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35.28°S 149.13°E 561m AMSL

Canberra Forecast

Today 13°C
Tonight 4°C
Increasing sunshine

Now

9.2°C falling
Updated at 17:30 EST

ACT for Saturday Fine apart from isolated showers chiefly about the western ranges. Moderate to fresh westerly winds reaching gale force at times above 1200 metres tonight. City Precis: Mostly fine.

Currently at Canberra Ap

Temperature 9.2°C falling
Dew Point 4.6°C steady
Feels Like 9.2°C
Relative Humidity 73%
Wind
Wind Gusts -
Pressure -
Fire Danger -
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.2mm / -

Sun on Saturday

Sunrise sunrise
07:00 EST
Sunset sunset
17:20 EST

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong 9.6°C
Braidwood 10.6°C
Goulburn Ap 9.2°C

Next 12 hours in Canberra

mostly cloudy

6pm

Mostly cloudy
9°C
mostly cloudy

9pm

Mostly cloudy
7°C
mostly cloudy

12am

Mostly cloudy
6°C
mostly cloudy

3am

Mostly cloudy
5°C
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ACT Weather Warnings

NSW/ACT - Sat 15:33 EST
Severe Weather Warning (Damaging/Hazardous Winds) Alpine Areas of the Southern Tablelands, ACT, and South West Slopes

NSW/ACT - Sat 11:39 EST
Sheep Graziers Advice for ACT due to cold, wet and windy weather

NSW/ACT - Sat 04:55 EST
Small Boat Alert for Canberra's lakes due to strong gusty winds

New South Wales/ACT weather update

New South Wales/ACT Weather Update

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Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Sat
Jul 31
Sun
Aug 1
Mon
Aug 2
Tue
Aug 3
Wed
Aug 4
Thu
Aug 5
Fri
Aug 6
increasing sunshine
Increasing sunshine
windy with showers
Windy with showers
possible shower
Possible shower
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
possible shower
Possible shower
possible shower
Possible shower
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
Maximum 13°C 12°C 10°C 14°C 12°C 11°C 13°C
Minimum 6°C 4°C 0°C 1°C 0°C -2°C -1°C
Chance of Rain 90% 90% 70% 10% 80% 20% 40%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Moderate Low Low Moderate Moderate Moderate
Frost Risk Nil Slight High High High Severe Severe
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 15
km/h
28
km/h
21
km/h
26
km/h
16
km/h
26
km/h
5
km/h
12
km/h
10
km/h
13
km/h
4
km/h
7
km/h
1
km/h
7
km/h
Wind Direction NNW 15km/h
NNW
W 28km/h
W
N 21km/h
N
WNW 26km/h
WNW
NNW 16km/h
NNW
SW 26km/h
SW
N 5km/h
N
S 12km/h
S
NNW 10km/h
NNW
WSW 13km/h
WSW
NE 4km/h
NE
E 7km/h
E
N 1km/h
N
WNW 7km/h
WNW
Relative Humidity 89% 32% 94% 81% 82% 62% 85% 51% 88% 64% 81% 46% 75% 50%
Dew Point 9°C -2°C 4°C 4°C 1°C 2°C 3°C 3°C 3°C 3°C 1°C 0°C 2°C 2°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Sunday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set last quarter new moon first quarter full moon
first light
06:32 EST
sunrise
06:59 EST
sunset
17:20 EST
last light
17:47 EST
moon
rise
Sat 22:10 EST
set
Sun 09:37 EST
moon
Tue
Aug 3
moon
Tue
Aug 10
moon
Tue
Aug 17
moon
Wed
Aug 25

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sat
Jul 31
9.0°C 15°C 0.6mm
Fri
Jul 30
6.8°C 13.0°C 0.4mm
Thu
Jul 29
5.1°C 14.3°C 3.2mm
Wed
Jul 28
-0.2°C 13.7°C 0.0mm
Tue
Jul 27
-1.0°C 14.3°C 0.0mm

Canberra Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to Jul
338.9mm
55.2 day(s)
total for 2010
352.2mm
67 day(s)
total to this day 2009
210.0mm
52 day(s)
wettest day
55.2mm
Feb 14
lowest temperature
-4.8°C
Jun 28
highest temperature
39.1°C
Jan 12

Canberra Ap Almanac

July minimum temperature
lowest this month
-4.2°C
21st
lowest on record
-10.0°C
11th 1971
average this month
-0.1°C
+0.0°C
long-term average
-0.1°C
July maximum temperature
highest this month
15.3°C
23rd
highest on record
19.7°C
29th 1975
average this month
12.7°C
+1.4°C
long-term average
11.3°C
July rainfall
wettest this month
7.6mm
15th
total this month
21.0mm
16 day(s)
long-term average
41.3mm
9.9 day(s)
wettest on record
121.0mm
1993
driest on record
3.8mm
1982

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Heat spreads south - but not for long

17:07 EST The above average temperatures that have affected QLD have spread south to NSW with some towns suffering through their warmest July night on record.

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