Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:44 PM EST on Thursday 16 January 2025
Valid for Thursday 16 January 2025 to Sunday 19 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Herbert and Lower Burdekin
Warning for the following areas:
North Tropical Coast and Tablelands, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields and Wide Bay and Burnett
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central West, Maranoa and Warrego, Channel Country and North West
Safety Advice::
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 mid to high thirties along the eastern coast and adjacent ranges and inland areas, with overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties.
Extreme heatwave conditions have developed over the northern Queensland coast and are expected to persist over coming days before tending back to Severe heatwave conditions after the weekend. Severe heatwave conditions over the east and the central coast will contract further north over the weekend.
Severe heatwave conditions over western and southern Queensland have eased however low intensity heatwave conditions persist. These are expected to contract further north over coming days before redeveloping over much of southern Queensland from later in the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Bowen, Bundaberg, Biloela, Cairns, Gladstone, Hamilton Island, Port Douglas, Proserpine, Townsville and Yeppoon.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 17 January 2025
Forecast
Apple Tree Creek (25.2152°S, 152.234°E, 66m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current condition
TOMORROW21° 34° Chance of rain: 5% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 4:51am EST 5:16am EST 6:45pm EST 7:11pm EST NOW27.4° Feels Like: 30.4° Relative Humidity: 79% Dew: 23.4° Wind: NE 13km/h Gust: 17km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.6mm Pressure: 1000.0hPa -
Today Weather
Apple Tree CreekNow24.7°cFeels Like:30.9°Wind:N 0km/hGusts:0km/hHumidity:100%21°Min34°MaxToday in Apple Tree CreekMostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower along the coastal fringe, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm along the coastal fringe in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming SW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s.Tomorrow21°Min34°MaxPartly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming SE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. -
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Today: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower along the coastal fringe, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm along the coastal fringe in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming SW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s.
Forecast for Apple Tree Creek (25.2152°S, 152.234°E, 66m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary Minimum 21° 21° 21° 20° 21° 23° 23° Maximum 34° 32° 31° 31° 32° 34° 35° Chance of rain 5% 70% 60% 10% 10% 30% 50% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate 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 14
(km/h)17
(km/h)11
(km/h)19
(km/h)20
(km/h)29
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(km/h)23
(km/h)10
(km/h)22
(km/h)13
(km/h)25
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(km/h)27
(km/h)Wind direction S ENE W NE SSE SSE SSE E E NE NNW NNE NNW NNE Relative humidity 60% 37% 60% 56% 67% 62% 64% 57% 63% 57% 63% 58% 61% 60% Dew point 20°C 16°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 21°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 21°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 24°C -
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12 Month Rainfall Forecast
Apple Tree Creek Rain Forecast
Apple Tree Creek 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025687967666446105012 - 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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Past 5 Days
Apple Tree Creek Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Sunday
Jan 1220.3 °C 31.8 °C 16.2 mmMonday
Jan 1321.6 °C 32.5 °C 0.0 mmTuesday
Jan 1419.9 °C 31.7 °C 6.4 mmWednesday
Jan 1523.1 °C 33.2 °C 0.0 mmThursday
Jan 1622.2 °C 36.8 °C 22.4 mmLegend -
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Apple Tree Creek minimum temp history (25.2152°S, 152.234°E, 66m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 36.8° 16/01/2025 Coldest this month 18.2° 07/01/2025 Hottest on record 37.1 31/01/1995 Coldest on record 16.2 10/01/1965 Hottest this year 36.8° 16/01/2025 Coldest this year 18.2° 07/01/2025 Long term average 30.4° Long term average 21.5° Average this month 30.9° Average this month 20.4° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 32.2° 2002 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 19.4° 1961 Apple Tree Creek rainfall history (25.2152°S, 152.234°E, 66m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 22.4mm 16/01/2025 Total This Month 81.8mm
7.0 daysLong Term Average 168.0mm 12.4 days Wettest January on record 693.2mm 1974 Driest on record 1.2mm 2003 -
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Apple Tree Creek Year To Date
Average Rainfall To Jan 168.0mm 12.4 day(s) Total For 2025 81.8mm 7.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 78.2mm 11.0 day(s) Wettest Day 22.4mm Jan16 Lowest Temperature 18.2°C Jan 7 Highest Temperature 36.8°C Jan16 -
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Apple Tree Creek Long-Term Averages
Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 30.4 30.2 29.4 27.6 24.9 22.7 22.3 23.6 25.7 27.2 28.6 29.7 26.8 Mean Min (°C) 21.5 21.4 20.2 17.6 14.2 11.7 10.3 10.9 13.8 16.6 18.9 20.6 16.4 Mean Rain (mm) 168.0 151.5 114.4 56.8 66.3 50.2 38.7 33.5 34.0 78.0 85.7 123.1 993.4 Mean Rain Days 12.4 12.8 12.0 9.1 8.7 6.9 6.6 5.5 5.8 8.2 9.0 10.3 105.7