Greater Brisbane in December 2025

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for December were below average at most sites across Greater Brisbane.
  • December rainfall totals ranged from around 20% to around 90% of average across Greater Brisbane.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for December at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • December mean maximum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 0.1 °C below average at Redland (Alexandra Hills) to 1.4 °C above average at Logan City Water Treatment Plant and Point Lookout.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for December at most sites across Greater Brisbane were below average.
  • December mean minimum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.3 °C below average at Point Lookout to 0.8 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 86.6 mm, which is 62% of the long-term average of 140.0 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 30.0 °C, which is 0.4 °C above the long-term average of 29.6 °C.
  • The warmest day was 35.6 °C on the 25th, and the coolest day was on the 27th when the temperature reached 25.8 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 20.6 °C, which equalled the long-term average of 20.6 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 16.9 °C on the 3rd, and the warmest morning was on the 23rd when the minimum temperature was 25.0 °C.

Extremes in December 2025
Hottest day 37.9 °C at University of Queensland Gatton on the 22nd
Warmest days on average 31.8 °C at University of Queensland Gatton
Coolest days on average 27.5 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 23.5 °C at Beerburrum Forest Station on the 27th
Coldest night 11.6 °C at Beaudesert Drumley Street on the 3rd
Coolest nights on average 17.7 °C at Beaudesert Drumley Street
17.7 °C at University of Queensland Gatton
Warmest nights on average 21.9 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Warmest night 25.1 °C at Amberley AMO on the 23rd
25.1 °C at Archerfield Airport on the 23rd
Warmest on average overall 25.3 °C at Brisbane
Coolest on average overall 24.1 °C at Redland (Alexandra Hills)
Wettest overall 178.6 mm at Carneys Creek The Ranch
Wettest day 94.0 mm at Caloundra Airport on the 16th
Strongest wind gust 80.0 km/h at Banana Bank North Beacon on the 25th


Summary statistics for December 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
December
2025
Diff
from
average
Highest for
December
2025
Mean for
December
2025
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
December
2025
Total for
December
2025
Average
for
December
Rank of
December
2025
Fraction of
December
average
Amberley AMO 31.3 +0.4 37.3 22nd 17.9 -0.5 12.4 3rd 89.8 120.1 average 75%
Archerfield Airport 30.5 +0.8 35.5 25th 19.5 +0.3 14.1 3rd 68.6 125.6 low 55%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 31.2 +0.4 37.0 22nd 17.7 -0.6 11.6 3rd 54.6 128.3 v low 43%
Beerburrum Forest Station 30.2 +0.4 36.0 22nd 18.9 +0.3 14.3 5th 69.0 161.3 low 43%
Brisbane 30.0 +0.4 35.6 25th 20.6 0.0 16.9 3rd 86.6 140.0 average 62%
Brisbane Aero 28.8 +0.5 32.5 25th 20.1 -0.2 15.5 30th 22.4 124.4 lowest 18%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 27.5 +1.3 29.6 12th 21.9 +0.8 19.1 30th 63.8 126.1 low 51%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 30.6 +1.4 36.0 25th 34.0 125.6 v low 27%
Point Lookout 29.8 +1.4 33.0 10th 20.2 -1.3 16.7 30th 106.4 124.3 average 86%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 28.3 -0.1 32.1 25th 19.9 -0.2 16.1 29th 62.0 116.4 low 53%
University of Queensland Gatton 31.8 +0.4 37.9 22nd 17.7 -0.4 11.7 3rd 64.6 99.1 average 65%

