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
Geraldton (28.7731°S, 114.6113°E, 9m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY25° 39° mostly cloudy Chance of rain: 30% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:16am WST 5:42am WST 7:23pm WST 7:49pm WST NOW27.1° Feels Like: 28.7° Relative Humidity: 66% Dew: 20.2° Wind: NW 11km/h Gust: 13km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1003.4hPa -
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GeraldtonNow30.4°cFeels Like:30.4°Wind:NE 4km/hGusts:4km/hHumidity:33%25°Min39°MaxToday in GeraldtonPartly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds NW/NE 20 to 30 km/h tending S/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 38 to 43.Tomorrow23°Min36°MaxMostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds W/NW 15 to 25 km/h turning S/SW 20 to 30 km/h during the afternoon and evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 37 to 43. -
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Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds NW/NE 20 to 30 km/h tending S/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the evening then becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the mid to high 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 38 to 43.
Forecast for Geraldton (28.7731°S, 114.6113°E, 9m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary Minimum 25° 23° 22° 22° 21° 20° 19° Maximum 39° 36° 37° 34° 32° 32° 35° Chance of rain 30% 5% 5% 20% 20% 30% 5% 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 17
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(km/h)Wind direction ENE WSW NW WSW NE W W W SW SW SSW SSW SSE S Relative humidity 39% 37% 56% 56% 47% 51% 65% 58% 67% 62% 69% 62% 44% 42% Dew point 19°C 19°C 23°C 23°C 20°C 21°C 23°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 16°C 18°C -
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Geraldton Rain Forecast
Geraldton 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec20258109866668578105012 - 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
Geraldton Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Thursday
Jan 1614.7 °C 42.8 °C 0.0 mmFriday
Jan 1723.7 °C 30.2 °C 0.0 mmSaturday
Jan 1818.2 °C 34.5 °C 0.0 mmSunday
Jan 1920.0 °C 43.6 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Jan 2022.5 °C 49.3 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Geraldton minimum temp history (28.7731°S, 114.6113°E, 9m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 45.8° 20/01/2025 Coldest this month 14.3° 09/01/2025 Hottest on record 47.7 09/01/1954 Coldest on record 9.4 14/01/1988 Hottest this year 45.8° 20/01/2025 Coldest this year 14.3° 09/01/2025 Long term average 32.9° Long term average 19.2° Average this month 33.7° Average this month 18.8° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 36.2° 1962 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 15.4° 1985 Geraldton rainfall history (28.7731°S, 114.6113°E, 9m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 0.8mm 01/01/2025 Total This Month 0.8mm
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Average Rainfall To Jan 6.7mm 1.9 day(s) Total For 2025 0.8mm 1.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 0.0mm 0.0 day(s) Wettest Day 0.8mm Jan 1 Lowest Temperature 14.3°C Jan 9 Highest Temperature 45.8°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) 32.9 33.1 31.9 28.9 25.4 21.7 20.5 21.2 23.5 26.0 28.5 31.5 27.0 Mean Min (°C) 19.2 19.5 18.5 15.5 12.4 10.4 9.2 9.0 9.3 11.7 14.6 17.0 13.8 Mean Rain (mm) 6.7 10.7 15.2 25.3 38.7 72.4 73.3 65.3 29.0 18.9 11.5 4.3 354.9 Mean Rain Days 1.9 2.0 3.5 4.2 8.6 12.4 14.4 16.2 9.2 5.5 3.5 2.2 81.0