You could be forgiven for pondering summer season has arrived early in Brisbane, with temperatures predicted to climb to 30 levels this week – lower than a month into spring.
Forecast to reach on Wednesday is the season’s first 30-degree day – almost 6 levels above the long-term September common – with most temperatures anticipated to hover between 27 and 29 levels till Sunday.
Ideal temperatures for a visit to the seaside are forecast on Wednesday.Credit: Glenn Hunt
It would be the warmest day for the reason that Anzac Day public vacation on April 25 this yr, when the temperature reached 30.2 levels.
“We are a interval of actual heat coming by means of,” Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Helen Reid mentioned.
“It is the time of the season the place we do begin to see these hotter days creeping in.”
Despite the temperature, Brisbaneites might be relieved to know Wednesday just isn’t anticipated to be uncomfortably humid.
The hottest day recorded up to now this yr was on January 16, when the temperature soared to 37.4 levels.
Reid mentioned this week’s temperature spike could be brought on by a trough drifting in from the west.
“It would be the first [hot] one for this season, undoubtedly,” she mentioned.
