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Today, 12:18AM UTC
2025 was Australia's 4th warmest year on record
Australia’s mean temperature was more than 1.2°C above average in 2025, making it the country’s 4th warmest year in more than a century of records. Measuring national temperature in Australia Australia's national average temperature is measured by combining observations from 112 weather stations spread across the country. These weather stations, which extend from coast to coast and include every state and territory, make up the Australian Climate Observations Reference Network – Surface Air Temperature (ACORN-SAT) dataset. ACORN-SAT is the official dataset for monitoring Australia’s average temperatures over time, and it has reliable temperature observations dating back to 1910. How did 2025 compare to other years? Australia’s mean annual temperature in 2025 was 21.8°C, which was 1.23°C above the 1961-1990 average. This was Australia’s 4th highest annual mean temperature since records commenced in 1910, falling behind temperature anomalies of: +1.51°C in 2019 +1.45°C in 2024 +1.35°C in 2013 Abnormally warm annual temperatures were experienced across almost all of Australia in 2025, with the exception of a few places in northern Australia. Some areas of southern Australia had their warmest year on record. Image: Annual mean temperature deciles for 2025. The dark orange shaded areas had their warmest year on record. Source: Bureau of Meteorology. Rainfall was mixed across Australia in 2025, with above average rain over large areas of northern and eastern Australia and below average rain in much of the south and southeast. South Australia had its driest year since 2019, while annual rainfall was in the lowest 10 percent of historical records for parts of SA, WA, Victoria and southern NSW. By contrast, some areas in northeast Qld and eastern NSW had their wettest year on record. Image: Annual rainfall deciles in 2025. Red shading shows areas that saw below average rain in 2025, while blue shaded areas had a wetter than average year. Source: Bureau of Meteorology. Australia’s weather extremes in 2025 Like all years, 2025 included a range of extreme weather events in Australia, with intense heat, harsh cold and plenty of heavy rain and thunderstorms. The highest temperature officially recorded in Australia during 2025 was 49.3°C at Geraldton, WA on January 20. This was the lowest annual peak temperature since 2021 and fell well below the country’s maximum temperature record of 50.7°C. Several states set new highest daily maximum temperature records for individual months in 2025. This included: 48.7°C at Oodnadatta on February 12, a new February record for SA 47.5°C at Birdsville on February 12, a new February record for Qld 46.1°C at Birdsville on October 21, a new October record for Qld 44.9°C at Wanaaring on October 21, a new October record for NSW Australia’s lowest temperature in 2025 was -13.2°C at Thredbo on August 18. Other locations that dropped to -10°C or lower in 2025 included Perisher Valley (-11.6°C), Cooma (-10°C) and Goulburn (-10°C). The year’s heaviest daily rainfall occurred in Qld, where a rain gauge near Paluma received 745.2 mm in the 24 hours ending at 9am local time on February 3. Other notable weather events in 2025 included: Summer snow at both ends of the year, in February and December Tropical Cyclone Alfred hitting southeast Qld Atmospheric gravity waves off Australia’s northwest coast A toxic algal bloom off SA Major flood in western Qld Waterfalls on Uluru Heavy snow in northern NSW Giant hail in southeast Qld Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre turning pink 7.7 million lightning strikes in one week Aurora Australis visible from as far north as Qld Tornadic thunderstorm in Perth Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina passes near Darwin
31 Dec 2025, 1:58AM UTC
Qld cops a metre of rain, WA cyclone downgrades after 158 km/h gust
Two strong tropical weather systems continue to dominate Australia’s weather on the last day of 2025. Queensland’s deluge continues, with totals for the ongoing severe rainfall event topping a metre at three locations. Meanwhile rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Hayley has pushed inland to the southern parts of Western Australia's Kimberley region and to the nearby Northern Interior forecast district. