Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 12:38 PM EST on Wednesday 19 November 2025
Valid for Wednesday 19 November 2025 to Saturday 22 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Gulf Country
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 low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to high twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to expand and intensify over broad areas of northern, central and western Queensland over coming days. Locations likely to be impacted include Croydon.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Thursday 20 November 2025
Forecast
Burketown (17.7417°S, 139.5479°E, 2m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower near the S coast, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm near the E coast late this afternoon and evening. Winds NW/NE 15 to 25 km/h tending NE/SE 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then tending NW/NE in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 40.
Forecast for Burketown (17.7417°S, 139.5479°E, 2m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 23° 24° 25° 25° 25° 26° 26° Maximum 35° 36° 37° 37° 38° 39° 39° Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 20% 40% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 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 16
(km/h)20
(km/h)18
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)23
(km/h)18
(km/h)24
(km/h)17
(km/h)26
(km/h)18
(km/h)27
(km/h)16
(km/h)25
(km/h)Wind direction NNE NE NNE NNE N NNE NNE NNE N NNE NNW NNE NW N Relative humidity 67% 45% 63% 48% 57% 44% 62% 49% 61% 44% 58% 40% 58% 43% Dew point 24°C 21°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 22°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 22°C 25°C 23°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Burketown (17.7417°S, 139.5479°E, 2m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:34am EST 5:57am EST 6:57pm EST 7:21pm EST 5:31am EST 7:01pm EST 
New moon
New moon Nov 20 First quarter Nov 28 Full moon Dec 05 Last quarter Dec 12 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
