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Canberra Forecast

Today 35°C
Tonight 20°C
late_shower

Now

33.6°C rising
Updated at 13:10 EDT

ACT for Sunday Mostly sunny morning. Medium (50%) chance of afternoon showers with the chance of a thunderstorm. Winds NW 25 to 35 km/h becoming light in the evening. Around Canberra Sun protection 9:10am to 5:40pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme].

Currently at Canberra Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 33.6°C rising
Dew Point 16.9°C rising
Feels Like 34.1°C
Relative Humidity 37%
Wind icon
NW 29km/h falling
Wind Gusts 33km/h
Pressure 1012.3hPa steady
Fire Danger 21.7
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Sun

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Sunrise sunrise
06:26 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:08 EDT

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong 34.0°C
Braidwood 32.6°C
Goulburn Ap 30.9°C

Fire Danger Rating

VERY HIGH

Next 12 hours in Canberra

48-hour forecast

3pm

Chance shower or storm
35°C

6pm

Slight chance storm
32°C

9pm

Slight chance storm
27°C

12am

Slight chance shower
24°C

ACT Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Sun
Feb 5
Mon
Feb 6
Tue
Feb 7
Wed
Feb 8
Thu
Feb 9
Fri
Feb 10
Sat
Feb 11

Late shower

Showers

Possible shower

Cloudy

Mostly sunny

Possible shower

Possible shower
Maximum 35°C 33°C 25°C 26°C 35°C 38°C 41°C
Minimum 16°C 20°C 15°C 14°C 15°C 17°C 17°C
Chance of Rain 80% 90% 90% 90% 5% 20% 40%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 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 12
km/h
29
km/h
7
km/h
16
km/h
16
km/h
27
km/h
18
km/h
26
km/h
7
km/h
20
km/h
7
km/h
21
km/h
8
km/h
26
km/h
Wind Direction NW 12km/h
NW
NW 29km/h
NW
WNW 7km/h
WNW
W 16km/h
W
SE 16km/h
SE
SE 27km/h
SE
ESE 18km/h
ESE
E 26km/h
E
NNE 7km/h
NNE
NW 20km/h
NW
NW 7km/h
NW
WNW 21km/h
WNW
NW 8km/h
NW
WNW 26km/h
WNW
Relative Humidity 46% 32% 65% 39% 87% 69% 81% 61% 76% 32% 60% 24% 60% 19%
Dew Point 11°C 16°C 18°C 18°C 16°C 19°C 14°C 18°C 16°C 16°C 17°C 14°C 18°C 13°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Sunday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:58 EDT
sunrise
06:26 EDT
sunset
20:08 EDT
last light
20:36 EDT
moon
rise
Sun 14:39 EDT
set
Mon 01:32 EDT
moon
Sat
Feb 11
moon
Sun
Feb 19
moon
Mon
Feb 27
moon
Sun
Mar 5

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sun
Feb 5
14.4°C - 0.0mm
Sat
Feb 4
12.8°C 34.2°C 0.0mm
Fri
Feb 3
13.7°C 30.2°C 0.0mm
Thu
Feb 2
12.5°C 29.4°C 6.8mm
Wed
Feb 1
16.1°C 23.7°C 0.6mm

Canberra Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
116.0mm
14.3 Day(s)
Total For 2017
15.8mm
7 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2016
127.4mm
14 Day(s)
Wettest Day
6.8mm
Feb 2
Lowest Temperature
8.5°C
Jan 21
Highest Temperature
39.6°C
Jan 13

Canberra Ap Almanac

full climatology
February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
12.5°C
2nd
Lowest On Record
3.0°C
16th 1962
Average This Month
13.9°C
+0.8°C
Long-term Average
13.1°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
34.2°C
4th
Highest On Record
42.2°C
1st 1968
Average This Month
29.4°C
+2.3°C
Long-term Average
27.1°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
6.8mm
2nd
Total This Month
7.4mm
2 Day(s)
Long-term Average
58.4mm
7.0 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
211.0mm
2002
Driest On Record
0.0mm
1968

Now Temperature

At Hobart

13:10 EDT

Today

26°C

Tonight

11°C

Possible shower

possible_shower

Weather News

'Monsoon burst' causes havoc on Darwin roads, minor flooding

13:00 EDT

It has been a wet 24 hours in Darwin, with a dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain over the city, causing havoc on the roads.

Darwin gets soaked within monsoon trough

11:34 EDT

An active monsoon trough continues to intersect the northern Kimberley and Top End, leading to thunderstorms and heavy rainfall over large parts of northern Australia, including Darwin.

Sydney weather: City sizzles with mercury expected to pass 40C in some areas

11:30 EDT

Sydney's sweaty summer is expected to continue on Sunday with the mercury tipped to pass 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the city.