01/2025 Total This Month 203.4mm
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Average Rainfall To Jan 293.4mm 17.5 day(s) Total For 2025 203.4mm 13.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 119.4mm 12.0 day(s) Wettest Day 59.8mm Jan27 Lowest Temperature 21.4°C Jan13 Highest Temperature 32.9°C Jan17 -
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Airlie Beach Long-Term Averages
Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 29.9 29.7 28.9 27.0 24.3 22.3 21.5 22.9 25.3 27.4 28.7 29.9 26.4 Mean Min (°C) 24.9 24.9 24.4 22.9 20.6 18.9 18.0 18.5 20.2 22.1 23.4 24.6 21.9 Mean Rain (mm) 293.4 268.8 249.9 161.1 97.8 58.6 53.4 25.8 25.7 28.9 76.9 163.3 1441.6 Mean Rain Days 17.5 17.5 18.7 17.0 15.1 12.7 11.0 7.7 6.2 6.0 8.4 11.0 146.6