Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025

Name: Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025
Start: 2025-01-21
End: 2025-01-30
Location: Australia

Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025: 219 records at 149 stations, peak on 27 January 2025. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025 set or tied 219 station records at 149 stations.
It ran from 21 January 2025 to 30 January 2025 (10 days) and its peak day was 27 January 2025.
Status: closed.
Rainbow Beach set a daily record high maximum temperature of 36.2 C (97.2 F) on 24 January 2025.
The busiest day was 27 January 2025 with 72 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 85 years.

Footprint

21 to 30 January 2025

The area covered by Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Rainbow Beach	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	2025-01-24
Yamba Pilot Station	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2025-01-22
Ulladulla AWS	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2025-01-27
Laverton Raaf	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	2025-01-27
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	2025-01-27
Essendon Airport	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2025-01-27
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	2025-01-27
Sydney Airport AMO	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	2025-01-28
Wanaaring Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	2025-01-22
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	2025-01-27
Wagga Wagga AMO	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	2025-01-28
Maroochydore Aero	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	2025-01-24
Mitchell Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2025-01-25
East Sale Airport	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	2025-01-27
Taroom Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	2025-01-23
Surat	Record high maximum temperature	44.6 C (112.3 F)	2025-01-23
East Sale Comparison	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	2025-01-27
Tambo Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2025-01-25
Barcaldine Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	2025-01-25

Records per Day

Peak day 72

Records set or tied each day from 21 January 2025 to 30 January 2025. The most in one day was 72 on 27 January 2025.

Records per day during Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025
Date	Records
2025-01-21	2
2025-01-22	24
2025-01-23	32
2025-01-24	29
2025-01-25	7
2025-01-26	3
2025-01-27	72
2025-01-28	39
2025-01-29	10
2025-01-30	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025 ranked by margin
Ulladulla AWS, 01-27	7.6 C (13.7 F)
Rainbow Beach, 01-24	5.6 C (10.1 F)
Maroochydore Aero, 01-24	4.8 C (8.6 F)
Maroochydore Aero, 01-22	4.2 C (7.6 F)
Laverton Raaf, 01-27	4.1 C (7.4 F)
Surat, 01-23	3.6 C (6.5 F)
Yamba Pilot Station, 01-22	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Taroom Post Office, 01-23	3.2 C (5.8 F)
Wanaaring Post Office, 01-22	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Wagga Wagga AMO, 01-28	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station, 01-27	2.0 C (3.6 F)
Barcaldine Post Office, 01-25	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Mitchell Post Office, 01-25	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Essendon Airport, 01-27	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Tambo Post Office, 01-25	0.6 C (1.1 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

219 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, 21 to 30 January 2025
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
5.6	27
3.3	48
7.6	29
4.1	77
0.3	82
0.3	85
1.1	82
0.2	77
2.4	7
2.0	62
2.1	65
4.8	8
1.7	0
0.2	71
3.2	45
4.2	11
3.6	45
0.1	71
0.6	68
1.9	55
0.5	60
2.7	45
1.2	17
1.2	59
1.3	38
3.5	27
5.4	27
0.9	51
1.4	40
1.6	45
1.0	50
6.6	27
4.3	28
0.4	40
1.9	44
1.0	33
2.4	40
4.6	27
2.3	40
2.1	40
1.1	45
2.1	25
1.5	40
2.7	1
0.6	44
0.5	44
0.8	44
1.3	40
1.1	38
0.1	45
1.1	27
2.6	5
2.8	6
0.2	44
0.8	40
0.3	45
0.6	40
4.8	19
1.0	40
2.8	23
0.2	38
1.8	5
0.7	3
0.1	38
0.2	38
0.7	34
2.4	9
3.4	5
0.8	35
2.5	1
1.7	27
1.3	8
3.5	8
3.9	19
0.1	36
2.8	9
2.2	1
2.3	1
2.0	18
2.9	1
3.0	16
1.0	24
0.1	35
0.2	35
2.0	16
1.5	27
0.6	33
1.3	27
1.5	31
1.2	19
3.6	16
0.9	7
1.7	1
2.7	9
0.8	16
0.6	19
4.2	1
1.1	20
2.2	19
2.2	7
2.2	16
3.8	11
5.1	11
7.0	3
2.7	16
4.4	11
1.1	23
1.0	15
0.5	18
2.0	5
2.1	8
1.7	16
1.4	19
2.2	16
2.1	16
4.8	11
3.2	11
1.7	16
0.3	27
1.1	5
0.5	19
2.2	1
0.3	24
1.6	16
1.4	23
2.9	19
1.2	16
2.9	16
3.5	3
0.4	25
1.9	9
2.1	9
2.0	1
1.0	6
1.5	15
0.7	11
3.4	8
2.4	8
0.7	16
2.6	16
1.6	19
3.0	16
2.9	16
1.9	9
1.6	1
1.6	1
0.8	1
0.1	20
1.3	5
1.1	7
2.2	6
1.8	14
1.7	7
2.5	5
2.1	5
1.0	19
1.7	19
1.1	16
1.5	16
0.7	16
0.2	11
1.1	9
0.8	19
2.0	5
0.9	8
1.3	1
1.1	5
0.9	6
0.6	19
1.1	16
0.2	19
0.3	1
0.2	9
0.2	18
0.4	19
0.6	6
1.4	1
1.4	9
1.3	5
2.1	5
0.3	19
0.4	19
1.4	11
1.7	3
0.9	3
0.3	10
1.1	5
0.6	9
0.2	1
0.9	1
0.4	14
0.1	14
0.3	7
1.7	5
1.9	5
0.3	16
0.5	7
0.3	8
0.1	11
0.5	9

