CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:
TIN CAN BAY (DEFENCE)
Temperature Dew Point Rel. Humidity Feels Like Wind Gusts Pressure Rainfall
30.0°C 22.4°C 63% 31.6°C NE 16km/h 28km/h - 0.0mm / -<

Wide Bay & Burnett for Wednesday Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers inland, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm inland from the late morning, possibly severe. Light winds becoming N 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon.

7-DAY WEATHER FORECAST: RAINBOW BEACH 28 DAY RAINFALL FORECAST: CLICK HERE

WED
Jan 15
THU
Jan 16
FRI
Jan 17
SAT
Jan 18
SUN
Jan 19
MON
Jan 20
TUE
Jan 21
Summary mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
possible shower
Possible shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
possible shower
Possible shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
Maximum 29°C 32°C 28°C 27°C 26°C 27°C 27°C
Minimum 23°C 25°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 23°C
Chance of Rain
Likely Amount
60%
1-5mm
40%
1-5mm
50%
1-5mm
60%
1-5mm
60%
1-5mm
50%
1-5mm
70%
1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 4km/h
WNW
17km/h
ENE
18km/h
NNW
15km/h
NNW
18km/h
S
18km/h
SE
13km/h
SSW
17km/h
SE
26km/h
S
27km/h
SSE
12km/h
SSE
17km/h
SE
6km/h
E
12km/h
ENE
Relative Humidity 71% 71% 79% 56% 66% 65% 67% 68% 73% 68% 66% 62% 71% 68%
Dew Point 22°C 22°C 25°C 23°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 21°C 21°C
RADAR Gympie
SATELLITE QLD
synoptic
SYNOPTIC AUSTRALIA

Wide Bay & Burnett Weather Warnings

QLD - Wed 14:35 EST
Heatwave Warning for Queensland

QLD - Wed 12:55 EST
Minor Flood Warning For The Boyne River, Flood Warning For The Barker Creek And Final Flood Warning For The Barambah Creek

QLD - Wed 12:46 EST
Minor Flood Warning For The Lower Condamine River

Next 12 hours in Rainbow Beach

mostly clear

3pm

Mostly clear
28°C
mostly cloudy

6pm

Mostly cloudy
26°C
mostly cloudy

9pm

Mostly cloudy
25°C
mostly cloudy

12am

Mostly cloudy
25°C
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Rainbow Beach Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set last quarter new moon first quarter full moon
first light
04:44 EST
sunrise
05:09 EST
sunset
18:44 EST
last light
19:10 EST
moon
rise
Wed 19:57 EST
set
Thu 07:01 EST
moon
Wed
Jan 22
moon
Wed
Jan 29
moon
Wed
Feb 5
moon
Thu
Feb 13

Rainbow Beach Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Wed
Jan 15
21.1°C - 0.0mm
Tue
Jan 14
21.0°C 29.6°C 1.0mm
Mon
Jan 13
21.1°C 28.8°C 0.8mm
Sun
Jan 12
20.9°C 29.0°C 48.2mm
Sat
Jan 11
20.7°C 26.1°C 35.0mm

Rainbow Beach Year To Date

average rainfall to Jan
164.1mm
13.6 day(s)
total for 2025
118.0mm
8 day(s)
total to this day 2024
292.4mm
13 day(s)
wettest day
48.2mm
Jan 12
lowest temperature
17.3°C
Jan 7
highest temperature
29.6°C
Jan 14

Rainbow Beach Almanac

January minimum temperature
lowest this month
17.3°C
7th
lowest on record
15.2°C
17th 1997
average this month
20.6°C
-1.6°C
long-term average
22.2°C
January maximum temperature
highest this month
29.6°C
14th
highest on record
37.2°C
12th 2002
average this month
28.2°C
-0.7°C
long-term average
28.9°C
January rainfall
wettest this month
48.2mm
12th
total this month
118.0mm
8 day(s)
long-term average
164.1mm
13.6 day(s)
wettest on record
465.2mm
2011
driest on record
16.8mm
2007

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Severe thunderstorm outbreak hitting eastern Australia

12:19 AEDT Violent thunderstorms will pummel parts of NSW, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT over the next couple of days, with potential for supercells and a dangerous squall line late on Wednesday.

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