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Parkes Weather

33.14°S 148.17°E 342m AMSL

Parkes Forecast

Today	33°C
Tonight	16°C

Now

26.5°C

rising

Updated at 10:30 EDT

CW Slopes & Plains for Sunday Fine and mostly sunny. Light to moderate northerly winds turning south to southwest.

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Currently at Parkes Ap

Temperature		26.5°C
Dew Point		11.0°C
Feels Like		26.4°C
Relative Humidity		38%
Wind		N 25km/h
Wind Gusts		31km/h
Pressure		1020.9hPa
Fire Danger		15.0 High
Rain since 9am/last hr		0.0mm / 0.0mm

Sun on Sunday

Sunrise		07:10 EDT
Sunset		19:18 EDT

Nearby Now

Forbes Ap	26.7°C
Cowra Ap	25.1°C
Condobolin Ap	28.3°C

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Next 12 hours in Parkes

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12pm

Mostly clear

27°C

3pm

Mostly clear

30°C

6pm

Mostly clear

31°C

9pm

Mostly clear

25°C

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Parkes 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary	Sun Mar 21		Mon Mar 22		Tue Mar 23		Wed Mar 24		Thu Mar 25		Fri Mar 26		Sat Mar 27
Summary	Mostly sunny		Sunny		Mostly sunny		Mostly sunny		Sunny		Mostly sunny		Mostly sunny
Maximum	33°C		30°C		29°C		31°C		32°C		33°C		34°C
Minimum	18°C		16°C		12°C		12°C		15°C		15°C		16°C
Chance of Rain	20%		20%		5%		5%		5%		5%		5%
Rain Amount	< 1mm		< 1mm		< 1mm		< 1mm		< 1mm		< 1mm		< 1mm
UV Index	Very High		Very High		Very High		Very High		Very High		Very 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	11 km/h	17 km/h	9 km/h	16 km/h	10 km/h	13 km/h	6 km/h	7 km/h	15 km/h	12 km/h	18 km/h	19 km/h	15 km/h	14 km/h
Wind Direction	N	W	ESE	SW	ENE	SW	ENE	W	NNE	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW
Relative Humidity	70%	38%	62%	37%	66%	37%	53%	38%	65%	38%	60%	33%	54%	36%
Dew Point	14°C	14°C	14°C	12°C	12°C	11°C	10°C	13°C	15°C	15°C	14°C	13°C	13°C	12°C

Parkes Sun & Moon Times

Sunday					Next Occurrence
First Light	Sunrise	Sunset	Last Light	Moon Phase	moon rise	moon set	first quarter	full moon	last quarter	new moon
06:46 EDT	07:10 EDT	19:18 EDT	19:43 EDT		Sun 12:10 EDT	Sun 22:15 EDT	Tue Mar 23	Tue Mar 30	Tue Apr 6	Wed Apr 14

Parkes Past 5 Days

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	Minimum	Maximum	Rainfall
Sun Mar 21	19°C	-	0.0mm
Sat Mar 20	16.5°C	34°C	0.0mm
Fri Mar 19	15.5°C	32.5°C	0.0mm
Thu Mar 18	12.5°C	32.5°C	0.0mm
Wed Mar 17	14.5°C	30.0°C	0.0mm

Parkes Year To Date

average rainfall to Mar

152.4mm

16.4 day(s)

total for 2010

206.5mm

17 day(s)

total to this day 2009

141.3mm

21 day(s)

wettest day

49.0mm

Feb 13

lowest temperature

11.5°C

Jan 20

highest temperature

42.0°C

Jan 23

Parkes Almanac

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March minimum temperature

lowest this month

11.6°C

10th

lowest on record

4.5°C

29th 2008

average this month

15.6°C

+0.6°C

long-term average

15.0°C

March maximum temperature

highest this month

34.0°C

20th

highest on record

40.0°C

19th 2002

average this month

28.3°C

-0.2°C

long-term average

28.5°C

March rainfall

wettest this month

25.5mm

8th

total this month

39.1mm

4 day(s)

long-term average

46.5mm

5.3 day(s)

wettest on record

197.7mm

1926

driest on record

0.0mm

1895

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