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Current Warnings
 

Western Australia Forecast

  • 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.

  • Wednesday Wind and showers easing along southern coastline. Thunderstorms in the Pilbara and Kimberleys.

  • Thursday Thunderstorms clearing in teh northeast. Hot to very hot, windy in the south.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Fri 23/12 Sat 24/12 Sun 25/12

32.3°C

Paraburdoo Ap
Hottest

43.9°C

Onslow Ap

43.3°C

Meekatharra Ap

43.0°C

Marble Bar

45.7°C

Onslow Ap

9.4°C

Albany Airport
Coldest

9.0°C

Jarrahwood

11.2°C

Shannon
 

0.0°C

Cygnet Bay

E 40km/h

Cape Leeuwin
Windiest

88km/h

Browse Is

85km/h

Leonora Ap

98km/h

Giles
-

7.6mm last hr

Warburton
Wettest

210.0mm

Bidyadanga

57.0mm

Theda
 

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 Monthly Summaries

December 2016
Station
(Ungroup by district)
Mean min Anomaly Mean max Anomaly Total rain Percent of mean
°C °C °C °C mm %
16.1 -0.2 29.1 +0.0 9.6 97
12.6 -0.9 27.2 -0.1 5.2 26
11.5 - 23.5 - 9.4 -
21.0 +0.3 30.0 +0.6 0.0 0
16.8 +0.2 32.1 +0.1 55.0 335
16.0 +1.0 28.0 +2.4 32.6 157
27.4 +0.9 34.1 +0.2 75 401.2 695
21.7 -0.2 34.6 -1.2 66.6 146
10  
A yellow cell indicates a probable monthly record for this site (sites with ≥ 10 years of records only). The number of years of records available for the relevant field for this month is indicated in black. See the station's climate page for full details.
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