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 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, 21 to 30 January 2025 (this event)	219 records

Every Record Set

20 of 219

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Australia, 21 to 30 January 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-01-22	Yamba Pilot Station	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48	39 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-22	Wanaaring Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	7	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-22	Maroochydore Aero	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	11	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-23	Taroom Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	45	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-23	Surat	Record high maximum temperature	44.6 C (112.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	45	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Rainbow Beach	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	27	42 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-24	Maroochydore Aero	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	8	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-25	Mitchell Post Office	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	0	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-25	Tambo Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68	27 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-25	Barcaldine Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	55	27 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-27	Ulladulla AWS	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	29	37 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-27	Laverton Raaf	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	77	37 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-27	Cape Otway Lighthouse	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	82	34 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-27	Essendon Airport	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-27	Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	77	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-27	Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	62	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-27	East Sale Airport	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-27	East Sale Comparison	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-28	Sydney Airport AMO	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	85	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-28	Wagga Wagga AMO	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	65	31 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 219 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 2026-10-12. 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
5.6	27
3.3	48
7.6	29
4.1	77
0.3	82
0.3	85
1.1	82
0.2	77
2.4	7
2.0	62
2.1	65
4.8	8
1.7	0
0.2	71
3.2	45
4.2	11
3.6	45
0.1	71
0.6	68
1.9	55
0.5	60
2.7	45
1.2	17
1.2	59
1.3	38
3.5	27
5.4	27
0.9	51
1.4	40
1.6	45
1.0	50
6.6	27
4.3	28
0.4	40
1.9	44
1.0	33
2.4	40
4.6	27
2.3	40
2.1	40
1.1	45
2.1	25
1.5	40
2.7	1
0.6	44
0.5	44
0.8	44
1.3	40
1.1	38
0.1	45
1.1	27
2.6	5
2.8	6
0.2	44
0.8	40
0.3	45
0.6	40
4.8	19
1.0	40
2.8	23
0.2	38
1.8	5
0.7	3
0.1	38
0.2	38
0.7	34
2.4	9
3.4	5
0.8	35
2.5	1
1.7	27
1.3	8
3.5	8
3.9	19
0.1	36
2.8	9
2.2	1
2.3	1
2.0	18
2.9	1
3.0	16
1.0	24
0.1	35
0.2	35
2.0	16
1.5	27
0.6	33
1.3	27
1.5	31
1.2	19
3.6	16
0.9	7
1.7	1
2.7	9
0.8	16
0.6	19
4.2	1
1.1	20
2.2	19
2.2	7
2.2	16
3.8	11
5.1	11
7.0	3
2.7	16
4.4	11
1.1	23
1.0	15
0.5	18
2.0	5
2.1	8
1.7	16
1.4	19
2.2	16
2.1	16
4.8	11
3.2	11
1.7	16
0.3	27
1.1	5
0.5	19
2.2	1
0.3	24
1.6	16
1.4	23
2.9	19
1.2	16
2.9	16
3.5	3
0.4	25
1.9	9
2.1	9
2.0	1
1.0	6
1.5	15
0.7	11
3.4	8
2.4	8
0.7	16
2.6	16
1.6	19
3.0	16
2.9	16
1.9	9
1.6	1
1.6	1
0.8	1
0.1	20
1.3	5
1.1	7
2.2	6
1.8	14
1.7	7
2.5	5
2.1	5
1.0	19
1.7	19
1.1	16
1.5	16
0.7	16
0.2	11
1.1	9
0.8	19
2.0	5
0.9	8
1.3	1
1.1	5
0.9	6
0.6	19
1.1	16
0.2	19
0.3	1
0.2	9
0.2	18
0.4	19
0.6	6
1.4	1
1.4	9
1.3	5
2.1	5
0.3	19
0.4	19
1.4	11
1.7	3
0.9	3
0.3	10
1.1	5
0.6	9
0.2	1
0.9	1
0.4	14
0.1	14
0.3	7
1.7	5
1.9	5
0.3	16
0.5	7
0.3	8
0.1	11
0.5	9

