Monday 4 May 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Brisbane - Product code IDCKGC14L0

Greater Brisbane in April 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for April were below average at most sites across Greater Brisbane.
  • April rainfall totals ranged from around 10% to around 110% of average across Greater Brisbane.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for April at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • April mean maximum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 0.1 °C below average at Redland (Alexandra Hills) to 2.5 °C above average at Amberley AMO.
  • Brisbane Aero had its coolest April day (lowest daily maximum temperature) on record.
  • Amberley AMO had its equal highest April mean maximum temperature on record.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for April at sites across Greater Brisbane were generally either side of average.
  • April mean minimum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.4 °C below average at Amberley AMO to 0.5 °C above average at Beerburrum Forest Station and Cape Moreton Lighthouse.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 39.4 mm, which is 61% of the long-term average of 64.2 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 27.9 °C, which is 0.7 °C above the long-term average of 27.2 °C.
  • The warmest day was 33.5 °C on the 8th, and the coolest day was on the 25th when the temperature reached 21.0 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 17.6 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 17.4 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 15.1 °C on the 28th, and the warmest morning was on the 5th when the minimum temperature was 20.3 °C.

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Extremes in April 2026
Hottest day 35.7 °C at Amberley AMO on the 8th
Warmest days on average 29.7 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 25.1 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 19.9 °C at Brisbane Aero on the 25th
Coldest night 5.9 °C at Amberley AMO on the 13th
Coolest nights on average 12.6 °C at Amberley AMO
Warmest nights on average 19.7 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Warmest night 22.5 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 9th
Warmest on average overall 22.7 °C at Brisbane
22.7 °C at Point Lookout
Coolest on average overall 21.1 °C at Amberley AMO
21.1 °C at Beaudesert Drumley Street
Wettest overall 166.2 mm at Point Lookout
Wettest day 38.0 mm at Karragarra Island on the 26th
Strongest wind gust 91.0 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 25th

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Record lowest April daily maximum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
April
Brisbane Aero 19.9 on the 25th =19.9 on 30 Apr 2015 32 26.1


Record highest April mean maximum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
April
Amberley AMO 29.7 =29.7 in 1986 85 27.2


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Summary statistics for April 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
April
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
April
2026		 Mean for
April
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
April
2026		 Total for
April
2026		 Average
for
April		 Rank of
April
2026		 Fraction of
April
average
Amberley AMO 29.7 +2.5 35.7 8th 12.6 -1.4 5.9 13th 9.0 53.5 low 17%
Archerfield Airport 28.5 +1.8 34.7 8th 15.6 +0.4 12.3 23rd 28.4 77.2 low 37%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 28.6 +1.6 34.8 8th 13.6 -0.5 7.3 13th 22.0 47.7 average 46%
Beerburrum Forest Station 27.1 +0.6 32.5 8th 16.4 +0.5 12.9 22nd 61.8 114.0 low 54%
Brisbane 27.9 +0.7 33.5 8th 17.6 +0.2 15.1 28th 39.4 64.2 average 61%
Brisbane Aero 26.6 +0.5 31.5 12th 16.8 +0.2 13.1 13th 53.6 74.4 average 72%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 25.1 +0.7 27.5 12th 19.7 +0.5 16.0 26th 93.0 142.3 average 65%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 28.4 +1.9 33.0 8th 15.9 -0.3 11.1 24th 36.8 78.0 low 47%
Point Lookout 26.9 +0.4 30.8 15th 18.6 -1.0 15.0 26th 166.2 165.2 average 101%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 26.0 -0.1 30.7 12th 16.6 -0.2 12.8 22nd 86.4 77.0 average 112%
University of Queensland Gatton 29.4 +2.2 34.9 8th 13.5 -0.2 10.3 22nd 3.8 48.1 v low 8%

