Maroochydore climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Maroochydore?

Maroochydore has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,028 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maroochydore?

The hottest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1944, reaching 41.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Maroochydore?

The coldest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, at 2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Maroochydore?

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

Q: Has the climate of Maroochydore warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Maroochydore?

The wettest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1995, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Maroochydore?

The windiest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1972, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Maroochydore?

The warmest month in Maroochydore is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Maroochydore?

Maroochydore receives on average 1,028 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Maroochydore?

Maroochydore gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Maroochydore (Australia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,028 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Maroochydore averages 0 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Maroochydore has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 20 November 1944) and the coldest 2.1 °C (on 20 July 2007).

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

MaroochydoreQueensland

coords: -26.66°, 153.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

19.8°C

Average daily high

24.5°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,028mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

9.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.6 °C

Average feels-like low

16.2 °C

Average peak gust

36.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

88 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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

41.6 °C

20 November 1944

Coldest day

2.1 °C

20 July 2007

Wettest day

186 mm

14 February 1995

Windiest day

50.4 km/h

11 February 1972

Strongest gust

116.3 km/h

27 January 2013

Hottest feels-like

45.3 °C

25 December 1972

Coldest feels-like

-1.9 °C

20 July 2007

Sunniest day

13.7 h

30 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.3 °C27 October 2025	4.1 °C13 June 2025	20.5 °C	1,086 mm	37
2024	34.3 °C27 January 2024	5.3 °C20 July 2024	20.7 °C	1,479 mm	35
2023	35.5 °C16 November 2023	4.9 °C1 July 2023	20.3 °C	737 mm	46
2022	34.0 °C6 December 2022	5.2 °C10 June 2022	19.7 °C	1,869 mm	21
2021	34.8 °C4 October 2021	4.0 °C10 June 2021	20.0 °C	1,253 mm	27
2020	35.4 °C6 December 2020	5.5 °C5 July 2020	20.5 °C	1,026 mm	42
2019	38.1 °C16 December 2019	4.7 °C1 June 2019	20.6 °C	697 mm	63
2018	37.0 °C2 December 2018	3.8 °C15 July 2018	20.1 °C	902 mm	40
2017	37.0 °C12 February 2017	5.3 °C24 July 2017	20.7 °C	1,050 mm	56
2016	35.6 °C2 February 2016	4.3 °C26 June 2016	20.5 °C	871 mm	34
2015	34.8 °C5 March 2015	5.0 °C15 July 2015	20.0 °C	1,124 mm	23
2014	41.5 °C4 January 2014	3.6 °C12 July 2014	20.3 °C	677 mm	34
2013	35.6 °C29 December 2013	4.1 °C23 August 2013	20.2 °C	1,231 mm	32
2012	36.2 °C4 December 2012	3.9 °C3 August 2012	19.7 °C	1,187 mm	24
2011	33.1 °C18 January 2011	4.7 °C10 July 2011	19.4 °C	1,207 mm	20
2010	34.3 °C18 January 2010	5.5 °C14 August 2010	20.0 °C	1,746 mm	18
2009	36.5 °C17 November 2009	3.3 °C12 June 2009	20.2 °C	978 mm	33
2008	37.1 °C23 February 2008	4.1 °C10 August 2008	19.5 °C	1,158 mm	20
2007	33.6 °C11 March 2007	2.1 °C20 July 2007	20.0 °C	988 mm	19
2006	35.6 °C29 November 2006	5.8 °C1 June 2006	19.8 °C	814 mm	25
2005	36.6 °C6 October 2005	5.4 °C18 July 2005	20.4 °C	798 mm	41
2004	38.9 °C22 February 2004	4.0 °C21 June 2004	20.1 °C	881 mm	45
2003	35.2 °C29 October 2003	3.9 °C27 July 2003	19.7 °C	932 mm	18
2002	39.0 °C12 January 2002	3.1 °C3 July 2002	20.1 °C	751 mm	40
