Greater Brisbane in January 2025

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for January were average at most sites across Greater Brisbane.
  • January rainfall totals ranged from around 45% to around 149% of average across Greater Brisbane.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for January at most sites across Greater Brisbane were above average.
  • January mean maximum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 0.2 °C below average at Beaudesert Drumley Street to 1.8 °C above average at Point Lookout.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for January at most sites across Greater Brisbane were below average.
  • January mean minimum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.0 °C below average at Logan City Water Treatment Plant to 0.3 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse.
  • Brisbane Aero and Redcliffe had their hottest January day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record.

Brisbane

  • Total rainfall for Brisbane was 179.8 mm, which is 127% of the long-term average of 141.1 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 30.7 °C, which is 0.3 °C above the long-term average of 30.4 °C.
  • The warmest day was 37.4 °C on the 16th, and the coolest day was on the 11th when the temperature reached 27.1 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 21.1 °C, which is 0.6 °C below the long-term average of 21.7 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 18.3 °C on the 7th, and the warmest morning was on the 16th when the minimum temperature was 25.1 °C.

Extremes in January 2025
Hottest day 38.8 °C at Redcliffe on the 16th
Warmest days on average 31.7 °C at Amberley AMO
Coolest days on average 28.4 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Coldest day 24.4 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 11th
Coldest night 14.8 °C at University of Queensland Gatton on the 17th
Coolest nights on average 19.2 °C at University of Queensland Gatton
19.2 °C at Beaudesert Drumley Street
Warmest nights on average 22.6 °C at Point Lookout
Warmest night 25.7 °C at Point Lookout on the 16th
Warmest on average overall 25.9 °C at Brisbane
Coolest on average overall 24.7 °C at Redland (Alexandra Hills)
Wettest overall 275.4 mm at Maroon Dam
Wettest day 109.0 mm at Eagle Farm Racecourse on the 12th
Strongest wind gust 94.0 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the 23rd

Record highest January temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
January
Brisbane Aero 38.1 on the 16th =38.1 on 14 Jan 2018 31 29.1
Redcliffe 38.8 on the 16th 37.5 on 14 Jan 2018 21 29.1




Summary statistics for January 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
January
2025
Diff
from
average
Highest for
January
2025
Mean for
January
2025
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
January
2025
Total for
January
2025
Average
for
January
Rank of
January
2025
Fraction of
January
average
Amberley AMO 31.7 +0.5 37.8 16th 19.4 -0.2 15.2 17th 70.0 118.0 average 59%
Archerfield Airport 30.9 +0.4 37.4 16th 20.4 0.0 16.3 5th 131.0 135.1 average 97%
Beaudesert Drumley Street 31.2 -0.2 36.9 22nd 19.2 -0.2 15.1 5th 66.8 149.7 low 45%
Beerburrum Forest Station 30.2 -0.1 37.7 16th 20.1 +0.2 16.4 7th 178.8 197.8 average 90%
Brisbane 30.7 +0.3 37.4 16th 21.1 -0.6 18.3 7th 179.8 141.1 average 127%
Brisbane Aero 29.4 +0.3 38.1 16th 21.2 -0.2 17.4 17th 146.2 127.3 average 115%
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 28.4 +1.3 31.3 16th 22.3 +0.3 18.1 3rd 191.8 146.8 high 131%
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 30.3 +0.4 37.2 22nd 19.7 -1.0 16.4 17th 103.2 125.8 average 82%
Point Lookout 31.4 +1.8 35.6 31st 22.5 -0.1 18.9 3rd 212.7 143.1 high 149%
Redcliffe 29.6 +0.5 38.8 16th 21.8 -0.5 18.3 7th 182.6 142.3 average 128%
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 29.1 33.5 16th 20.2 16.3 17th 218.4
University of Queensland Gatton 31.6 -0.1 37.7 22nd 19.2 +0.1 14.8 17th 96.8 109.7 average 88%

