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Rockhampton Forecast

This morning 23°C
Today 32°C
possible_shower

Now

24.2°C steady
Updated at 03:20 EST

Capricornia for Wednesday Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E 25 to 30 km/h.
Thursday Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers in the north, slight (20%) chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm near the coast. Winds E 25 to 35 km/h.

Currently at Rockhampton Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 24.2°C steady
Dew Point 20.8°C steady
Feels Like 24.2°C
Relative Humidity 81%
Wind icon
SE 7km/h falling
Wind Gusts 9km/h
Pressure 1009.0hPa steady
Fire Danger 2.0
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Thu

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Sunrise sunrise
05:13 EST
Sunset sunset
18:47 EST

Nearby Now

Yeppoon 25.8°C
Samuel Hill Ap 24.4°C
Gladstone Ap 23.9°C
Gladstone 23.2°C

Next 12 hours in Rockhampton

48-hour forecast

6am

Mostly clear
24°C

9am

Slight chance shower
28°C

12pm

Chance shower
31°C

3pm

Mostly clear
32°C

Capricornia Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Rockhampton 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Thu
Dec 29
Fri
Dec 30
Sat
Dec 31
Sun
Jan 1
Mon
Jan 2
Tue
Jan 3
Wed
Jan 4

Possible shower

Possible thunderstorm

Possible shower

Possible shower

Showers

Showers

Showers
Maximum 32°C 34°C 33°C 33°C 31°C 30°C 31°C
Minimum 23°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 25°C 23°C 23°C
Chance of Rain 60% 70% 70% 80% 80% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm 20-40mm 10-20mm 10-20mm
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 24
km/h
25
km/h
14
km/h
20
km/h
11
km/h
19
km/h
12
km/h
20
km/h
13
km/h
17
km/h
15
km/h
20
km/h
16
km/h
18
km/h
Wind Direction SE 24km/h
SE
E 25km/h
E
E 14km/h
E
ENE 20km/h
ENE
ENE 11km/h
ENE
ENE 19km/h
ENE
E 12km/h
E
ENE 20km/h
ENE
ENE 13km/h
ENE
ENE 17km/h
ENE
ENE 15km/h
ENE
E 20km/h
E
E 16km/h
E
E 18km/h
E
Relative Humidity 65% 54% 68% 49% 67% 52% 73% 58% 76% 75% 82% 76% 80% 72%
Dew Point 21°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 23°C 22°C 24°C 24°C 25°C 25°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 25°C

Rockhampton Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
first light
04:48 EST
sunrise
05:13 EST
sunset
18:47 EST
last light
19:12 EST
moon
rise
Thu 05:03 EST
set
Thu 18:36 EST
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20
moon
Sat
Jan 28

Rockhampton Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Wed
Dec 28
22.7°C 32°C 0.0mm
Tue
Dec 27
21.8°C 32.5°C 0.2mm
Mon
Dec 26
22.3°C 28.6°C 0.8mm
Sun
Dec 25
21.9°C 33.4°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 24
21.2°C 31.7°C 5.6mm

Rockhampton Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
814.9mm
91.5 Day(s)
Total For 2016
962.4mm
77 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
678.2mm
88 Day(s)
Wettest Day
136.0mm
Jul 17
Lowest Temperature
4.9°C
Jun 29
Highest Temperature
39.5°C
Nov 13

Rockhampton Ap Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
20.3°C
15th
Lowest On Record
10.6°C
11th 1964
Average This Month
22.1°C
+0.9°C
Long-term Average
21.2°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
38.5°C
2nd
Highest On Record
41.5°C
30th 2013
Average This Month
33.7°C
+1.6°C
Long-term Average
32.1°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
7.2mm
10th
Total This Month
17.0mm
8 Day(s)
Long-term Average
107.1mm
9.7 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
533.4mm
1990
Driest On Record
2.8mm
2013
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