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Weather extremes

How extreme does Gold Coast's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Gold Coast has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1992–present), from the Gold Coast Seaway station 7 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Gold Coast has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
105°F Feb 21, 2004

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in Gold Coast (typical high near 84°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Feb 21, 2004
2 105°F Feb 22, 2004
3 103°F Dec 26, 2001
❄️ Coldest night
36°F Jul 19, 2007

About 18°F colder than a normal July night in Gold Coast (typical low near 54°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 36°F Jul 19, 2007
2 39°F Jul 27, 2003
3 39°F Jun 21, 2004
🌧️ Most rain in one day
13.81 in Jun 30, 2005

More rain in a single day than Gold Coast usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 4.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.81 in Jun 30, 2005
2 12.09 in Mar 29, 2022
3 10.03 in Jan 18, 2020

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 105°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Gold Coast's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 105°F is about 21°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Gold Coast's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as 36°F. A single day has delivered over 14 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Gold Coast Seaway, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →