Greater Brisbane in summer 2025

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for summer were near average at most sites across Greater Brisbane.
  • Summer rainfall totals ranged from around 80% to around 130% of average across Greater Brisbane.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for summer at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • Summer mean maximum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.6 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse to 0.1 °C below average at Beerburrum Forest Station.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for summer at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • Summer mean minimum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.0 °C above average at Beerburrum Forest Station to 0.1 °C below average at Logan City Water Treatment Plant.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 561.2 mm, which is 128% of the long-term average of 437.6 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 30.4 °C, which is 0.3 °C above the long-term average of 30.1 °C.
  • The warmest day was 37.4 °C on 16 January 2025, and the coolest day was on 11 January 2025 when the temperature reached 27.1 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 21.5 °C, which is 0.3 °C above the long-term average of 21.2 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 18.3 °C on 7 January 2025, and the warmest morning was on 9 December 2024 when the minimum temperature was 25.3 °C.

Extremes in summer 2025
Hottest day 38.8 °C at Redcliffe on 16 January
Warmest days on average 31.8 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 28.3 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 24.4 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 11 January
Coldest night 14.5 °C at University of Queensland Gatton on 20 December
Coolest nights on average 19.3 °C at University of Queensland Gatton
Warmest nights on average 23.1 °C at Point Lookout
Warmest night 25.7 °C at Point Lookout on 16 January
Warmest on average overall 26.0 °C at Brisbane
Coolest on average overall 25.0 °C at Redland (Alexandra Hills)
Wettest overall 721.0 mm at Highvale
Wettest day 128.0 mm at Highvale on 1 December
Strongest wind gust 102.0 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 18 December


Summary statistics for summer 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
Summer
2025
Diff
from
average
Highest for
Summer
2025
Mean for
Summer
2025
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
Summer
2025
Total for
Summer
2025
Average
for
Summer
Rank of
Summer
2025
Fraction of
Summer
average
Amberley AMO 31.8 +0.9 37.8 16 Jan 2025 19.7 +0.5 15.0 28 Feb 2025 398.6 362.1 high 110%
Archerfield Airport 30.8 +0.7 37.4 16 Jan 2025 20.7 +0.8 16.3 05 Jan 2025 358.8 417.3 average 86%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 31.1 +0.2 36.9 22 Jan 2025 19.4 +0.5 15.1 05 Jan 2025 345.2 372.2 average 93%
Beerburrum Forest Station 29.8 -0.1 37.7 16 Jan 2025 20.4 +1.0 16.4 07 Jan 2025 597.6 576.9 average 104%
Brisbane 30.4 +0.3 37.4 16 Jan 2025 21.5 +0.3 18.3 07 Jan 2025 561.2 437.6 high 128%
Brisbane Aero 29.2 +0.4 38.1 16 Jan 2025 21.6 +0.6 17.4 17 Jan 2025 404.2 414.8 average 97%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 28.3 +1.6 31.6 12 Feb 2025 22.6 +0.9 18.1 03 Jan 2025 405.6 430.3 average 94%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 30.0 +0.4 37.2 22 Jan 2025 20.1 -0.1 16.3 26 Dec 2024 384.3 409.2 average 94%
Point Lookout 35.6 31 Jan 2025 23.0 +0.8 18.9 03 Jan 2025 350.9 435.7 average 80%
Redcliffe 29.2 +0.4 38.8 16 Jan 2025 22.1 +0.3 18.3 07 Jan 2025 482.4 419.0 high 115%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 29.1 33.5 16 Jan 2025 20.9 16.3 17 Jan 2025 495.8
University of Queensland Gatton 31.8 +0.5 37.7 22 Jan 2025 19.3 +0.6 14.5 28 Feb 2025 288.4 306.0 average 94%

Notes

The Seasonal 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 Thursday 6 March 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 previous years of record, which vary widely from site to site. They are not shown for sites with less 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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