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
5.6	27
3.3	48
7.6	29
4.1	77
0.3	82
0.3	85
1.1	82
0.2	77
2.4	7
2.0	62
2.1	65
4.8	8
1.7	0
0.2	71
3.2	45
4.2	11
3.6	45
0.1	71
0.6	68
1.9	55
0.5	60
2.7	45
1.2	17
1.2	59
1.3	38
3.5	27
5.4	27
0.9	51
1.4	40
1.6	45
1.0	50
6.6	27
4.3	28
0.4	40
1.9	44
1.0	33
2.4	40
4.6	27
2.3	40
2.1	40
1.1	45
2.1	25
1.5	40
2.7	1
0.6	44
0.5	44
0.8	44
1.3	40
1.1	38
0.1	45
1.1	27
2.6	5
2.8	6
0.2	44
0.8	40
0.3	45
0.6	40
4.8	19
1.0	40
2.8	23
0.2	38
1.8	5
0.7	3
0.1	38
0.2	38
0.7	34
2.4	9
3.4	5
0.8	35
2.5	1
1.7	27
1.3	8
3.5	8
3.9	19
0.1	36
2.8	9
2.2	1
2.3	1
2.0	18
2.9	1
3.0	16
1.0	24
0.1	35
0.2	35
2.0	16
1.5	27
0.6	33
1.3	27
1.5	31
1.2	19
3.6	16
0.9	7
1.7	1
2.7	9
0.8	16
0.6	19
4.2	1
1.1	20
2.2	19
2.2	7
2.2	16
3.8	11
5.1	11
7.0	3
2.7	16
4.4	11
1.1	23
1.0	15
0.5	18
2.0	5
2.1	8
1.7	16
1.4	19
2.2	16
2.1	16
4.8	11
3.2	11
1.7	16
0.3	27
1.1	5
0.5	19
2.2	1
0.3	24
1.6	16
1.4	23
2.9	19
1.2	16
2.9	16
3.5	3
0.4	25
1.9	9
2.1	9
2.0	1
1.0	6
1.5	15
0.7	11
3.4	8
2.4	8
0.7	16
2.6	16
1.6	19
3.0	16
2.9	16
1.9	9
1.6	1
1.6	1
0.8	1
0.1	20
1.3	5
1.1	7
2.2	6
1.8	14
1.7	7
2.5	5
2.1	5
1.0	19
1.7	19
1.1	16
1.5	16
0.7	16
0.2	11
1.1	9
0.8	19
2.0	5
0.9	8
1.3	1
1.1	5
0.9	6
0.6	19
1.1	16
0.2	19
0.3	1
0.2	9
0.2	18
0.4	19
0.6	6
1.4	1
1.4	9
1.3	5
2.1	5
0.3	19
0.4	19
1.4	11
1.7	3
0.9	3
0.3	10
1.1	5
0.6	9
0.2	1
0.9	1
0.4	14
0.1	14
0.3	7
1.7	5
1.9	5
0.3	16
0.5	7
0.3	8
0.1	11
0.5	9