Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EST on Tuesday 04 November 2025
Valid for Tuesday 04 November 2025 to Friday 07 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula
Cancellation for the following areas:
North Tropical Coast and Tablelands
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 with overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased over the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands district, and are expected to continue over Cape York Peninsula this week. Locations likely to be impacted include Aurukun, Mapoon and Weipa.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Wednesday 05 November 2025
Forecast
Lockhart (12.7868°S, 143.3502°E, 39m 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. Light winds becoming E 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.
Forecast for Lockhart (12.7868°S, 143.3502°E, 39m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary 
Minimum 25° 25° 26° 25° 24° 25° 25° Maximum 31° 31° 31° 31° 31° 31° 32° Chance of rain 50% 60% 50% 30% 30% 80% 80% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 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 19
(km/h)20
(km/h)18
(km/h)19
(km/h)20
(km/h)20
(km/h)18
(km/h)17
(km/h)12
(km/h)16
(km/h)13
(km/h)16
(km/h)11
(km/h)16
(km/h)Wind direction ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE SE ESE SE ESE ESE ESE Relative humidity 66% 57% 69% 62% 69% 63% 66% 57% 63% 56% 63% 58% 67% 57% Dew point 23°C 22°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 22°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Lockhart (12.7868°S, 143.3502°E, 39m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:30am EST 5:52am EST 6:29pm EST 6:51pm EST 6:11pm EST 5:08am 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