Daily maximum temperatures for January 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 30.4 29.0 30.0 29.0 29.9 30.6 31.6 31.0 29.3 30.0 28.5 28.7 31.4 33.0 34.2 37.8 31.6 29.3 30.8 30.4 33.6 37.0 37.3 30.7 31.9 31.0 32.9 33.5 33.0 33.4
Archerfield Airport 30.7 29.0 30.1 29.8 29.8 30.0 30.9 29.9 28.8 29.2 27.3 28.0 29.9 31.4 33.8 37.4 31.1 29.8 29.8 29.7 31.7 36.6 31.3 35.0 30.1 30.2 29.7 31.1 32.0 31.7 31.7
Beaudesert Drumley Street 29.8 29.0 29.9 29.0 29.9 30.0 31.8 31.0 26.8 28.5 27.9 28.4 30.1 32.3 34.5 36.1 30.1 28.4 29.4 30.1 32.9 36.9 32.2 36.7 29.9 31.6 30.5 33.3 33.2 32.8 33.3
Beerburrum Forest Station 29.8 26.5 28.7 28.6 28.5 28.4 29.8 29.4 30.3 27.9 25.8 28.5 30.1 30.7 33.6 37.7 31.1 29.8 28.5 28.5 31.1 36.4 31.3 34.4 29.3 30.1 29.7 30.8 30.7 30.5 31.1
Brisbane 30.0 27.8 29.6 29.1 28.8 29.4 29.9 29.8 29.4 29.3 27.1 28.2 30.0 30.9 34.1 37.4 31.2 30.2 29.8 29.7 31.4 36.4 31.0 35.5 30.4 30.1 29.6 30.9 31.6 31.2 31.7
Brisbane Aero 29.1 27.2 28.2 27.8 27.9 27.9 29.1 28.4 29.1 27.7 25.8 26.9 28.3 29.2 32.3 38.1 30.6 29.0 28.8 27.8 28.5 32.3 30.2 34.3 29.1 29.5 29.3 29.5 30.3 29.8 30.4
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 28.1 26.0 27.1 27.2 28.0 28.9 29.4 28.5 27.6 26.8 24.4 27.6 28.5 29.0 29.4 31.3 27.5 28.1 26.5 26.4 28.8 29.8 29.5 29.5 28.5 29.1 29.5 29.7 30.6 29.3 30.6
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 29.4 27.7 28.9 27.8 28.5 28.9 30.0 29.0 26.6 34.1 36.0 31.1 29.6 28.8 29.9 30.7 37.2 30.8 35.0 29.0 30.2 29.3 30.8 31.2
Point Lookout 32.1 28.1 30.4 29.9 31.8 33.6 25.3 28.7 30.5 30.6 31.1 30.8 31.1 31.9 30.0 32.4 32.0 30.5 30.8 33.2 34.3 34.9 35.6
Redcliffe 28.8 26.3 27.7 27.7 28.3 28.4 28.9 29.1 30.7 28.1 26.3 27.5 29.0 29.8 31.1 38.8 29.7 30.2 28.7 27.4 29.1 33.4 31.0 34.8 29.0 29.3 29.4 30.2 29.5 30.0 30.1
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 29.5 27.9 29.1 28.5 28.2 29.3 27.9 28.1 29.1 27.7 25.2 27.2 28.4 28.7 31.0 33.5 27.9 28.8 28.2 27.4 32.1 30.1 32.6 28.7 29.7 29.0 29.0 29.3 29.3 30.1
University of Queensland Gatton 30.0 28.9 29.9 30.1 30.1 30.4 31.5 30.7 30.1 28.1 26.2 29.4 32.1 32.5 33.9 36.5 31.7 29.4 30.4 30.4 32.9 37.7 32.6 37.5 30.9 31.3 30.9 33.3 33.6 33.6 33.3
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 January 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 19.3 21.3 16.8 19.4 15.7 16.1 15.8 19.7 16.8 19.3 20.7 19.9 20.3 20.3 21.1 23.0 15.2 20.4 20.2 18.8 18.5 21.3 21.1 22.8 19.0 21.4 19.2 18.3 20.0 19.2
Archerfield Airport 19.8 21.8 18.7 19.8 16.3 17.7 17.1 20.4 17.4 20.5 20.8 20.2 19.6 20.4 21.7 24.8 17.1 20.7 21.1 18.2 19.9 22.5 22.7 23.5 23.9 21.0 22.8 19.2 20.5 21.2 21.1
Beaudesert Drumley Street 18.1 20.3 17.0 17.9 15.1 16.3 15.7 20.5 18.2 18.4 20.2 18.9 19.1 19.6 21.9 24.4 15.7 17.5 19.9 17.6 17.3 21.5 20.0 22.0 21.9 20.2 21.9 19.2 18.9 20.2 18.9
Beerburrum Forest Station 20.0 20.2 18.8 19.7 17.6 17.0 16.4 19.4 18.7 19.9 20.4 19.7 21.0 20.7 21.5 22.4 18.0 20.0 20.6 18.8 19.8 21.7 24.5 22.1 23.7 20.4 21.9 18.4 18.4 20.2 21.4