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Daily maximum temperatures for April 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
Amberley AMO 30.9 30.5 29.3 30.3 28.6 29.7 33.2 35.7 33.1 32.7 33.8 32.1 29.8 29.5 30.7 31.7 32.3 31.8 29.6 29.0 28.7 28.1 27.3 27.5 24.9 25.3 26.6 26.9 27.9 24.1
Archerfield Airport 29.1 29.1 27.0 29.4 28.4 28.2 32.0 34.7 31.2 30.6 32.9 32.2 28.7 28.1 29.3 30.4 31.2 31.0 28.4 28.6 28.4 27.1 26.6 26.3 22.3 24.7 23.3 25.8 26.2 23.7
Beaudesert Drumley Street 29.5 28.2 28.1 28.8 27.1 28.5 32.6 34.8 32.6 31.7 33.5 31.8 28.9 28.7 30.0 30.5 32.3 30.5 28.3 26.9 27.6 26.3 26.0 24.8 25.3 24.5 25.4 25.3 26.3 23.8
Beerburrum Forest Station 27.2 27.0 27.2 27.5 26.8 27.0 30.0 32.5 30.2 29.1 31.7 31.2 27.4 25.4 28.2 28.8 28.8 29.6 27.2 26.7 26.1 25.1 25.5 24.9 21.4 24.5 24.5 23.5 25.4 22.5
Brisbane 28.6 28.4 25.9 28.8 27.7 27.8 30.6 33.5 30.4 30.0 32.3 31.9 28.5 26.8 29.3 29.4 30.3 30.0 27.5 28.6 28.0 26.5 26.7 25.6 21.0 24.4 23.8 24.2 26.3 24.1
Brisbane Aero 27.4 26.8 25.8 28.1 27.6 26.1 27.8 30.3 28.3 28.0 28.9 31.5 26.9 26.3 27.8 27.9 27.8 27.4 26.4 26.6 25.8 24.9 26.2 24.8 19.9 23.9 23.7 23.7 25.3 24.7
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 26.8 26.5 26.3 26.3 24.9 24.2 25.7 26.8 27.3 27.2 26.1 27.5 23.9 25.6 26.3 25.6 26.5 26.7 24.8 23.5 22.8 22.4 22.3 21.9 23.4 24.4 24.4 24.0 24.6 24.0
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 28.0 27.8 26.0 28.5 31.5
Point Lookout 26.7 29.3 27.9 26.9 25.4 25.7 28.0 29.7 29.8 30.4 28.8 30.3 27.2 27.3 30.8 29.6 28.2 27.4 27.6 25.7 25.2 24.4 24.7 22.0 23.0 26.5 24.8 24.9 25.6 23.9
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 26.9 26.8 24.2 27.0 26.0 26.0 27.3 29.8 27.5 27.9 27.6 30.7 26.9 25.8 26.2 26.8 27.5 27.0 25.6 26.6 26.0 25.1 25.5 24.8 20.7 23.1 22.5 23.4 24.9 23.9
University of Queensland Gatton 30.5 29.6 30.0 29.6 27.0 29.6 32.8 34.9 32.4 31.9 34.3 30.3 29.3 28.3 30.5 31.7 32.3 32.9 29.2 29.7 28.1 27.1 26.6 26.2 25.3 25.0 26.9 26.3 27.6 25.0
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 April 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
Amberley AMO 16.5 15.1 13.6 18.2 17.2 11.9 12.6 14.2 16.7 15.7 15.4 13.0 5.9 10.7 11.5 12.0 11.6 13.1 13.9 11.5 9.2 8.5 9.3 10.8 12.1 11.2 12.9 9.8 11.0 11.7
Archerfield Airport 18.3 17.4 17.6 18.7 19.5 14.1 15.1 16.5 19.5 18.2 17.8 16.9 12.8 15.7 16.2 15.4 15.7 17.7 16.3 14.1 13.0 12.4 12.3 15.0 14.0 13.4 16.0 12.5 13.6 13.1
Beaudesert Drumley Street 15.6 13.4 13.0 16.6 17.9 14.2 12.7 14.8 18.2 16.2 15.4 13.7 7.3 11.6 13.6 13.1 12.7 12.2 12.3 13.7 11.9 13.0 12.9 13.5 14.5 13.8 12.9 10.9 12.6 12.9
Beerburrum Forest Station 18.7 18.0 18.1 18.9 18.1 17.3 16.0 16.7 17.2 16.9 17.5 18.4 15.1 17.1 14.6 15.6 15.7 20.3 16.2 15.8 13.5 12.9 14.0 14.7 15.6 14.8 16.0 15.4 15.8 16.2
Brisbane 19.4 19.2 19.4 19.7 20.3 17.5 17.3 18.7 19.4 19.8 19.3 19.4 15.8 17.7 17.5 17.4 17.6 17.3 18.0 16.8 16.5 15.3 16.2 16.5 16.0 15.5 16.7 15.1 16.4 16.1
Brisbane Aero 18.5 18.2 19.0 19.3 19.7 16.7 16.4 17.6 19.4 18.7 18.2 19.4 13.1 17.7 16.8 16.4 15.5 16.7 16.8 15.3 15.8 14.5 15.0 15.9 16.0 15.0 17.0 14.4 15.6 16.1
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 19.4 20.5 21.3 21.9 19.2 18.9 20.2 22.0 22.5 22.4 22.3 22.0 18.2 19.5 20.2 20.0 21.6 21.8 19.6 19.0 17.9 17.7 16.7 17.4 17.0 16.0 19.8 18.0 18.4 19.0
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 16.5 16.6 17.5 18.3 15.5
Point Lookout 19.5 19.9 19.5 19.2 18.6 18.3 17.8 19.7 21.9 21.8 21.3 21.5 16.5 19.0 18.5 18.6 19.5 21.0 19.7 18.2 16.4 16.9 18.0 15.1 16.6 15.0 17.1 16.3 18.1 17.7
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 18.1 17.6 18.7 18.9 18.9 16.5 16.1 17.4 19.4 18.8 19.9 19.6 14.4 15.8 16.6 16.5 16.0 18.4 15.2 14.9 14.1 12.8 13.4 16.1 15.7 15.8 16.8 14.7 15.1 16.5
University of Queensland Gatton 16.6 14.2 14.6 15.6 17.7 12.4 13.7 14.8 16.1 15.2 14.3 17.8 11.6 13.3 12.8 13.2 13.1 16.1 14.6 13.5 10.9 10.3 10.6 11.4 11.3 10.9 13.2 10.7 11.7 13.0
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 April 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
Alderley 6.0 - 0.4 3.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 10.4 9.0 5.2 8.0 10.8 5.8
Amberley AMO - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4 1.6 0.8 1.6 - 2.2
