Queensland weather: Rain fails to dent drought after 45C temperatures RAIN was falling over much of southwestern Queensland last night and is expected to continue for the next few days, but it is unlikely to be enough to break the drought in western Queensland. Much of western Queensland was coping with temperatures of 45C last week while Western Australia was hit by cyclones, but the positions have been nearly reversed, with temperatures to shoot past 50C in the Pilbara today while rain falls over southwestern Queensland.