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37.56°S 143.86°E 412m AMSL

Ballarat Forecast

Today 29°C
Tonight 17°C
sunny

Now

26.1°C rising
Updated at 13:30 EDT

Central for Tuesday Sunny. Winds N 25 to 35 km/h. Local afternoon and evening coastal seabreezes to 15 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30.

Currently at Ballarat Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 26.1°C rising
Dew Point 7.7°C falling
Feels Like 25.9°C
Relative Humidity 31%
Wind icon
N 33km/h rising
Wind Gusts 50km/h
Pressure 1015.2hPa falling
Fire Danger 22.2
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
07:07 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:08 EDT

Nearby Now

Sheoaks 28.3°C
Mt Gellibrand 28.9°C
Redesdale 26.9°C

Fire Danger Rating

HIGH

Next 12 hours in Ballarat

48-hour forecast

3pm

Clear
28°C

6pm

Clear
28°C

9pm

Clear
23°C

12am

Mostly clear
21°C

Central Weather Warnings

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Vic - Tue 10:19 EDT
Gale Warning W Coast, Central Coast, Central Gippsland Coast and E Gippsland Coast. Strong Wind Port Phillip, W Port & Gippsland Lks

National Forecast

Ballarat 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

Sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Cloudy

Mostly sunny
Maximum 29°C 25°C 22°C 25°C 27°C 19°C 22°C
Minimum 12°C 17°C 10°C 10°C 13°C 12°C 9°C
Chance of Rain 10% 40% 20% 5% 5% 20% 40%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme 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 28
km/h
28
km/h
30
km/h
38
km/h
25
km/h
26
km/h
22
km/h
17
km/h
17
km/h
18
km/h
26
km/h
25
km/h
28
km/h
28
km/h
Wind Direction NNE 28km/h
NNE
NNE 28km/h
NNE
NNW 30km/h
NNW
W 38km/h
W
SSW 25km/h
SSW
SSW 26km/h
SSW
SE 22km/h
SE
SE 17km/h
SE
NNE 17km/h
NNE
W 18km/h
W
SSW 26km/h
SSW
SSW 25km/h
SSW
S 28km/h
S
S 28km/h
S
Relative Humidity 65% 28% 48% 34% 87% 49% 86% 37% 64% 26% 86% 47% 79% 44%
Dew Point 11°C 8°C 8°C 8°C 10°C 10°C 11°C 8°C 11°C 6°C 12°C 8°C 9°C 9°C

Ballarat 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
06:40 EDT
sunrise
07:07 EDT
sunset
20:08 EDT
last light
20:35 EDT
moon
rise
Tue 18:12 EDT
set
Wed 04:39 EDT
moon
Fri
Mar 2
moon
Fri
Mar 9
moon
Sun
Mar 18
moon
Sun
Mar 25

Ballarat Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 27
11°C - 0.0mm
Mon
Feb 26
11°C 26°C 0.0mm
Sun
Feb 25
10.6°C 18°C 0.0mm
Sat
Feb 24
18.5°C 27.2°C -
Fri
Feb 23
17.4°C 32.8°C -

Ballarat Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Feb
83.6mm
14.8 Day(s)
Total For 2018
46.0mm
12 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2017
82.8mm
12 Day(s)
Wettest Day
25.4mm
Jan 27
Lowest Temperature
5.3°C
Feb 15
Highest Temperature
40.5°C
Jan 19

Ballarat Ap Almanac

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February Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
5.3°C
15th
Lowest On Record
-1.4°C
3rd 1986
Average This Month
12.5°C
+0.9°C
Long-term Average
11.6°C
February Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
35.4°C
7th
Highest On Record
44.1°C
7th 2009
Average This Month
26.4°C
+1.0°C
Long-term Average
25.4°C
February Rainfall
Wettest This Month
0.6mm
19th
Total This Month
2.2mm
6 Day(s)
Long-term Average
44.1mm
7.2 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
240.3mm
1973
Driest On Record
0.0mm
1983
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Weather News

Queensland weather: flooded road catches Ipswich woman by surprise, multiple rescues across south-east

12:41 EDT

Swiftwater rescue crews have pulled more than a dozen people from fast-rising floodwaters across south-east Queensland, after the region was hammered with heavy rain.

Cool and wet in Sydney

17:58 EDT

Sydney just had its coldest and wettest pair of days so far this year.

Canberra's stormwater drains 'unable to cope with major rain events', report warned

17:43 EDT

A report warning Canberra's storm drains would not cope with a major rain event was published just weeks before a deluge brought parts of the city to a standstill and some residents' homes were flooded.