Greater Brisbane in August 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for August were below average at most sites across Greater Brisbane.
  • August rainfall totals ranged from around 15% to around 120% of average across Greater Brisbane.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for August at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • August mean maximum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 0.4 °C below average at Beerburrum Forest Station and Redland (Alexandra Hills) to 1.5 °C above average at Amberley AMO and University of Queensland Gatton.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for August at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • August mean minimum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 0.3 °C below average at Point Lookout to 1.8 °C above average at Beerburrum Forest Station.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 11.8 mm, which is 34% of the long-term average of 34.2 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 23.6 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 23.4 °C.
  • The warmest day was 26.9 °C on the 26th, and the coolest day was on the 22nd when the temperature reached 20.5 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 12.2 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term average of 11.1 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 8.3 °C on the 11th, and the warmest morning was on the 26th when the minimum temperature was 18.0 °C.

Extremes in August 2026
Hottest day 27.7 °C at Amberley AMO on the 25th
27.7 °C at Amberley AMO on the 26th
Warmest days on average 24.5 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 21.1 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 18.6 °C at University of Queensland Gatton on the 10th
Coldest night 0.8 °C at Amberley AMO on the 8th
Coolest nights on average 6.7 °C at Amberley AMO
Warmest nights on average 15.2 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Warmest night 18.4 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 10th
Warmest on average overall 18.2 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
18.2 °C at Point Lookout
Coolest on average overall 15.6 °C at Amberley AMO
Wettest overall 97.4 mm at Caloundra Airport
Wettest day 45.0 mm at Caloundra Airport on the 19th
Strongest wind gust 83.0 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 15th


Summary statistics for August 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
August
2026
Diff
from
average
Highest for
August
2026
Mean for
August
2026
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
August
2026
Total for
August
2026
Average
for
August
Rank of
August
2026
Fraction of
August
average
Amberley AMO 24.5 +1.5 27.7 26th 6.7 +0.5 0.8 8th 5.0 27.7 low 18%
Archerfield Airport 23.9 +1.0 26.5 25th 9.4 +1.1 5.0 12th 8.0 35.6 low 22%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 23.6 +0.1 26.7 26th 7.8 +0.9 3.8 12th 6.4 28.8 low 22%
Beerburrum Forest Station 23.0 -0.4 25.8 26th 11.4 +1.8 8.4 4th 45.8 44.1 average 104%
Brisbane 23.6 +0.2 26.9 26th 12.2 +1.1 8.3 11th 11.8 34.2 average 34%
Brisbane Aero 22.3 +0.2 26.1 26th 11.6 +1.6 6.3 8th 16.8 34.7 average 48%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 21.1 +1.2 23.4 31st 15.2 +1.1 13.3 13th 87.0 75.3 average 116%
Point Lookout 22.4 +0.1 26.0 24th 14.0 -0.3 10.5 12th 83.2 68.3 average 122%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 21.8 -0.4 25.1 26th 11.8 +0.5 9.1 4th 30.6 30.6 average 100%
University of Queensland Gatton 24.1 +1.5 27.1 28th 7.3 +0.6 1.1 8th 3.8 26.2 low 14%

Daily maximum temperatures for August 2026
