Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:56 PM EST on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Monday 22 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Southeast Coast
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 mid to high thirties, reaching the low forties about parts of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt, with overnight minimum temperatures in high teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are likely to persist through until mid next week, reaching a peak over the weekend and the early part of next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Beaudesert, Boonah, Caboolture, Caloundra, Esk, Goondiwindi, Ipswich, Stanthorpe and Warwick.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EST on Saturday 20 December 2025
Forecast
Norman Park (27.4832°S, 153.0643°E, 16m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Clear. Winds NE 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the late evening.
Forecast for Norman Park (27.4832°S, 153.0643°E, 16m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary 
Minimum 19° 21° 21° 23° 25° 23° 23° Maximum 31° 32° 34° 36° 35° 30° 32° Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 10% 60% 90% 90% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate 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 11
(km/h)28
(km/h)13
(km/h)25
(km/h)14
(km/h)27
(km/h)16
(km/h)27
(km/h)15
(km/h)18
(km/h)13
(km/h)19
(km/h)11
(km/h)21
(km/h)Wind direction NNW ENE N NE N NE NNW NE NW NE WSW E W NE Relative humidity 61% 49% 58% 51% 55% 52% 56% 54% 57% 67% 72% 70% 70% 64% Dew point 18°C 19°C 20°C 19°C 20°C 21°C 21°C 23°C 23°C 25°C 23°C 23°C 22°C 23°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Norman Park (27.4832°S, 153.0643°E, 16m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 4:22am EST 4:48am EST 6:41pm EST 7:08pm EST 3:37am EST 6:12pm EST 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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