Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:43 PM CDT on Friday 14 March 2025
Valid for Friday 14 March 2025 to Saturday 15 March 2025
Warning for the following areas:
West Coast 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 mid thirties to mid forties, with overnight minimum temperatures around the mid to high twenties.
Heatwave conditions are peaking across western areas over the next couple of days, and expected to ease over the weekend with a cool change expected overnight Saturday. Locations likely to be impacted include Oak Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 15 March 2025
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Whyalla (33.0348°S, 137.5855°E, 18m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY18° 35° mostly sunny Chance of rain: 5% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 6:53am CDT 7:18am CDT 7:40pm CDT 8:05pm CDT NOW35.1° Feels Like: 33.8° Relative Humidity: 34% Dew: 16.9° Wind: SE 19km/h Gust: 19km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1013.4hPa -
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WhyallaNow40.1°cFeels Like:36.4°Wind:W 19km/hGusts:24km/hHumidity:16%18°Min35°MaxToday in WhyallaMostly sunny. The chance of fog in the S early this morning. Light winds becoming S/SE 20 to 30 km/h in the early afternoon then tending E/SE 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 35 to 41.Tomorrow21°Min41°MaxMostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the S at night. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the S in the evening. Winds NE/SE 15 to 20 km/h tending N/NE 20 to 30 km/h early in the morning then tending N/NW 30 to 45 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to 20 to 25 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 40s. -
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Today: Mostly sunny. The chance of fog in the S early this morning. Light winds becoming S/SE 20 to 30 km/h in the early afternoon then tending E/SE 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 35 to 41.
Forecast for Whyalla (33.0348°S, 137.5855°E, 18m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary Minimum 18° 21° 22° 15° 13° 14° 16° Maximum 35° 41° 26° 22° 24° 27° 30° Chance of rain 5% 80% 60% 5% 5% 50% 40% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm UV index Very High Very High High High Very High Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating High Extreme High 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 8
(km/h)21
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(km/h)46
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(km/h)Wind direction SW SSE N N SW SSW SE S ESE SSE NNW ESE SW SSE Relative humidity 69% 41% 38% 19% 78% 66% 55% 36% 55% 30% 53% 27% 68% 48% Dew point 17°C 20°C 14°C 13°C 21°C 19°C 8°C 7°C 8°C 6°C 9°C 7°C 15°C 18°C -
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12 Month Rainfall Forecast
Whyalla Rain Forecast
Whyalla 12-month Rainfall ForecastMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFeb20252026785777777999105012 - 34 - 78 - 910Well below normalBelow normalNear normalAbove normalWell above normalIssue Notes - Issued Feb 25
ENSO status: La Niña-like conditions. IOD status: Neutral. SAM status: Positive. Trending neutral. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is in a La Niña-like pattern. The US declaring a La Niña event has started, but this event has not met the BoM definition. 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 short positive phase. Recent forecasts no particular evidence towards a positive or negative phase in autumn, although the long-wave pattern indicates that cold fronts are a bit more likely for Australia's longitudes over the next few months. During summer and early autumn, a positive SAM increases rainfall over most of eastern Australia, and decreases rainfall for SA, Vic and western Tas. Rainfall outlooks are showing aboveaverage rainfall over large parts of northern Australia in March and early April (forecast late monsoon activity). Above average rainfall is expected for the NSW coast through autumn, with wetter conditions also developing over western WA from late autumn. SA, Vic and Tas are expected to be average to slightly below average, with average conditions elsewhere.
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Whyalla Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Monday
Mar 1020.2 °C 42.5 °C 0.2 mmTuesday
Mar 1121.5 °C 28.0 °C 0.0 mmWednesday
Mar 1221.3 °C 30.3 °C 0.0 mmThursday
Mar 1319.9 °C 30.8 °C 0.0 mmFriday
Mar 1418.9 °C 35.7 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Whyalla minimum temp history (33.0348°S, 137.5855°E, 18m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 42.5° 10/03/2025 Coldest this month 13.4° 04/03/2025 Hottest on record 44.1 06/03/1986 Coldest on record 5.5 28/03/1984 Hottest this year 44.8° 12/02/2025 Coldest this year 11.2° 17/02/2025 Long term average 27.5° Long term average 15.7° Average this month 31.4° Average this month 19.0° Hottest March On Record Avg. max. temp. 31.2° 2008 Coldest March on record Avg. min. temp. 13.7° 1987 Whyalla rainfall history (33.0348°S, 137.5855°E, 18m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 0.2mm 10/03/2025 Total This Month 0.2mm
1.0 daysLong Term Average 16.4mm 3.9 days Wettest March on record 79.6mm 1989 Driest on record 0.0mm 1994 -
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Whyalla Year To Date
Average Rainfall To Mar 57.3mm 10.4 day(s) Total For 2025 1.2mm 3.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 29.6mm 4.0 day(s) Wettest Day 0.6mm Feb 4 Lowest Temperature 11.2°C Feb17 Highest Temperature 44.8°C Feb12 -
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Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 30.2 29.7 27.5 24.1 20.3 17.2 17.1 18.7 21.6 24.2 26.6 28.3 23.7 Mean Min (°C) 17.8 17.7 15.7 11.9 8.6 6.3 5.3 6.0 8.1 10.9 14.0 16.1 11.5 Mean Rain (mm) 22.0 18.9 16.4 19.6 22.2 28.1 21.5 21.2 24.9 22.9 24.1 23.7 263.5 Mean Rain Days 3.3 3.2 3.9 5.0 8.2 10.8 10.0 9.6 7.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 77.0