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Melbourne Forecast

Today 22°C
Tonight 13°C
increasing_sunshine

Now

18.3°C falling
Updated at 15:00 EDT

Melbourne for Thursday Morning cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon. Light S winds increasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the afternoon then becoming light in the late evening.

Currently at Melbourne

24-hour graph
Temperature 18.3°C falling
Dew Point 12.1°C falling
Feels Like 18.3°C
Relative Humidity 67%
Wind icon
SSW 18km/h rising
Wind Gusts 33km/h
Pressure 1018.4hPa falling
Fire Danger 3.6
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Thu

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Sunrise sunrise
05:55 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:43 EDT

Nearby Now

Essendon Ap 20.5°C
Bulleen 23.5°C
Moorabbin Ap 19.2°C
Laverton 19.4°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Melbourne

48-hour forecast

6pm

Clear
21°C

9pm

Clear
18°C

12am

Clear
16°C

3am

Mostly clear
14°C

Melbourne Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Melbourne 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Thu
Dec 22
Fri
Dec 23
Sat
Dec 24
Sun
Dec 25
Mon
Dec 26
Tue
Dec 27
Wed
Dec 28

Increasing sunshine

Mostly sunny

Sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Cloudy
Maximum 22°C 29°C 31°C 35°C 31°C 35°C 35°C
Minimum 13°C 13°C 18°C 19°C 24°C 19°C 25°C
Chance of Rain 5% 30% 30% 40% 90% 80% 90%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 10-20mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Moderate Very High Very High Extreme High High 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 15
km/h
26
km/h
14
km/h
16
km/h
10
km/h
19
km/h
21
km/h
24
km/h
26
km/h
22
km/h
15
km/h
19
km/h
31
km/h
29
km/h
Wind Direction S 15km/h
S
S 26km/h
S
NNE 14km/h
NNE
S 16km/h
S
ENE 10km/h
ENE
SSE 19km/h
SSE
NE 21km/h
NE
NNE 24km/h
NNE
NNW 26km/h
NNW
SW 22km/h
SW
SE 15km/h
SE
E 19km/h
E
NNE 31km/h
NNE
NNW 29km/h
NNW
Relative Humidity 68% 58% 70% 42% 66% 39% 56% 31% 47% 56% 75% 66% 60% 53%
Dew Point 11°C 13°C 12°C 15°C 17°C 16°C 17°C 16°C 15°C 19°C 19°C 26°C 20°C 24°C

Melbourne Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter
first light
05:24 EDT
sunrise
05:55 EDT
sunset
20:43 EDT
last light
21:14 EDT
moon
rise
Fri 02:15 EDT
set
Fri 15:07 EDT
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20

Melbourne Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
Dec 22
15°C - 0.0mm
Wed
Dec 21
13.5°C 20°C 0.2mm
Tue
Dec 20
14.4°C 21.5°C 3.0mm
Mon
Dec 19
8.8°C 30.2°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 18
10.0°C 17.5°C 0.0mm

Melbourne Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
648.6mm
150.2 Day(s)
Total For 2016
575.2mm
170 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
403.0mm
124 Day(s)
Wettest Day
22.6mm
Jul 6
Lowest Temperature
3.0°C
Jun 26
Highest Temperature
42.2°C
Jan 13

Melbourne Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
8.8°C
19th
Lowest On Record
4.4°C
4th 1870
Average This Month
12.7°C
-0.2°C
Long-term Average
12.9°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
36.3°C
13th
Highest On Record
43.7°C
15th 1876
Average This Month
23.4°C
-0.8°C
Long-term Average
24.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
6.6mm
9th
Total This Month
15.6mm
7 Day(s)
Long-term Average
59.1mm
10.4 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
197.4mm
1993
Driest On Record
1.7mm
1972

Now Temperature

At Sydney

15:00 EDT

Today

24°C

Tonight

19°C

Mostly cloudy

mostly_cloudy

Weather News

Melbourne Christmas to be a 'scorcher' as weather bureau warns of severe heatwave for Victoria

14:49 EDT

Victoria is set for a very hot Christmas, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of severe heatwave conditions for much of the state on Friday and across the weekend.

Snowstorm hits Sahara desert for first time in nearly 40 years

13:27 EDT

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Cyclone Yvette: Build-up in WA's north as system gathers strength

13:06 EDT

A huge storm front filled with red dust is looming over Western Australia's Pilbara, as a tropical cyclone hovering off the coast is expected to make landfall over the Christmas weekend.