Daily maximum temperatures for December 2025
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Amberley AMO 32.2 28.8 28.7 29.6 31.3 32.2 33.7 29.6 32.4 31.9 30.9 28.6 31.4 32.3 36.1 26.8 27.2 30.1 34.1 34.7 35.9 37.3 29.0 32.1 37.1 31.3 26.3 27.4 28.4 30.2 34.2
Archerfield Airport 31.2 28.4 28.3 28.7 29.3 30.4 31.7 28.6 31.6 31.0 29.8 28.0 29.9 31.3 35.4 29.0 27.9 29.4 32.4 32.5 33.6 35.1 28.8 31.8 35.5 30.3 26.9 26.8 29.3 29.3 32.9
Beaudesert Drumley Street 32.3 28.7 28.6 30.2 31.7 32.3 33.9 29.6 32.7 32.2 30.0 28.7 31.4 32.2 35.6 27.2 28.0 30.1 34.2 35.3 35.8 37.0 27.6 32.1 35.7 29.8 25.3 26.9 27.8 29.9 34.1
Beerburrum Forest Station 30.0 28.7 27.2 27.7 28.7 30.5 31.8 28.3 30.7 30.8 29.1 29.1 30.0 31.1 35.3 26.5 28.1 29.0 31.5 32.7 34.4 36.0 32.8 31.0 35.1 29.5 23.5 26.6 27.9 28.4 33.2
Brisbane 30.0 28.8 27.8 28.4 28.7 29.9 31.2 28.1 30.9 30.8 28.8 27.7 29.3 31.3 34.6 28.6 27.2 29.1 31.4 31.8 33.4 33.1 30.3 31.6 35.6 29.2 25.8 26.0 29.1 28.5 31.6
Brisbane Aero 28.5 28.6 26.3 26.6 27.0 28.4 28.5 27.4 29.0 29.3 28.5 27.5 28.5 29.5 31.5 27.7 27.4 28.1 29.7 30.4 30.7 31.4 31.2 30.6 32.5 29.6 26.2 26.9 27.3 27.5 29.2
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 27.7 27.9 26.5 27.1 26.1 27.3 28.0 28.4 28.2 29.5 28.9 29.6 28.0 26.5 28.2 26.4 26.4 27.7 28.3 28.8 29.0 28.8 28.2 28.6 28.6 28.6 24.6 24.0 24.5 25.8 27.2
Logan City Water Treatment Plant
Point Lookout 31.3 30.2 29.5 31.0 28.8 29.7 30.8 30.1 32.0 33.0 32.8 27.3 29.1 28.9 30.1 27.2 28.5 31.4 30.3 30.0 31.7 30.0 29.6 30.7 30.5 31.9 26.3 26.0 26.7 28.8 28.7
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 28.1 27.8 25.9 26.3 26.2 27.9 28.7 27.8 28.3 28.3 28.4 26.6 27.9 29.0 31.2 27.2 28.3 28.4 29.1 29.8 30.5 31.3 29.5 29.3 32.1 28.9 25.6 25.9 27.5 26.8 28.2
University of Queensland Gatton 33.9 28.1 29.3 30.4 32.0 32.5 33.8 29.6 32.1 32.3 30.1 29.6 31.6 32.5 35.8 27.8 28.3 30.3 33.8 35.2 35.9 37.9 28.9 32.5 37.5 32.1 25.7 29.3 28.8 31.3 36.8
Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period
-10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period

