Brisbane Airport is a weather station located 5 m above sea level, 13 km from Kelvin Grove. Its records go back to 1950: 76 years of temperature are available up to 2025, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 20.6 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (20.2 °C): a difference of 0.4 °C. The warmest year of the series is 1973 (21.4 °C) and the coldest 1951 (18.3 °C). The last complete year, 2025, ranks 3 out of 76, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2025, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.15 °C per decade. The station ranks 165 out of 227 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1950
The first ten years of the series (1950–1959) average 19.8 °C; the last ten (2016–2025) average 21.0 °C, a difference of +1.2 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1973 (21.4 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 21.0 °C (2025) and bottoms out at 19.8 °C (1957).
Annual rainfall since 1950
On average 1064 mm of rain falls per year over the 29 documented years. The wettest year, 1999, received 1782 mm; the driest, 2000, only 535 mm, which is 3.3 times less. Over 1991–2020, February is on average the wettest month (137 mm) and July the driest (31 mm). Between 2006 and 2025, 12 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0 °C | 25.3 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 131 mm | – |
| February | 24.7 °C | 25.1 °C | +0.4 °C | – | 137 mm | – |
| March | 23.6 °C | 23.8 °C | +0.2 °C | – | 113 mm | – |
| April | 21.2 °C | 21.2 °C | 0.0 °C | – | 71 mm | – |
| May | 18.3 °C | 18.4 °C | +0.1 °C | – | 94 mm | – |
| June | 15.4 °C | 16.0 °C | +0.6 °C | – | 72 mm | – |
| July | 14.5 °C | 15.2 °C | +0.7 °C | – | 31 mm | – |
| August | 15.3 °C | 15.9 °C | +0.6 °C | – | 37 mm | – |
| September | 17.8 °C | 18.5 °C | +0.7 °C | – | 33 mm | – |
| October | 20.3 °C | 20.6 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 79 mm | – |
| November | 22.3 °C | 22.6 °C | +0.3 °C | – | 92 mm | – |
| December | 24.2 °C | 24.2 °C | 0.0 °C | – | 125 mm | – |
The largest temperature change is in July (+0.7 °C) and the smallest in April (0.0 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.3 °C, and 10 months out of twelve are warmer than before.
Records at Brisbane Airport
- Warmest year: 21.4 °C, in 1973
- Coldest year: 18.3 °C, in 1951
- Driest year: 535 mm, in 2000
- Wettest year: 1782 mm, in 1999
- Warmest month: 26.8 °C, in January 1987
- Coldest month: 12.6 °C, in July 1949
- Wettest month: 776 mm, in February 2022
- Hottest day: 40.2 °C, on 22 February 2004
- Coldest day: −1.8 °C, on 22 July 1951
- Heaviest rain in one day: 231.8 mm, on 26 February 2022
3.1 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 42.0 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2025
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.15 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, about +1.0 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 227 stations (+0.19 °C per decade), by 0.04 °C per decade: the station ranks 165 out of 227.
The last 24 months against the 1991–2020 normal
Over the last 24 months (October 2024 to September 2026), 14 months out of 15 were warmer than the 1991–2020 normal for the same month; the mean departure is +0.8 °C. The highest departure was in October 2025 (+2.3 °C); the lowest, in January 2025 (0.0 °C). The last twelve months add up to 879 mm of rain, which is 87 % of the 1991–2020 annual normal (1015 mm).
| Month | Temperature | Departure from normal | Rain | Normal rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 21.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 77 mm | 79 mm |
| November 2024 | 23.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 217 mm | 92 mm |
| December 2024 | 25.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 238 mm | 125 mm |
| January 2025 | 25.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 145 mm | 131 mm |
| February 2025 | 25.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 21 mm | 137 mm |
| March 2025 | 24.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 425 mm | 113 mm |
| April 2025 | 22.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 189 mm | 71 mm |
| May 2025 | 19.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 52 mm | 94 mm |
| June 2025 | 16.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 68 mm | 72 mm |
| July 2025 | 15.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 68 mm | 31 mm |
| August 2025 | 16.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 19 mm | 37 mm |
| September 2025 | 19.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 4 mm | 33 mm |
| October 2025 | 22.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 90 mm | 79 mm |
| November 2025 | 23.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 130 mm | 92 mm |
| December 2025 | 24.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 24 mm | 125 mm |
| January 2026 | – | – | 22 mm | 131 mm |
| February 2026 | – | – | 81 mm | 137 mm |
| March 2026 | – | – | 114 mm | 113 mm |
| April 2026 | – | – | 51 mm | 71 mm |
| May 2026 | – | – | 245 mm | 94 mm |
| June 2026 | – | – | 77 mm | 72 mm |
| July 2026 | – | – | 19 mm | 31 mm |
| August 2026 | – | – | 18 mm | 37 mm |
| September 2026 | – | – | 8 mm | 33 mm |
Data source and licence
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology (ACORN-SAT) and NOAA NCEI (GHCN-Daily) (dataset “ACORN-SAT v2 daily (homogenised) + GHCN-Daily”), licence CC BY 4.0; Public domain (NOAA NCEI). Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Brisbane Airport are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 227 stations in Australia: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Brisbane Airport?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Brisbane Airport is 20.6 °C. It was 20.2 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.4 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Brisbane Airport?
Since records began in 1950, the warmest year at Brisbane Airport is 1973, at 21.4 °C on average. The coldest is 1951 (18.3 °C).
Is the climate at Brisbane Airport getting warmer?
Yes: at Brisbane Airport, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.15 °C per decade between 1961 and 2025, +1.0 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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