Hervey Bay climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hervey Bay?

Hervey Bay has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hervey Bay?

The hottest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1967, reaching 32.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hervey Bay?

The coldest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1965, at 7.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hervey Bay?

Almost never: Hervey Bay sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Hervey Bay warmed?

Yes: Hervey Bay warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Hervey Bay?

The wettest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1942, with 277 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hervey Bay?

The windiest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1967, with winds reaching 66.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hervey Bay?

The warmest month in Hervey Bay is January (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hervey Bay?

Hervey Bay receives on average 822 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hervey Bay?

Hervey Bay gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Hervey Bay (Australia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Hervey Bay averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.

Hervey Bay has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 30 January 1967) and the coldest 7.6 °C (on 19 July 1965).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Hervey BayQueensland

coords: -25.29°, 152.77°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

21.4°C

Average daily high

23.7°C

Average daily low

19.3°C

Annual rainfall

822mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

22.3km/h

Seasonal range

8.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

98 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.5 °C

Average feels-like low

19.1 °C

Average peak gust

36.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

180 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

32.8 °C

30 January 1967

Coldest day

7.6 °C

19 July 1965

Wettest day

277 mm

19 February 1942

Windiest day

66.7 km/h

29 January 1967

Strongest gust

106.2 km/h

29 January 1967

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

9 January 2002

Coldest feels-like

2.0 °C

19 July 1965

Sunniest day

13.6 h

24 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.1 °C16 January 2025	9.7 °C14 June 2025	22.2 °C	940 mm	7
2024	30.4 °C29 January 2024	9.6 °C30 July 2024	22.2 °C	1,025 mm	6
2023	30.9 °C4 February 2023	10.6 °C1 July 2023	22.0 °C	641 mm	1
2022	29.7 °C3 January 2022	8.5 °C10 June 2022	21.4 °C	1,351 mm	0
2021	30.2 °C22 February 2021	9.0 °C22 July 2021	21.8 °C	991 mm	1
2020	30.4 °C20 February 2020	10.2 °C5 July 2020	22.0 °C	766 mm	1
2019	30.7 °C21 February 2019	9.9 °C15 July 2019	22.0 °C	353 mm	3
2018	30.6 °C14 January 2018	10.2 °C14 July 2018	21.8 °C	600 mm	2
2017	30.6 °C6 March 2017	10.8 °C21 July 2017	22.3 °C	887 mm	4
2016	30.5 °C2 February 2016	9.9 °C28 June 2016	22.2 °C	932 mm	1
2015	30.6 °C16 January 2015	8.8 °C18 July 2015	21.7 °C	810 mm	2
2014	29.5 °C4 January 2014	9.7 °C12 July 2014	21.6 °C	690 mm	0
2013	30.3 °C2 February 2013	10.3 °C22 August 2013	21.7 °C	1,076 mm	2
2012	29.7 °C5 December 2012	9.2 °C4 July 2012	21.1 °C	1,043 mm	0
2011	30.4 °C18 January 2011	8.6 °C10 July 2011	21.0 °C	860 mm	1
2010	30.2 °C19 January 2010	10.6 °C7 August 2010	21.7 °C	1,362 mm	1
2009	30.2 °C5 March 2009	8.4 °C12 June 2009	21.7 °C	849 mm	1
2008	30.3 °C14 December 2008	8.3 °C12 August 2008	21.2 °C	1,013 mm	3
2007	30.2 °C12 March 2007	7.9 °C20 July 2007	21.5 °C	797 mm	1
2006	29.8 °C4 February 2006	11.3 °C5 August 2006	21.6 °C	633 mm	0
2005	32.3 °C18 December 2005	8.7 °C13 August 2005	21.9 °C	771 mm	3
2004	30.6 °C18 January 2004	9.1 °C21 June 2004	21.7 °C	719 mm	5
2003	29.0 °C9 January 2003	8.3 °C1 August 2003	21.5 °C	750 mm	0
2002	32.1 °C9 January 2002	10.2 °C2 July 2002	21.7 °C	585 mm	6
2001	30.8 °C27 December 2001	9.5 °C16 June 2001	21.5 °C	713 mm	2
