Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:38 PM EST on Wednesday 22 January 2025
Valid for Wednesday 22 January 2025 to Saturday 25 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Southeast Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, North Tropical Coast and Tablelands, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, Channel Country, Maranoa and Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 over eastern districts in mid to high thirties. Overnight minimum temperatures over eastern districts in the low to mid twenties.
Maximum temperatures over inland districts generally in the low to mid forties. Overnight minimum temperatures over inland districts generally in the mid to high twenties.
Extreme Heatwave conditions are forecast over the Southeast Coast District for the Wednesday to Friday period.
Severe heatwave conditions have developed over broad areas of southern and central Queensland. A milder change will bring some relief to the state over the weekend although Low Intensity heatwave conditions are expected to persist into next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Clermont, Charleville, Dalby, Emerald, Gladstone, Goondiwindi, Longreach, Rockhampton and Roma.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Thursday 23 January 2025
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South Johnstone (17.5987°S, 145.9947°E, 13m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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24° 33° fog then sunny Chance of rain: 5% Likely amount: < 1mm First
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Last light Sunrise Sunset 5:35am EST 5:58am EST 6:57pm EST 7:21pm EST NOW27.6° Feels Like: 34.7° Relative Humidity: 91% Dew: 26.0° Wind: N 0km/h Gust: 0km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1010.1hPa -
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South JohnstoneNow27.0°cFeels Like:32.6°Wind:NW 7km/hGusts:9km/hHumidity:94%
24°Min33°MaxToday in South JohnstonePartly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the N, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 25 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s.Tomorrow
24°Min33°MaxPartly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 25 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. -
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Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the N, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 25 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s.
Forecast for South Johnstone (17.5987°S, 145.9947°E, 13m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 24° 24° 24° 24° 24° 24° 24° Maximum 33° 34° 34° 32° 30° 30° 30° Chance of rain 5% 5% 60% 90% 90% 90% 90% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm 40-80mm 40-80mm 20-40mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating No Rating No Rating Moderate No Rating - - - 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 2
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(km/h)Wind direction W ENE NW ENE NNE E SSE SE SSE SE S SE SSE SSE Relative humidity 75% 65% 75% 64% 76% 64% 83% 80% 90% 88% 92% 90% 92% 90% Dew point 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C -
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South Johnstone Rain Forecast
South Johnstone 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025786766687976105012 - 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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South Johnstone Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Saturday
Jan 1824.7 °C 36.2 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Jan 1925.1 °C 34.9 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Jan 2023.4 °C 32.0 °C 1.6 mmTuesday
Jan 2124.7 °C 32.3 °C 0.0 mmWednesday
Jan 2224.9 °C 33.1 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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South Johnstone minimum temp history (17.5987°S, 145.9947°E, 13m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 36.5° 17/01/2025 Coldest this month 21.4° 10/01/2025 Hottest on record 40.0 08/01/1994 Coldest on record 14.4 17/01/1965 Hottest this year 36.5° 17/01/2025 Coldest this year 21.4° 10/01/2025 Long term average 31.3° Long term average 22.9° Average this month 32.7° Average this month 23.7° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 33.8° 1992 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 20.5° 1965 South Johnstone rainfall history (17.5987°S, 145.9947°E, 13m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 124.6mm 07/01/2025 Total This Month 212.0mm
10.0 daysLong Term Average 512.6mm 18.8 days Wettest January on record 2740.6mm 1981 Driest on record 12.1mm 1947 -
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Average Rainfall To Jan 512.6mm 18.8 day(s) Total For 2025 212.0mm 10.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 534.8mm 16.0 day(s) Wettest Day 124.6mm Jan 7 Lowest Temperature 21.4°C Jan10 Highest Temperature 36.5°C Jan17 -
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South Johnstone Long-Term Averages
Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 31.3 31.0 30.0 28.4 26.3 24.6 24.1 25.3 27.3 29.1 30.6 31.3 28.3 Mean Min (°C) 22.9 23.0 22.3 20.8 18.8 16.4 15.4 15.7 17.1 19.2 20.9 22.2 19.5 Mean Rain (mm) 512.6 565.2 588.7 396.7 268.3 151.5 114.3 93.3 84.8 90.0 140.6 266.1 3315.8 Mean Rain Days 18.8 19.3 21.3 20.1 19.3 16.2 16.1 14.6 13.0 11.9 12.3 14.9 195.6
