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Western Australian Weather

Current Warnings
 

Western Australia Forecast

  • Sunday Winds, rain and storms increasing in the north. Rain over south, clearing to east. Warm.

  • Monday Heavy rain for Kimberley, storms for central coast. Very hot in the northwest, warm in the south.

  • Tuesday Heavy rain and storms in north moving west. Showers developing in SW with a cooler change.

  • Wednesday Areas of heavy rain, storms and gusty winds. Cooler in the south and southwest.

  • Thursday Area of heavy rain, storms and squally winds. Mostly dry in the far southwest.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 02/02 Fri 03/02 Sat 04/02

34.7°C

Nyang
Hottest

42.6°C

Shark Bay Ap

40.1°C

Mount Magnet

41.0°C

Bulga Downs

42.6°C

Shark Bay Ap

15.6°C

Styles Tower
Coldest

10.6°C

Mount Barker

10.8°C

Katanning

10.0°C

Jarrahwood

8.5°C

Rocky Gully

S 37km/h

Carnarvon Ap
Windiest

75km/h

Mandora

62km/h

Newdegate

81km/h

Bedout Island
-

19.2mm last hr

Cocos Island Ap
Wettest

63.0mm

Ashburton Downs

46.0mm

Warmun

50.0mm

Cygnet Bay

50.0mm

Cygnet Bay
Western Australia's Records for February
Max Min Rain
Highest 50.5°C at
Mardie in 1998
Lowest 13.3°C at
Mount Barker in 1914
Highest 35.0°C at
Exmouth Town in 1968
Lowest -1.0°C at
Salmon Gums in 1950
Highest 416.0mm at
Cocos Island Ap in 2013

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 %
Sunny
16 30 5% < 1mm Nil SE 28 62 SSE 24 42
Sunny
18 31 5% < 1mm Nil SSE 25 64 S 37 47
Mostly sunny
13 29 5% < 1mm Nil SE 24 54 - -
Possible shower
14 19 40% < 1mm Nil SSE 19 65 SE 25 57
Mostly sunny
16 29 5% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Windy
24 32 70% < 1mm Nil S 35 59 SSW 38 54
Drizzle
18 25 20% < 1mm Nil SSE 24 69 SE 25 47
Showers easing
20 23 80% 1-5mm Nil S 28 88 S 30 86
Thunderstorms
27 33 90% 5-10mm Nil ESE 12 81 ENE 8 70
Late shower
24 37 60% 1-5mm Nil N 6 50 SE 5 32
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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.