2000	28.7 °C21 January 2000	9.0 °C1 June 2000	21.1 °C	569 mm	0
1999	29.6 °C31 January 1999	9.5 °C17 June 1999	21.1 °C	1,117 mm	0
1998	31.8 °C23 February 1998	8.9 °C25 June 1998	22.1 °C	760 mm	2
1997	29.1 °C26 December 1997	9.4 °C26 August 1997	21.4 °C	604 mm	0
1996	29.8 °C1 February 1996	8.5 °C15 July 1996	21.4 °C	826 mm	0
1995	30.8 °C19 December 1995	9.0 °C8 August 1995	21.5 °C	730 mm	3
1994	30.0 °C21 January 1994	9.4 °C1 August 1994	21.1 °C	668 mm	1
1993	29.7 °C1 March 1993	9.9 °C5 August 1993	21.5 °C	667 mm	0
1992	31.9 °C14 January 1992	9.4 °C26 June 1992	21.3 °C	877 mm	2
1991	29.8 °C27 January 1991	9.8 °C25 July 1991	21.7 °C	575 mm	0
1990	31.0 °C3 February 1990	8.1 °C29 June 1990	21.3 °C	1,156 mm	2
1989	28.7 °C28 December 1989	8.5 °C15 July 1989	21.1 °C	894 mm	0
1988	30.0 °C8 February 1988	10.0 °C9 August 1988	21.7 °C	1,084 mm	1
1987	30.6 °C22 January 1987	9.5 °C30 June 1987	21.6 °C	600 mm	2
1986	29.4 °C20 January 1986	8.6 °C11 July 1986	21.6 °C	746 mm	0
1985	30.1 °C3 January 1985	8.3 °C24 June 1985	21.3 °C	768 mm	1
1984	29.8 °C15 December 1984	9.7 °C4 July 1984	21.1 °C	688 mm	0
1983	30.2 °C12 January 1983	9.7 °C9 July 1983	21.5 °C	1,209 mm	1
1982	30.1 °C18 February 1982	9.6 °C23 June 1982	21.2 °C	472 mm	1
1981	30.1 °C8 December 1981	9.8 °C7 July 1981	21.4 °C	787 mm	1
1980	31.2 °C16 January 1980	9.4 °C8 July 1980	21.7 °C	849 mm	3
1979	30.7 °C11 December 1979	10.8 °C1 July 1979	21.5 °C	570 mm	1
1978	31.3 °C7 February 1978	8.9 °C13 July 1978	21.2 °C	966 mm	2
1977	30.8 °C23 February 1977	8.8 °C2 June 1977	21.2 °C	737 mm	2
1976	30.3 °C3 March 1976	9.9 °C13 August 1976	21.2 °C	1,148 mm	1
1975	28.3 °C16 March 1975	10.9 °C13 June 1975	21.4 °C	705 mm	0
1974	30.3 °C6 February 1974	9.4 °C13 July 1974	20.7 °C	1,116 mm	1
1973	30.9 °C28 February 1973	10.1 °C19 July 1973	21.9 °C	1,289 mm	1
1972	29.2 °C20 February 1972	9.1 °C9 July 1972	20.9 °C	1,028 mm	0
1971	30.2 °C4 January 1971	9.5 °C26 June 1971	21.3 °C	1,116 mm	2
1970	29.9 °C20 February 1970	9.9 °C20 July 1970	21.4 °C	995 mm	0
1969	29.5 °C10 February 1969	10.9 °C24 July 1969	21.4 °C	740 mm	0
1968	28.9 °C27 February 1968	9.2 °C23 July 1968	21.2 °C	874 mm	0
1967	32.8 °C30 January 1967	10.1 °C3 August 1967	21.1 °C	1,097 mm	1
1966	29.9 °C26 February 1966	9.1 °C18 July 1966	21.0 °C	667 mm	0
1965	29.5 °C14 March 1965	7.6 °C19 July 1965	21.1 °C	643 mm	0
1964	31.3 °C17 December 1964	9.8 °C22 July 1964	21.7 °C	456 mm	1
1963	29.6 °C5 January 1963	9.9 °C10 July 1963	21.0 °C	686 mm	0
1962	29.3 °C12 February 1962	9.3 °C23 August 1962	21.2 °C	882 mm	0
1961	28.6 °C29 December 1961	9.2 °C23 June 1961	20.9 °C	788 mm	0
1960	30.1 °C3 February 1960	9.1 °C13 July 1960	20.9 °C	619 mm	1
1959	30.5 °C19 February 1959	10.7 °C25 July 1959	21.1 °C	907 mm	1
1958	29.3 °C31 October 1958	10.5 °C24 July 1958	21.6 °C	1,007 mm	0
1957	28.5 °C26 January 1957	10.4 °C13 July 1957	21.4 °C	521 mm	0
1956	30.7 °C27 December 1956	8.3 °C2 July 1956	21.1 °C	1,394 mm	1
1955	28.9 °C21 December 1955	10.1 °C17 July 1955	21.4 °C	965 mm	0
1954	29.2 °C4 March 1954	10.1 °C8 July 1954	21.1 °C	916 mm	0
1953	29.5 °C8 February 1953	10.1 °C18 August 1953	21.3 °C	925 mm	0
1952	28.9 °C8 January 1952	9.5 °C1 July 1952	21.5 °C	578 mm	0
1951	28.8 °C21 December 1951	7.9 °C22 July 1951	20.9 °C	370 mm	0
1950	31.5 °C19 January 1950	11.0 °C9 August 1950	21.2 °C	1,051 mm	2
1949	29.6 °C17 February 1949	9.3 °C23 June 1949	21.0 °C	638 mm	0
1948	29.0 °C27 February 1948	10.8 °C29 June 1948	21.2 °C	460 mm	0
1947	29.7 °C30 January 1947	10.0 °C20 July 1947	20.9 °C	557 mm	0
1946	29.8 °C4 February 1946	8.7 °C5 July 1946	21.1 °C	576 mm	0
1945	29.3 °C13 February 1945	9.8 °C22 July 1945	21.4 °C	494 mm	0
1944	29.3 °C13 March 1944	10.6 °C21 July 1944	21.2 °C	313 mm	0
1943	30.8 °C18 January 1943	9.7 °C22 July 1943	21.1 °C	488 mm	2
1942	31.3 °C5 January 1942	11.0 °C23 July 1942	21.2 °C	1,740 mm	2
1941	29.4 °C26 January 1941	9.4 °C9 July 1941	20.8 °C	1,254 mm	0
1940	30.4 °C27 January 1940	12.0 °C25 May 1940	21.3 °C	561 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.5 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

