Qld’s hottest August day in history officially recorded
An unprecedented heatwave baked Queensland on the last day of winter but it’s not likely to last.
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While Queensland temperature records were smashed by a winter heatwave on Saturday, the weather bureau tipped that a cool change is coming for the Sunshine State.
The outback town of Camooweal reached 38.4C, the highest daily temperature in August since 1985.
The Bureau of Meteorology said it was one of several places to set new August records as the state braces for a days-long heatwave.
Brisbane reached a maximum of 32.9C, with over 450,000 people left sweltering through the heat as they waited for the Riverfire festivities to commence.
But the weather bureau said Queenslanders can look forward to cooler temperatures by the start of next week.
“Warm temperatures are likely to persist across south-east Queensland for the next several days, before cooling off a little from Tuesday as a southerly change moves northward,” senior meteorologist Steven Hadley said.
The unprecedented heatwave baked Queensland on the last day of winter.
Earlier, the Bureau confirmed Birdsville officially set a new temperature record for August on Friday with a brain melting 39.7C.
The Bureau of Meteorology said it was one of several places to set new August records.
Mount Isa also hit 37.6C, 37.7C in Longreach, 38.1C in Thargomindah and 37.7C in Winton.
“Temperatures in southern and western Queensland are up to 15 degrees above average over the next few days,” Hadley said.
The weather bureau’s Pieter Claassen said more unseasonably warm temperatures were expected.
He said a trough over the southwest of Queensland would move east across the interior on the weekend and reach the South East on Monday.
“Northerly winds ahead of this trough will continue to bring warm conditions to much of the state as it draws a warmer air mass from central and northern parts of the continent to Queensland,” he said.
“Temperatures will cool a little in the south from Tuesday as a southerly change moves northward.”
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