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Weipa Forecast

Today 31°C
Tonight 24°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

25.9°C rising
Updated at 12:30 EST

Peninsula for Tuesday Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely from late this morning. The chance of a thunderstorm with locally heavy falls possible. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 30s.

Currently at Scherger RAAF

24-hour graph
Temperature 25.9°C rising
Dew Point 24.1°C rising
Feels Like 27.8°C
Relative Humidity 90%
Wind icon
Calm steady
Wind Gusts 0km/h
Pressure 1008.9hPa falling
Fire Danger 1.3
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:34 EST
Sunset sunset
18:56 EST

Nearby Now

Weipa Ap -
Lockhart River Ap 32.9°C
Coen Ap 29.9°C
Horn Island 31.6°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Weipa

48-hour forecast

3pm

Chance shower or storm
30°C

6pm

Slight chance storm
28°C

9pm

Mostly clear
27°C

12am

Slight chance storm
26°C

Peninsula Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Weipa 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

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm
Maximum 31°C 31°C 32°C 32°C 32°C 32°C 32°C
Minimum 25°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C 24°C
Chance of Rain 60% 70% 60% 70% 70% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 10-20mm 10-20mm 10-20mm
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 7
km/h
16
km/h
9
km/h
15
km/h
8
km/h
14
km/h
11
km/h
13
km/h
12
km/h
13
km/h
9
km/h
13
km/h
9
km/h
14
km/h
Wind Direction N 7km/h
N
WNW 16km/h
WNW
N 9km/h
N
WNW 15km/h
WNW
NNE 8km/h
NNE
NW 14km/h
NW
NE 11km/h
NE
N 13km/h
N
NE 12km/h
NE
NNW 13km/h
NNW
ENE 9km/h
ENE
N 13km/h
N
NE 9km/h
NE
NNW 14km/h
NNW
Relative Humidity 84% 73% 80% 74% 82% 71% 83% 73% 84% 67% 84% 71% 83% 71%
Dew Point 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C

Weipa 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
06:13 EST
sunrise
06:34 EST
sunset
18:56 EST
last light
19:18 EST
moon
rise
Tue 16:36 EST
set
Wed 04:29 EST
moon
Fri
Mar 2
moon
Fri
Mar 9
moon
Sun
Mar 18
moon
Sun
Mar 25

Weipa Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Mon
Feb 26
25.3°C - 0.6mm
Sun
Feb 25
25.0°C 32.1°C 5.2mm
Sat
Feb 24
24.4°C 31.7°C 5.4mm
Fri
Feb 23
24.2°C 32.2°C 8.0mm
Thu
Feb 22
25.4°C 32.3°C 2.6mm

Weipa Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
1021.3mm
47.9 Day(s)
Total For 2018
1009.4mm
41 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2017
926.6mm
46 Day(s)
Wettest Day
219.8mm
Jan 31
Lowest Temperature
22.4°C
Jan 31
Highest Temperature
35.6°C
Jan 7

Weipa Ap Almanac

full climatology
February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
22.7°C
10th
Lowest On Record
20.4°C
5th 2015
Average This Month
24.6°C
+0.5°C
Long-term Average
24.1°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
33.9°C
9th
Highest On Record
35.7°C
8th 1998
Average This Month
32.0°C
+0.5°C
Long-term Average
31.5°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
81.8mm
12th
Total This Month
304.6mm
18 Day(s)
Long-term Average
526.1mm
24.5 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
932.6mm
2014
Driest On Record
127.2mm
2013
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