Monday 2 March 2026 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Greater Brisbane - Product code IDCKGC24L0
Greater Brisbane in summer 2026
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for summer were below to very much below average at all sites across Greater Brisbane.
- Summer rainfall totals ranged from around 20% to around 80% 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 0.0 °C average at Beerburrum Forest Station to 1.5 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse.
- Mean minimum temperatures for summer at sites across Greater Brisbane were split equally above and below average.
- Summer mean minimum temperatures for Greater Brisbane ranged from 1.1 °C below average at Point Lookout to 0.9 °C above average at Cape Moreton Lighthouse.
Brisbane
- Total rainfall for Brisbane was 224.6 mm, which is 51% of the long-term average of 443.0 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Brisbane was 30.2 °C, which is 0.1 °C above the long-term average of 30.1 °C.
- The warmest day was 37.1 °C on 26 January 2026, and the coolest day was on 15 February 2026 when the temperature reached 24.5 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Brisbane was 21.4 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 21.2 °C.
- The coldest morning was 16.9 °C on 3 December 2025, and the warmest morning was on 17 January 2026 when the minimum temperature was 26.1 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in summer 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
39.4 °C at Beaudesert Drumley Street on 26 Jan 2026 |
| Warmest days on average |
32.0 °C at Amberley AMO |
| Coolest days on average |
28.3 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse |
| Coldest day |
21.7 °C at Beerburrum Forest Station on 15 Feb 2026 |
| Coldest night |
11.6 °C at Beaudesert Drumley Street on 3 Dec 2025 |
| Coolest nights on average |
18.6 °C at University of Queensland Gatton 18.6 °C at Beaudesert Drumley Street |
| Warmest nights on average |
22.6 °C at Cape Moreton Lighthouse |
| Warmest night |
26.1 °C at Brisbane on 17 Jan 2026 |
| Warmest on average overall |
25.8 °C at Brisbane |
| Coolest on average overall |
24.7 °C at Redland (Alexandra Hills) |
| Wettest overall |
438.9 mm at Caloundra Airport |
| Wettest day |
94.0 mm at Caloundra Airport on 16 Dec 2025 |
| Strongest wind gust |
102.0 km/h at Cape Moreton Lighthouse on 2 Feb 2026 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for summer 2026 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for Summer 2026 |
Diff from average |
Highest for Summer 2026 |
Mean for Summer 2026 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for Summer 2026 |
Total for Summer 2026 |
Average for Summer |
Rank of Summer 2026 |
Fraction of Summer average |
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| Amberley AMO | 32.0 | +1.1 | 39.3 | 26 Jan 2026 | 18.8 | -0.4 | 12.4 | 3 Dec 2025 | 206.4 | 362.6 | low | 57% |
| Archerfield Airport | 31.0 | +0.9 | 37.7 | 26 Jan 2026 | 20.4 | +0.4 | 14.1 | 3 Dec 2025 | 213.0 | 417.3 | low | 51% |
| Beaudesert Drumley Street | 31.4 | +0.4 | 39.4 | 26 Jan 2026 | 18.6 | -0.3 | 11.6 | 3 Dec 2025 | 192.4 | 370.5 | low | 52% |
| Beerburrum Forest Station | 29.9 | 0.0 | 36.0 | 22 Dec 2025 | 19.8 | +0.3 | 14.3 | 5 Dec 2025 | 326.8 | 577.2 | low | 57% |
| Brisbane | 30.2 | +0.1 | 37.1 | 26 Jan 2026 | 21.4 | +0.2 | 16.9 | 3 Dec 2025 | 224.6 | 443.0 | v low | 51% |
| Brisbane Aero | 29.4 | +0.6 | 33.0 | 17 Jan 2026 | 21.2 | +0.2 | 15.5 | 30 Dec 2025 | 125.6 | 414.5 | v low | 30% |
| Cape Moreton Lighthouse | 28.3 | +1.5 | 31.9 | 23 Feb 2026 | 22.6 | +0.9 | 19.1 | 30 Dec 2025 | 115.0 | 430.2 | v low | 27% |
| Logan City Water Treatment Plant | 36.0 | 25 Dec 2025 | 95.7 | 408.3 | lowest | 23% | ||||||
| Point Lookout | 34.6 | 17 Jan 2026 | 21.1 | -1.1 | 16.7 | 30 Dec 2025 | 280.6 | 432.1 | low | 65% | ||
| Redland (Alexandra Hills) | 29.0 | +0.1 | 33.3 | 26 Jan 2026 | 20.6 | -0.1 | 16.1 | 29 Dec 2025 | 189.2 | 457.9 | low | 41% |
| University of Queensland Gatton | 31.8 | +0.5 | 39.2 | 26 Jan 2026 | 18.6 | -0.2 | 11.7 | 3 Dec 2025 | 233.0 | 305.8 | low | 76% |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
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 Monday 2 March 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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