Sunshine Coast hailstorm — 24 November 2025: suburb estimates, wind and rain

Giant hail and strong winds crossed the Sunshine Coast on 24 November 2025. About 14,000 properties lost power at the storm’s peak, according to Sunshine Coast News and AAP.

Storm Location

Sunshine Coast

Storm Date

24 Nov 2025

Hail Storms

Sunshine Coast

Posted 27 Oct 2026

By Aiden Wood

Hail estimates across coastal and hinterland suburbs

HailTracker’s radar-derived archive places Wurtulla, Bokarina and Beerburrum in the 7+ cm band. Caloundra and Currimundi have a 6 cm band.

These are model estimates for parts of the listed suburbs, rather than measured hailstone sizes at each address.

Airport gust reached 106 km/h at 3:53 pm

Sunshine Coast Airport recorded an easterly gust of 106 km/h at 3:53 pm. The station recorded 29.4 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 9 am on 25 November.

The rainfall figure is a daily total, rather than a measurement of the hailstorm alone.

Key points

Sunshine Coast Airport recorded a 106 km/h gust at 3:53 pm.
About 14,000 Sunshine Coast properties lost power at the storm’s peak.
The airport recorded 29.4 mm in the 24 hours to 9 am on 25 November.

Sunshine Coast, Queensland — selected suburbs with storm-date reports or radar-derived hail estimates; not a property damage register.

About 14,000 properties lost power

The 25 November outage report described trees and powerlines down across the Coast. It pictured fallen trees across powerlines on Centenary Heights Road at Coolum Beach.

ABC News also reported a tree falling at a Coolum home during the storm.

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References

Bureau of Meteorology — Australia in November 2025 — Read source
HailTracker via HailHub — Summer Hail (Witt 1998) swathe archive — Read source
Insurance Council of Australia — Catastrophe declared for SEQ hailstorms, 25 November 2025 — Read source
Queensland Reconstruction Authority — Activation Summary: Queensland Southern Coast Severe Storms, 24–25 November 2025 — Read source
Bureau of Meteorology — Sunshine Coast Airport daily observations, November 2025 — Read source
Sunshine Coast News and AAP — Power outages after the 24 November storm, 25 November 2025 — Read source
ABC News — Giant hail hits south-east Queensland, 24 November 2025 — Read source
Vonex — South-east Queensland storm service incident, 24 November 2025 — Read source
Energex — South East Queensland storms, 24 November 2025 — Read source

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Don’t Wait: Hidden Roof Damage May Get Worse.

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Sunshine Coast hail reports, radar-derived suburb estimates and available weather observations for 24 November 2025.