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Canberra Forecast

Tonight 21°C
Tomorrow 29°C
late_shower

Now

29.8°C falling
Updated at 19:10 EDT

ACT for Tuesday Partly cloudy. Winds NW 25 to 35 km/h becoming light in the evening. Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming NW 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Possible rainfall: 2 to 8 mm Chance of any rain: 70%.
Wednesday Partly cloudy. High (70%) chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds NW 15 to 25 km/h tending W 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Possible rainfall: 2 to 8 mm Chance of any rain: 70% Around Canberra Sun protection 8:50am to 5:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme].

Currently at Canberra Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 29.8°C falling
Dew Point 5.1°C rising
Feels Like 28.1°C
Relative Humidity 21%
Wind icon
WNW 18km/h steady
Wind Gusts 20km/h
Pressure 1011.5hPa steady
Fire Danger 25.6
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
05:42 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:13 EDT

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong 29.9°C
Braidwood 26.7°C
Goulburn Ap 29.2°C

Fire Danger Rating

VERY HIGH

Next 12 hours in Canberra

48-hour forecast

9pm

Mostly cloudy
25°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
23°C

3am

Mostly cloudy
22°C

6am

Mostly cloudy
21°C

ACT Weather Warnings

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There are no warnings current.

National Forecast

Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Dec 13
Wed
Dec 14
Thu
Dec 15
Fri
Dec 16
Sat
Dec 17
Sun
Dec 18
Mon
Dec 19

Mostly sunny

Late shower

Possible shower

Showers

Possible shower

Possible shower

Mostly sunny
Maximum 33°C 29°C 19°C 21°C 27°C 22°C 26°C
Minimum 13°C 21°C 11°C 11°C 14°C 10°C 8°C
Chance of Rain 30% 80% 90% 90% 60% 40% 30%
Rain Amount < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Very High High Low Low High Moderate 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 14
km/h
35
km/h
23
km/h
31
km/h
13
km/h
25
km/h
12
km/h
22
km/h
15
km/h
28
km/h
11
km/h
25
km/h
10
km/h
25
km/h
Wind Direction NNW 14km/h
NNW
NW 35km/h
NW
NW 23km/h
NW
NW 31km/h
NW
ESE 13km/h
ESE
ESE 25km/h
ESE
E 12km/h
E
ENE 22km/h
ENE
WNW 15km/h
WNW
W 28km/h
W
SE 11km/h
SE
ESE 25km/h
ESE
E 10km/h
E
ENE 25km/h
ENE
Relative Humidity 48% 19% 43% 51% 85% 73% 93% 81% 82% 44% 70% 43% 73% 42%
Dew Point 12°C 7°C 12°C 18°C 12°C 14°C 13°C 17°C 16°C 14°C 8°C 9°C 9°C 12°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon
first light
05:13 EDT
sunrise
05:42 EDT
sunset
20:14 EDT
last light
20:44 EDT
moon
set
Wed 05:52 EDT
rise
Wed 20:18 EDT
moon
Wed
Dec 21
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Dec 13
10.6°C 33°C 0.0mm
Mon
Dec 12
15.3°C 31.2°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 11
12.8°C 28.0°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

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

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December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
7.3°C
10th
Lowest On Record
0.3°C
6th 2012
Average This Month
11.8°C
+0.4°C
Long-term Average
11.4°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
33.0°C
13th
Highest On Record
39.2°C
21st 1994
Average This Month
28.8°C
+2.6°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

19:20 EDT

Tonight

11°C

Tomorrow

16°C

Windy with showers

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Weather News

Weather: High temperatures, fire warnings signal concerning season ahead, BOM says

16:48 EDT

Fire danger warnings are in place across a large part of Australia, with hot temperatures and windy weather expected, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says.

Is Sydney having a 'heatwave' in December?

12:15 EDT

Apparently, the heat is on and we should all brace ourselves for temperature Armageddon.

Storms soak southern WA

11:23 EDT

Thunderstorms broke records over Western Australia's Goldfields last night after bringing welcome rain to the state's parched South West Land Division on Monday.