Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025
Forecast
Banana (24.4702°S, 150.1284°E, 153m AMSL) Banana,QLD set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Banana 7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. The chance of fog in the early morning. The chance of smoke haze inland in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower in the S, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming N/NW 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending N/NE in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 39.
Forecast for Banana (24.4702°S, 150.1284°E, 153m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 21° 21° 22° 22° 22° 20° 20° Maximum 37° 35° 35° 35° 26° 29° 32° Chance of rain 30% 80% 70% 80% 80% 60% 30% Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 20-40mm 10-20mm 5-10mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High 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 11
(km/h)10
(km/h)7
(km/h)12
(km/h)18
(km/h)20
(km/h)20
(km/h)20
(km/h)11
(km/h)13
(km/h)6
(km/h)11
(km/h)10
(km/h)12
(km/h)Wind direction N NNW NNW N N N N NW N N N NNW N NW Relative humidity 49% 27% 49% 32% 56% 31% 56% 39% 66% 62% 64% 43% 59% 29% Dew point 18°C 15°C 18°C 17°C 19°C 16°C 20°C 18°C 18°C 19°C 19°C 16°C 19°C 12°C First light 4:54am 4:53am 4:52am 4:52am 4:51am 4:50am 4:49am Sunrise 5:18am 5:17am 5:16am 5:15am 5:14am 5:14am 5:13am Sunset 6:07pm 6:08pm 6:09pm 6:09pm 6:10pm 6:10pm 6:11pm Last light 6:31pm 6:31pm 6:32pm 6:33pm 6:33pm 6:34pm 6:34pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Banana (24.4702°S, 150.1284°E, 153m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 4:54am EST 5:18am EST 6:07pm EST 6:31pm EST 6:33am EST 8:36pm EST 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 New moon Nov 20 Banana sun & moon times
FridayFirst light4:54am
ESTSunrise5:18am
ESTSunset6:07pm
ESTLast light6:31pm
ESTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseFri
6:33am
ESTMoon setFri
8:36pm
ESTFirst quarterFirst quarter Thu
Oct 30
Full moonFull moon Thu
Nov 06
Last quarterLast quarter Wed
Nov 12
New moonNew moon Thu
Nov 20
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Thu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDThu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025Thu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025Thu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025Thu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025Thu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025Thu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025Thu 2:28pm UTC Severe weather advice QLDAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:28 PM EST on Thursday 23 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 26 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, North West and Wide Bay and Burnett
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 high thirties to mid forties with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the low to high twenties for the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Central West, North West and Gulf Country districts.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to low twenties for the Peninsula, Herbet and Lower Burdekin, Central Coast and Whitsundays, Capricornia and the Wide Bay and Burnett districts.
Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern, central and eastern Queensland, and are expected to persist until a milder southerly change contracts the severe heatwave conditions to the far north of the state early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Barcaldine, Doomadgee, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Monto, Rockhampton and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 24 October 2025For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone° -
Temperature for next 7 days
0 Friday Friday 37 1 Saturday Saturday 35 2 Sunday Sunday 35 3 Monday Monday 35 4 Tuesday Tuesday 26 5 Wednesday Wednesday 29 6 Thursday Thursday 32 7 Thursday Thursday 32 -
Rain for next 7 days
0 Friday Friday 5 1 Saturday Saturday 5 2 Sunday Sunday 5 3 Monday Monday 40 4 Tuesday Tuesday 20 5 Wednesday Wednesday 10 6 Thursday Thursday 5 7 Thursday Thursday 5
