Hourly government air-quality observations from Queensland DETSI.
Queensland · -12.6278, 141.8799 · observed · Government monitor
9.2Latest hourly PM2.5 · µg/m³Good · <12.5 µg/m³
9.412-hour NowCast · µg/m³Derived concentration, not an Australian AQI
14.8Rolling 24 hours · µg/m³47 stored readings in this page window
GoodModel peak · next 24 h4.0–10.7 µg/m³ · GEOS-CF, CAMS and SILAM
What this monitor reports
9.2 µg/m³ is Good on the one-hour PM2.5 air quality scale. Current hourly reading.
The monitor belongs to Queensland DETSI. Readings may be preliminary and revised by the agency.
The category applies only to the latest one-hour reading. It follows the Australian enHealth framework used by agencies including NSW, Victoria and Queensland. The NowCast and rolling mean are separately labelled derived concentrations. How the categories are used.
Nearby fires
150 km radius
Within 150 km, agencies report 1 Advice warning and 3 other fire locations.
View 4 nearby fire locations
AdviceThe Old Telegraph Track north of Bramwell Junction108 km away · Advice · FIRE VEGETATIONSTAY INFORMED - The Old Telegraph Track (Cape York) - fire as at 5:11pm Sunday, 11 October 2026Queensland Fire DepartmentOfficial warning details
A fire is burning along The Old Telegraph Track. This fire could burn for days.
Stay informed because the situation could change.
What to do
Check for warning updates often and listen to your local radio station.
Decide what you will do if the bushfire gets closer.
If the smoke is thick where you are, stay inside and close windows and doors.
If you need medication to help you breathe keep it close. Smoke can make it hard to breathe.
Do not fly drones around the fire as they affect firefighting.
Straight-line distance from the Weipa monitor to the reported incident location, or to the mapped fire boundary where an agency has published one. A fire without a published boundary may extend closer than its reported location suggests.
Recent observations and next 48 hours
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About this chart
Observed values come from this monitor. NASA GEOS-CF, CAMS and SILAM are independent total surface PM2.5 research forecasts sampled from their nearest grid cells; they are not blended with the observations.
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