South West Rocks weather

South West Rocks

Now: 20.6 °C Today: Windy. Mostly clear. Tonight: 18 °C Tomorrow: 24 °C Shower or two. Becoming windy.

Today, Saturday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower inland, becoming less likely later this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm early this evening. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the evening.

Tomorrow, Sunday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding inland. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 29.

Temperature	20.6 °C
Feels like	21.9 °C
Wet bulb temp.	19.3 °C
Minimum temp.	20.5 °C	8:40pm
Maximum temp.	26.6 °C	1:32pm
Dew point	18.5 °C
Humidity	88%
Wind	9 km/h
Strongest gust	39 km/h	2:23pm
Pressure	1015.9 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Kempsey Airport at 8:40pm.

Radar

UV index

7am	0.4	Low
8am	1.5	Low
9am	3.6	Moderate
10am	6.2	High
11am	8.5	Very high
12pm	9.9	Very high
1pm	9.8	Very high
2pm	8.2	Very high
3pm	5.8	High
4pm	3.2	Moderate
5pm	1.3	Low
6pm	0.3	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:34am	5:59am	7:04pm	7:29pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:33am	5:58am	7:05pm	7:30pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Sat 24 Oct	15.7 °C		20.0 mm
Fri 23 Oct	16.1 °C	20.5 °C	32.8 mm
Thu 22 Oct	15.3 °C	19.8 °C	17.6 mm
Wed 21 Oct	15.6 °C	22.7 °C	5.4 mm
Tue 20 Oct	11.4 °C	22.7 °C	0.8 mm
Mon 19 Oct	12.3 °C	19.8 °C	7.8 mm
Sun 18 Oct		21.4 °C	5.0 mm
Sat 17 Oct	10.0 °C	20.5 °C	5.2 mm
Fri 16 Oct	13.2 °C	19.3 °C	2.6 mm
Thu 15 Oct		20.5 °C	1.0 mm
Wed 14 Oct	15.0 °C	18.6 °C	20.0 mm
Tue 13 Oct	18.7 °C	25.2 °C	3.0 mm
Mon 12 Oct	13.6 °C	35.3 °C	0 mm
Sun 11 Oct	14.7 °C	30.4 °C	0.4 mm
Sat 10 Oct	11.3 °C	27.3 °C	0 mm
Fri 9 Oct	7.4 °C	26.7 °C	0 mm
Thu 8 Oct	7.7 °C	24.0 °C	0.2 mm
Wed 7 Oct	14.0 °C	19.5 °C	0.2 mm
Tue 6 Oct	16.6 °C	31.5 °C	7.2 mm
Mon 5 Oct	13.3 °C	25.5 °C	1.0 mm
Sun 4 Oct	12.1 °C	30.4 °C	0 mm
Sat 3 Oct	8.6 °C	24.6 °C	0 mm
Fri 2 Oct	8.1 °C	26.9 °C	0 mm
Thu 1 Oct	6.7 °C	26.3 °C	0 mm
Wed 30 Sep	5.9 °C	24.4 °C	0 mm
Tue 29 Sep	12.5 °C	22.1 °C	0.4 mm
Mon 28 Sep	13.7 °C	19.5 °C	3.8 mm
Sun 27 Sep	9.4 °C	24.4 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	8pm	11pm	Sun 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Mon 2am	5am
Temperature (°C)	20	20	18	18	21	24	24	23	21	21	19	19
Chance of rain	5%	5%	5%	10%	30%	30%	30%	30%	10%	20%	40%	30%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Wind speed (km/h)	43	41	39	39	37	44	52	50	46	48	37	28
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	20	19	18	18	19	20	21	21	20	20	19	19

Next week summary

	Tomorrow Sun 25 Oct		Mon 26 Oct		Tue 27 Oct		Wed 28 Oct		Thu 29 Oct		Fri 30 Oct		Sat 31 Oct

	Shower or two. Becoming windy.		Showers. Storm developing.		Showers.		Partly cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Shower or two.
Max. (°C)	24		28		21		23		24		23		24
Min. (°C)	18		19		16		14		12		15		16
Any rain	70%		95%		80%		30%		20%		30%		50%
Rain (mm)	0–5		8–25		0–6		0–1		0		0–1		0–4
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	37	52	20	35	17	22	22	28	15	22	19	28
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	19	21	20	19	16	15	13	12	13	14	15	16

Complete forecast

Today, Saturday 24 October

Windy. Mostly clear.

10% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower inland, becoming less likely later this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm early this evening. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the evening.

Tomorrow, Sunday 25 October

Shower or two. Becoming windy.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 24 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 5 mm

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding inland. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 29.

Sun protection 8:40am to 4:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

Monday 26 October

Showers. Storm developing.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 28 °C

95% chance of rain 8 to 25 mm

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon. A thunderstorm likely in the morning and afternoon, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the north in the afternoon and early evening. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 30.

Tuesday 27 October

Showers.

Minimum: 16 °C Maximum: 21 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 6 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 20s.

Wednesday 28 October

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 23 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26.

Thursday 29 October

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 12 °C Maximum: 24 °C

20% chance of rain

Friday 30 October

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 15 °C Maximum: 23 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Saturday 31 October

Shower or two.

Minimum: 16 °C Maximum: 24 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 4 mm

Issued as 4:32pm. Next forecast at 4:15am.

Weather situation

An inland trough lies over the far western NSW, while a high pressure is the Tasman is bringing a northerly airstream. This pattern will maintain showery and stormy conditions over the weekend. A cold front is then expected to cross the state on Sunday, interacting with the inland trough to bring widespread unstable conditions, before contracting to the east during Monday. A ridge of high pressure then rebuilds across the state from Tuesday in the wake of the front.

Climate statistics

Maximum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean maximum temperature (°C)	29.5	28.9	27.4	25.4	22.5	20.2	20.0	21.7	24.5	25.8	27.0	28.5
Highest temperature (°C)	43.9	46.7	42.0	34.4	30.6	27.5	27.8	35.8	38.6	40.4	40.2	42.3
Date	12 Jan 2013	12 Feb 2017	19 Mar 2002	9 Apr 2019	4 May 2007	9 Jun 2016	22 Jul 2016	24 Aug 2009	24 Sep 2017	7 Oct 2019	29 Nov 2020	1 Dec 2004
Lowest maximum temperature (°C)	20.9	19.5	19.5	17.3	12.9	12.2	13.3	12.9	15.4	16.1	17.8	19.2
Date	15 Jan 2016	24 Feb 2004	22 Mar 2021	22 Apr 2008	30 May 2011	25 Jun 2009	1 Jul 2018	7 Aug 2020	10 Sep 2006	2 Oct 2011	6 Nov 2010	1 Dec 2022
Decile 9 maximum temperature (°C)	33.0	32.6	30.7	28.3	25.4	23.0	22.9	25.5	29.7	30.5	31.3	32.7
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	25.3	25.0	24.1	22.2	19.7	17.7	17.3	18.5	20.3	21.1	22.5	24.4
Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C	13.1	9.8	5.2	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.6	4.2	5.5	9.9
Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C	1.6	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.4
Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
	Chart indicates highest (red), lowest (blue), mean (black) and the range between decile 1 and 9 (yellow).
Minimum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean minimum temperature (°C)	18.0	18.0	16.8	13.2	9.1	6.7	5.2	5.6	8.3	11.4	14.5	16.3
Lowest temperature (°C)	10.0	11.9	8.2	3.0	-4.1	-2.6	-3.6	-4.2	-0.4	1.2	4.5	7.6
Date	1 Jan 2005	1 Feb 2014	28 Mar 2026	29 Apr 2008	31 May 2019	16 Jun 2006	19 Jul 2007	21 Aug 2018	1 Sep 2012	17 Oct 2010	10 Nov 2019	21 Dec 2010
Highest minimum temperature (°C)	24.7	24.5	22.4	19.9	17.7	16.0	15.2	15.1	19.4	19.4	21.9	23.4
Date	20 Jan 2019	4 Feb 2006	26 Mar 2019	4 Apr 2020	23 May 2025	30 Jun 2005	3 Jul 2025	14 Aug 2024	22 Sep 2020	23 Oct 2025	29 Nov 2024	18 Dec 2024
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	21.3	20.6	19.7	16.6	14.1	12.0	10.4	10.5	12.8	16.0	18.5	19.9
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	14.3	15.0	13.2	9.4	4.1	1.7	0.3	1.0	4.1	7.0	10.3	12.2
Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	6.5	4.5	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.1	2.5	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rainfall