7 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

940 mm

+118 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.0 °C	+0.9 °C	106 mm	-2 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	+0.9 °C	52 mm	-85 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	+1.1 °C	175 mm	+73 mm
Apr	25.6 °C	+0.9 °C	117 mm	+55 mm
May	23.2 °C	+0.7 °C	82 mm	+23 mm
Jun	20.5 °C	+0.2 °C	31 mm	-15 mm
Jul	20.1 °C	+0.5 °C	51 mm	+12 mm
Aug	20.2 °C	0.0 °C	57 mm	+26 mm
Sep	22.5 °C	+0.8 °C	15 mm	-8 mm
Oct	25.2 °C	+1.8 °C	55 mm	-2 mm
Nov	26.9 °C	+1.9 °C	105 mm	+37 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+1.0 °C	94 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.1 °C

16 Jan 2025

Coldest day

9.7 °C

14 Jun 2025

Wettest day

34.5 mm

9 Mar 2025

Windiest day

40.3 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.2 °C

16 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.9 °C

14 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

30 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hervey Bay?

Hervey Bay has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hervey Bay?

The hottest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1967, reaching 32.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hervey Bay?

The coldest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1965, at 7.6 °C.

Does it snow in Hervey Bay?

Almost never: Hervey Bay sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Hervey Bay warmed?

Yes: Hervey Bay warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Hervey Bay?

The wettest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1942, with 277 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hervey Bay?

The windiest day measured in Hervey Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1967, with winds reaching 66.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hervey Bay?

The warmest month in Hervey Bay is January (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Hervey Bay?

Hervey Bay receives on average 822 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hervey Bay?

Hervey Bay gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Hervey Bay?

Yes: Hervey Bay has on average 180 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hervey Bay?

In Hervey Bay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 9 January 2002, and the lowest was 2.0 °C on 19 July 1965.

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