Bureau Of Meteorology: October 2025 Will Be Hottest October Ever For Queensland, Northern Territory
Queensland and the Northern Territory are on track for their warmest October on record against “every measure”, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Across the country it had been a “pretty unusual month”, a senior climatologist at the BoM, Hugh McDowell, said.
“It’s looking like it’s going to be the third warmest on record for the whole of Australia, and the warmest October on record by every measure for Queensland and the Northern Territory – that’s by maximum, minimum and mean temperatures,” he said.
Sydney and Brisbane were also headed for their hottest October in terms of maximum temperatures. “It’s not just the capitals,” McDowell said, with heat records likely to be widespread across New South Wales and Queensland. Darwin airport experienced its hottest month on record, with maximum temperatures averaging 34.8C.
Sunday 19 October kicked off a week of extreme heat that saw records tumble from coast to coast. NSW and Queensland recorded their hottest-ever October temperatures on 21 October, the highest since records began in 1910, according to the BoM. The remote outback village of Wanaaring in north-western NSW hit 44.9C – the state’s highest ever October temperature – a degree higher than the previous top of 43.9C set at Brewarrina on 31 October 1919.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/heatwave-queensland-northern-territory-predicted-hottest-october-record-breaking-bom-forecast