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Melbourne Forecast

Today 17°C
Tonight 11°C
possible_shower

Now

15.1°C falling
Updated at 13:30 EDT

Melbourne for Friday Cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers in the southern and eastern suburbs, medium (60%) chance elsewhere, becoming less likely during the afternoon and evening. Winds SW 25 to 35 km/h tending S 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then becoming light in the late evening.

Currently at Melbourne

24-hour graph
Temperature 15.1°C falling
Dew Point 7.4°C rising
Feels Like 15.1°C
Relative Humidity 60%
Wind icon
S 18km/h rising
Wind Gusts 37km/h
Pressure 1018.8hPa falling
Fire Danger 4.1
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.2mm / -

Sun on Fri

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Sunrise sunrise
05:51 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:34 EDT

Nearby Now

Essendon Ap 16.7°C
Bulleen 16.4°C
Laverton 16.3°C
Moorabbin Ap 14.4°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Melbourne

48-hour forecast

3pm

Mostly cloudy
16°C

6pm

Mostly cloudy
16°C

9pm

Mostly cloudy
15°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
14°C

Melbourne Weather Warnings

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Vic - Fri 10:57 EDT
Gale Warning for the E Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Warning for Port Phillip, W Port, Gippsland Lakes, C Coast & C Gippsland Coast

National Forecast

Melbourne 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Fri
Dec 9
Sat
Dec 10
Sun
Dec 11
Mon
Dec 12
Tue
Dec 13
Wed
Dec 14
Thu
Dec 15

Possible shower

Mostly cloudy

Mostly sunny

Sunny

Windy

Possible shower

Mostly sunny
Maximum 17°C 19°C 22°C 30°C 33°C 22°C 19°C
Minimum 11°C 11°C 13°C 12°C 19°C 17°C 12°C
Chance of Rain 60% 30% 20% 10% 80% 70% 40%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 10-20mm 1-5mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Moderate Low Moderate Very High High Low Low
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 30
km/h
30
km/h
13
km/h
19
km/h
12
km/h
20
km/h
13
km/h
19
km/h
30
km/h
33
km/h
22
km/h
30
km/h
21
km/h
26
km/h
Wind Direction SW 30km/h
SW
SW 30km/h
SW
W 13km/h
W
SSW 19km/h
SSW
S 12km/h
S
SSW 20km/h
SSW
NNE 13km/h
NNE
NNW 19km/h
NNW
N 30km/h
N
NNW 33km/h
NNW
WNW 22km/h
WNW
WSW 30km/h
WSW
SW 21km/h
SW
SSW 26km/h
SSW
Relative Humidity 58% 56% 65% 53% 70% 53% 62% 35% 38% 35% 71% 62% 67% 57%
Dew Point 6°C 8°C 8°C 9°C 11°C 12°C 12°C 13°C 10°C 16°C 16°C 12°C 9°C 10°C

Melbourne Sun & Moon Times

Friday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:20 EDT
sunrise
05:51 EDT
sunset
20:34 EDT
last light
21:05 EDT
moon
rise
Fri 14:55 EDT
set
Sat 03:03 EDT
moon
Wed
Dec 14
moon
Wed
Dec 21
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6

Melbourne Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Fri
Dec 9
10°C - -
Thu
Dec 8
15.4°C 23°C 2.2mm
Wed
Dec 7
10.5°C 28.3°C 0.0mm
Tue
Dec 6
12.8°C 20.8°C 0.0mm
Mon
Dec 5
16.9°C 21.5°C 2.4mm

Melbourne Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
648.6mm
150.2 Day(s)
Total For 2016
564.2mm
165 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
395.0mm
122 Day(s)
Wettest Day
22.6mm
Jul 6
Lowest Temperature
3.0°C
Jun 26
Highest Temperature
42.2°C
Jan 13

Melbourne Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
9.9°C
3rd
Lowest On Record
4.4°C
4th 1870
Average This Month
12.7°C
-0.2°C
Long-term Average
12.9°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
31.7°C
4th
Highest On Record
43.7°C
15th 1876
Average This Month
24.1°C
-0.1°C
Long-term Average
24.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
2.4mm
5th
Total This Month
4.6mm
2 Day(s)
Long-term Average
59.1mm
10.4 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
197.4mm
1993
Driest On Record
1.7mm
1972

Now Temperature

At Sydney

13:30 EDT

Today

26°C

Tonight

17°C

Sunny

sunny

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