Australian Weather Forecast Districts

There are 86 numbered forecast districts. Forecasts are produced twice a day for each forecast district for up to 4 days in advance. Forecast districts were initially developed in 1910, based on areas sharing common meteorological characteristics. Over time, these boundaries have been adjusted to suit operational forecasting requirements or to be consistent with boundaries used by other government agencies.

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Districts

New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory

  1. Northern Rivers
  2. Mid North Coast
  3. Hunter
  4. Northern Tablelands
  5. Sydney Metropolitan
  6. Illawarra
  7. South Coast
  8. Central Tablelands
  9. Southern Tablelands
  10. Snowy Mountains
  11. North West Slopes & Plains
  12. Central West Slopes & Plains
  13. South West Slopes
  14. Riverina
  15. Lower Western
  16. Upper Western

ACT (Australian Capital Territory)

Victoria

  1. Mallee
  2. Wimmera
  3. Northern Country
  4. Northeast
  5. East Gippsland
  6. West & South Gippsland
  7. Central
  8. North Central
  9. Western

Queensland

  1. Peninsula
  2. Gulf Country
  3. Northern Goldfields & Upper Flinders
  4. North Tropical Coast & Tablelands
  5. Herbert & Lower Burdekin
  6. Central Coast-Whitsundays
  7. Capricornia
  8. Central Highlands-Coalfields
  9. Central West
  10. Northwest
  11. Channel Country
  12. Maranoa & Warrego
  13. Darling Downs & Granite Belt
  14. Wide Bay & Burnett
  15. Southeast Coast
  16. Coral Sea

West Australia

  1. Kimberley
  2. Pilbara
  3. Gascoyne
  4. Goldfields
  5. Eucla
  6. Interior
  7. Central West
  8. Lower West
  9. Southwest
  10. South Coastal
  11. Southeast Coastal
  12. Great Southern
  13. Central Wheat Belt
  14. Islands

South Australia

  1. Adelaide Metropolitan
  2. Mount Lofty Ranges
  3. Yorke Peninsula
  4. Kangaroo Island
  5. Upper South East
  6. Lower South East
  7. Murraylands
  8. Riverland
  9. Mid North
  10. Flinders
  11. West Coast
  12. Eastern Eyre Peninsula
  13. Lower Eyre Peninsula
  14. Northwest Pastoral
  15. Northeast Pastoral

Tasmania

  1. Furneaux Islands
  2. North East
  3. East Coast
  4. Central North
  5. Midlands
  6. South East
  7. Upper Derwent Valley
  8. Central Plateau
  9. Western
  10. North West Coast
  11. King Island

Northern Territory

  1. Darwin-Daly
  2. Arnhem
  3. Roper-McArthur
  4. Victoria River
  5. Barkly
  6. Alice Springs

Page updated: 04 November 2011