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Canberra Forecast

This morning 11°C
Today 29°C
mostly_sunny

Now

10.4°C falling
Updated at 04:40 EDT

ACT for Tuesday Clear. Winds W 15 to 20 km/h. Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming NW 15 to 20 km/h during the day. Possible rainfall: 0 mm Chance of any rain: 10%.

Currently at Canberra Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 10.4°C falling
Dew Point 7.1°C falling
Feels Like 8.7°C
Relative Humidity 80%
Wind icon
ESE 12km/h falling
Wind Gusts 13km/h
Pressure 1010.3hPa rising
Fire Danger 1.5
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Wed

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Sunrise sunrise
05:45 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:18 EDT

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong 12.6°C
Braidwood 13.9°C
Goulburn Ap 12.3°C

Fire Danger Rating

HIGH

Next 12 hours in Canberra

48-hour forecast

6am

Mostly clear
11°C

9am

Clear
19°C

12pm

Clear
25°C

3pm

Clear
29°C

ACT Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Wed
Dec 21
Thu
Dec 22
Fri
Dec 23
Sat
Dec 24
Sun
Dec 25
Mon
Dec 26
Tue
Dec 27

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Possible shower

Late shower

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny
Maximum 29°C 25°C 29°C 31°C 33°C 34°C 35°C
Minimum 11°C 12°C 12°C 13°C 14°C 15°C 17°C
Chance of Rain 30% 5% 30% 80% 40% 40% 50%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Very High High High High Very High 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 9
km/h
22
km/h
11
km/h
24
km/h
9
km/h
19
km/h
6
km/h
17
km/h
8
km/h
21
km/h
14
km/h
25
km/h
12
km/h
25
km/h
Wind Direction W 9km/h
W
WNW 22km/h
WNW
E 11km/h
E
E 24km/h
E
ENE 9km/h
ENE
NE 19km/h
NE
NNW 6km/h
NNW
ESE 17km/h
ESE
ENE 8km/h
ENE
NE 21km/h
NE
NNW 14km/h
NNW
NNW 25km/h
NNW
NNE 12km/h
NNE
NNE 25km/h
NNE
Relative Humidity 48% 23% 73% 45% 69% 34% 66% 38% 69% 32% 61% 29% 59% 31%
Dew Point 8°C 6°C 12°C 12°C 12°C 12°C 16°C 16°C 16°C 15°C 16°C 14°C 16°C 16°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter
first light
05:15 EDT
sunrise
05:45 EDT
sunset
20:18 EDT
last light
20:48 EDT
moon
set
Wed 12:59 EDT
rise
Thu 01:27 EDT
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Dec 20
9.7°C 31°C 0.0mm
Mon
Dec 19
11.1°C 26.5°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 18
11.4°C 24.9°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 17
13.5°C 27.9°C 11.4mm
Fri
Dec 16
12.3°C 20.1°C 5.8mm

Canberra Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
618.2mm
109.3 Day(s)
Total For 2016
760.4mm
123 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
528.4mm
95 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
12.3°C
+0.9°C
Long-term Average
11.4°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
33.9°C
13th
Highest On Record
39.2°C
21st 1994
Average This Month
27.5°C
+1.3°C
Long-term Average
26.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
13.4mm
6th
Total This Month
36.8mm
7 Day(s)
Long-term Average
56.0mm
8.0 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
215.2mm
1947
Driest On Record
0.0mm
1967
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Weather News

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16:52 EDT

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15:52 EDT

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15:27 EDT

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