Greater Brisbane in August 2025

Rainfall

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for August at most sites across Greater Brisbane were below average.
  • August mean maximum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.3 °C below average at Redcliffe to 0.6 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for August at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • August mean minimum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.3 °C above average at Archerfield Airport to 1.8 °C below average at Point Lookout.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 24.8 mm, which is 72% of the long-term average of 34.6 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 22.7 °C, which is 0.8 °C below the long-term average of 23.5 °C.
  • The warmest day was 28.1 °C on the 27th, and the coolest day was on the 19th when the temperature reached 17.7 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 11.5 °C, which is 0.5 °C above the long-term average of 11.0 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 8.3 °C on the 3rd, and the warmest morning was on the 22nd when the minimum temperature was 15.2 °C.

Extremes in August 2025
Hottest day 29.4 °C at University of Queensland Gatton on the 27th
Warmest days on average 23.0 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 20.5 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 16.2 °C at Point Lookout on the 19th
Coldest night -0.4 °C at Amberley AMO on the 18th
Coolest nights on average 6.4 °C at Amberley AMO
Warmest nights on average 14.3 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Warmest night 18.5 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 28th
Warmest on average overall 17.4 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coolest on average overall 14.7 °C at Amberley AMO
14.7 °C at University of Queensland Gatton
Wettest overall 325.4 mm at Point Lookout
Wettest day 137.8 mm at Point Lookout on the 22nd
Strongest wind gust 80.0 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 10th

Record highest August daily rainfall
New record
(mm)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
August
Point Lookout 137.8 on the 22nd 85.8 on 11 Aug 2010 29 63.3



Record highest August total rainfall
New record
(mm)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
August
Point Lookout 325.4 149.6 in 2014 26 58.5



Highest August total rainfall for at least 20 years
Observed
(mm)
Most recent
higher
Average for
August
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 175.0 226.4 in 1931 75.3

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported





Summary statistics for August 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
August
2025
Diff
from
average
Highest for
August
2025
Mean for
August
2025
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
August
2025
Total for
August
2025
Average
for
August
Rank of
August
2025
Fraction of
August
average
Amberley AMO 23.0 0.0 27.8 27th 6.4 +0.2 -0.4 18th 11.0 27.9 average 39%
Archerfield Airport 22.7 -0.2 28.1 27th 9.6 +1.3 5.8 30th 28.2 35.6 average 79%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 22.5 -1.1 26.8 27th 7.8 +1.0 1.7 18th 13.0 29.7 average 44%
Beerburrum Forest Station 22.3 -1.1 27.6 27th 10.7 +1.1 6.6 18th 56.0 44.0 average 127%
Brisbane 22.7 -0.8 28.1 27th 11.5 +0.5 8.3 3rd 24.8 34.6 average 72%
Brisbane Aero 22.0 -0.1 26.2 28th 10.9 +0.9 6.5 18th 18.2 35.2 average 52%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 20.5 +0.6 23.8 28th 14.3 +0.2 9.0 3rd 175.0 74.7 high 234%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 23.2 +0.3 27.0 27th 9.0 -0.6 6.5 9th 48.5 41.8 average 116%
Point Lookout 21.7 -0.6 26.0 28th 12.5 -1.8 8.6 31st 325.4 58.5 highest 556%
Redcliffe 20.9 -1.3 25.3 5th 11.6 -0.2 7.3 18th 30.0 35.2 average 85%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 21.4 -0.9 25.4 28th 11.4 +0.1 7.5 3rd 61.8 27.5 high 225%
University of Queensland Gatton 22.3 -0.3 29.4 27th 7.1 +0.4 2.0 30th 14.8 26.3 average 56%

