Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:16 PM EST on Monday 03 November 2025
Valid for Monday 03 November 2025 to Thursday 06 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula and North Tropical Coast and Tablelands
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central Coast and Whitsundays
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 Central Coast and Whitsundays district, and are expected to continue over Cape York Peninsula and the Tropical North Coast this week as a milder southerly change extends northwards over the remainder of the state. Locations likely to be impacted include Mapoon and Weipa.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Tuesday 04 November 2025
Forecast
Mackay West (21.1522°S, 149.159°E, 8m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming NW/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then tending NW/NE in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 30.
Forecast for Mackay West (21.1522°S, 149.159°E, 8m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary 
Minimum 23° 22° 22° 23° 21° 23° 23° Maximum 29° 30° 29° 29° 29° 29° 29° Chance of rain 30% 40% 30% 5% 40% 40% 70% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate 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 8
(km/h)10
(km/h)5
(km/h)14
(km/h)11
(km/h)18
(km/h)14
(km/h)16
(km/h)10
(km/h)15
(km/h)9
(km/h)16
(km/h)8
(km/h)14
(km/h)Wind direction SSW ENE E ENE E E ENE E ENE ENE NNE NE N NE Relative humidity 63% 57% 61% 61% 64% 58% 57% 52% 56% 53% 58% 57% 63% 59% Dew point 19°C 19°C 21°C 21°C 21°C 20°C 19°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Mackay West (21.1522°S, 149.159°E, 8m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 4:56am EST 5:19am EST 6:15pm EST 6:38pm EST 4:53pm EST 3:51am 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
