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
Newell (16.4295°S, 145.4041°E, 1m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the S, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 29 to 35.
Forecast for Newell (16.4295°S, 145.4041°E, 1m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary 
Minimum 26° 26° 26° 26° 26° 26° 26° Maximum 32° 32° 32° 33° 32° 32° 33° Chance of rain 50% 40% 60% 40% 20% 40% 20% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 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 17
(km/h)24
(km/h)17
(km/h)19
(km/h)16
(km/h)22
(km/h)18
(km/h)22
(km/h)15
(km/h)17
(km/h)9
(km/h)18
(km/h)8
(km/h)15
(km/h)Wind direction SE ESE SE ESE SE ESE SE ESE ESE E SE E ESE E Relative humidity 85% 75% 77% 67% 76% 66% 76% 64% 73% 62% 73% 62% 74% 60% Dew point 26°C 25°C 23°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 23°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Newell (16.4295°S, 145.4041°E, 1m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:17am EST 5:39am EST 6:23pm EST 6:46pm EST 5:03pm EST 4:09am 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
