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Canberra Forecast

This morning 2°C
Today 15°C
mostly_sunny

Now

3.7°C rising
Updated at 04:40 EST

ACT for Tuesday Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming NW 15 to 20 km/h in the late morning then becoming light in the late afternoon. Possible rainfall: 0 mm Chance of any rain: 10% Around Canberra Sun protection 9:10am to 3:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High].

Currently at Canberra Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 3.7°C rising
Dew Point 1.3°C falling
Feels Like 0.5°C
Relative Humidity 84%
Wind icon
NNW 12km/h rising
Wind Gusts 15km/h
Pressure 1015.6hPa steady
Fire Danger 1.0
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
05:55 EST
Sunset sunset
17:58 EST

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong 2.6°C
Braidwood 4.1°C
Goulburn Ap 1.8°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Canberra

48-hour forecast

6am

Mostly cloudy
2°C

9am

Mostly cloudy
8°C

12pm

Mostly cloudy
14°C

3pm

Mostly cloudy
15°C

ACT Weather Warnings

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New South Wales/ACT Weather Update

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Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Sep 20
Wed
Sep 21
Thu
Sep 22
Fri
Sep 23
Sat
Sep 24
Sun
Sep 25
Mon
Sep 26

Mostly sunny

Rain

Possible shower

Drizzle

Late shower

Possible shower

Possible shower
Maximum 15°C 14°C 15°C 19°C 19°C 14°C 14°C
Minimum 2°C 6°C 5°C 6°C 4°C 7°C 2°C
Chance of Rain 90% 90% 90% 50% 90% 80% 40%
Rain Amount 5-10mm 10-20mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm
UV Index High Moderate Moderate High High
Pollen Index Low Low Low Moderate Low Low
Frost Risk Moderate Nil Slight Nil Slight Nil Moderate
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 9
km/h
18
km/h
8
km/h
14
km/h
16
km/h
23
km/h
14
km/h
17
km/h
7
km/h
19
km/h
16
km/h
27
km/h
14
km/h
25
km/h
Wind Direction WNW 9km/h
WNW
NNW 18km/h
NNW
ENE 8km/h
ENE
N 14km/h
N
WNW 16km/h
WNW
WSW 23km/h
WSW
SSW 14km/h
SSW
SSW 17km/h
SSW
NNW 7km/h
NNW
NNW 19km/h
NNW
NW 16km/h
NW
WNW 27km/h
WNW
W 14km/h
W
WNW 25km/h
WNW
Relative Humidity 72% 51% 95% 86% 88% 72% 73% 60% 79% 59% 87% 61% 67% 50%
Dew Point 3°C 5°C 9°C 12°C 7°C 10°C 8°C 11°C 9°C 11°C 9°C 6°C 3°C 4°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon
first light
05:30 EST
sunrise
05:55 EST
sunset
17:58 EST
last light
18:24 EST
moon
set
Tue 08:12 EST
rise
Tue 21:53 EST
moon
Fri
Sep 23
moon
Sat
Oct 1
moon
Sun
Oct 9
moon
Sun
Oct 16

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Mon
Sep 19
6.4°C 15°C 6.6mm
Sun
Sep 18
4.4°C 13.1°C 0.0mm
Sat
Sep 17
0.4°C 17.0°C 0.0mm
Fri
Sep 16
6.8°C 15.7°C 0.2mm
Thu
Sep 15
6.0°C 12.9°C 5.2mm

Canberra Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Sep
436.2mm
81.4 Day(s)
Total For 2016
558.0mm
91 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
415.4mm
75 Day(s)
Wettest Day
65.2mm
Jun 6
Lowest Temperature
-5.5°C
Jun 15
Highest Temperature
39.3°C
Jan 13

Canberra Ap Almanac

full climatology
September Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
0.4°C
17th
Lowest On Record
-6.8°C
1st 2012
Average This Month
5.0°C
+1.8°C
Long-term Average
3.2°C
September Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
20.0°C
8th
Highest On Record
28.6°C
26th 1965
Average This Month
16.0°C
-0.3°C
Long-term Average
16.3°C
September Rainfall
Wettest This Month
53.6mm
3rd
Total This Month
84.0mm
8 Day(s)
Long-term Average
52.1mm
10.3 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
150.6mm
1978
Driest On Record
3.0mm
1994

Now Temperature

At Hobart

04:50 EST

This morning

7°C

Today

18°C

Mostly cloudy

mostly_cloudy

Weather News

Cattle stations in central Arnhem Land rejoice as massive downfalls signal early start to wet season

15:52 EST

Cattle stations across the Top End of the Northern Territory are celebrating an early start to the wet season with record totals in some areas.

More rain for flooded states

14:02 EST

Australia's four flood-affected states will receive another burst of rain in the next two days.

Northern Territory weather records tumble as September deluge hits

13:43 EST

Rainfall records have tumbled in the Northern Territory after a weekend deluge brought heavy falls to parts of the Top End.