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Western Australian Weather

Current Warnings
 

Western Australia Forecast

  • Saturday Windy with heavy rain over the north and east. Very hot in the south and west.

  • Sunday Possible tropical cyclone crossing the northwest. Mostly dry and windy in the southwest.

  • Monday Heavy rain and strong winds over northern parts. Very hot in the west, hot elsewhere.

  • Tuesday Showers and storms in the north. Mostly dry and warm-to-hot elsewhere.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Wed 21/12 Thu 22/12 Fri 23/12

30.2°C

Paraburdoo Ap
Hottest

43.4°C

Morawa Ap

44.0°C

Eneabba

44.0°C

Onslow Ap

45.7°C

Onslow Ap

9.0°C

North Walpole
Coldest

12.8°C

Eyre

7.0°C

Albany Airport
 

0.0°C

Cygnet Bay

NNW 51km/h

Adele Is
Windiest

92km/h

Cunderdin Airfield

74km/h

Troughton Island

88km/h

Browse Is
-
no rain last hr Wettest

175.2mm

Yulmbu

225.6mm

Broome Ap
 

225.6mm

Broome Ap
Western Australia's Records for December
Max Min Rain
Highest 49.4°C at
Roebourne in 2011
Lowest 12.2°C at
Mount Barker in 1922
Highest 35.0°C at
Marble Bar in 1902
Lowest 0.0°C at
Bridgetown in 1953
Highest 711.0mm at
Munglinup West in 2010

Western Australia Weather Forecasts

Station
(ungroup by district)
Forecast Min Max Chance of rain Rain amount Frost risk 9am 3pm
Wind RH Wind RH
°C °C km/h % km/h %
Mostly sunny
14 23 20% < 1mm Nil SW 30 59 SW 36 46
Clearing shower
15 25 30% < 1mm Nil SSW 35 50 SSW 43 49
Possible shower
12 23 50% < 1mm Nil SW 26 54 SW 32 45
Windy with showers
14 18 70% < 1mm Nil SW 33 60 SW 40 57
Mostly sunny
12 25 20% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Windy
20 28 5% < 1mm Nil S 41 58 SSW 45 53
Sunny
18 26 5% < 1mm Nil WSW 30 43 WSW 37 21
Possible thunderstorm
18 29 60% 1-5mm Nil WNW 8 67 - -
Possible thunderstorm
28 33 70% 1-5mm Nil WNW 18 75 WNW 25 75
Mostly sunny
19 30 60% 1-5mm Nil WNW 15 70 W 19 49
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Weather News

Broome swamped in wettest December on record

16:33 EDT

A tropical low pressure system has combined with Cyclone Yvette to dump more than 200 millimetres of rain on Broome.

Detailed Christmas Day forecast

12:21 EDT

Intense heat, thunderstorms, flooding rain and damaging winds are all on the cards for Christmas Day this year.

SA Government declares 'code red' for homeless during hot spell, shelters to stay open longer

12:08 EDT

South Australia's homeless services will be boosted over the Christmas period as a result of forecast extreme heat over the next few days.