Daily minimum temperatures for December 2025
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Amberley AMO 14.8 14.7 12.4 17.3 14.8 15.8 16.7 18.7 18.0 19.4 18.3 17.4 19.2 18.6 20.5 22.2 19.2 14.7 14.4 18.4 18.3 21.6 25.1 23.7 20.1 21.7 18.0 17.3 15.7 12.7 14.7
Archerfield Airport 18.0 18.1 14.1 18.1 17.1 18.3 20.1 18.9 19.1 21.8 18.6 19.2 20.8 19.9 22.4 23.0 20.7 18.1 17.9 20.5 20.9 22.8 25.1 24.1 20.2 22.1 18.4 18.5 16.7 14.7 17.6
Beaudesert Drumley Street 14.9 15.7 11.6 14.5 14.4 16.3 17.3 17.8 17.9 20.5 17.9 17.3 17.1 19.2 19.4 21.8 17.3 15.1 14.8 18.9 19.1 23.6 22.6 22.8 19.8 20.8 17.7 18.1 15.8 14.3 14.3
Beerburrum Forest Station 17.1 18.2 15.8 16.7 14.3 16.3 18.7 19.7 18.0 19.0 19.3 18.4 19.2 18.6 20.9 22.0 20.0 18.7 16.5 18.4 18.8 22.2 24.9 22.6 21.5 22.8 19.0 18.1 16.3 15.9 16.9
Brisbane 18.7 20.1 16.9 19.9 19.1 19.8 21.5 19.5 20.5 21.3 21.1 20.3 19.6 21.3 22.4 23.8 21.7 19.2 19.3 21.9 21.1 23.9 25.0 24.6 21.2 23.1 19.4 19.2 18.1 17.2 18.8
Brisbane Aero 18.4 16.2 15.8 20.7 18.6 18.6 20.7 19.2 20.5 22.4 20.0 20.8 19.2 20.5 22.0 23.8 21.4 18.4 18.2 20.7 20.8 23.7 25.0 23.7 20.8 23.6 20.0 19.9 16.6 15.5 18.0
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 22.1 21.1 20.6 20.1 20.7 21.3 22.0 20.3 21.8 23.5 22.2 21.8 19.4 23.4 23.5 22.4 22.6 22.0 21.9 23.1 23.5 24.6 25.0 22.7 23.5 23.7 20.3 19.9 19.4 19.1 20.6
Point Lookout 18.5 19.1 16.7 18.5 19.8 20.7 21.4 18.7 20.2 21.9 22.2 20.5 18.1 21.0 22.5 21.4 21.0 19.9 20.1 22.3 22.5 23.5 21.4 21.7 19.8 22.2 19.1 18.2 18.3 16.7 18.6
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 17.0 18.6 17.2 17.1 17.2 20.0 22.6 18.4 19.1 21.1 19.4 19.2 19.2 21.6 22.9 23.1 20.8 19.4 17.0 21.4 22.1 24.5 23.6 23.1 21.2 22.4 19.7 18.8 16.1 16.5 16.7
University of Queensland Gatton 14.2 13.7 11.7 16.1 14.3 15.0 16.8 18.4 17.9 19.8 18.9 17.5 18.7 19.3 19.7 22.2 19.6 13.9 15.1 20.4 17.6 22.2 23.0 23.2 21.3 21.5 18.5 17.2 14.2 12.8 14.0
Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred that morning.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period
-10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period

