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Current Warnings
 

Western Australia Forecast

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

  • Monday Showers/storms, heaviest in the south. Hot in the north, mild further south.

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

  • Wednesday Hot with storms clearing in the south. Lingering storms in the north, very hot.

  • Thursday Thundery showers over Kimberley and Pilbara. Hot in north and Midwest.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 08/12 Fri 09/12 Sat 10/12

41.3°C

Leonora Ap
Hottest

43.8°C

Kununurra Ap

44.0°C

West Roebuck

43.7°C

Cunderdin Airfield

44.8°C

Marble Bar

17.1°C

North Walpole
Coldest

5.0°C

Eyre

7.5°C

Wagin

11.1°C

Albany Airport

2.5°C

Salmon Gums

W 55km/h

Mount Magnet
Windiest

83km/h

Kalumburu

292km/h

Bickley

79km/h

Mount Magnet
-

0.2mm last hr

Shannon
Wettest

28.0mm

Drysdale River

47.2mm

Lansdowne

76.8mm

Broome Ap

44.2mm

Derby 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 %
Clearing shower
15 23 60% 1-5mm Nil SSW 15 73 SSW 26 60
Possible shower
15 25 40% < 1mm Nil SSW 23 63 SW 35 56
Clearing shower
12 24 40% < 1mm Nil SSE 20 69 S 25 52
Possible shower
15 19 50% < 1mm Nil S 19 72 S 26 65
Rain
15 22 60% 10-20mm Nil - - - -
Clearing shower
21 28 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 29 63 SW 37 66
Possible thunderstorm
20 26 90% 10-20mm Nil S 12 47 S 14 67
Possible thunderstorm
22 42 70% 5-10mm Nil N 35 14 W 22 28
Mostly sunny
28 35 50% < 1mm Nil SW 15 61 W 24 62
Sunny
20 37 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 25 7 NE 9 5
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Weather News

Fire danger about to spike in SE Australia, drop in WA

16:21 EDT

Fire danger is about to spike in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales and about to drop in Western Australia as an area of hot, dry wind heads east.

Heavy rain and storms hit Queensland

13:09 EDT

Heavy storms are lashing central Queensland, whilst rain and strong winds affect the coast.

Scorching Night for Central NT

13:00 EDT

Parts of Central NT have had their hottest morning in 7 years.