Daily maximum temperatures for August 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 20.4 18.9 21.1 24.4 25.8 25.3 23.4 20.9 20.8 22.0 22.4 22.8 23.3 21.6 22.8 24.7 22.3 22.4 17.6 17.6 21.3 24.6 26.5 25.1 25.3 24.4 27.8 26.6 25.4 21.4
Archerfield Airport 19.9 19.2 20.2 24.2 25.2 24.8 23.3 21.0 20.2 21.8 22.2 22.6 23.2 21.3 22.5 24.3 22.2 22.6 18.0 18.5 19.0 24.4 25.8 25.1 24.7 25.0 28.1 26.3 25.1 21.0
Beaudesert Drumley Street 19.9 19.0 20.0 22.8 25.7 24.7 22.5 19.8 20.7 20.6 21.9 23.1 22.2 21.5 22.5 23.9 22.2 22.4 17.1 19.9 24.5 25.5 24.2 24.1 24.4 26.8 25.8
Beerburrum Forest Station 19.9 18.8 20.1 24.1 25.1 24.2 21.9 20.1 17.9 21.1 21.1 21.3 22.4 20.9 21.4 24.2 23.0 20.9 17.5 17.7 19.7 24.4 26.0 23.5 24.0 24.0 27.6 27.2 25.9 22.0
Brisbane 19.2 18.6 20.3 24.5 25.3 24.9 22.8 21.1 20.4 21.6 22.1 22.7 23.2 21.3 22.4 24.1 22.1 22.1 17.7 19.3 20.6 24.6 26.2 25.4 24.9 24.1 28.1 26.1 24.8 21.0
Brisbane Aero 19.1 19.7 20.4 23.9 24.6 23.5 22.4 20.8 20.0 21.4 21.3 20.5 21.4 20.8 21.2 24.1 22.0 20.4 17.9 18.8 19.6 22.3 25.7 22.8 23.8 23.3 25.2 26.2 24.9 21.3
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 17.9 17.9 18.4 22.5 21.9 20.9 20.1 19.2 19.0 18.7 19.1 20.7 19.8 19.3 20.8 21.1 21.0 17.5 21.1 21.5 21.5 23.4 20.8 21.2 22.9 21.9 23.8 21.8 19.4
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 19.9 21.3
Point Lookout 21.0 23.3 22.4 20.8 16.2 18.9 19.4 24.8 22.3 23.9 23.2 26.0 24.6 21.4
Redcliffe 19.8 18.6 19.5 24.2 25.3 23.0 21.6 19.3 19.5 20.5 20.3 20.1 20.8 20.3 20.7 24.4 21.9 19.7 17.4 17.6 20.4 22.3 24.9 20.7 20.7
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 19.7 18.4 19.8 22.7 23.9 23.0 21.6 20.8 19.5 20.7 20.6 20.8 21.0 20.0 21.7 23.1 21.1 20.2 16.7 18.2 18.4 22.1 24.3 23.1 23.3 23.1 23.7 25.4 23.8 20.1
University of Queensland Gatton 20.5 16.5 18.1 24.7 25.5 24.5 22.7 19.9 19.9 21.8 21.9 22.1 23.2 21.3 22.8 22.9 20.3 21.7 17.4 17.6 21.0 25.4 24.4 24.8 24.9 25.0 29.4 24.7 23.4 19.5
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 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 9.8 7.9 4.4 12.4 6.2 5.4 5.9 11.8 10.7 7.6 4.6 3.8 6.0 4.8 3.7 4.0 2.9 -0.4 5.5 9.6 10.9 13.0 4.5 6.6 5.9 8.4 6.5 10.4 2.9 2.6
Archerfield Airport 11.9 9.6 6.5 12.1 8.0 9.6 8.9 13.2 12.7 11.8 8.4 7.5 9.2 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.7 6.5 7.7 11.3 11.8 14.5 8.7 10.2 10.7 12.5 9.1 15.0 7.6 5.8
Beaudesert Drumley Street 10.0 9.8 4.8 11.6 6.7 6.5 6.2 12.1 12.5 8.8 9.6 5.1 6.9 5.8 7.1 4.5 3.9 1.7 10.8 11.4 13.1 5.6 8.7 5.6 10.5 7.0 10.5
Beerburrum Forest Station 11.6 9.9 7.5 11.3 10.3 10.0 10.8 13.9 13.8 11.6 10.7 9.3 10.2 10.3 8.2 10.0 9.0 6.6 10.5 11.8 12.5 13.0 12.0 10.7 10.7 13.3 10.7 15.5 8.7 9.5
