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Karratha Weather


Karratha Forecast

This morning 25°C
Today 37°C
sunny

Now

29.0°C rising
Updated at 08:30 WST

Pilbara for Friday Sunny. Winds NW/SW 15 to 25 km/h tending N/NW 20 to 30 km/h in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures around 40.

Currently at Karratha Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 29.0°C rising
Dew Point 13.2°C falling
Feels Like 28.4°C
Relative Humidity 37%
Wind icon
W 27km/h rising
Wind Gusts 33km/h
Pressure 1003.8hPa falling
Fire Danger 17.7
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Fri

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Sunrise sunrise
05:34 WST
Sunset sunset
18:57 WST

Nearby Now

Roebourne Ap 30.6°C
Legendre Island 28.8°C
Barrow Island 26.1°C

Fire Danger Rating

VERY HIGH

Next 12 hours in Karratha

48-hour forecast

9am

Clear
31°C

12pm

Clear
36°C

3pm

Clear
36°C

6pm

Clear
33°C

Pilbara Weather Warnings

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WA - Fri 04:00 WST
Strong Wind Warning from Pilbara Coast West to Bunbury Geographe Coast, including Perth Local Waters

National Forecast

Karratha 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Fri
Dec 30
Sat
Dec 31
Sun
Jan 1
Mon
Jan 2
Tue
Jan 3
Wed
Jan 4
Thu
Jan 5

Sunny

Sunny

Sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Sunny

Sunny
Maximum 37°C 39°C 35°C 37°C 39°C 40°C 40°C
Minimum 25°C 27°C 27°C 27°C 28°C 29°C 29°C
Chance of Rain 5% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 5%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme 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 25
km/h
35
km/h
16
km/h
26
km/h
18
km/h
25
km/h
15
km/h
26
km/h
14
km/h
25
km/h
16
km/h
23
km/h
15
km/h
19
km/h
Wind Direction W 25km/h
W
WNW 35km/h
WNW
WSW 16km/h
WSW
NW 26km/h
NW
NNW 18km/h
NNW
NNW 25km/h
NNW
NNW 15km/h
NNW
NNW 26km/h
NNW
W 14km/h
W
NW 25km/h
NW
WSW 16km/h
WSW
NW 23km/h
NW
SSE 15km/h
SSE
N 19km/h
N
Relative Humidity 42% 40% 37% 35% 59% 48% 65% 52% 59% 48% 53% 38% 45% 32%
Dew Point 17°C 21°C 18°C 20°C 22°C 22°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 24°C 23°C 22°C 20°C

Karratha Sun & Moon Times

Friday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
first light
05:10 WST
sunrise
05:34 WST
sunset
18:57 WST
last light
19:22 WST
moon
set
Fri 19:40 WST
rise
Sat 07:08 WST
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20
moon
Sat
Jan 28

Karratha Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
Dec 29
25.2°C 37°C 0.0mm
Wed
Dec 28
24.5°C 37.1°C 0.0mm
Tue
Dec 27
27.4°C 37.8°C 0.0mm
Mon
Dec 26
28.6°C 36.2°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 25
29.2°C 37.9°C 0.0mm

Karratha Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
299.8mm
27.7 Day(s)
Total For 2016
224.4mm
25 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
185.2mm
29 Day(s)
Wettest Day
71.4mm
Jun 7
Lowest Temperature
9.5°C
Aug 23
Highest Temperature
46.1°C
Feb 11

Karratha Ap Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
22.3°C
6th
Lowest On Record
18.7°C
12th 2008
Average This Month
26.9°C
+1.4°C
Long-term Average
25.5°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
41.2°C
18th
Highest On Record
46.9°C
28th 1996
Average This Month
36.4°C
+0.6°C
Long-term Average
35.8°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
4.8mm
22nd
Total This Month
5.0mm
2 Day(s)
Long-term Average
15.2mm
1.4 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
112.8mm
2013
Driest On Record
0.0mm
1978
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