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Western Australia Forecast

  • Thursday Very windy with heavy rain over the Kimberley. Hot in the south, with late showers/storms.

  • Friday Windy with heavy rain over the Kimberley. Very hot in west, warm to hot in the south.

  • Saturday Windy with heavy rain over the north and west. Very hot in the south and east.

  • Sunday Cloudy with rain and storms in the north and east. Mostly dry and windy in the southwest.

  • Monday Squally rain for Pilbara/Midwest, dry in the south. Hot in the northwest, mild in the southeast.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 19/12 Tue 20/12 Wed 21/12

38.5°C

Newman Ap
Hottest

45.7°C

Onslow Ap

45.5°C

Gascoyne Junction

43.0°C

Marble Bar

45.7°C

Onslow Ap

20.1°C

North Walpole
Coldest

8.0°C

Bridgetown

9.8°C

Windy Harbour

12.8°C

Eyre

0.0°C

Cygnet Bay

SSW 42km/h

Hopetoun North
Windiest

94km/h

Giles

72km/h

Gooseberry Hill

92km/h

Cunderdin Airfield
-
no rain last hr Wettest

84.0mm

Marion Downs

203.0mm

Theda

175.2mm

Yulmbu

147.4mm

Derby Ap
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 %
Mostly sunny
18 29 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 27 71 SW 32 47
Mostly sunny
16 27 5% < 1mm Nil S 31 67 SSW 40 55
Cloudy
15 28 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 23 60 SW 21 51
Possible thunderstorm
19 21 40% < 1mm Nil WSW 28 78 SW 27 63
Sunny
18 34 5% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Windy
21 31 60% < 1mm Nil S 39 66 SSW 43 61
Possible thunderstorm
22 39 90% 1-5mm Nil NE 21 27 NW 20 20
Sunny
15 31 30% < 1mm Nil E 20 53 ESE 24 53
Thunderstorms
27 32 90% 40-80mm Nil W 18 83 NW 28 80
Late thunder
24 35 80% 1-5mm Nil ENE 32 41 ENE 33 32
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13:06 EDT

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