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Emerald Forecast

Today 34°C
Tonight 23°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

31.6°C rising
Updated at 12:20 EST

Central Highlands for Tuesday Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm with locally heavy falls possible. Winds E 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the morning. Daytime maximum temperatures 29 to 34.

Currently at Emerald Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 31.6°C rising
Dew Point 22.9°C falling
Feels Like 36.2°C
Relative Humidity 60%
Wind icon
E 9km/h falling
Wind Gusts 19km/h
Pressure 1009.1hPa falling
Fire Danger 5.6
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:01 EST
Sunset sunset
18:39 EST

Nearby Now

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Emerald

48-hour forecast

3pm

Mostly clear
34°C

6pm

Mostly clear
32°C

9pm

Slight chance shower
27°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
25°C

Central Highlands Weather Warnings

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

National Forecast

Emerald 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 thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny
Maximum 34°C 32°C 33°C 34°C 34°C 34°C 35°C
Minimum 23°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 20°C 21°C
Chance of Rain 50% 20% 40% 30% 10% 20% 20%
Rain Amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 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 12
km/h
18
km/h
20
km/h
21
km/h
15
km/h
15
km/h
11
km/h
15
km/h
14
km/h
14
km/h
14
km/h
12
km/h
12
km/h
13
km/h
Wind Direction E 12km/h
E
E 18km/h
E
ESE 20km/h
ESE
E 21km/h
E
E 15km/h
E
E 15km/h
E
NE 11km/h
NE
E 15km/h
E
ENE 14km/h
ENE
E 14km/h
E
ENE 14km/h
ENE
E 12km/h
E
NE 12km/h
NE
E 13km/h
E
Relative Humidity 79% 57% 78% 60% 79% 52% 74% 46% 72% 42% 71% 44% 76% 40%
Dew Point 24°C 25°C 23°C 24°C 23°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 21°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 22°C 20°C

Emerald 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
05:38 EST
sunrise
06:01 EST
sunset
18:39 EST
last light
19:02 EST
moon
rise
Tue 16:27 EST
set
Wed 03:47 EST
moon
Fri
Mar 2
moon
Fri
Mar 9
moon
Sun
Mar 18
moon
Sun
Mar 25

Emerald Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 27
25°C - 0.0mm
Mon
Feb 26
23°C 34°C 0.2mm
Sun
Feb 25
21.7°C 31°C 95.4mm
Sat
Feb 24
23.0°C 32.0°C 7.0mm
Fri
Feb 23
21.7°C 31.9°C 0.2mm

Emerald Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
171.4mm
16.4 Day(s)
Total For 2018
247.4mm
17 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2017
102.4mm
10 Day(s)
Wettest Day
95.4mm
Feb 25
Lowest Temperature
17.8°C
Feb 4
Highest Temperature
44.3°C
Feb 13

Emerald Ap Almanac

full climatology
February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
17.8°C
4th
Lowest On Record
16.1°C
3rd 2013
Average This Month
21.8°C
-0.1°C
Long-term Average
21.9°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
44.3°C
13th
Highest On Record
43.5°C
13th 2017
Average This Month
35.2°C
+1.6°C
Long-term Average
33.6°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
95.4mm
25th
Total This Month
230.6mm
12 Day(s)
Long-term Average
81.8mm
8.4 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
216.2mm
2010
Driest On Record
3.7mm
1993
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