Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Tuesday 21 January 2025
Valid for Tuesday 21 January 2025 to Friday 24 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes and Plains
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 twenties to high thirties, increasing into the low forties over the Northwest Slopes and Plains from Wednesday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the low teens to low twenties, increasing to the mid twenties over the Northwest Slopes and Plains.
Severe heatwave conditions building over northeast parts of the state this week are expected to ease later in the week and over the weekend with a milder southerly change. Locations likely to be impacted include Byron Bay, Glen Innes, Inverell, Moree, Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 22 January 2025
Forecast
Tweed Heads South (28.1985°S, 153.5437°E, 5m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current condition
TODAY19° 30° mostly sunny Chance of rain: 20% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:42am EDT 6:08am EDT 7:46pm EDT 8:12pm EDT NOW27.7° Feels Like: 29.3° Relative Humidity: 69% Dew: 21.5° Wind: NE 15km/h Gust: 17km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1009.3hPa -
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Tweed Heads SouthNow27.9°cFeels Like:29.0°Wind:NE 19km/hGusts:22km/hHumidity:70%19°Min30°MaxToday in Tweed Heads SouthMostly clear. Winds E 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening.Tomorrow22°Min34°MaxMostly sunny. The chance of fog in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower in the afternoon and early evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening, possibly severe in the S. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s. -
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Today: Mostly clear. Winds E 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening.
Forecast for Tweed Heads South (28.1985°S, 153.5437°E, 5m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary Minimum 19° 22° 24° 23° 23° 23° 23° Maximum 30° 34° 30° 33° 29° 30° 29° Chance of rain 20% 40% 30% 60% 20% 70% 50% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating - - 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 4
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(km/h)Wind direction WNW NE NNW NNE S ESE NNW NE S SE SSE E E E Relative humidity 69% 68% 77% 62% 82% 76% 81% 70% 79% 72% 79% 75% 78% 74% Dew point 19°C 23°C 22°C 26°C 23°C 25°C 24°C 27°C 22°C 23°C 23°C 25°C 22°C 24°C -
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Tweed Heads South Rain Forecast
Tweed Heads South 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2025777876766755105012 - 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
Tweed Heads South Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Friday
Jan 1718.0 °C 29.4 °C 35.8 mmSaturday
Jan 1819.4 °C 28.1 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Jan 1920.4 °C 27.9 °C 92.6 mmMonday
Jan 2018.8 °C 28.9 °C 1.8 mmTuesday
Jan 2119.6 °C 29.1 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Tweed Heads South minimum temp history (28.1985°S, 153.5437°E, 5m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 30.4° 16/01/2025 Coldest this month 17.3° 07/01/2025 Hottest on record 35.9 18/01/2010 Coldest on record 13.8 11/01/2000 Hottest this year 30.4° 16/01/2025 Coldest this year 17.3° 07/01/2025 Long term average 28.5° Long term average 21.1° Average this month 28.4° Average this month 20.1° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 30.1° 2010 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 20.0° 1997 Tweed Heads South rainfall history (28.1985°S, 153.5437°E, 5m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 92.6mm 19/01/2025 Total This Month 281.2mm
12.0 daysLong Term Average 167.2mm 15.3 days Wettest January on record 529.6mm 2012 Driest on record 4.4mm 2019 -
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Tweed Heads South Year To Date
Average Rainfall To Jan 167.2mm 15.3 day(s) Total For 2025 281.2mm 12.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 253.6mm 18.0 day(s) Wettest Day 92.6mm Jan19 Lowest Temperature 17.3°C Jan 7 Highest Temperature 30.4°C Jan16 -
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Tweed Heads South Long-Term Averages
Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 28.5 28.4 27.5 25.6 23.2 21.2 20.7 21.8 23.5 24.8 26.2 27.5 24.9 Mean Min (°C) 21.1 20.9 19.9 17.0 13.9 11.3 10.2 10.5 13.4 16.1 18.2 19.9 16.0 Mean Rain (mm) 167.2 187.0 201.4 157.1 133.7 125.8 75.4 57.3 44.0 95.5 127.4 157.7 1519.8 Mean Rain Days 15.3 16.4 18.5 15.7 14.9 12.8 10.4 8.2 8.4 10.9 12.7 14.0 157.5