Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:43 PM CDT on Sunday 09 February 2025
Valid for Sunday 09 February 2025 to Wednesday 12 February 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Kangaroo Island, West Coast, Lower Eyre Peninsula and North West Pastoral
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 high forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to high twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions increasing over western parts and also extending over southern parts over the next few days, easing later in the week in the wake of a southwesterly change. Locations likely to be impacted include APY Lands and Oak Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Monday 10 February 2025
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Port Augusta (32.4916°S, 137.7621°E, 0m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY20° 38° Chance of rain: 5% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 6:25am CDT 6:51am CDT 8:15pm CDT 8:41pm CDT NOW34.5° Feels Like: 32.3° Relative Humidity: 22% Dew: 9.7° Wind: S 11km/h Gust: 13km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1006.4hPa -
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Port AugustaNow32.9°cFeels Like:31.6°Wind:SE 6km/hGusts:9km/hHumidity:23%20°Min38°MaxToday in Port AugustaSunny. The chance of smoke haze W of the ranges early this morning. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h tending S/SE 15 to 25 km/h in the late afternoon then tending E/SE in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 34 to 39.Tomorrow22°Min42°MaxSunny. Winds E/SE 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the day then becoming E/SE 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching 36 to 41. -
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Today: Sunny. The chance of smoke haze W of the ranges early this morning. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h tending S/SE 15 to 25 km/h in the late afternoon then tending E/SE in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 34 to 39.
Forecast for Port Augusta (32.4916°S, 137.7621°E, 0m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary Minimum 20° 22° 27° 23° 18° 16° 15° Maximum 38° 42° 45° 31° 27° 26° 28° Chance of rain 5% 5% 30% 20% 20% 20% 10% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High High High - - - 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 18
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(km/h)Wind direction SSE S E S NE NNE SW SW SW SSW SSW SSW SSE S Relative humidity 43% 20% 25% 12% 23% 11% 55% 31% 63% 42% 57% 39% 52% 28% Dew point 13°C 11°C 7°C 7°C 9°C 8°C 15°C 12°C 14°C 13°C 11°C 11°C 8°C 8°C -
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Port Augusta Rain Forecast
Port Augusta 12-month Rainfall ForecastFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan20252026886676657756105012 - 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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Port Augusta Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Thursday
Feb 0621.1 °C 43.6 °C 0.0 mmFriday
Feb 0722.1 °C 32.6 °C 0.0 mmSaturday
Feb 0818.8 °C 33.0 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Feb 0918.6 °C 34.0 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Feb 1020.9 °C 34.8 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Port Augusta minimum temp history (32.4916°S, 137.7621°E, 0m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 44.1° 03/02/2025 Coldest this month 16.3° 01/02/2025 Hottest on record 48.1 07/02/2009 Coldest on record 6.8 19/02/2017 Hottest this year 44.9° 27/01/2025 Coldest this year 15.7° 31/01/2025 Long term average 33.1° Long term average 18.8° Average this month 37.9° Average this month 20.9° Hottest February On Record Avg. max. temp. 36.0° 2004 Coldest February on record Avg. min. temp. 16.3° 2002 Port Augusta rainfall history (32.4916°S, 137.7621°E, 0m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 0.0mm 01/02/2025 Total This Month 0.0mm
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Port Augusta Year To Date
Average Rainfall To Feb 33.8mm 6.1 day(s) Total For 2025 2.0mm 1.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 38.8mm 5.0 day(s) Wettest Day 2.0mm Jan 6 Lowest Temperature 15.7°C Jan31 Highest Temperature 44.9°C Jan27 -
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Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 34.1 33.1 30.6 26.5 21.5 18.0 18.0 20.2 24.0 27.1 30.0 32.2 26.3 Mean Min (°C) 19.6 18.8 16.8 12.9 8.6 5.9 4.7 5.5 8.5 12.0 15.3 17.4 12.1 Mean Rain (mm) 15.4 18.4 12.4 19.9 16.4 24.2 16.6 14.9 17.6 18.4 22.2 25.3 219.4 Mean Rain Days 3.6 2.5 3.5 4.2 7.1 11.6 10.8 8.2 5.5 5.5 5.7 4.4 71.2