Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025

Name: Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025
Start: 2025-07-14
End: 2025-08-01
Location: Australia

Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025: 103 records at 37 stations, peak on 18 July 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025 set or tied 103 station records at 37 stations.
It ran from 14 July 2025 to 1 August 2025 (19 days) and its peak day was 18 July 2025.
Status: closed.
Cairns Post Office set a daily record high maximum temperature of 29.4 C (84.9 F) on 18 July 2025.
The busiest day was 31 July 2025 with 13 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 99 years.

Footprint

14 July to 1 August 2025

The area covered by Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025 is outlined, with 14 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Cairns Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2025-07-18
Cairns Aero	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	2025-07-29
South Johnstone Exp STN	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	2025-07-31
Mackay Aero	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	2025-07-30
Taroom Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	2025-07-15
Collinsville Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2025-07-26
Low Isles Lighthouse	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	2025-07-31
Palmerville	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	2025-07-28
Kowanyama Airport	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	2025-07-31
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	2025-07-30
Lockhart River Airport	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	2025-07-25
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	2025-07-17
Lady Elliot Island	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	2025-07-26
Proserpine Airport	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	2025-07-18

Records per Day

Peak day 12

Records set or tied each day from 14 July 2025 to 1 August 2025. The most in one day was 13 on 31 July 2025.

Records per day during Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025
Date	Records
2025-07-14	1
2025-07-15	8
2025-07-16	8
2025-07-17	5
2025-07-18	12
2025-07-20	4
2025-07-21	3
2025-07-22	3
2025-07-23	3
2025-07-24	6
2025-07-25	5
2025-07-26	10
2025-07-27	6
2025-07-28	3
2025-07-29	4
2025-07-30	7
2025-07-31	13
2025-08-01	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025 ranked by margin
Taroom Post Office, 07-15	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Proserpine Airport, 07-18	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Low Isles Lighthouse, 07-31	1.5 C (2.7 F)
Low Isles Lighthouse, 07-27	1.2 C (2.2 F)
South Johnstone Exp STN, 07-27	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Collinsville Post Office, 07-26	0.9 C (1.6 F)
Kowanyama Airport, 07-31	0.9 C (1.6 F)
Ayr Dpi Research STN, 07-30	0.9 C (1.6 F)
Low Isles Lighthouse, 07-30	0.9 C (1.6 F)
Lockhart River Airport, 07-25	0.8 C (1.4 F)
Palmerville, 08-01	0.7 C (1.3 F)
South Johnstone Exp STN, 07-31	0.4 C (0.7 F)
Mackay Aero, 07-30	0.4 C (0.7 F)
Cairns Aero, 07-25	0.4 C (0.7 F)
Lockhart River Airport, 07-23	0.4 C (0.7 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

103 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, 14 July to 1 August 2025
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.2	99
0.3	75
0.4	44
0.4	67
0.4	60
1.9	52
0.2	51
1.5	42
0.9	63
0.9	56
0.9	50
0.8	50
1.2	35
1.0	39
0.7	31
0.1	51
0.2	51
0.4	44
0.9	0
1.8	32
2.6	8
1.0	39
0.3	9
0.2	44
0.8	39
0.7	38
0.9	39
0.9	15
1.0	15
1.3	20
1.5	27
0.5	0
0.1	30
0.7	27
0.4	15
0.1	27
0.2	27
0.1	4
0.3	0
0.4	32
1.4	20
0.7	28
0.6	8
0.5	10
0.2	27
0.2	27
0.4	27
0.4	15
0.5	27
0.1	27
0.1	22
0.2	8
0.4	10
0.1	27
0.4	15
0.3	30
0.6	4
0.6	10
1.0	4
0.1	15
1.1	4
0.7	15
0.5	16
0.1	30
0.1	27
0.5	15
0.5	4
0.2	10
0.6	15
0.7	10
0.5	19
1.2	8
0.5	15
0.4	12
0.3	15
1.0	4
1.0	8
0.7	8
1.9	8
0.6	8
0.3	4
0.4	4
0.1	15
0.8	2
0.5	4
1.5	2
0.2	4
0.2	8
0.5	4
0.5	4
0.1	8
0.3	8
0.1	15
0.1	8
0.5	10
0.5	2
0.2	8
1.0	2
0.4	8
0.1	8
0.2	8
0.7	2
0.1	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 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, 14 July to 1 August 2025 (this event)	103 records

