Heatwave Service for Australia

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New South Wales

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Australian Capital Territory

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Victoria

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Queensland

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Western Australia

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South Australia

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Tasmania

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Nothern Territory

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Heatwave Assessments

Heatwave Situation for Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday (3 days starting 19/01/2025)

Extreme to severe heatwave conditions through parts of the Central West and South West in WA. Severe to low intensity heatwave conditions through broad areas of the remaining parts of western and southern WA, as well as parts of the South Interior in WA and northeastern NT. Low intensity heatwave conditions through most of Victoria, and southern and western NSW, as well as parts of Tasmania, SA, northern and western Queensland, and parts of the eastern Top End and eastern and southern NT.

Heatwave Situation for Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday (3 days starting 20/01/2025)

Extreme to severe heatwave conditions through parts of southwestern WA. Severe to low intensity heatwave conditions through broad areas of southern and eastern WA as well as parts of eastern Queensland. Low intensity heatwave conditions through most of Queensland except the far northwest, and broad areas of western NSW, as well as parts of eastern and southern NT, northern SA, parts of eastern NSW and the ACT, far northeastern Victoria and the Furneaux Islands in Tasmania.

Forecast issued at 3:13 pm EDT on Tuesday 21 January 2025.

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Head Office (Bureau National Operations Centre)

Heatwave Forecasts

Heatwave Situation for Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday (3 days starting 21/01/2025)

Extreme to severe heatwave conditions through parts of southwestern WA and isolated parts of the Southwest Interior in WA. Severe to low intensity heatwave conditions through broad areas of remaining parts of central, northeastern and southern WA, and through much of central and southern Queensland, as well as parts of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, northeastern NSW, southern NT, and far northwestern SA. Low intensity heatwave conditions through most of southern NT, Queensland and northern NSW, as well as parts of eastern NT, northern SA, southern central NSW and the ACT, as well as very isolated areas of northeastern Victoria and the Furneaux Islands in Tasmania.

Heatwave Situation for Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday (3 days starting 22/01/2025)

Extreme to severe heatwave conditions through parts of the Cape York Peninsula and eastern Queensland, and parts of the South Interior and the Goldfields in WA. Severe to low intensity heatwave conditions through broad areas of Queensland and through much of southwestern, central and northeastern WA, as well as parts of northeastern NSW, southern NT, and far northwestern SA. Low intensity heatwave conditions through parts of northern NSW, parts of the eastern Top End, parts of southeastern WA, and parts of northern and western SA.

Heatwave Situation for Thursday, Friday, & Saturday (3 days starting 23/01/2025)

Extreme to severe heatwave conditions through parts of the Cape York Peninsula and eastern Queensland, and parts of the South Interior and the Goldfields in WA. Severe to low intensity heatwave conditions through broad areas of Queensland and through much of WA, as well as parts of northeastern NSW, southwestern NT, and far northwestern SA. Low intensity heatwave conditions through parts of northern NSW, parts of the eastern Top End and central and southern NT, and parts of northern and western SA.

Heatwave Situation for Friday, Saturday, & Sunday (3 days starting 24/01/2025)

Extreme to severe heatwave conditions through parts of the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands in Queensland. Severe to low intensity heatwave conditions through parts of central, eastern, and northern Queensland, parts of southwestern NT, parts of northeastern, central, and southeastern WA, parts of northwestern SA, and isolated parts of western Queensland. Low intensity heatwave conditions through most remaining parts of Queensland and WA, parts of the ACT and eastern and northern NSW, parts of the Tiwi Islands and southern, central and eastern NT, and parts of western SA.

Heatwave Situation for Saturday, Sunday, & Monday (3 days starting 25/01/2025)

Severe to low intensity heatwave conditions through parts of parts of central, eastern, and northwestern WA, western SA, southwestern NT, and isolated pockets of eastern NSW, parts of the Cape York Peninsula and far eastern Queensland, and parts of East Gippsland and northeastern Victoria. Low intensity heatwave conditions through much of the ACT and NSW, through broad areas of Queensland, central and southern NT, southeastern WA, and western SA, as well as parts of the eastern Top End and the Tiwi Islands, central and northeastern SA, central, eastern, and southern Victoria, and parts of the Furneaux Islands and King Island and eastern and northern Tasmania.

Forecast issued at 3:13 pm EDT on Tuesday 21 January 2025.

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Head Office (Bureau National Operations Centre)