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hayley After reaching category 4 strength out at sea, with maximum sustained winds estimated to be 165km/h, gusting to 230km/h, Hayley made landfall as a severe category 3 cyclone around 5pm (AWST) on Tuesday evening near Cape Leveque, the northern tip of the Dampier Peninsula in WA’s Kimberley region. The strongest wind gust recorded at landfall was 158 km/h just after 6pm on Tuesday at Lombadina on the Dampier Peninsula, while nearby Yampi Sound recorded a 137 km/h gust in the early hours of Wednesday, December 31. Lombadina and Yampi Sound also both registered the highest 24-hour rainfall totals as the cyclone moved inland and quickly downgraded to a tropical low, with 131.8mm and 125.8mm respectively. While rain continues this Wednesday in inland areas, totals will likely fall far short of what coastal areas received as dry air wraps around the tropical low, sapping the available moisture. Image: 12-hour radar loop showing rain associated with the landfall of TC Hayley on the afternoon of December 30 through to the early morning of December 31, 2025. Queensland monsoonal rain As mentioned, three Queensland weather stations have now received more than a metre (1000mm) of rain from the ongoing monsoonal deluge, as of 9am Wednesday. They are: Bingil Bay 1114.2mm (last four days 405.6mm, 344.6mm, 245.2mm, 118.8mm) South Mission Beach 1048 mm (last four days 252mm, 312mm, 369mm, 115mm) Cowley Beach 1037mm (last four days 413.2mm, 362.4mm, 221mm, 40.4mm) These three locations are all located on the coastline around 90 minutes to two hours south of Cairns on Queensland’s North Tropical coast. But as mentioned in our recent stories, record-breaking rain has also fallen inland as part of the same broad-scale low pressure system – including in Queensland’s Gulf Country, North West, and Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders forecast districts. For example: Julia Creek in the North West has had 551.4mm of rainfall this month to 9am Wednesday. That's nearly double the total of the old record of 290.6mm in December 1956. Cloncurry in the North West has received 476.2mm for the month to 9am Wednesday. The old December monthly record was 346.8mm, in data going back to 1906. The good news for graziers whose stock have been impacted by flooding in Queensland’s interior is that the heaviest rain will contact east and north in coming days. Parts of Queensland's North Tropical Coast could see a further 400 to 800mm between Wednesday and the start of next week, which could potentially take totals from this event close to two metres of rainfall. For perspective, Brisbane’s annual rainfall is just over a metre (1054.8mm). Please check the Weatherzone warnings page for the latest flood and severe weather information.
30 Dec 2025, 3:48AM UTC
850mm and counting as Queensland deluge continues
A complex monsoonal low pressure system continues to bring heavy rain to parts of the interior and coast of North Queensland. Numerous flood warnings are in place, and a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall which may lead to flash flooding is in place for the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands and Herbert and Lower Burdekin forecast districts. This essentially applies to coastal areas and the nearby ranges on the stretch of Queensland coastline that runs between the cities of Cairns and Townsville. In the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, Queensland's heaviest rainfall total was 362.4mm at Cowley Beach, about 90 minutes south of Cairns. A further half hour down the coast, the small town of South Mission Beach received 312mm, followed by an additional 50mm between 9am and 1pm. Combined with 369mm the previous day, 115mm the day before that, and a few days of lighter falls beforehand, South Mission Beach has now exceeded 850mm for this event. Rainfall totals exceeding one metre (1000mm) now appear likely. You can see the active low pressure system and its associated rainfall in the eight-hour loop below, which shows both the rain radar and satellite imagery on Tuesday, December 30. Image: Eight-hour combined satellite and radar loop for North Queensland on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. While, as mentioned above, the heaviest falls have been on the coastal strip and adjacent ranges, exceptionally heavy rain has fallen in Queensland’s interior too. To 9am Tuesday, 24-hour rainfall totals included: 217mm at Gilliat River (North West forecast district, close to the border of the Gulf Country forecast district) 197mm at Snake Creek near Cloncurry (North West forecast district) 126mm at Frog Creek (Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders forecast district) As mentioned in our story on Monday, many locations in outback Queensland have broken daily rainfall records for December – a month when intense wet spells often occur, albeit not with the same historical frequency as January or February. Many monthly records for December have also now been broken. For example, Cloncurry Airport had received 455.4mm to 9am on December 30. The old December monthly record was 346.8mm, in almost 50 years of data going back to 1978. Rainfall is set to continue in most of the areas mentioned for at least another day. Unfortunately, significant stock losses are likely in some of North Queensland’s prime cattle country. Please keep up to date with the latest warnings on the Weatherzone warnings page.