Every Record Set

20 of 103

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Australia, 14 July to 1 August 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-07-15	Taroom Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	52	27 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-17	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	51	21 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-18	Cairns Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	99	40 of 100 (Notable)
2025-07-18	Proserpine Airport	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	32	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-23	Lockhart River Airport	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-25	Cairns Aero	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	60	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-25	Lockhart River Airport	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	50	23 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-26	Collinsville Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	63	26 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-26	Lady Elliot Island	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	51	21 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-27	Low Isles Lighthouse	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	35	22 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-27	South Johnstone Exp STN	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	39	22 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-28	Palmerville	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	51	26 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-29	Cairns Aero	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	75	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-30	Mackay Aero	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	67	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-30	Ayr Dpi Research STN	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	50	24 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-30	Low Isles Lighthouse	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	0	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-31	South Johnstone Exp STN	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	44	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-31	Low Isles Lighthouse	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	42	26 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-31	Kowanyama Airport	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	56	25 of 100 (Routine)
2025-08-01	Palmerville	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	31	21 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 103 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
0.2	99
0.3	75
0.4	44
0.4	67
0.4	60
1.9	52
0.2	51
1.5	42
0.9	63
0.9	56
0.9	50
0.8	50
1.2	35
1.0	39
0.7	31
0.1	51
0.2	51
0.4	44
0.9	0
1.8	32
2.6	8
1.0	39
0.3	9
0.2	44
0.8	39
0.7	38
0.9	39
0.9	15
1.0	15
1.3	20
1.5	27
0.5	0
0.1	30
0.7	27
0.4	15
0.1	27
0.2	27
0.1	4
0.3	0
0.4	32
1.4	20
0.7	28
0.6	8
0.5	10
0.2	27
0.2	27
0.4	27
0.4	15
0.5	27
0.1	27
0.1	22
0.2	8
0.4	10
0.1	27
0.4	15
0.3	30
0.6	4
0.6	10
1.0	4
0.1	15
1.1	4
0.7	15
0.5	16
0.1	30
0.1	27
0.5	15
0.5	4
0.2	10
0.6	15
0.7	10
0.5	19
1.2	8
0.5	15
0.4	12
0.3	15
1.0	4
1.0	8
0.7	8
1.9	8
0.6	8
0.3	4
0.4	4
0.1	15
0.8	2
0.5	4
1.5	2
0.2	4
0.2	8
0.5	4
0.5	4
0.1	8
0.3	8
0.1	15
0.1	8
0.5	10
0.5	2
0.2	8
1.0	2
0.4	8
0.1	8
0.2	8
0.7	2
0.1	3

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.2	99
0.3	75
0.4	44
0.4	67
0.4	60
1.9	52
0.2	51
1.5	42
0.9	63
0.9	56
0.9	50
0.8	50
1.2	35
1.0	39
0.7	31
0.1	51
0.2	51
0.4	44
0.9	0
1.8	32
2.6	8
1.0	39
0.3	9
0.2	44
0.8	39
0.7	38
0.9	39
0.9	15
1.0	15
1.3	20
1.5	27
0.5	0
0.1	30
0.7	27
0.4	15
0.1	27
0.2	27
0.1	4
0.3	0
0.4	32
1.4	20
0.7	28
0.6	8
0.5	10
0.2	27
0.2	27
0.4	27
0.4	15
0.5	27
0.1	27
0.1	22
0.2	8
0.4	10
0.1	27
0.4	15
0.3	30
0.6	4
0.6	10
1.0	4
0.1	15
1.1	4
0.7	15
0.5	16
0.1	30
0.1	27
0.5	15
0.5	4
0.2	10
0.6	15
0.7	10
0.5	19
1.2	8
0.5	15
0.4	12
0.3	15
1.0	4
1.0	8
0.7	8
1.9	8
0.6	8
0.3	4
0.4	4
0.1	15
0.8	2
0.5	4
1.5	2
0.2	4
0.2	8
0.5	4
0.5	4
0.1	8
0.3	8
0.1	15
0.1	8
0.5	10
0.5	2
0.2	8
1.0	2
0.4	8
0.1	8
0.2	8
0.7	2
0.1	3