2001	38.3 °C24 December 2001	3.2 °C9 July 2001	19.9 °C	845 mm	35
2000	37.9 °C20 January 2000	3.8 °C28 July 2000	19.4 °C	862 mm	13
1999	33.6 °C18 February 1999	3.4 °C18 June 1999	19.4 °C	1,545 mm	11
1998	36.5 °C27 December 1998	4.4 °C31 July 1998	20.4 °C	976 mm	40
1997	34.1 °C2 December 1997	2.5 °C26 August 1997	19.8 °C	814 mm	33
1996	38.4 °C30 November 1996	3.5 °C19 July 1996	20.0 °C	1,144 mm	41
1995	36.4 °C31 January 1995	3.3 °C21 July 1995	20.0 °C	1,145 mm	33
1994	38.7 °C6 January 1994	2.5 °C1 August 1994	19.6 °C	834 mm	37
1993	34.7 °C20 November 1993	5.6 °C14 June 1993	20.0 °C	778 mm	38
1992	34.4 °C28 November 1992	4.4 °C26 June 1992	19.7 °C	1,108 mm	36
1991	36.2 °C7 November 1991	4.2 °C18 July 1991	20.3 °C	767 mm	44
1990	39.1 °C23 December 1990	3.3 °C29 June 1990	20.0 °C	1,134 mm	43
1989	35.4 °C5 October 1989	4.4 °C15 July 1989	19.6 °C	1,101 mm	29
1988	37.5 °C22 October 1988	6.8 °C10 August 1988	20.3 °C	1,466 mm	37
1987	38.0 °C21 January 1987	5.9 °C30 June 1987	20.0 °C	884 mm	43
1986	35.3 °C28 December 1986	5.2 °C11 July 1986	19.9 °C	863 mm	32
1985	37.9 °C21 December 1985	3.7 °C25 June 1985	19.6 °C	1,111 mm	41
1984	37.4 °C15 December 1984	5.6 °C7 July 1984	19.5 °C	924 mm	22
1983	35.2 °C11 January 1983	5.8 °C10 June 1983	19.8 °C	1,586 mm	23
1982	38.1 °C2 January 1982	5.1 °C23 June 1982	19.6 °C	815 mm	29
1981	39.7 °C7 December 1981	5.1 °C12 July 1981	19.9 °C	948 mm	33
1980	36.9 °C20 January 1980	4.8 °C8 July 1980	20.4 °C	859 mm	50
1979	38.5 °C11 December 1979	6.7 °C2 July 1979	20.2 °C	749 mm	43
1978	39.0 °C11 January 1978	5.6 °C13 July 1978	19.6 °C	1,207 mm	34
1977	37.7 °C18 January 1977	4.2 °C30 July 1977	19.8 °C	862 mm	32
1976	37.1 °C28 December 1976	6.8 °C13 August 1976	19.5 °C	1,484 mm	28
1975	34.5 °C25 January 1975	7.4 °C11 July 1975	19.2 °C	1,043 mm	21
1974	36.4 °C20 December 1974	5.9 °C15 July 1974	18.7 °C	1,529 mm	19
1973	36.1 °C22 December 1973	7.7 °C19 July 1973	20.1 °C	1,486 mm	31
1972	40.9 °C24 December 1972	4.0 °C10 July 1972	19.3 °C	1,554 mm	28
1971	37.6 °C20 November 1971	3.9 °C27 June 1971	19.5 °C	1,092 mm	30
1970	35.3 °C13 January 1970	5.5 °C21 July 1970	19.5 °C	997 mm	35
1969	38.3 °C10 February 1969	7.9 °C23 July 1969	20.0 °C	833 mm	39
1968	39.2 °C19 November 1968	5.4 °C28 July 1968	19.9 °C	832 mm	44
1967	38.6 °C31 December 1967	5.6 °C4 August 1967	19.5 °C	1,445 mm	28
1966	34.8 °C15 February 1966	4.8 °C27 July 1966	19.4 °C	814 mm	29
1965	37.2 °C25 November 1965	5.1 °C13 July 1965	19.6 °C	1,016 mm	30
1964	35.6 °C14 December 1964	4.3 °C13 August 1964	20.0 °C	683 mm	42
1963	33.5 °C4 January 1963	6.1 °C19 July 1963	19.3 °C	1,087 mm	16
1962	36.0 °C5 October 1962	6.5 °C4 August 1962	19.7 °C	1,031 mm	25
1961	34.0 °C29 December 1961	6.3 °C23 June 1961	19.4 °C	858 mm	23
1960	36.4 °C3 February 1960	5.8 °C12 August 1960	19.3 °C	777 mm	26
1959	33.7 °C13 December 1959	7.4 °C30 July 1959	19.1 °C	1,101 mm	13
1958	41.3 °C31 October 1958	5.9 °C25 July 1958	19.9 °C	1,131 mm	37
1957	37.4 °C11 October 1957	5.3 °C12 August 1957	20.2 °C	496 mm	48
1956	35.8 °C19 December 1956	4.9 °C14 August 1956	19.6 °C	1,503 mm	34
1955	37.7 °C19 November 1955	4.9 °C3 August 1955	20.0 °C	1,056 mm	37
1954	32.8 °C12 March 1954	6.3 °C10 June 1954	19.5 °C	1,541 mm	8
1953	36.7 °C25 December 1953	4.0 °C18 August 1953	19.6 °C	1,039 mm	32
1952	39.6 °C1 February 1952	5.4 °C1 July 1952	19.9 °C	833 mm	47
1951	38.0 °C16 November 1951	3.4 °C22 July 1951	19.2 °C	557 mm	38
1950	33.6 °C15 December 1950	7.9 °C4 August 1950	19.4 °C	1,163 mm	21
1949	35.9 °C2 January 1949	5.1 °C24 June 1949	19.4 °C	882 mm	45
1948	39.0 °C16 November 1948	4.1 °C8 July 1948	19.4 °C	621 mm	39
1947	32.8 °C4 November 1947	5.8 °C20 July 1947	19.0 °C	849 mm	17
1946	37.3 °C14 November 1946	4.5 °C5 July 1946	19.6 °C	721 mm	42
1945	35.7 °C30 November 1945	6.1 °C3 August 1945	19.9 °C	646 mm	43
1944	41.6 °C20 November 1944	6.2 °C22 July 1944	19.6 °C	541 mm	46
1943	37.0 °C14 January 1943	5.1 °C26 June 1943	19.2 °C	566 mm	41
1942	39.4 °C5 January 1942	7.2 °C12 August 1942	19.4 °C	1,619 mm	33
1941	35.9 °C26 January 1941	5.1 °C9 July 1941	19.0 °C	1,384 mm	22
1940	39.4 °C26 January 1940	8.3 °C12 August 1940	19.8 °C	868 mm	44

