Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:42 PM EST on Monday 22 December 2025
Valid for Monday 22 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 mid to high thirties, as high as low forties in western inland parts, with overnight minimum temperatures in high teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are reaching a peak and should begin to ease through the early part of this week. Locations likely to be impacted include Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Beaudesert, Boonah, Caboolture, Caloundra, Goondiwindi, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Stanthorpe and Warwick.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Tuesday 23 December 2025
Forecast
Lilyvale (27.4275°S, 151.8752°E, 467m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the SW, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm near the New South Wales border. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the SW. Winds NW/SW 15 to 25 km/h tending SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then becoming light in the late evening.
Forecast for Lilyvale (27.4275°S, 151.8752°E, 467m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary 
Minimum 20° 22° 20° 19° 18° 14° 14° Maximum 37° 33° 30° 35° 29° 27° 28° Chance of rain 60% 80% 80% 40% 30% 40% 30% Likely amount < 1mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High Moderate 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 30
(km/h)17
(km/h)20
(km/h)17
(km/h)10
(km/h)12
(km/h)17
(km/h)16
(km/h)28
(km/h)30
(km/h)30
(km/h)32
(km/h)27
(km/h)29
(km/h)Wind direction NNW WNW WNW SW NW NNE W WSW E ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE Relative humidity 57% 33% 66% 62% 79% 63% 71% 33% 69% 54% 68% 53% 64% 43% Dew point 20°C 18°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 20°C 22°C 16°C 19°C 18°C 16°C 16°C 15°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Lilyvale (27.4275°S, 151.8752°E, 467m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 4:28am EST 4:55am EST 6:48pm EST 7:14pm EST 6:23am EST 8:42pm 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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