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35.28°S 149.13°E 561m AMSL

Canberra Forecast

This morning -1°C
Today 13°C
Rain

Now

-2.7°C falling
Updated at 07:00 EST

ACT for Wednesday Cloudy. Areas of morning frost. Areas of rain from the late morning. Winds S/SE and light. Rainfall: 2 to 4 mm Around Canberra.

Currently at Canberra Ap

Temperature -2.7°C falling
Dew Point -4.7°C falling
Feels Like -4.9°C
Relative Humidity 86%
Wind icon
NNE 5km/h steady
Wind Gusts 9km/h
Pressure 1015.9hPa rising
Fire Danger 0.7
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / 0.0mm

Sun on Wednesday

Sunrise sunrise
06:56 EST
Sunset sunset
17:03 EST

Nearby Now

Tuggeranong -1.5°C
Braidwood -3.4°C
Goulburn Ap -7.3°C
Mt Ginini -0.7°C

Next 12 hours in Canberra

mostly cloudy

9am

Mostly cloudy
5°C
possible shower

12pm

Intermittent rain
11°C
possible shower

3pm

Intermittent rain
11°C
rain

6pm

Rain
8°C
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Canberra 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Wed
May 22
Thu
May 23
Fri
May 24
Sat
May 25
Sun
May 26
Mon
May 27
Tue
May 28
rain
Rain
possible shower
Possible shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
Maximum 13°C 13°C 16°C 16°C 17°C 15°C 17°C
Minimum -1°C 6°C 4°C 0°C -1°C -1°C -1°C
Chance of Rain 90% 80% 30% 5% 40% 20% 20%
Rain Amount 5-10mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Low Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
Frost Risk Severe Nil Slight High Severe Severe Severe
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 7
km/h
15
km/h
19
km/h
28
km/h
9
km/h
15
km/h
9
km/h
19
km/h
7
km/h
17
km/h
5
km/h
15
km/h
7
km/h
18
km/h
Wind Direction NE 7km/h
NE
ESE 15km/h
ESE
SSE 19km/h
SSE
SE 28km/h
SE
W 9km/h
W
SSW 15km/h
SSW
NNW 9km/h
NNW
WNW 19km/h
WNW
NW 7km/h
NW
NW 17km/h
NW
NNW 5km/h
NNW
W 15km/h
W
E 7km/h
E
NW 18km/h
NW
Relative Humidity 82% 67% 86% 71% 76% 50% 72% 47% 73% 46% 82% 54% 85% 50%
Dew Point 2°C 5°C 8°C 7°C 6°C 4°C 3°C 4°C 3°C 4°C 4°C 5°C 5°C 5°C

Canberra Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set full moon last quarter new moon first quarter
first light
06:28 EST
sunrise
06:56 EST
sunset
17:03 EST
last light
17:31 EST
moon
rise
Wed 14:47 EST
set
Thu 04:20 EST
moon
Sat
May 25
moon
Sat
Jun 1
moon
Sun
Jun 9
moon
Mon
Jun 17

Canberra Ap Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
May 21
4.1°C 18°C 0.0mm
Mon
May 20
-3.5°C 15.8°C 0.0mm
Sun
May 19
-4.6°C 16.6°C 0.0mm
Sat
May 18
-4.3°C 15.3°C 0.2mm
Fri
May 17
6.2°C 14.6°C 0.0mm

Canberra Ap Year To Date

average rainfall to May
258.4mm
37.4 day(s)
total for 2013
144.0mm
32 day(s)
total to this day 2012
385.5mm
47 day(s)
wettest day
43.0mm
Jan 27
lowest temperature
-4.6°C
May 19
highest temperature
42.0°C
Jan 18

Canberra Ap Almanac

May minimum temperature
lowest this month
-4.6°C
19th
lowest on record
-7.5°C
30th 1976
average this month
1.9°C
-1.2°C
long-term average
3.1°C
May maximum temperature
highest this month
24.1°C
10th
highest on record
24.5°C
10th 1967
average this month
18.2°C
+2.6°C
long-term average
15.6°C
May rainfall
wettest this month
2.4mm
14th
total this month
3.2mm
4 day(s)
long-term average
44.1mm
8.7 day(s)
wettest on record
149.6mm
1953
driest on record
0.0mm
1982

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