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Current Warnings
 

Western Australia Forecast

  • Tuesday Rain and storms in E and N, heavy in southeast. Hot in the north. Warm in west. Cool in the south.

  • Wednesday Showers/storms in east contracting to the north. Hot in the north. Warm in west. Cool in the south.

  • Thursday Hot in the north with a few showers/storms. Warm in the west. Mild in the south.

  • Friday Showers/storms in north & west, mainly inland. Hot in north. Very warm in west. Mild in south.

  • Saturday Hot and humid in the north with storms developing. Hot elsewhere with storms in the west.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 10/12 Sun 11/12 Mon 12/12

41.0°C

Marble Bar
Hottest

43.7°C

Cunderdin Airfield

44.1°C

Bulga Downs

43.4°C

Red Rocks Point

44.8°C

Marble Bar

15.8°C

Munglinup West
Coldest

11.1°C

Albany Airport

5.4°C

Northam

7.0°C

Jarrahwood

2.5°C

Salmon Gums

NNW 48km/h

Marble Bar
Windiest

79km/h

Mount Magnet

74km/h

Leonora Ap

92km/h

Mount Keith
-

0.4mm last hr

Christmas Island Ap
Wettest

76.8mm

Broome Ap

31.0mm

Karri Valley

55.0mm

Chamingup

51.0mm

Kalgoorlie
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
13 29 5% < 1mm Nil E 23 53 SSE 14 37
Sunny
15 32 5% < 1mm Nil E 26 32 S 26 29
Mostly sunny
11 27 5% < 1mm Nil E 13 58 SW 8 48
Mostly sunny
15 20 20% < 1mm Nil ESE 14 62 ESE 24 55
Sunny
12 29 5% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
22 36 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 33 37 S 25 43
Mostly sunny
12 23 5% < 1mm Nil SE 18 65 SE 18 45
Rain
15 21 90% 1-5mm Nil SSE 24 72 SSE 27 79
Mostly sunny
29 34 40% < 1mm Nil W 15 60 WNW 27 62
Sunny
19 30 40% < 1mm Nil S 20 53 SSW 24 34
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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.