Brisbane 12.6 9.3 8.3 12.7 11.9 11.6 11.7 14.4 13.2 12.1 11.2 10.4 11.1 10.3 10.9 10.1 9.1 8.5 10.5 12.2 13.6 15.2 11.4 12.6 12.0 14.9 11.5 15.0 10.7 8.8
Brisbane Aero 12.0 9.5 7.5 12.9 10.0 10.6 12.1 14.6 13.7 11.0 10.6 10.3 10.8 9.7 10.4 9.3 7.6 6.5 10.3 12.4 14.2 14.3 10.3 11.7 9.8 14.9 11.1 14.4 8.1 8.3
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 12.9 12.0 9.0 14.2 15.3 16.1 17.5 14.8 15.9 13.5 13.1 14.7 13.9 12.7 13.8 14.1 11.0 14.3 13.2 15.3 15.2 15.3 15.4 14.1 16.7 17.3 18.5 14.7 15.5
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 6.5 8.0
Point Lookout 11.3 12.4 13.0 11.2 12.4 13.2 13.4 11.0 11.6 14.8 14.1 15.8 10.7 13.5
Redcliffe 12.4 10.1 8.5 12.5 10.8 12.0 12.5 15.4 14.1 12.8 11.8 10.7 11.9 10.8 10.2 10.0 10.5 7.3 10.9 12.4 13.1 14.0 11.3 12.2 11.0
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 11.8 10.7 7.5 11.4 11.4 11.0 9.9 15.5 13.8 12.9 10.4 9.8 10.2 9.1 10.1 10.9 9.8 8.2 12.2 12.3 14.4 14.3 11.9 11.7 11.3 14.3 11.4 15.7 10.0 11.4
University of Queensland Gatton 9.9 5.8 6.2 8.6 7.0 6.7 7.0 12.4 13.0 7.7 6.2 5.1 7.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.5 2.0 5.7 9.9 11.0 8.8 5.8 7.8 5.5 8.2 7.6 13.6 3.7 2.0
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 August 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 - 1.0 0.8 - - - - 4.2 6.6 2.0 - - - - - - - - 0.4 3.4 2.4 2.6 - - - - - - - - -
Amberley AMO - 0.2 1.0 - - - - 0.6 0.2 1.6 1.4 0.2 - - 1.4 - - - - 0.8 2.8 0.8 - - - - - - - - -
Archerfield Airport - 0.6 - - - - - 2.4 6.6 1.6 - - - 5.6 - - - - - 1.8 4.2 5.2 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Beaudesert Drumley Street - 0.6 2.0 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - 2.6 1.0 - 0.2 - - 1.8 3.8 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Beerburrum Forest Station - - 0.8 0.2 - - - 0.4 9.4 2.4 0.2 - - 11.2 0.8 - - - - 10.2 3.6 16.2 0.4 - - 0.2 - - - - -
Blackbutt State School - - 0.8 - - - - - 5.2 3.4 0.4 - - - 3.2 - - - - 3.6 3.0
Brisbane - - 0.8 - - - - 1.8 5.0 0.4 0.2 0.6 - 2.6 0.2 - - - - 2.0 4.2 7.0 - - - - - - - - -
Brisbane Aero - - 0.2 - - - - 1.2 3.2 0.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - 7.2 4.0 1.4 - - - - - - - - -
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha - 0.8 1.6 - - - - 3.0 3.8 1.2 - - - 0.6 - - - - - 2.0 1.4 3.1
Caloundra Airport - - 0.2 - - - - - 18.2 0.2 1.4 - - - - - - - 10.5 65.4 13.0 31.0 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Capalaba Water Treat - 6.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 4.0 - - - - - - 22.4 7.0
