Orchid Beach Weather Forecast

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    • 31

    Partly cloudy

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    • 30

    Shower

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    • 30

    Partly cloudy

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    Shower

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    Partly cloudy

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    Partly cloudy

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    Shower

Today 31 Dec Wide Bay and Burnett

Mostly sunny day. Slight chance of a shower in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm inland in the late afternoon and evening. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.

K'gari Coastal Waters

Sandy Cape to Double Island Point
Wind
Variable about 10 knots becoming northerly 15 to 20 knots in the middle of the day.
Seas
Below 0.5 metres, increasing to around 1 metre around midday.
1st Swell
Southeasterly 1.5 metres inshore, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres offshore.
Weather
Sunny.
Weather Situation
A ridge over the south Queensland waters will weaken on Wednesday, before a high moves east across the Great Australian Bight on Thursday, redeveloping the ridge. Meanwhile a deep low near New Zealand [978 hPa] will drive a moderate southeasterly swell across southern Queensland waters.
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December Temperature

Hervey Bay Airport (59km)

  • Lowest 5 December, 2025

    16.7 °C

  • Average December

    25.4 °C

  • Highest 16 December, 2025

    32.1 °C

Climate (2020–Present)

Hervey Bay Airport (59km)

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  • Average Low 2020–2025

    17.1 °C

  • Average 2020–2025

    21.4 °C

  • Average High 2020–2025

    26.6 °C
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