Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 12:00 PM WST on Tuesday 21 January 2025
Valid for Tuesday 21 January 2025 to Friday 24 January 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Central Wheat Belt
Warning for the following areas:
Pilbara, Gascoyne, Goldfields, North Interior, South Interior, Central West, Lower 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 Central Wheat Belt and are expected to ease slightly to Severe heatwave conditions by the end 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, Carnarvon, Denham, Geraldton, Gingin, Kalgoorlie, Kalbarri, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Mandurah, Newman and Northam.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Wednesday 22 January 2025
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Perth (31.9554°S, 115.8586°E, 5m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current condition
TODAY29° 38° mostly cloudy Chance of rain: 50% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 5:04am WST 5:31am WST 7:24pm WST 7:51pm WST NOW32.2° Feels Like: 31.7° Relative Humidity: 38% Dew: 16.1° Wind: S 13km/h Gust: 20km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: 1005.9hPa -
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PerthNow30.3°cFeels Like:30.6°Wind:S 13km/hGusts:20km/hHumidity:48%29°Min38°MaxToday in PerthPartly cloudy. Winds N/NE 20 to 30 km/h tending W/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending S/SE in the late evening.Tomorrow26°Min38°MaxPartly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds SE 20 to 30 km/h tending SE/SW in the middle of the day then becoming SE 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. -
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Today: Partly cloudy. Winds N/NE 20 to 30 km/h tending W/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending S/SE in the late evening.
Forecast for Perth (31.9554°S, 115.8586°E, 5m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary Minimum 29° 26° 25° 25° 23° 20° 18° Maximum 38° 38° 39° 37° 31° 29° 32° Chance of rain 50% 30% 30% 40% 30% 20% 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 20
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(km/h)Wind direction NNE WSW S WSW E WSW NNW WNW WNW WSW SW SW SE S Relative humidity 26% 36% 43% 34% 41% 34% 53% 55% 72% 63% 67% 53% 52% 29% Dew point 13°C 18°C 17°C 18°C 16°C 18°C 21°C 24°C 22°C 22°C 18°C 17°C 13°C 11°C -
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Perth Rain Forecast
Perth 12-month Rainfall ForecastJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec202581085666410376105012 - 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
Perth Past 5 Days
This MonthMinimum Maximum Rainfall Friday
Jan 1723.3 °C 26.3 °C 0.2 mmSaturday
Jan 1815.1 °C 28.3 °C 1.6 mmSunday
Jan 1919.9 °C 37.9 °C 0.0 mmMonday
Jan 2024.5 °C 43.6 °C 0.0 mmTuesday
Jan 2127.2 °C 38.3 °C 0.0 mmLegend -
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Perth minimum temp history (31.9554°S, 115.8586°E, 5m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 43.6° 20/01/2025 Coldest this month 14.0° 09/01/2025 Hottest on record 44.4 05/01/2015 Coldest on record 8.9 25/01/2001 Hottest this year 43.6° 20/01/2025 Coldest this year 14.0° 09/01/2025 Long term average 31.4° Long term average 18.1° Average this month 31.7° Average this month 19.1° Hottest January On Record Avg. max. temp. 33.5° 2012 Coldest January on record Avg. min. temp. 16.6° 2007 Perth rainfall history (31.9554°S, 115.8586°E, 5m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 1.6mm 18/01/2025 Total This Month 2.8mm
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Average Rainfall To Jan 16.7mm 2.6 day(s) Total For 2025 2.8mm 3.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 1.8mm 1.0 day(s) Wettest Day 1.6mm Jan18 Lowest Temperature 14.0°C Jan 9 Highest Temperature 43.6°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) 31.4 31.7 29.6 26.0 22.4 19.5 18.5 19.1 20.6 23.5 26.7 29.5 24.8 Mean Min (°C) 18.1 18.4 16.9 13.8 10.5 8.7 8.1 8.4 9.7 11.7 14.4 16.5 12.9 Mean Rain (mm) 16.7 13.1 20.0 35.9 86.2 127.1 147.0 122.7 79.3 38.9 24.2 9.5 722.3 Mean Rain Days 2.6 2.4 4.6 6.8 11.0 14.8 17.8 16.1 14.2 8.9 5.6 3.3 107.7