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Western Australia Forecast

  • Sunday Windy, rain, storms in northwest easing. Rain/storms north, west & sth. Cool wind southwest.

  • Monday Cool witrh rain/storms in south. Dry far southwest. Hot with showers/storms in north, maily northwest.

  • Tuesday Cool with rain/storms in south. Dry far southwest. Hot with showers/storms in north, maily northwest.

  • Wednesday Widespread storms through north and centre. Very Hot in the north, mild in the south.

  • Thursday Very hot in the centre, warm in north and south. Showers and storms through centre and coast.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 26/01 Fri 27/01 Sat 28/01

35.9°C

Eucla
Hottest

45.0°C

Nyang

45.0°C

Morawa Ap

45.0°C

Northam

46.6°C

Gascoyne Junction

15.7°C

Styles Tower
Coldest

9.9°C

Eyre

10.2°C

Busselton

15.0°C

Rocky Gully

2.5°C

Eyre

ENE 40km/h

Onslow Ap
Windiest

85km/h

Onslow Ap

109km/h

Legendre Island

83km/h

Barrow Island
-

0.2mm last hr

Broome Ap
Wettest

95.4mm

Country Downs

55.8mm

Karratha Ap

48.0mm

Mullewa

48.0mm

Mullewa
Western Australia's Records for January
Max Min Rain
Highest 49.8°C at
Mundrabilla Station in 1979
Lowest 13.9°C at
Mount Barker in 1917
Highest 35.5°C at
Wittenoom in 2003
Lowest 0.9°C at
Bridgetown in 1921
Highest 504.8mm at
Kuri Bay in 1982

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 %
Possible thunderstorm
22 26 90% 20-40mm Nil SW 18 90 SSW 23 85
Possible thunderstorm
20 31 90% 10-20mm Nil S 21 77 S 37 67
Possible thunderstorm
18 29 30% < 1mm Nil S 25 66 S 22 39
Possible thunderstorm
17 20 60% < 1mm Nil SSW 22 82 SSW 25 61
Possible thunderstorm
24 29 90% 20-40mm Nil - - - -
Thunderstorms
26 33 90% 10-20mm Nil E 22 67 ESE 9 69
Possible thunderstorm
27 39 90% 10-20mm Nil NNW 17 57 WNW 20 39
Possible thunderstorm
23 39 80% 1-5mm Nil NE 17 33 ENE 10 37
Possible thunderstorm
27 33 90% 1-5mm Nil NE 22 76 N 21 67
Late shower
25 40 50% < 1mm Nil ENE 22 35 NE 18 19
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Weather News

Wrap up of the Tropical Low

12:31 EDT

A tropical low is now continuing off WA's Pilbara coast and weakening over the Indian Ocean.

WA cyclone: BOM gives Pilbara residents all clear for tropical low

21:44 EDT

People in parts of Western Australia's Pilbara region are given the all clear by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) regarding a tropical low that earlier prompted a blue alert.

Bodies recovered after three drown in crowded 4WD swept into Northern Territory floodwaters

20:52 EDT

The bodies of a woman and two men have been recovered after their troop carrier trying to cross a flooded causeway south-west of Darwin was swept off the road with 20 people on board.