Archerfield Airport 3.6 - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.0 6.8 5.6 4.8 0.2 1.0
Beaudesert Drumley Street 1.0 - - 7.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.0 0.6 2.8 5.6 0.8 0.6
Beerburrum Forest Station 8.4 0.6 2.8 1.4 0.8 - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.2 - 2.6 - - - - 0.4 16.4 13.2 1.6 2.6 4.0 6.6
Blackbutt State School 5.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.6 3.2 0.2 1.6 1.8
Brisbane 1.6 - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.0 11.8 6.8 7.4 2.8 2.2
Brisbane Aero 4.2 2.0 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.6 14.6 8.8 7.0 5.2 6.0
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha 5.0 - - 1.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.0 8.0 8.2 6.5 1.0 3.0
Caloundra Airport 8.0 12.2 - 6.6 2.6 2.2 - 0.1 - - - - - - 0.9 - - - - - - - - - 13.6 18.4 3.0 27.0 1.4 8.5
Capalaba Water Treat - - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.0 5.8 4.4
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 8.4 4.8 0.6 2.4 6.0 3.0 0.2 - - - - - - 2.8 - - - - 1.2 - 1.4 4.2 4.4 10.8 26.8 12.2 - 3.4 0.4 -
Carneys Creek The Ranch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - 1.0
Clontarf 5.8 0.8 1.2 3.8 0.6 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.2 15.0 3.8 3.4 2.6 3.8
Coominya Post Office - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - → → 5.4 - - 2.0
Danewood Vale 3.6 0.5 0.1 2.2 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.4 3.4 1.7 3.3 0.6 5.2
Eagle Farm Racecourse 4.8 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 2.0 16.0 4.8 11.0 6.8
Godwin Beach 10.0 0.2 1.0 0.4 3.2 - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 1.8 0.6 - - - 1.4 → 30.4 6.6 7.0 4.0 12.4
Greenbank Thompson Road - 1.0 - 1.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 6.6 4.0 7.8 5.0 5.4 5.0
Harrisville Mary Street - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 1.8 0.6 1.0 0.2 -
Highvale 2.0 0.2 - 2.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 3.0 5.6 8.2 8.2 8.8 4.0
Kalbar State School - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.8 - - -
Karalee 0.4 - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.1 1.6 7.2 12.8 1.6 5.0
Karragarra Island 26.4 - 6.0 7.8 4.4 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.4 38.0 15.8 28.2 - 8.4
Lindfield 4.8 - - 2.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.6 2.8 1.4 3.4 1.2 7.6
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 0.4 - - 1.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - → → → → → → 0.3 → → 27.0 → 8.0
Moorang - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - 3.6
Mt Tamborine Fern St 3.6 → → → 3.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.4 9.6 7.4 29.4 → 6.8
Mt Tarampa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 2.0 0.6 0.2 2.2
Ormiston College → → → → 55.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - → → 50.0 -
Peachester 11.5 1.6 8.2 6.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 18.0 6.5 1.8
Point Lookout 23.2 13.2 1.2 8.2 6.4 - - - - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - 3.4 - 18.2 17.6 26.0 5.8 37.6 1.2 3.0
Range View - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.0
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 7.6 0.4 0.2 3.0 2.4 0.2 - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 8.2 19.2 10.2 16.4 6.0 10.4
Regents Park 3.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.2 6.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 2.0
Somerset Dam 0.8 - 0.4 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
University of Queensland Gatton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 1.6 - 0.6 - 0.2
Wamuran 4.6 0.1 - 5.1 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.2 27.5 0.3 1.3 5.0 4.9
Wivenhoe Dam 0.2 - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 1.8 1.2
Woodford Stanmore 4.6 0.4 0.4 5.4 1.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.8 5.0 4.2 4.0 3.8 8.0
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

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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 4 May 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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