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Rockhampton Forecast

Today 31°C
Tonight 24°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

30.6°C rising
Updated at 15:20 EST

Capricornia for Tuesday Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm with locally heavy falls possible. Light winds becoming E/SE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30.

Currently at Rockhampton Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 30.6°C rising
Dew Point 24.7°C falling
Feels Like 36.8°C
Relative Humidity 71%
Wind icon
ESE 9km/h rising
Wind Gusts 9km/h
Pressure 1007.1hPa steady
Fire Danger 3.7
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.2mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
05:52 EST
Sunset sunset
18:29 EST

Nearby Now

Yeppoon 28.4°C
Samuel Hill Ap 27.2°C
Gladstone Ap 28.2°C
Gladstone 26.7°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Rockhampton

48-hour forecast

6pm

Mostly cloudy
28°C

9pm

Slight chance shower
27°C

12am

Slight chance shower
26°C

3am

Mostly cloudy
25°C

Capricornia Weather Warnings

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Qld - Tue 10:08 EST
Minor Flood Warning for the Dawson River

National Forecast

Rockhampton 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Feb 27
Wed
Feb 28
Thu
Mar 1
Fri
Mar 2
Sat
Mar 3
Sun
Mar 4
Mon
Mar 5

Possible thunderstorm

Possible shower

Possible shower

Sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny
Maximum 31°C 30°C 32°C 33°C 32°C 33°C 33°C
Minimum 24°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 21°C 21°C 22°C
Chance of Rain 70% 50% 30% 10% 30% 50% 80%
Rain Amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
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 10
km/h
20
km/h
21
km/h
20
km/h
14
km/h
14
km/h
12
km/h
18
km/h
16
km/h
17
km/h
13
km/h
16
km/h
12
km/h
16
km/h
Wind Direction E 10km/h
E
E 20km/h
E
ESE 21km/h
ESE
E 20km/h
E
ESE 14km/h
ESE
E 14km/h
E
SE 12km/h
SE
E 18km/h
E
ESE 16km/h
ESE
E 17km/h
E
ESE 13km/h
ESE
E 16km/h
E
E 12km/h
E
E 16km/h
E
Relative Humidity 76% 72% 78% 68% 75% 58% 71% 50% 70% 53% 70% 53% 70% 51%
Dew Point 24°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 23°C 23°C 21°C 21°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 23°C 22°C

Rockhampton Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:29 EST
sunrise
05:52 EST
sunset
18:29 EST
last light
18:52 EST
moon
rise
Tue 16:17 EST
set
Wed 03:37 EST
moon
Fri
Mar 2
moon
Fri
Mar 9
moon
Sun
Mar 18
moon
Sun
Mar 25

Rockhampton Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 27
24.4°C - 2.4mm
Mon
Feb 26
24.8°C 32.9°C 1.0mm
Sun
Feb 25
23.0°C 32.2°C 7.0mm
Sat
Feb 24
23.8°C 32.2°C 2.4mm
Fri
Feb 23
22.9°C 30.8°C 1.2mm

Rockhampton Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
276.9mm
23.5 Day(s)
Total For 2018
183.2mm
18 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2017
106.4mm
24 Day(s)
Wettest Day
34.6mm
Jan 6
Lowest Temperature
18.7°C
Feb 10
Highest Temperature
41.1°C
Feb 12

Rockhampton Ap Almanac

full climatology
February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
18.7°C
10th
Lowest On Record
16.2°C
5th 1945
Average This Month
22.5°C
+0.3°C
Long-term Average
22.2°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
41.1°C
12th
Highest On Record
43.3°C
11th 1969
Average This Month
33.4°C
+2.1°C
Long-term Average
31.3°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
27.2mm
3rd
Total This Month
98.8mm
12 Day(s)
Long-term Average
145.8mm
12.2 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
478.4mm
2008
Driest On Record
2.8mm
1965
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