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.5 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

37 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1086 mm

+58 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.6 °C	+0.4 °C	122 mm	-3 mm
Feb	28.2 °C	+0.6 °C	60 mm	-87 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	+0.8 °C	236 mm	+102 mm
Apr	25.6 °C	+1.0 °C	105 mm	+26 mm
May	23.0 °C	+0.9 °C	104 mm	+27 mm
Jun	20.7 °C	+0.7 °C	34 mm	-26 mm
Jul	21.4 °C	+1.6 °C	49 mm	-3 mm
Aug	21.2 °C	0.0 °C	73 mm	+32 mm
Sep	24.7 °C	+1.2 °C	15 mm	-20 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+3.0 °C	69 mm	-8 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	+1.8 °C	138 mm	+46 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+0.5 °C	81 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.3 °C

27 Oct 2025

Coldest day

4.1 °C

13 Jun 2025

Wettest day

42.4 mm

9 Mar 2025

Windiest day

31.2 km/h

6 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

69.8 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

22 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.8 °C

13 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

29 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Maroochydore?

Maroochydore has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,028 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maroochydore?

The hottest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1944, reaching 41.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Maroochydore?

The coldest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, at 2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Maroochydore?

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

Has the climate of Maroochydore warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Maroochydore?

The wettest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1995, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Maroochydore?

The windiest day measured in Maroochydore between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1972, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Maroochydore?

The warmest month in Maroochydore is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Maroochydore?

Maroochydore receives on average 1,028 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Maroochydore?

Maroochydore gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Maroochydore?

Yes: Maroochydore has on average 88 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maroochydore?

In Maroochydore, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 25 December 1972, and the lowest was -1.9 °C on 20 July 2007.

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