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
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Rockhampton (23.3789°S, 150.5123°E, 2m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY22° 33° mostly sunny Chance of rain: 20% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:04am EST 5:29am EST 6:49pm EST 7:14pm EST NOW24.5° Feels Like: 28.3° Relative Humidity: 88% Dew: 22.4° Wind: SE 6km/h Gust: 7km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1011.6hPa -
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RockhamptonNow27.5°cFeels Like:29.6°Wind:NE 17km/hGusts:19km/hHumidity:77%22°Min33°MaxToday in RockhamptonPartly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower during the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming N/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures 31 to 36.Tomorrow22°Min36°MaxPartly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm from the late morning. Light winds becoming N/NW 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then tending N/NE in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 34 to 39. -
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Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower during the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming N/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures 31 to 36.
Forecast for Rockhampton (23.3789°S, 150.5123°E, 2m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary Minimum 22° 22° 24° 25° 24° 24° 24° Maximum 33° 36° 39° 38° 35° 34° 33° Chance of rain 20% 30% 10% 30% 30% 30% 60% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate 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 7
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(km/h)Wind direction ENE ENE NNW N NNW N NNW N ENE ENE E E E E Relative humidity 71% 52% 73% 45% 71% 38% 68% 39% 71% 51% 69% 53% 72% 55% Dew point 23°C 21°C 23°C 22°C 25°C 22°C 24°C 21°C 24°C 22°C 24°C 22°C 23°C 22°C -
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Rockhampton Rain Forecast
Rockhampton 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025688867777547105012 - 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
Rockhampton Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Thursday
Jan 1623.0 °C 38.7 °C 1.2 mmFriday
Jan 1724.1 °C 35.5 °C 10.2 mmSaturday
Jan 1822.0 °C 35.2 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Jan 1922.7 °C 31.3 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Jan 2021.0 °C 29.5 °C 13.4 mmLegend -
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Rockhampton minimum temp history (23.3789°S, 150.5123°E, 2m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 38.7° 16/01/2025 Coldest this month 20.1° 13/01/2025 Hottest on record 42.5 22/01/1987 Coldest on record 16.3 07/01/1958 Hottest this year 38.7° 16/01/2025 Coldest this year 20.1° 13/01/2025 Long term average 32.1° Long term average 22.3° Average this month 32.7° Average this month 22.0° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 34.7° 1947 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 19.5° 1961 Rockhampton rainfall history (23.3789°S, 150.5123°E, 2m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 17.8mm 11/01/2025 Total This Month 49.8mm
6.0 daysLong Term Average 127.0mm 11.1 days Wettest January on record 660.2mm 1974 Driest on record 1.6mm 2003 -
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Rockhampton Year To Date
Average Rainfall To Jan 127.0mm 11.1 day(s) Total For 2025 49.8mm 6.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 25.0mm 6.0 day(s) Wettest Day 17.8mm Jan11 Lowest Temperature 20.1°C Jan13 Highest Temperature 38.7°C Jan16 -
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Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 32.1 31.5 30.6 28.8 26.1 23.6 23.3 25.0 27.5 29.8 31.3 32.2 28.5 Mean Min (°C) 22.3 22.2 21.0 18.1 14.3 11.1 9.8 10.9 13.9 17.2 19.6 21.3 16.8 Mean Rain (mm) 127.0 140.1 104.4 43.9 44.0 37.4 33.5 28.4 23.8 50.2 67.3 103.4 804.3 Mean Rain Days 11.1 12.0 10.1 6.8 6.3 5.4 5.9 4.7 4.4 6.7 7.6 9.4 90.0