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 22.2 21.9 23.2 24.9 25.4 25.0 26.0 24.6 24.2 19.6 23.8 25.2 24.7 24.4 24.1 24.7 21.8 23.2 23.8 24.0 24.3 22.5 25.3 24.4 27.7 27.7 27.1 27.0 26.2 25.9 26.1
Archerfield Airport 21.8 22.0 23.1 23.6 25.2 24.3 24.8 23.5 23.7 24.6 23.4 24.7 24.3 24.0 23.5 23.5 20.3 22.3 23.2 24.1 23.6 21.3 24.7 23.1 26.5 26.3 26.0 26.2 24.7 25.2 24.9
Beaudesert Drumley Street 21.2 20.5 22.6 24.6 25.2 23.9 24.9 23.1 19.2 21.6 23.3 23.6 22.8 21.8 22.2 23.2 23.2 24.4 21.3 24.9 23.8 26.1 26.7 25.3 25.9 25.1 25.6 24.9
Beerburrum Forest Station 21.2 21.6 21.9 23.3 24.4 24.0 24.3 22.9 23.7 24.5 24.3 25.7 24.2 22.8 22.8 22.3 21.2 19.3 22.0 19.9 22.8 20.2 23.5 22.5 25.5 25.8 24.3 25.2 23.3 21.2 23.7
Brisbane 21.7 21.4 22.7 24.3 24.3 24.6 25.3 23.3 23.0 24.9 23.0 23.5 24.2 23.9 23.3 23.1 20.5 21.4 22.7 22.9 23.1 20.5 24.4 23.8 25.6 26.9 26.1 26.0 23.9 24.2 23.3
Brisbane Aero 21.2 20.2 21.3 20.9 22.5 22.2 22.8 21.7 22.2 24.6 23.1 22.1 23.7 21.9 22.9 21.9 20.1 20.7 21.5 22.4 22.0 20.3 22.9 22.2 24.1 26.1 23.3 23.3 23.1 22.5 23.1
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 19.6 20.1 21.2 21.2 20.3 20.5 21.9 20.8 21.8 21.4 21.4 21.1 21.2 20.2 19.5 19.3 20.3 20.3 20.8 22.2 22.3 19.9 21.8 22.9 22.8 21.6 20.2 21.6 20.9 21.1 23.4
Point Lookout 19.4 20.3 21.5 22.1 22.8 22.6 23.6 22.2 24.0 22.0 22.8 23.8 23.7 21.7 20.6 20.3 21.6 21.3 22.2 23.3 24.0 21.0 23.2 26.0 24.8 23.6 22.0 23.0 21.8 21.3 22.3
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 20.7 20.2 20.9 21.0 22.4 21.7 23.2 21.2 21.9 22.1 22.2 21.0 22.6 22.1 22.1 21.2 20.0 20.2 21.3 21.8 21.1 19.4 22.7 22.3 23.0 25.1 23.1 23.3 22.3 22.1 22.6
University of Queensland Gatton 21.5 22.3 23.5 25.4 25.9 25.6 25.1 24.5 23.9 18.6 22.3 22.6 22.7 24.6 24.6 23.4 22.1 23.2 23.6 21.4 24.0 21.4 26.0 24.4 25.7 26.2 26.9 27.1 26.6 26.2 25.9
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 August 2026
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 4.3 12.5 4.0 3.9 6.2 5.9 4.1 0.8 5.7 8.6 5.2 1.9 9.1 3.5 3.5 7.6 8.5 5.7 7.9 4.9 4.2 8.0 4.5 10.6 11.0 14.7 6.2 9.1 11.7 6.5 5.9
Archerfield Airport 8.0 12.5 7.2 6.0 7.9 8.8 8.3 6.1 7.9 10.5 7.6 5.0 10.5 7.8 7.1 12.9 10.9 7.7 9.4 9.3 7.7 10.2 7.6 12.2 12.5 17.2 9.3 11.5 12.9 10.2 9.6
Beaudesert Drumley Street 5.8 9.9 5.3 4.8 5.0 6.5 7.2 6.8 8.5 3.8 3.9 3.9 10.3 9.7 7.7 7.9 7.4 6.1 7.7 5.9 10.3 10.8 16.1 10.8 8.2 10.5 8.7 7.8
Beerburrum Forest Station 9.7 13.1 9.4 8.4 9.7 10.5 9.1 9.7 9.3 12.4 11.2 8.8 10.6 9.8 9.8 12.4 13.0 12.1 12.9 11.8 9.8 9.6 10.6 15.5 13.5 16.5 11.6 13.2 13.9 12.2 11.9
Brisbane 11.3 13.6 10.3 9.8 11.3 11.4 11.2 9.3 11.5 13.4 8.3 9.2 11.2 11.0 11.1 13.7 13.3 11.9 12.5 12.2 10.8 11.7 11.3 14.8 14.6 18.0 13.5 14.6 15.8 13.5 12.6
Brisbane Aero 11.6 13.2 10.0 9.1 8.9 10.9 10.6 6.3 10.9 11.9 10.8 8.6 8.4 10.2 11.2 13.2 13.7 11.6 11.6 11.4 10.5 11.0 10.2 15.0 14.3 17.4 11.9 14.1 15.7 12.9 12.5
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 13.3 14.6 14.7 13.6 14.3 15.6 15.8 13.6 16.0 18.4 14.1 14.4 13.3 14.0 14.9 14.7 15.1 14.2 15.0 15.4 15.9 15.6 14.8 16.7 16.9 16.6 16.2 16.3 16.1 15.8 16.6
Point Lookout 13.4 13.1 12.6 11.8 12.8 13.8 13.6 12.2 14.8 17.2 11.8 10.5 12.3 13.1 14.9 14.2 14.3 14.3 14.3 13.5 13.8 14.7 13.6 15.7 16.7 16.9 15.3 14.5 14.9 15.2 15.2
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 11.0 12.5 9.6 9.1 9.8 10.7 10.7 9.7 9.8 13.2 10.8 9.7 11.6 9.9 11.0 13.6 13.2 12.9 13.1 11.8 9.9 11.0 10.7 15.0 13.8 16.6 12.2 13.3 13.2 12.6 12.4
University of Queensland Gatton 5.2 11.7 6.5 5.0 6.5 6.7 4.3 1.1 5.0 7.3 6.6 1.9 7.7 5.2 5.6 8.0 7.6 6.2 6.9 6.3 6.1 8.7 5.8 9.3 11.6 15.9 8.6 10.4 11.8 8.2 7.2
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 August 2026
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 - 1.2 - - - - - - - - 0.8 - 0.4 - - - 2.6 8.0 0.2 0.2 - - 0.2 1.0 - 1.2 - - - - -
