Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 12:49 PM EST on Thursday 30 October 2025
Valid for Thursday 30 October 2025 to Sunday 02 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country and 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 thirties to low forties, deceasing to high twenties to mid thirties over the North Tropical coasts and Tablelands 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 over the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Aurukun, Coen, Kowanyama and Weipa.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Friday 31 October 2025
Forecast
Low Isles (16.383°S, 145.5606°E, 0m 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 in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 35.
Forecast for Low Isles (16.383°S, 145.5606°E, 0m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 26° 26° 26° 26° 26° 26° 26° Maximum 33° 33° 33° 33° 33° 33° 33° Chance of rain 50% 30% 40% 70% 70% 70% 60% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating - - - - - - - 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 8
(km/h)15
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(km/h)17
(km/h)12
(km/h)13
(km/h)7
(km/h)14
(km/h)11
(km/h)17
(km/h)15
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(km/h)15
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(km/h)Wind direction SE E SE SE SE E ESE ENE E E SE ESE SE ESE Relative humidity 82% 70% 79% 67% 77% 66% 78% 68% 79% 68% 77% 65% 74% 62% Dew point 25°C 26°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 23°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Low Isles (16.383°S, 145.5606°E, 0m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:19am EST 5:41am EST 6:22pm EST 6:44pm EST 1:15pm EST 1:30am 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
