CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:
BEN NEVIS
Temperature Dew Point Rel. Humidity Feels Like Wind Gusts Pressure Rainfall
20.9°C 8.9°C 46% 18.1°C N 12km/h 20km/h - 0.0mm / -<
Stawell 22.7°C  Ballarat 22.2°C 

South West for Thursday Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the far W during the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm near the W coast in the morning. Winds N/NW 15 to 20 km/h tending NW/SW in the early afternoon then tending SE/SW in the evening.

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

THU
Apr 17
FRI
Apr 18
SAT
Apr 19
SUN
Apr 20
MON
Apr 21
TUE
Apr 22
WED
Apr 23
Summary mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
possible shower
Possible shower
rain
Rain
showers
Showers
possible shower
Possible shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
Maximum 29°C 28°C 28°C 17°C 17°C 18°C 22°C
Minimum 12°C 14°C 13°C 10°C 8°C 8°C 8°C
Chance of Rain
Likely Amount
5%
< 1mm
40%
< 1mm
70%
1-5mm
70%
1-5mm
50%
1-5mm
40%
< 1mm
10%
< 1mm
UV Index Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
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 11km/h
NNE
12km/h
NNW
11km/h
NNE
22km/h
NW
11km/h
ENE
17km/h
N
13km/h
NW
16km/h
WNW
18km/h
SSW
21km/h
SSW
22km/h
S
23km/h
S
11km/h
SSE
7km/h
SSW
Relative Humidity 49% 27% 47% 31% 57% 33% 76% 52% 84% 60% 85% 70% 80% 51%
Dew Point 8°C 9°C 8°C 10°C 11°C 10°C 8°C 7°C 9°C 9°C 9°C 12°C 10°C 11°C
RADAR Melbourne
SATELLITE VIC
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SYNOPTIC AUSTRALIA

South West Weather Warnings

There are no warnings current.

Next 12 hours in Ararat

mostly clear

12pm

Mostly clear
26°C
mostly cloudy

3pm

Mostly cloudy
29°C
mostly cloudy

6pm

Mostly cloudy
25°C
mostly cloudy

9pm

Mostly cloudy
21°C
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Ararat Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon set moon rise last quarter new moon first quarter full moon
first light
06:29 EST
sunrise
06:55 EST
sunset
18:00 EST
last light
18:26 EST
moon
set
Thu 10:51 EST
rise
Thu 20:07 EST
moon
Mon
Apr 21
moon
Mon
Apr 28
moon
Sun
May 4
moon
Tue
May 13

Ararat Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
Apr 17
- - 0.0mm
Wed
Apr 16
16.0°C - 0.0mm
Tue
Apr 15
8.5°C 29.2°C 0.0mm
Mon
Apr 14
14.6°C 26.2°C 0.0mm
Sun
Apr 13
14.1°C 31.0°C 0.0mm

Ararat Year To Date

average rainfall to Apr
142.9mm
30.6 day(s)
total for 2025
64.8mm
13 day(s)
total to this day 2024
152.0mm
19 day(s)
wettest day
15.2mm
Jan 6
lowest temperature
2.8°C
Apr 9
highest temperature
39.2°C
Jan 27

Ararat Almanac

April minimum temperature
lowest this month
2.8°C
9th
lowest on record
-5.7°C
26th 1981
average this month
9.3°C
+2.0°C
long-term average
7.3°C
April maximum temperature
highest this month
31.0°C
13th
highest on record
33.5°C
1st 2014
average this month
23.1°C
+3.5°C
long-term average
19.6°C
April rainfall
wettest this month
0.6mm
4th
total this month
1.4mm
3 day(s)
long-term average
43.0mm
10.3 day(s)
wettest on record
110.0mm
1974
driest on record
3.6mm
1999

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