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33.14°S 148.17°E 342m AMSL

Parkes Forecast

Today 29°C
Tonight 18°C
Possible shower

Now

27.7°C rising
Updated at 14:30 EDT

CW Slopes & Plains for Saturday Partly cloudy. The chance of showers until late afternoon. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30.

Currently at Parkes Ap

Temperature 27.7°C rising
Dew Point 16.6°C rising
Feels Like 28.2°C
Relative Humidity 51%
Wind icon
WSW 11km/h falling
Wind Gusts 31km/h
Pressure 1004.2hPa falling
Fire Danger 7.0
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / 0.0mm

Sun on Saturday

Sunrise sunrise
06:32 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:09 EDT

Nearby Now

Forbes Ap 27.4°C
Cowra Ap 28.1°C
Condobolin Ap 28.8°C
Dubbo Ap 27.0°C

Next 12 hours in Parkes

mostly clear

6pm

Mostly clear
28°C
mostly clear

9pm

Mostly clear
23°C
mostly clear

12am

Mostly clear
21°C
clear

3am

Clear
20°C
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Parkes 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Sat
Feb 4
Sun
Feb 5
Mon
Feb 6
Tue
Feb 7
Wed
Feb 8
Thu
Feb 9
Fri
Feb 10
possible shower
Possible shower
sunny
Sunny
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
clearing shower
Clearing shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
possible shower
Possible shower
showers
Showers
Maximum 29°C 32°C 27°C 29°C 28°C 28°C 25°C
Minimum 16°C 18°C 18°C 14°C 14°C 15°C 16°C
Chance of Rain 20% 10% 40% 50% 40% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 10-20mm
UV Index Extreme 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 0
km/h
19
km/h
12
km/h
15
km/h
21
km/h
21
km/h
12
km/h
15
km/h
11
km/h
14
km/h
14
km/h
13
km/h
15
km/h
14
km/h
Wind Direction Calm
NE
SW 19km/h
SW
NE 12km/h
NE
NNW 15km/h
NNW
SSW 21km/h
SSW
SW 21km/h
SW
E 12km/h
E
SE 15km/h
SE
ENE 11km/h
ENE
ESE 14km/h
ESE
ENE 14km/h
ENE
E 13km/h
E
ENE 15km/h
ENE
W 14km/h
W
Relative Humidity 76% 45% 66% 47% 61% 47% 61% 47% 60% 44% 61% 47% 63% 55%
Dew Point 17°C 15°C 18°C 18°C 13°C 14°C 12°C 14°C 13°C 14°C 14°C 15°C 15°C 16°C

Parkes Sun & Moon Times

Saturday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set full moon last quarter new moon first quarter
first light
06:06 EDT
sunrise
06:32 EDT
sunset
20:09 EDT
last light
20:36 EDT
moon
rise
Sat 17:13 EDT
set
Sun 03:34 EDT
moon
Wed
Feb 8
moon
Wed
Feb 15
moon
Wed
Feb 22
moon
Thu
Mar 1

Parkes Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sat
Feb 4
15°C - 2.0mm
Fri
Feb 3
15.0°C 22.7°C 32.0mm
Thu
Feb 2
16.5°C 17.7°C 0.6mm
Wed
Feb 1
17.5°C 29.0°C 0.0mm
Tue
Jan 31
16.5°C 28.2°C 17.0mm

Parkes Year To Date

average rainfall to Feb
105.0mm
11.1 day(s)
total for 2012
92.5mm
14 day(s)
total to this day 2011
34.4mm
9 day(s)
wettest day
32.0mm
Feb 3
lowest temperature
6.8°C
Jan 12
highest temperature
36.0°C
Jan 3

Parkes Almanac

February minimum temperature
lowest this month
15.0°C
3rd
lowest on record
6.0°C
23rd 1993
average this month
16.0°C
-2.0°C
long-term average
18.0°C
February maximum temperature
highest this month
29.0°C
1st
highest on record
45.5°C
21st 2004
average this month
23.1°C
-8.4°C
long-term average
31.5°C
February rainfall
wettest this month
32.0mm
3rd
total this month
34.6mm
3 day(s)
long-term average
48.3mm
5.4 day(s)
wettest on record
218.3mm
1959
driest on record
0.0mm
1892

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