Amberley AMO - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 0.8 1.2 - - - - - - - 2.6 - - - - -
Archerfield Airport - 0.8 - - - - - - - - 0.6 - 0.2 - - - 1.0 1.8 0.2 - - - - 0.6 2.2 0.6 - - - - -
Beaudesert Drumley Street - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.4 - - - - -
Beerburrum Forest Station 0.2 1.8 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - 0.2 - 0.4 - 0.8 - - 0.8 4.2 4.4 15.8 1.0 2.2 - 0.2 9.2 0.6 3.4 - 0.2 - - -
Blackbutt State School 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 2.8 - 3.0 - 2.2 - - 1.6 0.6 3.2
Brisbane - 1.8 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - 1.2 - 0.2 - - - 3.8 1.0 0.4 0.2 - - - 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.2 - - - -
Brisbane Aero - 1.8 - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.6 - 0.6 - - 0.2 3.4 2.4 1.6 0.4 0.2 - - 5.0 0.4 - - - - - -
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha - 4.0 0.4 - - - - - - - - 1.0 0.6 - - - 3.4 7.4 0.4 - - - - - 2.6 0.6 - - - - -
Caloundra Airport 1.0 5.0 1.6 - - - - - - - 5.2 0.1 - - - 1.5 10.0 11.0 45.0 6.0 - 0.1 - 8.0 0.2 1.7 - - - 1.0
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 9.0 10.6 0.6 0.2 - - - - - - 5.0 - 0.4 - 3.2 14.0 6.2 0.6 10.0 0.2 0.2 - - 2.6 10.4 3.6 0.6 - 1.0 7.2 1.4
Carneys Creek The Ranch - - - - - - - - - - 6.2 - - - - - - - - - 3.0 - - - - 12.0
Clontarf - 8.4 - - - - - - - - 3.0 - 1.4 - - 1.6 2.0 3.4 1.2 1.4 - - - 3.2 - 0.4 - - - 0.6
Eagle Farm Racecourse - 0.6 1.8 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - 0.4 2.4 6.8 0.2 - - - - 0.2 2.8
Godwin Beach 0.4 1.0 0.2 - - - - - 0.2 - 2.6 - 1.0 0.2 - 1.2 11.0 9.2 12.0 2.0 - - 0.2 20.4 12.6 1.0 - - - 0.2 -
Greenbank Thompson Road - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.4 - - 2.0 - 2.8 0.6 - - - - - 1.2 0.2
Harrisville Mary Street - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 2.0 - - - - -
Highvale - 2.0 - - - - - - - - - 2.0 1.8 - - - 1.6 3.2 - - - - 0.4 3.8 0.8 1.0 - - - - -
Kalbar State School - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - -
Karalee - 0.5 - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 1.2 - - - 0.8 1.8 - - - - - 0.6 - 0.8
Karragarra Island - 13.4 1.8 - - - - - - 0.2 2.0 - 0.4 - - 4.6 13.0 3.0 6.4 - - 23.0
Lindfield - 2.2 - - - - - - - - 2.6 - 0.8 - - - 4.2 4.0 8.0 - 4.2 - - 0.4 - 0.8 - - - - -
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 2.6 - - - - 1.4 - - - - 1.0 2.4 2.6 0.6 3.2 - 8.8 3.6 0.4 1.0 - - - - -
Maroon Dam - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.0
Moorang - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - 6.0 - - - - - - 5.2
Mt Tamborine Fern St 2.0 - 0.4 - - - 4.0 - - - - 1.4 - 6.6 - 0.6 - 0.6 1.2
Peachester 0.2 2.8 - 1.6 - - - - - - 2.3 - 0.2 - - - 9.8 - 21.0 1.8 5.2 - - 8.2 0.4 - - - - - -
Point Lookout 4.2 13.4 6.8 - - - - - - - 2.0 - 1.0 - 1.4 20.4 4.0 1.8 3.6 4.0 - - 0.2 0.4 - 12.4 0.2 - 2.8 4.4 0.2
Redland (Alexandra Hills) - 4.0 1.0 0.2 - - - 0.2 - - 2.0 - 0.6 - - 1.2 7.0 4.2 0.8 1.2 0.2 - - 2.4 0.6 4.8 0.2 - - - -
Regents Park - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 0.4 1.0 3.6 0.2 0.6 - - - 0.2 - - - - - - -
Somerset Dam - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.2 - - 3.0 - 1.8 0.2 - 4.2 0.4 1.0 0.2 0.8 - - - 0.6 2.2 - - - - -
University of Queensland Gatton - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.2 - - - - 2.0 - - - - -
Wivenhoe Dam - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.8 - - - 1.6 0.2 0.6 - - - - - 0.4 0.6 - - - -
Woodford Stanmore - 2.8 - - - - - - - - 3.8 - - - - 2.0 3.8 3.6 12.6 1.2 10.4 - - 5.2 0.4 2.2 - - - - -
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 Tuesday 1 September 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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