Cape Moreton Lighthouse - - 0.4 - - - 0.4 0.2 10.2 - 13.0 5.4 1.2 1.6 1.0 - - - - 37.0 14.2 86.8 - - - 3.6 - - - - -
Carneys Creek The Ranch - 5.0 - - - - - - 1.4 1.6 - - - - - - - - - - 14.0 10.0
Clontarf - 1.6 1.0 - - - - 3.4 2.8 1.0 - - - - - - - - 0.4 11.0 2.8 3.8
Ebbw Vale - 0.1 0.1 - - - - - 5.6 2.8 - 0.2 - - - - - - - 1.5 3.4 7.6
Godwin Beach - - 0.8 - - - - 1.0 9.6 11.0 1.0 - - 0.8 0.2 - - - - 9.0 4.6 9.4 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Greenbank Thompson Road - 2.0 0.4 - - - - 2.4 2.0 6.6 - - 2.6 2.2 - - - - - 1.4 5.6 14.6 0.4 - - - - 0.4
Harrisville Mary Street - 1.6 0.4 - - - - - - - 0.6 - - 2.8 - - - - - 0.4 6.0 1.4 - - - - - - -
Highvale - - 1.2 - - - - 3.6 6.0 0.2 0.4 - - - 2.0 - - - - 2.4 3.8 4.4
Karalee - - 0.3 - - - - 6.2 2.0 - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - 4.6 4.4
Karragarra Island - - - - - - - - 20.0 - - 9.4 - 5.4 - - - - 12.6 12.0 32.0 7.4
Lindfield - - 0.2 - - - - 0.4 2.6 2.2 - - - - 1.2 - - - - 4.0 0.8 2.0 - - - 0.6 - - - - -
Logan City Water Treatment Plant - 14.4 10.7 2.0 6.0 15.4 - - - - - - -
Maroon Dam - 1.0 - - - - - - - 1.5 - - - 1.0 - - - - 1.5 - 4.5 20.0
Mt Alford - 2.2 0.8 - - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 12.2 2.8
Mt Tamborine Fern St - 1.4 1.4 - - - - - 6.6 4.0 - - - - - 4.0 16.2
Ormiston College - 9.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 18.0 - 2.4 - - - 7.0 13.2 24.0
Peachester - - 0.2 - - - - 0.6 12.8 1.0 - - - - 1.8 - - - 2.4 27.0 3.8 4.0
Point Lookout - 35.4 0.8 - - - 0.2 - 3.4 5.8 22.0 2.0 - 4.8 0.6 - - - 11.6 55.8 40.2 137.8 - - - 5.0 - - - - -
Range View 2.6
Redcliffe - - 0.8 - - - - 1.6 7.2 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 10.2 3.2 6.6 - - - - - - - - -
Redland (Alexandra Hills) - 5.0 0.4 - - - - 0.2 10.6 1.4 0.2 - - 8.2 5.2 - 0.2 - 0.6 7.6 7.6 14.4 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Regents Park - 4.0 - - - - - 5.6 7.4 0.2 - - 13.0 0.2 0.2 - - 0.2 1.4 7.0 2.0 -
Rocky Point Sugar Mill - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.0 - - - - 3.0 8.2 10.0 50.0
Somerset Dam - - - - - - - 1.0 4.0 3.0 1.8 - - - 1.2 - - - - 2.2 1.2 - - - - 0.8
University of Queensland Gatton - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 11.4 - - - - 0.2 2.0 0.2 - - - - - - - - -
Wamuran - - - - - - - 2.1 7.2 6.1 - - - - 1.9 - - - - - 7.4
Wivenhoe Dam - 0.4 1.4 - - - - 0.2 1.0 0.4 - - - - 3.2 - - - - 0.4 2.8 0.2 - - -
Woodford Stanmore - - - - - - - 1.0 2.6 2.4 - - - - 6.6 - - - - 11.6 1.0 4.0
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 1 September 2025. 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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