Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning 
Issued at 02:24 PM EST on Friday 31 October 2025
Valid for Friday 31 October 2025 to Monday 03 November 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Peninsula, Gulf Country, North Tropical Coast and Tablelands and Herbert and Lower Burdekin
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 and also the Herbert and Lower Burdekin 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 before beginning to ease next week.  Locations likely to be impacted include Kowanyama, Townsville and Weipa.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Saturday 01 November 2025
Forecast
Meadowvale (24.8155°S, 152.2747°E, 23m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecastToday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and evening. A thunderstorm likely from late this morning. Thunderstorms possibly severe with destructive winds, large hail to giant hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding from late this morning. Winds N 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 28 to 33. Forecast for Meadowvale (24.8155°S, 152.2747°E, 23m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary               Minimum 20° 22° 23° 22° 19° 19° 20° Maximum 29° 31° 31° 29° 31° 31° 30° Chance of rain 60% 40% 70% 70% 20% 10% 20% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Very High Extreme Very High 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 20 
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 (km/h)Wind direction NNE NNE N N N N NW NNW SW ENE SE ENE NE NE Relative humidity 69% 69% 71% 70% 71% 69% 71% 68% 55% 45% 56% 46% 64% 57% Dew point 20°C 21°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 21°C 21°C 18°C 17°C 18°C 16°C 20°C 19°C 
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Sunrise and sunset timesSunrise / Sunset for Meadowvale (24.8155°S, 152.2747°E, 23m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 4:40am EST 5:04am EST 6:05pm EST 6:29pm EST 1:35pm EST 1:50am EST  Waxing gibbous Waxing gibbousFull moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 New moon Nov 20 First quarter Nov 28 
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