Brisbane 20.4 22.7 19.7 20.0 18.5 18.6 18.3 21.3 18.4 20.8 20.9 20.6 20.8 21.4 22.2 25.1 18.6 22.0 20.9 19.5 20.7 22.7 23.7 24.3 23.8 21.0 23.5 20.0 20.9 21.9 22.2
Brisbane Aero 21.2 21.6 20.3 20.0 17.8 18.8 18.6 21.6 18.5 20.9 21.1 20.9 20.7 21.1 22.6 24.5 17.4 21.0 21.1 19.1 21.4 23.1 23.8 24.2 24.2 23.8 24.2 20.0 20.9 21.4 22.3
Cape Moreton Lighthouse 22.9 20.6 18.1 22.1 22.0 21.9 21.8 22.4 22.2 20.4 20.0 21.2 22.3 22.6 22.8 24.2 21.7 18.6 20.3 20.0 22.5 24.1 24.6 24.3 24.5 23.4 23.8 22.8 24.1 24.1 24.2
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 18.5 20.6 18.5 19.2 17.4 17.0 17.2 20.2 18.7 19.4 25.0 16.4 21.8 20.4 17.8 18.5 21.4 22.5 22.8 23.6 19.7 20.8 17.7 19.0
Point Lookout 22.1 20.3 18.9 22.4 21.3 22.4 20.7 20.5 21.3 22.9 23.0 25.7 21.9 21.9 19.7 24.6 25.5 24.0 24.9 22.8 23.5 23.6 24.2
Redcliffe 22.1 20.6 20.8 21.1 18.4 19.5 18.3 23.1 18.6 20.9 21.3 20.9 21.4 21.8 23.7 24.9 19.7 19.2 20.7 19.3 21.3 23.6 25.2 24.7 24.6 24.5 25.2 21.0 21.1 22.5 24.5
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 19.7 20.6 19.3 20.4 16.9 17.7 17.2 19.0 18.9 19.7 20.0 20.2 20.2 20.5 20.9 25.1 16.3 20.1 20.3 17.8 22.9 23.4 24.6 23.1 20.2 23.5 18.6 19.6 19.8 21.2
University of Queensland Gatton 19.3 21.2 15.9 18.3 16.0 16.1 15.2 19.6 17.7 20.2 19.8 19.8 20.5 19.7 22.2 21.3 14.8 19.3 20.8 17.0 17.8 21.6 20.8 19.9 21.8 20.0 21.0 20.5 17.7 20.4 19.5
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 January 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 - 2.4 1.2 2.6 - - - - 30.8 9.4 21.0 29.2 7.6 2.6 0.2 - 0.8 - 33.6 0.2 - - 1.6 0.1 0.4 - 0.4 - - - 0.2
Amberley AMO 1.0 0.2 - 3.6 0.2 - - 2.2 7.0 1.6 18.0 11.6 0.2 0.2 - - - - 23.0 - - 1.2 - - - - - - - -
Archerfield Airport 0.2 0.2 0.4 2.0 - - - - 17.0 4.0 20.0 17.6 26.2 0.6 - - 0.2 2.2 39.8 0.6 - - - - - - - - - -
Beaudesert Drumley Street - - - - - - - 1.8 8.2 4.4 5.4 15.2 2.2 - - - 2.8 0.4 25.6 0.2 - - - 0.6 - - - - -
Beerburrum Forest Station - 10.6 2.8 5.0 - - - - 2.0 8.6 1.0 61.6 30.2 - - 1.8 - 1.6 53.0 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Blackbutt State School 0.6 3.0 0.2 3.8 - - - 3.0 6.0 4.6 11.6 9.6 1.2 19.0 - 1.0 - - 4.6
Brisbane - 0.8 3.0 3.6 0.8 - - - 19.2 13.8 17.6 66.0 8.8 0.4 0.4 - 1.0 0.6 38.6 - - - 0.4 4.8 - - - - - -
Brisbane Aero - 5.4 4.2 12.2 - - - - 4.2 24.4 9.6 45.6 13.2 1.6 - - 0.2 0.2 24.0 0.2 - 0.2 0.2 - 0.4 - - 0.2 - - 0.2
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha - 4.4 2.0 12.0 1.9 - - - 46.4 31.0 27.0 64.0 9.2 - - - - - 37.5 2.0 - - - 7.2 - - - - - - 2.0
Caloundra Airport 7.2 6.0 - 7.4 - - - - 6.0 78.0 0.2 28.0 22.5 - - 9.0 - - 27.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 4.2
Cape Moreton Lighthouse - 1.8 4.2 0.6 - - - - 0.4 79.6 11.2 26.0 0.8 1.2 6.4 0.2 - 16.0 43.4 - - - - - - - - - -
Carneys Creek The Ranch 20.0 - - - - - - 51.6 21.0 10.6 3.6 54.0 7.0 - - - - - 18.0 - - - 5.0
Clontarf - 26.2 11.8 9.0 - - - - 24.2 6.6 7.4 40.2 13.0 - - - - 19.8 29.2 - - - - 0.4 2.2
Eagle Farm Racecourse - 4.2 3.0 4.0 - - - - 19.6 24.8 21.0 109.0 1.2 - - - 0.4 - 31.0 - - 1.4 - - 6.2 - - - - - -
