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Broome Forecast

Tonight 28°C
Tomorrow 35°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

29.8°C rising
Updated at 23:30 WST

Kimberley for Tuesday Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the west. Winds SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h.
Wednesday Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers and thunderstorms in the northwest, slight (30%) chance elsewhere. Winds S/SE 15 to 20 km/h tending E/SE early in the morning then tending SE/SW in the early afternoon.

Currently at Broome Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 29.8°C rising
Dew Point 23.6°C falling
Feels Like 34.3°C
Relative Humidity 69%
Wind icon
SSW 1km/h falling
Wind Gusts 7km/h
Pressure 1009.0hPa falling
Fire Danger 3.3
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / 0.0mm

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
05:07 WST
Sunset sunset
18:17 WST

Nearby Now

Derby Ap 29.6°C
Curtin Ap 28.5°C

Fire Danger Rating

HIGH

Next 12 hours in Broome

48-hour forecast

12am

Mostly cloudy
29°C

3am

Mostly cloudy
28°C

6am

Mostly cloudy
29°C

9am

Mostly cloudy
32°C

Kimberley Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Broome 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Dec 6
Wed
Dec 7
Thu
Dec 8
Fri
Dec 9
Sat
Dec 10
Sun
Dec 11
Mon
Dec 12

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible shower

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm
Maximum 33°C 35°C 36°C 37°C 36°C 34°C 35°C
Minimum 27°C 28°C 28°C 29°C 30°C 29°C 29°C
Chance of Rain 80% 80% 60% 60% 60% 50% 30%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 12
km/h
18
km/h
17
km/h
16
km/h
17
km/h
18
km/h
16
km/h
20
km/h
13
km/h
19
km/h
8
km/h
17
km/h
15
km/h
24
km/h
Wind Direction E 12km/h
E
W 18km/h
W
SE 17km/h
SE
SSW 16km/h
SSW
SE 17km/h
SE
SSW 18km/h
SSW
S 16km/h
S
WSW 20km/h
WSW
SSE 13km/h
SSE
WNW 19km/h
WNW
NE 8km/h
NE
WNW 17km/h
WNW
WSW 15km/h
WSW
W 24km/h
W
Relative Humidity 63% 64% 54% 57% 50% 57% 50% 56% 53% 60% 60% 67% 62% 64%
Dew Point 20°C 24°C 22°C 25°C 21°C 26°C 23°C 26°C 24°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 27°C

Broome Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
04:44 WST
sunrise
05:08 WST
sunset
18:18 WST
last light
18:42 WST
moon
rise
Wed 11:34 WST
set
Thu 00:14 WST
moon
Wed
Dec 14
moon
Wed
Dec 21
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6

Broome Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Dec 6
25.4°C 34°C 0.6mm
Mon
Dec 5
25.2°C 31.9°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 4
28.9°C 33.4°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 3
28.6°C 33.7°C 0.0mm
Fri
Dec 2
28.8°C 34.1°C 0.0mm

Broome Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
615.2mm
53.6 Day(s)
Total For 2016
350.2mm
30 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
426.0mm
47 Day(s)
Wettest Day
71.4mm
Jan 24
Lowest Temperature
9.4°C
Jul 18
Highest Temperature
42.6°C
Nov 5

Broome Ap Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
25.2°C
5th
Lowest On Record
17.4°C
22nd 1950
Average This Month
27.7°C
+1.2°C
Long-term Average
26.5°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
34.3°C
1st
Highest On Record
44.8°C
10th 1951
Average This Month
33.6°C
-0.3°C
Long-term Average
33.9°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
0.6mm
6th
Total This Month
0.6mm
1 Day(s)
Long-term Average
57.7mm
5.4 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
278.8mm
1970
Driest On Record
0.0mm
1965
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15:50 EDT

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