Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:59 PM EST on Saturday 20 December 2025
Valid for Saturday 20 December 2025 to Tuesday 23 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Southeast Coast
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about western parts of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, with overnight minimum temperatures in high teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are likely to ease late next week, reaching a peak this weekend and the early part of next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Beaudesert, Boonah, Caboolture, Caloundra, Esk, Goondiwindi, Ipswich, Stanthorpe and Warwick.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Sunday 21 December 2025
Forecast
Indooroopilly Centre (27.5013°S, 152.9716°E, 19m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Sunny. Winds N/NE 20 to 30 km/h.
Forecast for Indooroopilly Centre (27.5013°S, 152.9716°E, 19m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 21° 23° 25° 23° 23° 22° 20° Maximum 33° 34° 33° 28° 35° 27° 26° Chance of rain 5% 20% 80% 70% 40% 60% 80% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 10-20mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm UV index Very High Very High Moderate Moderate Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate - - - 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)27
(km/h)18
(km/h)28
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(km/h)15
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(km/h)18
(km/h)14
(km/h)20
(km/h)23
(km/h)27
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(km/h)26
(km/h)Wind direction N NE N NE WNW NNE S E W NE SSE SE SE SE Relative humidity 50% 54% 60% 55% 60% 69% 76% 71% 65% 56% 71% 63% 71% 64% Dew point 18°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 21°C 21°C 23°C 23°C 20°C 18°C 18°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Indooroopilly Centre (27.5013°S, 152.9716°E, 19m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 4:23am EST 4:49am EST 6:42pm EST 7:09pm EST 5:20am EST 7:53pm EST 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 -
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