Key Points
- Darwin will likely be the hottest capital but Perth and Brisbane are also tipped to make it into the 30s.
- Some cities are forecast to have showers on Christmas Day.
- A hotter-than-usual summer is predicted but forecasts do not suggest any records will be broken on Christmas Day.
A hot lunch or cold lunch? Outdoors or indoors? These are the considerations being made by those Australians preparing to host Christmas Day celebrations.
“A stormy Christmas day is possible for much of eastern Australia, but some fine weather is forecast across other states and territories with Christmas still a week away,” Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Angus Hines said.
Though flooding sparked by heavy rain from ex-tropical Cylone Jasper has , this is expected to ease.
Will it be boardshorts or layers for Santa Claus this year? The Christmas weather forecasts are in. Source: Getty / davidf
Christmas weather forecast
Sydney
Top of 26C, low of 19C. Cloudy with a high chance of showers, and light winds.
Melbourne
Top of 21C, low of 15C. Partly cloudy with the chance of a shower.
Brisbane
Top of 32C, low of 22C. Showers are likely in the afternoon and evening, with the chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds during the day.
Perth
Top of 32C, low of 21C. Partly cloudy.
Adelaide
Top of 24C, low of 13C. Partly cloudy.
Canberra
Top of 24C, low of 13C. Partly cloudy with the chance of showers.
Hobart
Top of 18C, low of 11C. Cloudy with the chance of a shower.
Darwin
Top of 36C, low of 28C. Partly cloudy with the chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon.
While the by a large margin and , these Christmas Day forecasts are much tamer than the hottest recorded temperatures for 25 December.
According to Weatherzone, the hottest capital on a Christmas Day was Perth in 2021, when the mercury reached 42.8C.
Heatwaves in the north
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast severe heatwave conditions with pockets of extreme heatwave conditions over parts of Western Australia's Kimberley region and parts of the northern NT, including Darwin.
Severe to low-intensity heatwave conditions could hit the remainder of the central Northern Territory, northern Western Australia, and northwest Queensland.
