Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 12:15 PM WST on Monday 20 January 2025
Valid for Monday 20 January 2025 to Thursday 23 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Lower West and Central Wheat Belt
Warning for the following areas:
Gascoyne, Goldfields, North Interior, South Interior, Central West, South West, South East Coastal and Great Southern
Safety Advice::
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
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 ranging from the high thirties to the mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures mostly in the low to high twenties.
Extreme heatwave conditions have developed about the Lower West and Central Wheat Belt, but are expected to ease slightly to Severe heatwave conditions by the middle of the week.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to persist over much of the southern and inland WA this week, and gradually ease over the west coast by the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Perth Metropolitan Area, Bunbury, Carnarvon, Denham, Geraldton, Gingin, Kalgoorlie, Kalbarri, Mount Magnet, Manjimup, Margaret River and Northam.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Tuesday 21 January 2025
Forecast
Bunbury (33.3271°S, 115.637°E, 30m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current condition
TODAY24° 37° mostly cloudy Chance of rain: 50% Likely amount: 1-5mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:01am WST 5:29am WST 7:28pm WST 7:56pm WST NOW27.1° Feels Like: 24.8° Relative Humidity: 51% Dew: 16.1° Wind: SE 22km/h Gust: 26km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1007.0hPa -
Today Weather
BunburyNow24.4°cFeels Like:23.9°Wind:E 15km/hGusts:17km/hHumidity:63%24°Min37°MaxToday in BunburyPartly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E/SE 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 38.Tomorrow23°Min34°MaxPartly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and early afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E 15 to 20 km/h turning S/SE during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 34. -
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds E/SE 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 38.
Forecast for Bunbury (33.3271°S, 115.637°E, 30m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary Minimum 24° 23° 21° 23° 21° 18° 14° Maximum 37° 34° 36° 34° 31° 29° 32° Chance of rain 50% 40% 40% 50% 20% 20% 5% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 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 17
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(km/h)Wind direction SE W SE S ESE SE NNE NW W WSW SSW SW SE SSW Relative humidity 36% 37% 50% 41% 52% 38% 57% 62% 68% 62% 62% 42% 51% 33% Dew point 15°C 17°C 16°C 17°C 17°C 18°C 21°C 23°C 21°C 21°C 16°C 13°C 12°C 12°C -
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Bunbury Rain Forecast
Bunbury 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec20258107666647476105012 - 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
Bunbury Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Thursday
Jan 1616.3 °C 36.9 °C 0.0 mmFriday
Jan 1718.8 °C 26.0 °C 3.2 mmSaturday
Jan 189.7 °C 26.3 °C 2.4 mmSunday
Jan 1915.4 °C 32.8 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Jan 2022.2 °C 40.1 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Bunbury minimum temp history (33.3271°S, 115.637°E, 30m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 38.9° 20/01/2025 Coldest this month 9.7° 18/01/2025 Hottest on record 40.8 11/01/2014 Coldest on record 6.0 26/01/2001 Hottest this year 38.9° 20/01/2025 Coldest this year 9.7° 18/01/2025 Long term average 30.0° Long term average 15.4° Average this month 29.9° Average this month 15.7° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 31.7° 2012 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 13.9° 2005 Bunbury rainfall history (33.3271°S, 115.637°E, 30m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 3.2mm 17/01/2025 Total This Month 8.0mm
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Average Rainfall To Jan 10.1mm 2.2 day(s) Total For 2025 8.0mm 4.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 0.0mm 0.0 day(s) Wettest Day 3.2mm Jan17 Lowest Temperature 9.7°C Jan18 Highest Temperature 38.9°C Jan20 -
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Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 30.0 30.1 27.8 24.2 21.0 18.4 17.3 17.7 18.7 21.2 24.7 27.6 23.2 Mean Min (°C) 15.4 16.0 14.5 11.8 9.3 8.0 7.4 7.7 8.5 9.7 12.1 13.6 11.1 Mean Rain (mm) 10.1 8.2 19.1 38.8 100.0 137.0 149.2 122.7 79.9 35.9 20.7 15.2 726.1 Mean Rain Days 2.2 2.1 4.0 8.4 13.0 17.5 19.6 18.9 16.3 10.1 5.9 3.7 121.2