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42.34°S 147.74°E 161m AMSL

Orford Forecast

Tonight 7°C
Tomorrow 17°C
Windy

Now

9.8°C falling
Updated at 20:00 EST

East Coast for Friday Clear. Winds NW 20 to 25 km/h, increasing to 30 to 35 km/h in the late evening.
Saturday Partly cloudy. Winds NW 25 to 40 km/h turning W early in the morning then increasing to 35 to 50 km/h in the late afternoon.

Currently at Tunnack

Temperature 9.8°C falling
Dew Point 5.2°C falling
Feels Like 6.3°C
Relative Humidity 73%
Wind icon
NW 29km/h falling
Wind Gusts 43km/h
Pressure 1015.7hPa steady
Fire Danger 2.8
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.2mm / 0.0mm

Sun on Friday

Sunrise sunrise
07:21 EST
Sunset sunset
16:49 EST

Nearby Now

Maria Is 14.1°C
Campania 13.7°C
Friendly Beach 13.2°C
Hobart Ap 13.0°C

Next 12 hours in Tunnack

mostly clear

9pm

Mostly clear
9°C
mostly clear

12am

Mostly clear
8°C
mostly clear

3am

Mostly clear
8°C
mostly clear

6am

Mostly clear
8°C
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East Coast Weather Warnings

Tas - Fri 16:10 EST
Gale Warning for the SE & SW coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Channel, Banks Strait, Franklin Sound and Central West Coast

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Orford 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Fri
May 24
Sat
May 25
Sun
May 26
Mon
May 27
Tue
May 28
Wed
May 29
Thu
May 30
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
windy
Windy
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
late shower
Late shower
clearing shower
Clearing shower
Maximum 17°C 17°C 16°C 14°C 16°C 17°C 15°C
Minimum 3°C 7°C 8°C 6°C 3°C 5°C 5°C
Chance of Rain 20% 30% 30% 5% 5% 60% 50%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm
UV Index Low Low Low Low Low Low
Frost Risk Moderate Nil Nil Nil Moderate Slight Slight
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 24
km/h
22
km/h
32
km/h
37
km/h
25
km/h
27
km/h
14
km/h
9
km/h
9
km/h
7
km/h
18
km/h
15
km/h
13
km/h
13
km/h
Wind Direction WNW 24km/h
WNW
W 22km/h
W
W 32km/h
W
W 37km/h
W
SW 25km/h
SW
SW 27km/h
SW
W 14km/h
W
W 9km/h
W
WNW 9km/h
WNW
NW 7km/h
NW
NW 18km/h
NW
NW 15km/h
NW
NW 13km/h
NW
NNW 13km/h
NNW
Relative Humidity 66% 70% 69% 68% 69% 65% 70% 66% 71% 66% 68% 68% 73% 67%
Dew Point 7°C 9°C 8°C 8°C 7°C 6°C 7°C 8°C 7°C 7°C 7°C 9°C 8°C 9°C

Orford Sun & Moon Times

Saturday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon set moon rise last quarter new moon first quarter last quarter
first light
06:51 EST
sunrise
07:22 EST
sunset
16:48 EST
last light
17:19 EST
moon
set
Sat 07:01 EST
rise
Sat 16:59 EST
moon
Sat
Jun 1
moon
Sun
Jun 9
moon
Mon
Jun 17
moon
Sun
Jun 30

Orford Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Fri
May 24
2.4°C 17°C 0.0mm
Thu
May 23
- 14.8°C 0.0mm
Wed
May 22
4.9°C - 0.0mm
Tue
May 21
2.8°C 13.4°C 0.0mm
Mon
May 20
- 12.8°C 0.0mm

Orford Year To Date

average rainfall to May
254.8mm
53.1 day(s)
total for 2013
160.0mm
45 day(s)
total to this day 2012
200.4mm
53 day(s)
wettest day
20.6mm
Mar 17
lowest temperature
0.0°C
Feb 16
highest temperature
38.8°C
Jan 4

Orford Almanac

May minimum temperature
lowest this month
0.7°C
7th
lowest on record
-2.1°C
30th 1972
average this month
5.3°C
-0.9°C
long-term average
6.2°C
May maximum temperature
highest this month
21.8°C
12th
highest on record
25.7°C
5th 1972
average this month
16.2°C
+0.5°C
long-term average
15.7°C
May rainfall
wettest this month
9.6mm
16th
total this month
22.6mm
5 day(s)
long-term average
56.8mm
12.7 day(s)
wettest on record
282.2mm
1956
driest on record
1.4mm
1991

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