Ebbw Vale - - 1.8 1.8 - - - - 5.2 15.0 25.2 19.0
Godwin Beach 0.4 10.8 6.6 1.6 - - - - 4.0 19.8 3.6 77.2 38.6 0.4 - - - 4.2 36.8 0.2 - - - 0.4 - - - - - - -
Greenbank Thompson Road - 4.0 0.8 5.0 - - - 0.8 7.0 6.8 8.8 12.0 18.4 - - - 33.0 0.8 - - - - 0.2
Harrisville Mary Street - 0.2 - 4.6 - - - 11.6 24.0 - 23.8 48.6 0.8 - - - - 0.8 11.6 - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Highvale 0.6 3.0 1.6 4.8 0.8 - - - 1.6 19.0 14.0 29.0 5.8 9.0 - - - - 20.2 5.6 - 1.4 - 1.2 - - - - - - 0.2
Kalbar State School - - - 11.1 - - - 21.0 21.5 15.6 14.0 12.0 4.0 - - - 1.2 - 5.6
Karalee - 1.0 - 3.6 - - - 2.0 3.8 22.3 33.8 29.0 11.4 0.2 - - 4.0 0.1 18.4 0.2 - 0.8 0.4 - - - - - - - -
Karragarra Island - - 5.1 13.6 - - - - 2.6 11.6 - 38.6 - 0.3 - - - 1.0 48.0
Lindfield - 13.6 16.2 5.4 - - - - - 0.6 30.4 2.6 5.6 - - - - - 34.2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Logan City Water Treatment Plant 0.4 6.2 0.3 3.5 2.4 - - - 1.2 15.8 4.4 - - - - - - 66.6 0.4 - - - - 0.8 - 1.0 0.2 - -
Lowood Don St 20.0 1.0 - 4.4
Maroon Dam 13.4 - - 1.4 - - - 69.4 60.0 36.8 6.2 57.0 11.2 1.4 - - - - 17.2 - - - 0.4 - - - 1.0
Moorang 27.4 - - 1.2 - - - 15.8 16.0 4.0 27.0 29.0 5.2 2.4
Mt Alford 6.2 2.4 - 3.8 - - - 27.0 14.2 33.8 6.8 18.6 - 3.0 - - - - 10.2
Mt Tamborine Fern St - 0.2 1.0 43.0 0.6 - - - 17.0 3.4 - 65.0 24.0 6.0 - - 4.0 - - 58.6 0.6 - - - - - 3.4
Mt Tarampa 2.0 4.4 - 2.0 - - - 4.2 0.6 8.4 5.0 8.8 - - - - - - 13.4
Ormiston College - 8.6 - - - - - 7.0 - - - - - - - - - - 54.8
Peachester 3.5 1.8 1.0 7.0 - - - - - - 1.4 24.8 45.0 2.5 - 0.7 - - 38.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 1.8
Point Lookout 1.6 28.4 4.6 - - - - - 0.8 46.0 96.2 8.0 2.0 - - 0.2 - 23.1 3.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - - -
Range View - - 2.2 - - - 5.6 16.6 - 17.6 7.6 - - - - - 1.4 7.6 - - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - 0.2
Redcliffe - 11.6 12.8 8.6 - - - - 13.4 21.6 10.4 33.4 8.0 - - - - 29.6 33.0 - - - 0.2 - - - - - - -
Redland (Alexandra Hills) 0.2 5.6 3.8 1.8 - - - - 2.6 26.0 20.6 68.6 16.8 0.4 - - - 72.0 - - - - - - - - -
Regents Park - 3.0 - 3.6 - - - - 2.2 3.0 9.0 3.2 14.2 32.0 - - - 0.8 29.6 - - - 2.2 - 2.6 - 0.2
Rosewood Walloon Rd 4.0 0.2 - 3.5 - - - 9.0 9.0 - 7.6 12.0 2.0 - - - - 0.6 14.0 - - - 0.2 1.8
Somerset Dam 6.4 10.8 12.4 2.4 1.4 - - - 0.6 8.6 5.8 3.4 1.0 - - - - - - 0.4 - -
Toombul Bowls Club - - 27.2 - - - - - - 69.6
University of Queensland Gatton 28.2 1.0 - - - - - 17.8 0.4 8.0 9.4 15.2 1.8 - - - - - 15.0 - - - - - - - - - - -
Wamuran - 1.2 25.0 11.2 - - - - 2.0 1.7 9.4 13.8 20.9 - - - - 5.9 64.6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wivenhoe Dam 0.4 6.0 - 0.4 - - - - 6.8 6.2 - 0.4 0.8 - - - - - 12.0 - - 8.6 - - - - - - - - -
Woodford Stanmore 3.4 13.6 9.6 3.0 - - - - - - 7.4 8.8 4.2 - - - - - 51.8 - - - - - 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 Sunday 2 February 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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