Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:53 PM EST on Saturday 01 November 2025
Valid for Saturday 01 November 2025 to Tuesday 04 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, North Tropical Coast and Tablelands, Herbert and Lower Burdekin and Central Coast and Whitsundays
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 low thirties to low forties, decreasing to high twenties to mid thirties over the North Tropical coast and Tablelands district and also the Herbert and Lower Burdekin district. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to continue throughout Cape York Peninsula over the coming days and expand to other parts of northern Queensland during the weekend before beginning to ease next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Aurukun, Kowanyama, Pormpuraaw, Townsville and Weipa.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Sunday 02 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 in the W, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds NW/NE 15 to 25 km/h tending W/NW 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.
Forecast for Burketown (17.7417°S, 139.5479°E, 2m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 26° 26° 23° 23° 23° 24° 26° Maximum 37° 37° 35° 37° 37° 36° 36° Chance of rain 30% 90% 5% 20% 20% 20% 80% Likely amount < 1mm 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High 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 17
(km/h)26
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(km/h)20
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(km/h)24
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(km/h)26
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(km/h)Wind direction NNE NNE NNW W SSE SSE SSE ENE ESE NNE NE NNE NNE N Relative humidity 63% 49% 59% 57% 54% 36% 26% 34% 33% 38% 63% 49% 65% 52% Dew point 26°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 18°C 17°C 9°C 18°C 14°C 20°C 24°C 23°C 26°C 24°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 Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:40am EST 6:03am EST 6:48pm EST 7:11pm EST 3:30pm EST 3:14am EST 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 New moon Nov 20 First quarter Nov 28 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
