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Canberra Forecast

Today 19°C
Tonight 5°C
mostly_sunny

Now

17.4°C rising
Updated at 11:30 EST

ACT for Monday A mix of sun and cloud. Light winds becoming NW 20 to 30 km/h around the middle of the day. Around Canberra Sun protection 10:00am to 2:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate].

Currently at Canberra Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 17.4°C rising
Dew Point 10.1°C rising
Feels Like 17.4°C
Relative Humidity 62%
Wind icon
NNW 18km/h falling
Wind Gusts 24km/h
Pressure 1017.8hPa falling
Fire Danger 4.1
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Mon

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Sunrise sunrise
06:39 EST
Sunset sunset
17:21 EST

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong 16.7°C
Braidwood 16.5°C
Goulburn Ap 18.0°C

Next 12 hours in Canberra

48-hour forecast

12pm

Mostly cloudy
17°C

3pm

Mostly cloudy
19°C

6pm

Mostly cloudy
14°C

9pm

Mostly cloudy
11°C

ACT Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Mon
May 1
Tue
May 2
Wed
May 3
Thu
May 4
Fri
May 5
Sat
May 6
Sun
May 7

Mostly sunny

Mostly cloudy

Mostly sunny

Cloudy

Possible shower

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny
Maximum 19°C 17°C 15°C 16°C 18°C 18°C 19°C
Minimum 4°C 5°C 4°C 3°C 4°C 4°C 4°C
Chance of Rain 10% 30% 5% 20% 5% 5% 5%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
Frost Risk Slight Slight Slight Moderate Slight Slight Slight
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 12
km/h
25
km/h
10
km/h
18
km/h
10
km/h
14
km/h
6
km/h
12
km/h
4
km/h
10
km/h
8
km/h
13
km/h
6
km/h
12
km/h
Wind Direction NNW 12km/h
NNW
NW 25km/h
NW
WNW 10km/h
WNW
WNW 18km/h
WNW
SSE 10km/h
SSE
ESE 14km/h
ESE
SE 6km/h
SE
ENE 12km/h
ENE
E 4km/h
E
N 10km/h
N
NW 8km/h
NW
WNW 13km/h
WNW
W 6km/h
W
W 12km/h
W
Relative Humidity 83% 56% 80% 59% 66% 47% 80% 53% 87% 52% 84% 50% 81% 47%
Dew Point 9°C 10°C 8°C 9°C 3°C 4°C 6°C 7°C 9°C 8°C 8°C 8°C 8°C 8°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Monday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
first light
06:13 EST
sunrise
06:39 EST
sunset
17:21 EST
last light
17:47 EST
moon
set
Mon 21:56 EST
rise
Tue 12:17 EST
moon
Wed
May 3
moon
Thu
May 11
moon
Fri
May 19
moon
Fri
May 26

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Mon
May 1
1.5°C - 0.0mm
Sun
Apr 30
3.1°C 18.9°C 0.0mm
Sat
Apr 29
-1.4°C 17.1°C 0.0mm
Fri
Apr 28
-1.8°C 16.5°C 0.0mm
Thu
Apr 27
2.7°C 13.9°C 4.0mm

Canberra Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To May
256.6mm
37.3 Day(s)
Total For 2017
145.8mm
37 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2016
171.8mm
29 Day(s)
Wettest Day
22.8mm
Mar 22
Lowest Temperature
-1.8°C
Apr 28
Highest Temperature
41.6°C
Feb 11

Canberra Ap Almanac

full climatology
May Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
1.5°C
1st
Lowest On Record
-7.5°C
30th 1976
Average This Month
1.5°C
-1.5°C
Long-term Average
3.0°C
May Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
Highest On Record
24.5°C
10th 1967
Average This Month
 
Long-term Average
15.6°C
May Rainfall
Wettest This Month
Total This Month
0.0mm
0 Day(s)
Long-term Average
42.9mm
8.5 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
149.6mm
1953
Driest On Record
0.0mm
1982

Now Temperature

At Canberra Ap

11:30 EST

Today

19°C

Tonight

5°C

Mostly sunny

mostly_sunny

Weather News

Will we have a good snow season this year?

10:45 EST

There were two decent rounds of alpine snow last month and much of Australia's southeast shivered through their coldest temperatures in at least six months last week.

Colder showery change moving through southern states

16:08 EST

A front is bringing a colder showery change to southern Australia, dropping temperatures by five-to-10 degrees.

North Queensland chills

09:54 EST

Some inland areas of Northern Queensland have had their coldest April morning in at least 60 years.