Western Australia Weather

forecast summary state forecast


Wednesday Mostly sunny, mild-to-warm in the southwest. Fog then sunny, cool-to-mild in the south. Sunny, warm in the northwest. Mostly sunny, warm in the northeast.


Thursday Mostly cloudy, mild-to-warm in the southwest. Mostly sunny, cool-to-mild in the south. Mostly sunny, very warm in the north.


Friday Showers/storms, cool-to-mild in the southwest. Mostly cloudy, warm in the south. Mostly cloudy, warm in the northwest. Mostly sunny, very warm in the northeast.


Saturday Fog then sunny, cool-to-mild in the southwest. Mostly sunny, cool-to-mild in the south. Mostly sunny, very warm in the north.


Sunday Late shower, cool-to-mild in the southwest. Mostly cloudy, warm in the south. Mostly sunny, very warm in the north.

current warnings most recent warnings

WA - Wed 04:00 WST
Coastal Wind Warning

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current extremes current extremes

Hottest
31.2°C
Coldest
11.6°C
Windiest
ENE 38km/h
Wettest
no rain last hr

historic extremes historic May extremes

Hottest Day
41.7°C
Coldest Day
7.8°C
Hottest Night
29.6°C
Coldest Night
-5.6°C
Wettest 24hr
286.5mm

Western Australia Observations

Latest Observations
station
(ungroup by district)
time wind dir wind spd wind gust tmp dew pt feels like rh fire rain pres
km/h km/h °C °C °C % mm hPa
09:30 WST
NE 13 22 20.5 8.8 17.7 47 7 0.0 1024.5
09:30 WST
ENE 13 19 18.7 11.3 16.6 62 4 0.0 1025.3
09:30 WST
ENE 17 22 15.7 14.7 14.0 94 1 0.0 1027.9
09:30 WST
E 9 13 25.1 7.7 22.8 33 12 0.0 1016.4
09:30 WST
E 15 20 17.3 9.7 14.4 61 4 0.0 1027.3
09:30 WST
SE 13 19 18.6 14.9 17.6 79 2 0.0 1028.3
09:30 WST
E 17 26 29.5 10.1 26.3 30 18 0.0 1015.1
11:00 WST
ENE 26 37 20.3 5.5 14.2 38 12 0.0 1024.0

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