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Canberra Forecast

Tonight 13°C
Tomorrow 31°C
increasing_sunshine

Now

17.5°C falling
Updated at 19:50 EDT

ACT for Sunday Partly cloudy. Winds E 20 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers. Light winds becoming N/NW 15 to 20 km/h during the day. Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm Chance of any rain: 50%.
Monday Cloud clearing. Light winds becoming W/NW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Possible rainfall: 0 mm Chance of any rain: 5% Around Canberra Sun protection 8:40am to 5:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme].

Currently at Canberra Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 17.5°C falling
Dew Point 12.6°C falling
Feels Like 17.5°C
Relative Humidity 73%
Wind icon
E 29km/h falling
Wind Gusts 37km/h
Pressure 1022.3hPa rising
Fire Danger 3.6
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Sun

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Sunrise sunrise
05:42 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:12 EDT

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong 17.6°C
Braidwood 14.2°C
Goulburn Ap 16.4°C

Fire Danger Rating

HIGH

Next 12 hours in Canberra

48-hour forecast

9pm

Mostly clear
17°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
16°C

3am

Mostly cloudy
14°C

6am

Mostly cloudy
13°C

ACT Weather Warnings

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There are no warnings current.

National Forecast

Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Sun
Dec 11
Mon
Dec 12
Tue
Dec 13
Wed
Dec 14
Thu
Dec 15
Fri
Dec 16
Sat
Dec 17

Mostly sunny

Increasing sunshine

Mostly sunny

Possible shower

Possible shower

Showers

Possible shower
Maximum 27°C 31°C 32°C 29°C 21°C 23°C 28°C
Minimum 10°C 13°C 14°C 19°C 12°C 11°C 14°C
Chance of Rain 30% 5% 60% 90% 90% 80% 70%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index High Very High High High Low Low High
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 8
km/h
18
km/h
7
km/h
25
km/h
22
km/h
37
km/h
21
km/h
35
km/h
12
km/h
24
km/h
9
km/h
23
km/h
12
km/h
27
km/h
Wind Direction ESE 8km/h
ESE
ENE 18km/h
ENE
NNE 7km/h
NNE
NW 25km/h
NW
NNW 22km/h
NNW
NW 37km/h
NW
NW 21km/h
NW
WNW 35km/h
WNW
ESE 12km/h
ESE
E 24km/h
E
E 9km/h
E
ENE 23km/h
ENE
NW 12km/h
NW
WNW 27km/h
WNW
Relative Humidity 69% 35% 71% 27% 46% 27% 54% 39% 86% 71% 88% 65% 78% 46%
Dew Point 11°C 10°C 14°C 10°C 11°C 11°C 14°C 14°C 13°C 15°C 13°C 15°C 16°C 15°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Monday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:12 EDT
sunrise
05:42 EDT
sunset
20:12 EDT
last light
20:42 EDT
moon
set
Mon 04:10 EDT
rise
Mon 18:02 EDT
moon
Wed
Dec 14
moon
Wed
Dec 21
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sun
Dec 11
12.8°C 27°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 10
7.3°C 25.2°C 0.0mm
Fri
Dec 9
11.0°C 21.6°C 2.0mm
Thu
Dec 8
10.1°C 31.3°C 0.0mm
Wed
Dec 7
8.9°C 26.9°C 0.2mm

Canberra Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
618.2mm
109.3 Day(s)
Total For 2016
740.2mm
120 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
512.4mm
94 Day(s)
Wettest Day
65.2mm
Jun 6
Lowest Temperature
-5.5°C
Jun 15
Highest Temperature
39.3°C
Jan 13

Canberra Ap Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
7.3°C
10th
Lowest On Record
0.3°C
6th 2012
Average This Month
11.6°C
+0.2°C
Long-term Average
11.4°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
32.8°C
4th
Highest On Record
39.2°C
21st 1994
Average This Month
28.1°C
+1.9°C
Long-term Average
26.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
13.4mm
6th
Total This Month
16.6mm
4 Day(s)
Long-term Average
56.0mm
8.0 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
215.2mm
1947
Driest On Record
0.0mm
1967

Now Temperature

At Hobart

19:50 EDT

Tonight

9°C

Tomorrow

22°C

Mostly sunny

mostly_sunny

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.