Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025

Name: Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025
Start: 2025-07-02
End: 2025-07-11
Location: Australia

Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025: 138 records at 97 stations, peak on 9 July 2025. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025 set or tied 138 station records at 97 stations.
It ran from 2 July 2025 to 11 July 2025 (10 days) and its peak day was 9 July 2025.
Status: closed.
Cooma Visitors Centre set a monthly record high maximum temperature of 25.0 C (77.0 F) on 4 July 2025.
The busiest day was 9 July 2025 with 35 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 115 years.

Footprint

2 to 11 July 2025

The area covered by Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Cooma Visitors Centre	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2025-07-04
Cairns Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	2025-07-09
Rockhampton Aero	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	2025-07-09
Peak Hill Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	2025-07-06
Townsville Aero	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	2025-07-10
Coffs Harbour Mo	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	2025-07-10
Mackay M.O	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	2025-07-10
Yeppoon the Esplanade	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	2025-07-10
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2025-07-03
Mount Barker	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	2025-07-05
Cairns Aero	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	2025-07-09
Maryborough	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	2025-07-09
Hume Reservoir	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2025-07-02
Albury Airport AWS	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	2025-07-02
Mitchell Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	2025-07-08
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	2025-07-09
Gympie	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	2025-07-09
Bundaberg Aero	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2025-07-10

Records per Day

Peak day 35

Records set or tied each day from 2 July 2025 to 11 July 2025. The most in one day was 35 on 9 July 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025 ranked by margin
Cooma Visitors Centre, 07-04	4.1 C (7.4 F)
Mitchell Post Office, 07-08	3.8 C (6.8 F)
Yeppoon the Esplanade, 07-10	3.1 C (5.6 F)
Albury Airport AWS, 07-02	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Mackay M.O, 07-10	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Bundaberg Aero, 07-10	2.0 C (3.6 F)
Hume Reservoir, 07-02	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Coffs Harbour Mo, 07-10	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Maryborough, 07-09	1.3 C (2.3 F)
Cairns Aero, 07-09	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Rockhampton Aero, 07-09	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Cairns Post Office, 07-09	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Peak Hill Post Office, 07-06	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Mount Barker, 07-05	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Ayr Dpi Research STN, 07-09	0.5 C (0.9 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

138 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.1	49
0.8	99
0.3	115
1.0	72
0.1	82
0.8	49
0.3	74
1.7	40
2.2	36
3.1	23
0.8	62
1.2	36
0.4	64
1.3	46
0.5	52
2.0	28
0.3	54
3.8	28
1.9	32
2.4	32
2.6	8
1.0	35
1.9	31
2.1	26
0.2	36
0.7	8
0.1	36
0.8	35
1.2	32
2.0	32
1.4	19
0.8	34
0.1	40
0.7	36
0.2	38
1.2	7
0.7	36
0.8	27
1.3	20
1.0	32
1.0	32
1.3	23
0.8	31
1.9	6
1.1	27
0.7	24
0.4	15
0.2	0
0.2	0
2.8	11
0.5	32
1.1	28
0.1	31
3.8	0
0.9	26
1.0	24
0.6	16
0.3	3
0.8	24
0.4	32
0.2	31
0.5	31
0.7	26
0.9	19
0.8	32
0.7	22
1.0	18
0.2	24
0.7	8
1.5	0
0.5	20
0.6	19
1.0	19
0.7	24
0.8	24
1.5	24
0.3	24
1.0	7
0.6	22
2.1	0
1.0	20
0.3	28
0.5	24
0.7	20
0.1	31
0.5	31
0.6	32
1.1	7
1.1	8
1.3	11
0.2	27
0.4	28
2.3	12
0.8	24
0.2	32
0.1	32
0.1	11
1.0	12
0.4	26
1.4	12
0.6	20
0.5	6
0.8	11
1.4	0
0.3	11
0.4	15
0.5	4
0.5	8
0.1	18
0.1	14
0.3	20
0.8	7
0.8	0
0.2	8
1.4	8
0.3	12
0.3	19
0.5	3
0.6	6
0.1	19
1.5	0
0.2	11
0.1	7
0.7	0
0.1	4
1.1	0
0.8	7
0.2	7
0.5	7
0.2	12
0.9	0
0.2	0
0.4	6
0.2	3
0.2	4
0.5	3
0.4	2
0.1	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025 (this event)	138 records

