Picnic Beach Weather Forecast
- 25
- 30
Shower or two
- 24
- 33
Partly cloudy
- 23
- 35
Sunny
- 24
- 33
Partly cloudy
- 25
- 31
Shower or two
- 24
- 31
Possible shower
- 23
- 32
Partly cloudy
Today 22 Dec Herbert and Lower Burdekin
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the north, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30.
Townsville Coastal Waters
Cardwell to Bowen- Wind
- South to southeasterly 15 to 25 knot, reaching up to 30 knots offshore south of Cape Bowling Green. Winds turning east to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots in the late morning and early afternoon, then easing to 15 to 20 knots in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre later in the evening.
- 1st Swell
- Southeasterly 1 to 1.5 metres.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm north of Cape Bowling Green.
- Weather Situation
- A tropical low lies well offshore of the Whitsunday Islands, and is extending a trough to its northwest. The low is forecast to continue to move east today, though the trough extending to the northwest of the low will remain over northern coastal waters over coming days, slowly drifting northwards.
Picnic Beach Temperature Statistics View More
December Temperature
Cardwell Marine Pde (40km)
Lowest 5 December, 2024
21.7 °CAverage December
28.1 °CHighest 16 December, 2024
32.7 °C
Climate (2019–Present)
Cardwell Marine Pde (40km)
Average Low 2019–2024
20.8 °CAverage 2019–2024
25.7 °CAverage High 2019–2024
28.8 °C