CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:
PARKES AIRPORT
Temperature Dew Point Rel. Humidity Feels Like Wind Gusts Pressure Rainfall
14.3°C 9.3°C 72% 10.9°C SW 16km/h 20km/h 1018.0hPa 0.0mm / -<

CW Slopes & Plains for Saturday Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers on the N slopes, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds N/NW 15 to 20 km/h turning W/SW in the early afternoon.

7-DAY WEATHER FORECAST: PARKES 28 DAY RAINFALL FORECAST: CLICK HERE

SAT
Jul 27
SUN
Jul 28
MON
Jul 29
TUE
Jul 30
WED
Jul 31
THU
Aug 1
FRI
Aug 2
Summary heavy rain
Heavy rain
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
fog then sunny
Fog then sunny
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
cloud increasing
Cloud increasing
Maximum 16°C 11°C 11°C 13°C 13°C 14°C 16°C
Minimum 3°C 2°C -3°C -3°C -1°C -1°C 0°C
Chance of Rain
Likely Amount
80%
1-5mm
10%
< 1mm
5%
< 1mm
5%
< 1mm
5%
< 1mm
5%
< 1mm
10%
< 1mm
UV Index Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
Frost Risk Moderate Moderate Severe Severe Severe Severe High
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 6km/h
NE
13km/h
W
18km/h
WSW
27km/h
SW
11km/h
SSW
20km/h
SW
8km/h
S
17km/h
SSW
9km/h
SSE
17km/h
SSW
9km/h
SE
15km/h
S
8km/h
ESE
11km/h
SSE
Relative Humidity 100% 76% 95% 57% 94% 54% 82% 50% 77% 49% 79% 53% 81% 50%
Dew Point 12°C 12°C 4°C 3°C 1°C 2°C 1°C 3°C 2°C 3°C 3°C 5°C 5°C 6°C
RADAR Yeoval
SATELLITE NSW/ACT
synoptic
SYNOPTIC AUSTRALIA

CW Slopes & Plains Weather Warnings

NSW/ACT - Sat 10:55 EST
Minor Flood Warning For The Lachlan River

NSW/ACT - Sat 10:15 EST
Sheep Graziers Warning N Tablelands, Illawarra, C Tablelands, S Tablelands, CW Slopes/Plains, SW Slopes, Riverina, Snowy Mtns, ACT & S Coast

NSW/ACT - Sat 09:21 EST
Minor Flood Warning For The Belubula River

Next 12 hours in Parkes

mostly clear

3pm

Mostly clear
16°C
mostly clear

6pm

Mostly clear
10°C
mostly clear

9pm

Mostly clear
8°C
possible thunderstorm

12am

Slight chance storm
7°C
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Parkes Sun & Moon Times

Saturday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set last quarter new moon first quarter full moon
first light
06:35 EST
sunrise
07:02 EST
sunset
17:26 EST
last light
17:52 EST
moon
rise
Sat 23:59 EST
set
Sun 11:07 EST
moon
Sun
Jul 28
moon
Sun
Aug 4
moon
Tue
Aug 13
moon
Tue
Aug 20

Parkes Airport Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sat
Jul 27
3.8°C 15.2°C 1.8mm
Fri
Jul 26
7.6°C 15.7°C 22.4mm
Thu
Jul 25
5.3°C 16.5°C 0.0mm
Wed
Jul 24
-0.2°C 16.5°C 0.2mm
Tue
Jul 23
-0.2°C 17.1°C 0.0mm

Parkes Airport Year To Date

average rainfall to Jul
359.2mm
57.3 day(s)
total for 2024
399.6mm
60 day(s)
total to this day 2023
296.4mm
69 day(s)
wettest day
38.8mm
Jan 2
lowest temperature
-1.6°C
Jun 13
highest temperature
41.1°C
Feb 4

Parkes Airport Almanac

July minimum temperature
lowest this month
-1.4°C
15th
lowest on record
-6.6°C
15th 2018
average this month
3.4°C
+1.0°C
long-term average
2.4°C
July maximum temperature
highest this month
18.3°C
5th
highest on record
22.1°C
5th 2018
average this month
14.1°C
-0.3°C
long-term average
14.4°C
July rainfall
wettest this month
22.4mm
26th
total this month
47.4mm
13 day(s)
long-term average
47.3mm
13.2 day(s)
wettest on record
110.8mm
2010
driest on record
2.0mm
2018

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