Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:45 PM EST on Sunday 21 December 2025
Valid for Sunday 21 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 thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in high teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions reach a peak this weekend and the early this coming week, then easing during the later part of the 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 Monday 22 December 2025
Forecast
Landers Shoot (26.7084°S, 152.932°E, 52m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm about the S border ranges in the late afternoon and evening. Winds N 15 to 20 km/h tending NW 15 to 25 km/h in the early morning then tending NW/NE 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 38.
Forecast for Landers Shoot (26.7084°S, 152.932°E, 52m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary 
Minimum 23° 24° 21° 21° 21° 20° 20° Maximum 33° 34° 27° 33° 27° 25° 26° Chance of rain 40% 80% 80% 90% 90% 90% 80% Likely amount < 1mm 10-20mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme 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 13
(km/h)14
(km/h)10
(km/h)7
(km/h)4
(km/h)6
(km/h)6
(km/h)7
(km/h)16
(km/h)18
(km/h)16
(km/h)17
(km/h)17
(km/h)19
(km/h)Wind direction N NE NNW ENE S ENE WNW NNE SSE SE SE SE SE SE Relative humidity 70% 56% 62% 75% 85% 91% 72% 73% 84% 78% 77% 75% 74% 65% Dew point 22°C 21°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 25°C 22°C 21°C 19°C 19°C 18°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Landers Shoot (26.7084°S, 152.932°E, 52m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 4:26am EST 4:52am EST 6:41pm EST 7:07pm EST 6:20am EST 8:35pm EST 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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