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Current Warnings
 

Western Australia Forecast

  • Friday Very hot in north. Hot in west. Mild in far south. Showers and thunderstorms in north, mainly inland.

  • Saturday Very hot in north. Hot in west. Mild in southeast. Showers & storms in north & west, mainly inland.

  • Sunday Warm west coast then cooler change. Hot elsewhere. Showers and storms in the west and north.

  • Monday Showers/storms most areas, most intense in south. Cool & windy across southwest. Hot in east & north.

  • Tuesday Hot and stormy in the north and east. Southerly winds in the west and south.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Tue 06/12 Wed 07/12 Thu 08/12

41.4°C

West Roebuck
Hottest

41.7°C

Wyndham Ap

41.9°C

Kununurra Ap

44.0°C

Kununurra Ap

44.8°C

Marble Bar

20.1°C

Eucla
Coldest

9.1°C

Cunderdin Airfield

3.4°C

Bridgetown

5.0°C

Eyre

2.5°C

Salmon Gums

ESE 29km/h

Red Rocks Point
Windiest

75km/h

Warburton

94km/h

Forrest

83km/h

Kalumburu
-
no rain last hr Wettest

45.4mm

Fossil Downs

33.0mm

Coolawanyah

0.6mm

Christmas Island Ap

8.6mm

Coondewanna
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 %
Sunny
18 37 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 23 25 SSW 21 19
Sunny
16 37 20% < 1mm Nil E 14 20 SW 25 24
Sunny
14 30 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 12 37 WSW 16 31
Sunny
13 25 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 16 45 SE 21 39
Sunny
15 38 5% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
20 33 40% < 1mm Nil SSW 18 46 SW 25 48
Sunny
15 33 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 20 33 E 11 10
Increasing sunshine
14 23 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 14 52 SE 23 54
Possible thunderstorm
29 37 80% 1-5mm Nil SE 20 49 WSW 17 55
Mostly sunny
18 32 5% < 1mm Nil E 30 25 E 18 16
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