Daily rainfall for December 2025
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Alderley 0.1 - - - - - - 21.2 - - - 1.0 3.2 - - 0.4 - - - - - - - 0.8 19.4 - 0.1 - - - -
Amberley AMO 0.2 - - - - - - 34.8 - - - 1.2 1.6 - - - - - - - - - 5.6 20.2 - 26.2 - - - -
Archerfield Airport - - - - - - - 29.0 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21.6 13.0 4.0 - - - - -
Beaudesert Drumley Street - - - - - - - 12.8 0.2 - - - 2.6 - - - - - - - - - 26.4 7.8 0.4 0.2 4.2 - - - -
Beerburrum Forest Station - - - - - - - 8.6 - - 0.4 1.6 - - - 0.2 0.2 0.4 - - - - - 20.8 9.0 1.6 24.4 1.8 - - -
Blackbutt State School - - - - - 5.8 - - - - 15.2 25.6 - - - - - - - 4.6 13.2 16.8 - - - - -
Brisbane - - - - - - - 26.2 - - - 0.2 12.2 - - - - - - - - - - 10.2 19.2 18.6 - - - - -
Brisbane Aero - - - - - - - 10.0 - - - 1.4 6.4 - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 2.2 1.2 0.6 - - - -
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha - - - - - - - 20.6 - - - - 23.0 - - - - - - - - - - 5.2 45.0 6.1 - - - - -
Caloundra Airport - - - - - - - 21.5 - - 4.6 - 2.2 - - 94.0 2.2 - - - - - - 4.2 - 6.8 34.4 6.2 - - -
Capalaba Water Treat - - - - - 12.4
Cape Moreton Lighthouse - - - - - - - 6.8 0.2 - - - 2.4 - - 29.0 - - - - - - - 4.2 0.2 1.4 12.0 7.4 0.2 - -
Carneys Creek The Ranch - - - - - - - 25.4 - - - - 10.0 - - 40.0 - - - - - - 51.6 4.4 39.0 - - - - - 8.2
Clontarf - - - - - - - 12.4 - - - 1.6 12.0 - - 0.4 - - - - - - - 3.2 3.0 7.4 2.0 - - - -
Coominya Post Office - - - - - 46.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.0 - - - - - - -
Eagle Farm Racecourse - - - - - - - - - - - - 15.6 - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 9.4 10.4 1.6
Ebbw Vale - - - - - - - 27.2 - - - - 2.8 - - - - - - - - - - 9.0 17.8 2.4 2.8
Godwin Beach - - - - - - - 19.6 3.8 - - - 30.6 - - 1.6 0.4 - - - - - - 6.0 0.2 0.8 8.8 4.6 - - -
Greenbank Thompson Road 0.2 - - - - - - 13.6 - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 4.0 51.0 1.0 0.8
Harrisville Mary Street - - - - - - - 10.0 - - - - 0.4 - - 1.2 - - - - - - 11.6 1.6 1.2 3.4 16.0 - - - -
Highvale - - - - - - - 38.6 - - - - 11.6 - - 0.8 - - - - - - - 4.6 15.6 0.6 17.6
Kalbar State School - - - - - - - 18.6 - - - - 18.0 - - - - - - - - - 12.5 19.0 17.4 8.8 3.8 - - - -
Karalee - - - - - - - 35.8 - - - - 5.0 - - - - - - - - - - 12.8 11.8 - 2.0 - - - -
Karragarra Island - - - - - - - 15.4 - - - 3.0 8.6 - - - 0.6 - - - - - 0.4 3.6 23.4 1.5 2.0 - -
Lindfield - - - - - - - 20.6 - - 0.4 - - - - 0.4 0.8 - - - - - - 11.6 19.0 - - - - - -
Logan City Water Treatment Plant - - - - - - 25.0 - - - - - - 4.0 - - - - - - 4.6 0.4 - - -
Maroon Dam - - - - - - - 30.0 - - - - 30.0 - - 0.5 - - - - - - 17.0 20.0 65.0 - - - - - -
Mt Alford - - - - - - - 34.0 - - - - 28.8
Mt Tamborine Fern St - - - - - 14.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 62.0 12.0 25.4
Mt Tarampa - - - - - - - 15.8 - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 3.8 - - 2.8 1.2 - - - -
Ormiston College - - - - - - - 14.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24.0 1.0
Peachester - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 2.7 - - - - - - 29.0 2.0 3.0 8.8 1.0 - - -
Point Lookout - - - - - - - 20.4 - - - 1.6 27.0 17.2 - 0.4 - 1.8 - - - - - 13.6 - 3.8 17.2 3.4 - - -
Range View - - - - - - 28.2 - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - 7.4 1.0 - 16.8 - - - - 33.4
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 0.2 - - - - - - 16.0 - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - 10.4 0.6 34.0 - 0.2 - - -
Regents Park - - - - - - - 30.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12.0 4.0 0.2 0.4 - - - -
Somerset Dam - - - - - - - 23.8 - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - 6.4
University of Queensland Gatton - - - - - - - 38.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.8 0.2 2.8 - 11.2 - - - -
Wamuran - - - - 1.2 - - 20.3 - - - - - 9.1 0.8 0.8 - - - - - - - 18.0 4.8 0.2 15.8 0.7 - - -
Wivenhoe Dam - - - - - - - 13.2 - - - - 10.2 - - 39.6 - - - - - - - - 8.0 1.8
Woodford Stanmore - - - - - - - 28.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.8 9.0 1.0 - - - - -
Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated. Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day.
Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre.
Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell).
Rainfalls coloured
according to the amount
0 1.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 25.0 50.0 100 150 200 300 400 600 millimetres

Notes

The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, lists the main features of the weather in Greater Brisbane using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.

This summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Greater Brisbane “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to represent a socio-economic definition of each capital city. This means the greater capital city boundary includes people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the capital city, but live in the small towns and rural areas surrounding the capital city. It does not define the built up edge of the capital city.

This statement has been prepared based on information available on Monday 5 January 2026. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases, the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.

Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from all available years of record, excluding the current year. The length of record can vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of long-term average rain.

The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site, based on the decile ranking (very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3, average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a percentage of the long-term mean.

Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

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