Brisbane weather: Minimum temperatures 5C above average temperatures

Brisbane’s minimum temperatures have soared as much as 5C above average - and the hot and muggy conditions are set to continue.

Stagnant temperature and dew point are making for hot, muggy overnight conditions.

Brisbane is experiencing minimum temperatures far above average for this time of year, making nights hot and muggy.

The city’s minimum overnight temperature was 22.9C last night, which is about 5C above the average minimum temperature, with the uncomfortable conditions set to continue into next week.

Community Information Officer at the Bureau of Meteorology, Morgan Pumpa said the humidity could make people feel hotter and more fatigued.

“We are just not getting that burst of southerly air, with the time of year that it is and the wind off of the water is bringing a bit of cloud as well,” she said.

“Temperature is not shifting too much and not much change to the dew point unfortunately.

“We are seeing lots of areas across the country with high humidity, particularly in Victoria and South Australia at the moment.”

Brisbane has a medium chance of showers on Thursday and Friday, but South East Queensland will get a bit more shower activity over the weekend, with predictions of as much as 20mm on Saturday.

“We are watching storms on Saturday, Sunday, and lingering into Monday,” Ms Pumpa said.

“We have had quite a few active days over the past few weeks, but we will have to wait until closer to the weekend.”

“We have also got a trough sitting in over the Western and moving into central parts of Queensland.”

Inland Queensland regions of Mount Isa, Charleville and Goondiwindi can expect extreme storms and heavy rain before it reaches Brisbane.

Far North Queensland continues to swelter in extreme heat with temperatures reaching high 30s across the region, with a heatwave warning in place. .

Meanwhile, amateur weather chasers have forecast rainfall totals of up to 175mm to fall in the southeast over the next 14 days,

“The Australian monsoon will develop and along with it, one or maybe two tropical low-pressure systems and an increase in tropical moisture almost throughout the country,” Tim’s Severe Weather predicted.