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Current Warnings
 

Western Australia Forecast

  • Monday Late rain in the southwest. Hot in the north and west, warm in the south.

  • Tuesday Cooler with a few showers in the southwest. Warm and mostly sunny elsewhere.

  • Wednesday Showers in the south, mostly dry elsewhere. Cool in the southwest, warming to the north.

  • Thursday Rain with strong winds in the south. Hot in the north, cold in the far south.

  • Friday Possible showers in the south . Hot in the north, warm further south.

WA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Fri 05/05 Sat 06/05 Sun 07/05

33.1°C

Wyndham Ap
Hottest

35.2°C

Wyndham Ap

37.0°C

Wyndham Ap

37.0°C

Wyndham Ap

37.0°C

Wyndham Ap

13.6°C

Shannon
Coldest

5.0°C

Jarrahwood

4.0°C

Collie East

6.0°C

York

-0.2°C

Salmon Gums

N 35km/h

Esperance Ap
Windiest

46km/h

Forrest

51km/h

Gooseberry Hill

53km/h

Halls Creek Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

11.2mm

Christmas Island Ap

6.0mm

Red Rocks Point

0.2mm

Eucla

2.0mm

Mount Barker
Western Australia's Records for May
Max Min Rain
Highest 40.6°C at
Bidyadanga in 1990
Lowest 7.8°C at
Mount Barker in 1908
Highest 29.2°C at
Cockatoo Island in 1967
Lowest -5.6°C at
Wandering in 1964
Highest 286.5mm at
Cape Leveque in 1949

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 %
Mostly sunny
13 26 70% < 1mm Nil NNE 15 51 NW 22 51
Sunny
12 29 50% < 1mm Nil NE 19 29 W 23 37
Late shower
12 23 90% 1-5mm Nil N 9 81 NNW 21 71
Late shower
16 23 70% < 1mm Nil NNW 15 55 NW 19 42
Mostly sunny
11 29 70% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
16 30 5% < 1mm Nil E 14 29 W 17 38
Sunny
12 26 5% < 1mm Nil NNE 19 57 N 14 26
Mostly sunny
11 21 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 15 59 ESE 18 54
Mostly sunny
22 34 5% < 1mm Nil E 22 40 ESE 19 28
Sunny
11 26 5% < 1mm Nil E 24 34 ESE 13 20
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