Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:49 PM EDT on Wednesday 29 January 2025
Valid for Wednesday 29 January 2025 to Thursday 30 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains and Central West Slopes and Plains
Cancellation for the following areas:
Hunter, Metropolitan, Upper Western and Mid North Coast
Safety Advice::
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are peaking today over northern NSW and are expected to ease later in the week as milder easterly winds extend across the area. Locations likely to be impacted include Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Tamworth, Walgett and Walcha.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 30 January 2025
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Queen Victoria Building (33.8719°S, 151.2093°E, 80m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY20° 25° possible shower Chance of rain: 70% Likely amount: 1-5mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:46am EDT 6:13am EDT 8:03pm EDT 8:30pm EDT NOW23.9° Feels Like: 23.6° Relative Humidity: 71% Dew: 18.3° Wind: SE 17km/h Gust: 26km/h Rainfall since 9am: 1.6mm Pressure: 1012.7hPa -
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Queen Victoria BuildingNow22.9°cFeels Like:20.8°Wind:S 26km/hGusts:30km/hHumidity:75%20°Min25°MaxToday in Queen Victoria BuildingCloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds SE 15 to 20 km/h tending S in the late evening.Tomorrow21°Min26°MaxCloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h tending E/SE in the morning then becoming light in the late evening. -
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Today: Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds SE 15 to 20 km/h tending S in the late evening.
Forecast for Queen Victoria Building (33.8719°S, 151.2093°E, 80m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary Minimum 20° 21° 20° 21° 20° 19° 21° Maximum 25° 26° 26° 27° 28° 29° 29° Chance of rain 70% 70% 40% 30% 20% 50% 40% Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate - - 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 13
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(km/h)Wind direction S S SSE SE S SSE SSE SE E E NNE E NE ENE Relative humidity 69% 62% 85% 76% 81% 67% 74% 64% 74% 58% 80% 62% 78% 62% Dew point 16°C 18°C 20°C 20°C 19°C 18°C 19°C 19°C 19°C 18°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C -
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Queen Victoria Building Rain Forecast
Queen Victoria Building 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025687967756534105012 - 34 - 78 - 910Well below normalBelow normalNear normalAbove normalWell above normalIssue Notes - Issued Jan 14
ENSO status: La Niña-like conditions. IOD status: Neutral. SAM status: Negative. Trending slightly negative. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is in a La Niña-like pattern. Recent conditions show some atmosphere-ocean coupling, resulting in the US declaring a La Niña event has started. A La Niña typically increases rainfall over northern and eastern Australia, while reducing rainfall over southern coastal Australia and western Tas. The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is in a neutral phase and does not play a part in Australia's climate during this time of year. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is in a negative phase. Recent forecasts show negative SAM is more likely to dominate for the remainder of summer, due to the polar vortex taking an unusually long time to recover from the stratospheric warming event in winter 2024. During summer, a negative SAM decreases rainfall over most of southeastern Australia, and increases rainfall for far southwest WA and western Tas. Rainfall outlooks are showing above average rainfall over large parts of the country during summer, with closer to average conditions for the southwest corner of WA, southern SA and Vic, and central parts of Tas.
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Past 5 Days
Queen Victoria Building Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Saturday
Jan 2518.2 °C 26.8 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Jan 2619.6 °C 28.9 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Jan 2723.1 °C 30.7 °C 0.0 mmTuesday
Jan 2821.9 °C 35.5 °C 24.4 mmWednesday
Jan 2919.6 °C 25.7 °C 10.0 mmLegend -
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Queen Victoria Building minimum temp history (33.8719°S, 151.2093°E, 80m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 35.5° 28/01/2025 Coldest this month 15.0° 20/01/2025 Hottest on record Coldest on record Hottest this year 35.5° 28/01/2025 Coldest this year 15.0° 20/01/2025 Long term average 26.0° Long term average 18.8° Average this month 27.1° Average this month 19.6° Hottest - On Record Avg. max. temp. - - Coldest - on record Avg. min. temp. - - Queen Victoria Building rainfall history (33.8719°S, 151.2093°E, 80m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 48.4mm 16/01/2025 Total This Month 184.2mm
14.0 daysLong Term Average 102.4mm 12.2 days Wettest - on record - - Driest on record 5.6mm 1985 -
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Queen Victoria Building Year To Date
Average Rainfall To Jan 102.4mm 12.2 day(s) Total For 2025 184.2mm 14.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 126.8mm 12.0 day(s) Wettest Day 48.4mm Jan16 Lowest Temperature 15.0°C Jan20 Highest Temperature 35.5°C Jan28 -
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Queen Victoria Building Long-Term Averages
Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 26.0 25.9 24.8 22.5 19.6 17.0 16.5 18.0 20.2 22.2 23.7 25.3 21.8 Mean Min (°C) 18.8 18.9 17.6 14.7 11.6 9.3 8.1 9.0 11.2 13.7 15.7 17.6 13.8 Mean Rain (mm) 102.4 121.2 135.1 127.2 117.9 133.1 97.3 79.9 67.6 77.6 84.2 77.7 1222.6 Mean Rain Days 12.2 12.6 13.8 12.8 13.0 12.7 11.2 10.3 10.6 11.7 11.7 11.6 144.2