Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025

Name: Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025
Start: 2025-01-17
End: 2025-02-13
Location: Australia

Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025: 389 records at 80 stations, peak on 24 January 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025 set or tied 389 station records at 80 stations.
It ran from 17 January 2025 to 13 February 2025 (28 days) and its peak day was 24 January 2025.
Status: closed.
Donnybrook set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 26.2 C (79.2 F) on 21 January 2025.
The busiest day was 24 January 2025 with 42 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 110 years.

Footprint

17 January to 13 February 2025

The area covered by Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025 is outlined, with 13 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Donnybrook	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	2025-01-21
Narrogin	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	2025-01-24
Esperance Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2025-02-10
Murchison	Record high minimum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	2025-01-31
Mullewa	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	2025-02-05
Kellerberrin	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2025-01-31
Daly Waters AWS	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	2025-02-02
Carnarvon Airport	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	2025-01-20
Gascoyne Junction	Record high maximum temperature	49.2 C (120.6 F)	2025-02-03
Albany Airport	Record high maximum temperature	42.7 C (108.9 F)	2025-01-24
Onslow Airport	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2025-01-27
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2025-01-17
Leinster Aero	Record high minimum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	2025-02-09

Records per Day

Peak day 42

Records set or tied each day from 17 January 2025 to 13 February 2025. The most in one day was 42 on 24 January 2025.

Records per day during Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025
Date	Records
2025-01-17	15
2025-01-19	2
2025-01-20	28
2025-01-21	23
2025-01-22	16
2025-01-23	24
2025-01-24	42
2025-01-25	25
2025-01-26	12
2025-01-27	8
2025-01-28	3
2025-01-29	11
2025-01-30	13
2025-01-31	21
2025-02-01	13
2025-02-02	20
2025-02-03	16
2025-02-04	7
2025-02-05	10
2025-02-06	14
2025-02-07	10
2025-02-08	11
2025-02-09	15
2025-02-10	7
2025-02-11	11
2025-02-12	10
2025-02-13	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025 ranked by margin
Albany Airport, 01-24	7.7 C (13.9 F)
Murchison, 01-31	7.0 C (12.6 F)
Carnarvon Airport, 01-19	3.0 C (5.4 F)
Carnarvon Airport, 01-20	2.6 C (4.7 F)
Mullewa, 02-05	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Salmon Gums Res.STN., 01-17	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Esperance Post Office, 01-24	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Onslow Airport, 01-27	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Leinster Aero, 02-09	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Carnarvon Airport, 01-21	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Kellerberrin, 01-31	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Onslow Airport, 02-02	1.3 C (2.3 F)
Carnarvon Airport, 01-29	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Narrogin, 01-24	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Esperance Post Office, 01-31	0.8 C (1.4 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

389 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, 17 January to 13 February 2025
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.1	47
7.0	0
0.7	110
1.0	107
2.1	92
1.4	91
0.3	77
1.2	80
2.6	58
0.4	92
0.8	90
0.4	33
1.7	70
1.7	71
3.0	71
7.7	44
1.3	67
1.6	63
1.8	73
1.7	21
1.9	13
0.6	28
0.8	0
2.6	65
0.1	82
0.5	69
0.1	78
0.3	69
2.9	54
0.3	33
0.4	64
1.5	52
3.3	54
1.8	62
0.6	72
1.5	63
1.1	64
0.5	58
0.2	64
0.3	12
2.2	48
0.1	68
1.8	33
1.1	60
1.5	48
0.2	67
0.6	63
1.2	0
4.4	44
0.2	32
0.5	33
2.8	45
0.4	64
3.1	41
0.2	64
0.5	52
1.4	53
1.4	48
3.5	39
0.2	0
0.2	59
1.8	44
1.2	46
1.7	53
1.6	50
1.5	44
1.0	1
1.8	42
0.1	48
0.7	35
1.6	48
0.9	17
3.3	31
1.8	39
0.9	48
3.6	35
6.4	31
0.1	53
0.4	18
0.1	18
2.5	43
2.4	31
1.1	49
3.6	31
2.0	44
4.5	31
2.4	44
0.8	17
1.2	43
0.3	50
5.6	11
2.0	39
1.8	45
0.1	55
2.3	31
2.0	31
0.1	55
2.7	35
0.9	39
1.0	36
1.0	36
0.8	36
1.5	6
2.7	24
1.0	24
1.3	34
3.4	29
0.3	4
1.4	36
2.0	34
1.0	0
0.1	43
0.7	34
2.0	31
2.3	34
1.2	43
0.6	44
3.2	21
3.0	36
0.6	10
1.0	42
4.1	11
0.3	34
2.4	14
4.5	3
1.7	31
0.9	36
3.7	11
1.1	11
0.6	36
1.5	36
1.1	31
0.2	19
1.0	31
0.7	35
0.8	37
0.9	37
0.4	32
1.1	29
4.3	3
1.3	9
1.0	13
0.4	36
1.7	11
1.1	34
3.1	31
2.9	31
0.3	14
4.0	14
2.0	36
1.2	24
2.4	21
1.1	26
2.2	4
0.1	31
1.7	18
0.7	36
0.1	36
0.3	36
3.3	2
1.9	31
1.0	9
0.8	13
0.7	33
0.1	36
0.2	39
0.6	36
0.3	36
0.4	31
0.4	34
0.9	9
0.7	0
2.4	31
2.3	10
1.0	20
0.4	34
1.3	27
0.3	29
0.9	23
0.5	25
1.2	22
0.6	31
0.5	25
1.8	15
0.1	32
2.4	11
3.3	11
0.1	17
1.7	30
0.5	36
0.4	24
0.4	34
1.8	15
0.3	20
2.8	14
0.7	21
0.6	17
0.2	31
1.6	14
1.0	31