Every Record Set

20 of 138

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Australia, 2 to 11 July 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-07-02	Hume Reservoir	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	32	23 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-02	Albury Airport AWS	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	32	23 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-03	Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	64	26 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-04	Cooma Visitors Centre	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	49	45 of 100 (Notable)
2025-07-05	Mount Barker	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	62	26 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-06	Peak Hill Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	49	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-07	Townsville Aero	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	74	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-08	Mitchell Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	28	23 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-09	Cairns Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	99	43 of 100 (Notable)
2025-07-09	Rockhampton Aero	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	72	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-09	Cairns Aero	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	36	26 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-09	Maryborough	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	46	24 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-09	Ayr Dpi Research STN	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52	23 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-09	Gympie	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	54	23 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Townsville Aero	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	82	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Coffs Harbour Mo	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Mackay M.O	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36	27 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Yeppoon the Esplanade	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	23	27 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Bundaberg Aero	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28	23 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-11	Cairns Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	115	41 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 138 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.1	49
0.8	99
0.3	115
1.0	72
0.1	82
0.8	49
0.3	74
1.7	40
2.2	36
3.1	23
0.8	62
1.2	36
0.4	64
1.3	46
0.5	52
2.0	28
0.3	54
3.8	28
1.9	32
2.4	32
2.6	8
1.0	35
1.9	31
2.1	26
0.2	36
0.7	8
0.1	36
0.8	35
1.2	32
2.0	32
1.4	19
0.8	34
0.1	40
0.7	36
0.2	38
1.2	7
0.7	36
0.8	27
1.3	20
1.0	32
1.0	32
1.3	23
0.8	31
1.9	6
1.1	27
0.7	24
0.4	15
0.2	0
0.2	0
2.8	11
0.5	32
1.1	28
0.1	31
3.8	0
0.9	26
1.0	24
0.6	16
0.3	3
0.8	24
0.4	32
0.2	31
0.5	31
0.7	26
0.9	19
0.8	32
0.7	22
1.0	18
0.2	24
0.7	8
1.5	0
0.5	20
0.6	19
1.0	19
0.7	24
0.8	24
1.5	24
0.3	24
1.0	7
0.6	22
2.1	0
1.0	20
0.3	28
0.5	24
0.7	20
0.1	31
0.5	31
0.6	32
1.1	7
1.1	8
1.3	11
0.2	27
0.4	28
2.3	12
0.8	24
0.2	32
0.1	32
0.1	11
1.0	12
0.4	26
1.4	12
0.6	20
0.5	6
0.8	11
1.4	0
0.3	11
0.4	15
0.5	4
0.5	8
0.1	18
0.1	14
0.3	20
0.8	7
0.8	0
0.2	8
1.4	8
0.3	12
0.3	19
0.5	3
0.6	6
0.1	19
1.5	0
0.2	11
0.1	7
0.7	0
0.1	4
1.1	0
0.8	7
0.2	7
0.5	7
0.2	12
0.9	0
0.2	0
0.4	6
0.2	3
0.2	4
0.5	3
0.4	2
0.1	6

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
4.1	49
0.8	99
0.3	115
1.0	72
0.1	82
0.8	49
0.3	74
1.7	40
2.2	36
3.1	23
0.8	62
1.2	36
0.4	64
1.3	46
0.5	52
2.0	28
0.3	54
3.8	28
1.9	32
2.4	32
2.6	8
1.0	35
1.9	31
2.1	26
0.2	36
0.7	8
0.1	36
0.8	35
1.2	32
2.0	32
1.4	19
0.8	34
0.1	40
0.7	36
0.2	38
1.2	7
0.7	36
0.8	27
1.3	20
1.0	32
1.0	32
1.3	23
0.8	31
1.9	6
1.1	27
0.7	24
0.4	15
0.2	0
0.2	0
2.8	11
0.5	32
1.1	28
0.1	31
3.8	0
0.9	26
1.0	24
0.6	16
0.3	3
0.8	24
0.4	32
0.2	31
0.5	31
0.7	26
0.9	19
0.8	32
0.7	22
1.0	18
0.2	24
0.7	8
1.5	0
0.5	20
0.6	19
1.0	19
0.7	24
0.8	24
1.5	24
0.3	24
1.0	7
0.6	22
2.1	0
1.0	20
0.3	28
0.5	24
0.7	20
0.1	31
0.5	31
0.6	32
1.1	7
1.1	8
1.3	11
0.2	27
0.4	28
2.3	12
0.8	24
0.2	32
0.1	32
0.1	11
1.0	12
0.4	26
1.4	12
0.6	20
0.5	6
0.8	11
1.4	0
0.3	11
0.4	15
0.5	4
0.5	8
0.1	18
0.1	14
0.3	20
0.8	7
0.8	0
0.2	8
1.4	8
0.3	12
0.3	19
0.5	3
0.6	6
0.1	19
1.5	0
0.2	11
0.1	7
0.7	0
0.1	4
1.1	0
0.8	7
0.2	7
0.5	7
0.2	12
0.9	0
0.2	0
0.4	6
0.2	3
0.2	4
0.5	3
0.4	2
0.1	6