Ayr (27.2☌) – hottest night of any month since February 2017 and hottest January night in 18 years.Coolangatta (26.9☌) – hottest night of any month since Feb ruary 2004 and hottest January night in 24 years.But in the east, those temperatures were exceptionally hot for this time of year.įor some, it was their hottest night of any month as well as their hottest January night in many years. As you can see, nowhere in the state reached temperatures below 23☌, except in a small area between Townsville and Tully. In the satellite image below, observations are displayed for temperature (red squares) and wind (yellow barbs) at 5 am this morning, around the time when most locations were close to their minimum temperatures. Indeed, overnight temperatures soared across the state. Meanwhile, spare a thought for Cape Moreton, the northernmost tip of Moreton Island just offshore of Brisbane, which sweltered through its hottest night of any month since February 2004 and its hottest January night in 97 years, with a minimum temperature of 26.1☌. The mercury in nearby suburbs Archerfield and Amberley did drop to slightly cooler temperatures – 26.4☌ and 25.8☌ respectively – but it was still their hottest night of any month in almost seven years and their hottest January night in 20 years. Overnight, the temperature in Brisbane reached a minimum of 27.2☌ – its hottest night since February 2017 – but the stifling humidity meant the overnight temperatures never felt cooler than 33.7☌. Hot and oppressively humid northerly component winds are being funnelled over Qld’s east coast at the moment thanks to the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Kirrily in the state’s west and a high pressure system over the Coral Sea. Brisbanites would likely not have slept soundly last night.
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