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 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, 17 January to 13 February 2025 (this event)	389 records

Every Record Set

20 of 389

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Australia, 17 January to 13 February 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-01-17	Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	73	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-19	Carnarvon Airport	Record high maximum temperature	45.9 C (114.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	71	36 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-20	Carnarvon Airport	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	58	38 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-21	Donnybrook	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	47	44 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-21	Mullewa	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	92	38 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-21	Carnarvon Airport	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63	34 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Narrogin	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	107	42 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-24	Esperance Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70	37 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-24	Albany Airport	Record high maximum temperature	42.7 C (108.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	44	36 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-27	Onslow Airport	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71	36 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-29	Carnarvon Airport	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80	38 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-31	Murchison	Record high minimum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	0	42 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-31	Kellerberrin	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	91	41 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-31	Esperance Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	90	38 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-02	Daly Waters AWS	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	77	41 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-02	Onslow Airport	Record high minimum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	67	34 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-03	Gascoyne Junction	Record high maximum temperature	49.2 C (120.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	33	37 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-05	Mullewa	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	92	41 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-09	Leinster Aero	Record high minimum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	21	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-10	Esperance Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	110	42 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 389 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
0.1	47
7.0	0
0.7	110
1.0	107
2.1	92
1.4	91
0.3	77
1.2	80
2.6	58
0.4	92
0.8	90
0.4	33
1.7	70
1.7	71
3.0	71
7.7	44
1.3	67
1.6	63
1.8	73
1.7	21
1.9	13
0.6	28
0.8	0
2.6	65
0.1	82
0.5	69
0.1	78
0.3	69
2.9	54
0.3	33
0.4	64
1.5	52
3.3	54
1.8	62
0.6	72
1.5	63
1.1	64
0.5	58
0.2	64
0.3	12
2.2	48
0.1	68
1.8	33
1.1	60
1.5	48
0.2	67
0.6	63
1.2	0
4.4	44
0.2	32
0.5	33
2.8	45
0.4	64
3.1	41
0.2	64
0.5	52
1.4	53
1.4	48
3.5	39
0.2	0
0.2	59
1.8	44
1.2	46
1.7	53
1.6	50
1.5	44
1.0	1
1.8	42
0.1	48
0.7	35
1.6	48
0.9	17
3.3	31
1.8	39
0.9	48
3.6	35
6.4	31
0.1	53
0.4	18
0.1	18
2.5	43
2.4	31
1.1	49
3.6	31
2.0	44
4.5	31
2.4	44
0.8	17
1.2	43
0.3	50
5.6	11
2.0	39
1.8	45
0.1	55
2.3	31
2.0	31
0.1	55
2.7	35
0.9	39
1.0	36
1.0	36
0.8	36
1.5	6
2.7	24
1.0	24
1.3	34
3.4	29
0.3	4
1.4	36
2.0	34
1.0	0
0.1	43
0.7	34
2.0	31
2.3	34
1.2	43
0.6	44
3.2	21
3.0	36
0.6	10
1.0	42
4.1	11
0.3	34
2.4	14
4.5	3
1.7	31
0.9	36
3.7	11
1.1	11
0.6	36
1.5	36
1.1	31
0.2	19
1.0	31
0.7	35
0.8	37
0.9	37
0.4	32
1.1	29
4.3	3
1.3	9
1.0	13
0.4	36
1.7	11
1.1	34
3.1	31
2.9	31
0.3	14
4.0	14
2.0	36
1.2	24
2.4	21
1.1	26
2.2	4
0.1	31
1.7	18
0.7	36
0.1	36
0.3	36
3.3	2
1.9	31
1.0	9
0.8	13
0.7	33
0.1	36
0.2	39
0.6	36
0.3	36
0.4	31
0.4	34
0.9	9
0.7	0
2.4	31
2.3	10
1.0	20
0.4	34
1.3	27
0.3	29
0.9	23
0.5	25
1.2	22
0.6	31
0.5	25
1.8	15
0.1	32
2.4	11
3.3	11
0.1	17
1.7	30
0.5	36
0.4	24
0.4	34
1.8	15
0.3	20
2.8	14
0.7	21
0.6	17
0.2	31
1.6	14
1.0	31

