Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:49 PM EST on Monday 20 January 2025
Valid for Monday 20 January 2025 to Thursday 23 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, Maranoa and Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Wide Bay and Burnett and Southeast Coast
Cancellation for the following areas:
Herbert and Lower Burdekin and North Tropical Coast and Tablelands
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 over eastern districts in the low to mid thirties, increasing to the mid to high thirties by the middle of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures over eastern districts in the high teens to low twenties.
Maximum temperatures over inland districts in the low to high thirties, increasing to the high thirties to mid forties by the middle of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures over inland districts in the low to mid twenties, increasing to the mid to high twenties by the middle of the week.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to build over broad areas of southern and central Queensland this week and persist until at least the weekend.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased over the Herbert and Lower Burdekin and North Tropical Coast and Tablelands districts, however are expected to return later this week. Locations likely to be impacted include Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Biloela, Barcaldine, Dalby, Goondiwindi, Ipswich, Isisford, Roma, Stanthorpe and St George.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Tuesday 21 January 2025
Forecast
Longreach (23.4405°S, 144.2503°E, 189m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY24° 41° mostly sunny Chance of rain: 5% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:29am EST 5:54am EST 7:14pm EST 7:39pm EST NOW25.5° Feels Like: 25.7° Relative Humidity: 56% Dew: 16.1° Wind: N 9km/h Gust: 9km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1009.5hPa -
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LongreachNow25.7°cFeels Like:25.9°Wind:N 9km/hGusts:11km/hHumidity:55%24°Min41°MaxToday in LongreachMostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the NE during this afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm N of Longreach during this afternoon and evening. Winds N/NE 15 to 25 km/h tending E/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 40.Tomorrow26°Min42°MaxMostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late morning and afternoon. Winds N 15 to 25 km/h tending NW in the morning then becoming light in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40. -
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Today: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the NE during this afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm N of Longreach during this afternoon and evening. Winds N/NE 15 to 25 km/h tending E/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 40.
Forecast for Longreach (23.4405°S, 144.2503°E, 189m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary Minimum 24° 26° 28° 28° 26° 25° 26° Maximum 41° 42° 45° 46° 44° 42° 41° Chance of rain 5% 20% 20% 20% 40% 30% 20% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate High High - - - 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 20
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(km/h)Wind direction N ENE NNW WNW NW WNW WNW SW NE NNW NE NE NE ENE Relative humidity 44% 18% 38% 16% 30% 14% 23% 10% 28% 16% 45% 22% 46% 20% Dew point 18°C 11°C 19°C 11°C 17°C 11°C 13°C 7°C 14°C 12°C 19°C 16°C 19°C 13°C -
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12 Month Rainfall Forecast
Longreach Rain Forecast
Longreach 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec20255758788710787105012 - 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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Longreach Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Thursday
Jan 1624.8 °C 42.9 °C 0.0 mmFriday
Jan 1723.0 °C 39.0 °C 0.0 mmSaturday
Jan 1819.8 °C 38.8 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Jan 1925.3 °C 38.7 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Jan 2025.6 °C 39.5 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Longreach minimum temp history (23.4405°S, 144.2503°E, 189m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 44.7° 14/01/2025 Coldest this month 18.6° 02/01/2025 Hottest on record 47.3 28/01/1990 Coldest on record 13.4 04/01/1970 Hottest this year 44.7° 14/01/2025 Coldest this year 18.6° 02/01/2025 Long term average 37.3° Long term average 23.4° Average this month 41.0° Average this month 24.5° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 39.9° 2013 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 19.3° 1972 Longreach rainfall history (23.4405°S, 144.2503°E, 189m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 8.2mm 02/01/2025 Total This Month 8.2mm
1.0 daysLong Term Average 77.9mm 7.2 days Wettest January on record 420.4mm 1974 Driest on record 0.0mm 1952 -
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Average Rainfall To Jan 77.9mm 7.2 day(s) Total For 2025 8.2mm 1.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 22.4mm 6.0 day(s) Wettest Day 8.2mm Jan 2 Lowest Temperature 18.6°C Jan 2 Highest Temperature 44.7°C Jan14 -
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Longreach Long-Term Averages
Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 37.3 36.0 34.8 31.6 27.1 23.9 23.7 26.3 30.4 34.2 36.3 37.6 31.5 Mean Min (°C) 23.4 22.6 20.7 16.6 12.1 8.4 7.3 8.7 12.8 17.2 20.3 22.4 15.9 Mean Rain (mm) 77.9 75.1 57.0 34.0 23.2 17.9 18.5 11.0 11.9 22.9 29.8 52.7 428.1 Mean Rain Days 7.2 6.8 5.0 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.3 3.8 4.7 6.2 47.4