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.1	47
7.0	0
0.7	110
1.0	107
2.1	92
1.4	91
0.3	77
1.2	80
2.6	58
0.4	92
0.8	90
0.4	33
1.7	70
1.7	71
3.0	71
7.7	44
1.3	67
1.6	63
1.8	73
1.7	21
1.9	13
0.6	28
0.8	0
2.6	65
0.1	82
0.5	69
0.1	78
0.3	69
2.9	54
0.3	33
0.4	64
1.5	52
3.3	54
1.8	62
0.6	72
1.5	63
1.1	64
0.5	58
0.2	64
0.3	12
2.2	48
0.1	68
1.8	33
1.1	60
1.5	48
0.2	67
0.6	63
1.2	0
4.4	44
0.2	32
0.5	33
2.8	45
0.4	64
3.1	41
0.2	64
0.5	52
1.4	53
1.4	48
3.5	39
0.2	0
0.2	59
1.8	44
1.2	46
1.7	53
1.6	50
1.5	44
1.0	1
1.8	42
0.1	48
0.7	35
1.6	48
0.9	17
3.3	31
1.8	39
0.9	48
3.6	35
6.4	31
0.1	53
0.4	18
0.1	18
2.5	43
2.4	31
1.1	49
3.6	31
2.0	44
4.5	31
2.4	44
0.8	17
1.2	43
0.3	50
5.6	11
2.0	39
1.8	45
0.1	55
2.3	31
2.0	31
0.1	55
2.7	35
0.9	39
1.0	36
1.0	36
0.8	36
1.5	6
2.7	24
1.0	24
1.3	34
3.4	29
0.3	4
1.4	36
2.0	34
1.0	0
0.1	43
0.7	34
2.0	31
2.3	34
1.2	43
0.6	44
3.2	21
3.0	36
0.6	10
1.0	42
4.1	11
0.3	34
2.4	14
4.5	3
1.7	31
0.9	36
3.7	11
1.1	11
0.6	36
1.5	36
1.1	31
0.2	19
1.0	31
0.7	35
0.8	37
0.9	37
0.4	32
1.1	29
4.3	3
1.3	9
1.0	13
0.4	36
1.7	11
1.1	34
3.1	31
2.9	31
0.3	14
4.0	14
2.0	36
1.2	24
2.4	21
1.1	26
2.2	4
0.1	31
1.7	18
0.7	36
0.1	36
0.3	36
3.3	2
1.9	31
1.0	9
0.8	13
0.7	33
0.1	36
0.2	39
0.6	36
0.3	36
0.4	31
0.4	34
0.9	9
0.7	0
2.4	31
2.3	10
1.0	20
0.4	34
1.3	27
0.3	29
0.9	23
0.5	25
1.2	22
0.6	31
0.5	25
1.8	15
0.1	32
2.4	11
3.3	11
0.1	17
1.7	30
0.5	36
0.4	24
0.4	34
1.8	15
0.3	20
2.8	14
0.7	21
0.6	17
0.2	31
1.6	14
1.0	31