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean rainfall (mm)	119.8	143.8	198.5	77.8	81.0	88.8	36.8	49.2	42.8	81.8	102.0	103.3
Highest rainfall (mm)	296.0	449.4	822.0	245.6	481.6	390.8	296.4	212.4	181.4	247.8	239.6	374.4
Date	2015	2009	2021	2024	2025	2011	2022	2007	2022	2004	2009	2020
Lowest rainfall (mm)	15.0	18.0	10.2	9.8	0.2	1.6	0.0	0.8	0.0	9.4	11.8	25.2
Date	2019	2019	2016	2006	2006	2022	2002	2017	2017	2013	2019	2016
Decile 9 monthly rainfall (mm)	204.0	295.5	438.1	192.9	193.2	223.4	53.0	178.5	99.9	149.9	190.3	197.4
Decile 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm)	132.4	123.4	133.2	45.1	35.6	63.4	26.4	18.4	24.4	61.8	98.0	80.8
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	30.9	42.4	52.8	26.9	3.3	11.5	11.0	1.2	6.0	12.3	36.1	41.5
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	121.2	167.4	225.8	96.2	169.4	210.6	132.8	132.8	84.4	71.6	128.0	109.2
Date	20 Jan 2015	17 Feb 2009	19 Mar 2021	27 Apr 2025	22 May 2025	5 Jun 2016	7 Jul 2022	21 Aug 2007	6 Sep 2008	14 Oct 2015	7 Nov 2009	16 Dec 2020
Mean number of days of rain	13.8	14.2	16.3	14.2	12.8	12.9	10.8	8.4	8.3	10.8	12.9	13.7
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	9.5	10.4	10.8	8.4	6.2	5.9	4.7	4.0	4.7	7.8	8.9	9.1
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	3.4	3.9	4.3	2.4	1.9	1.8	1.0	1.2	1.2	2.4	3.0	3.0
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	1.2	1.9	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.2
More
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean daily wind run (km)	215	210	189	183	181	191	204	213	217	217	225	223
Maximum wind gust speed (km/h)	87	78	76	68	72	70	87	87	100	109	98	78
Date	25 Jan 2015	2 Feb 2020	1 Mar 2011	2 Apr 2024	30 May 2022	4 Jun 2019	18 Jul 2004	10 Aug 2012	29 Sep 2011	2 Oct 2003	15 Nov 2005	1 Dec 2004
Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m²)	22.6	20.1	17.1	15.0	11.7	10.3	11.3	14.4	18.1	20.1	21.5	22.5
9 am conditions
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean temperature (°C)	23.6	22.5	20.5	19.4	15.5	12.9	12.1	14.1	18.7	20.7	21.2	23.0
Mean dew point temperature (°C)	18.1	18.8	17.1	14.7	11.0	9.0	7.3	7.2	9.8	11.9	14.9	16.2
Mean relative humidity (%)	72	80	82	75	76	78	74	65	58	60	69	67
Mean wind speed (km/h)	10.5	9.1	10.5	11.1	12.0	11.0	11.8	12.6	12.8	12.0	10.9	10.9
3 pm conditions
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean temperature (°C)	27.6	27.0	25.7	23.3	20.8	18.9	18.5	19.9	22.0	23.1	24.6	26.3
Mean dew point temperature (°C)	18.1	18.9	17.0	14.4	10.4	8.6	6.5	6.2	9.8	12.3	15.2	16.4
Mean relative humidity (%)	58	62	60	59	54	54	48	44	48	53	59	57
Mean wind speed (km/h)	20.1	18.6	17.2	14.7	12.9	12.9	14.1	17.0	19.7	20.9	20.9	20.0

Climate statistics for Kempsey Airport since 2001.

More details and data sources:

Notes:

The four temperatures:
- Temperature: The ambient air temperature.
- Feels like: Based on temperature, humidity and wind chill (but not the sun), this is meant to be the temperature it feels like for an adult walking in the shade if there is no wind and at a standardised humidity level.
- Dew point: The relative humidity would be 100% (i.e., unable to hold more water vapour) if the air was cooled to this temperature. This is an absolute measure of humidity.
- Wet bulb temperature: The temperature if a wet thermometer had air moving over it (evaporative cooling), so it depends on temperature and humidity. Useful because people cool the same way.
Current observations: The little charts show the last six hours at half hour intervals. Hover over with your mouse to see details. UV index is average of last five minutes.
Radar: Click on to go to BOM radar. Pause with the button above.
UV index: This is shown as a chart for the major cities that have minute-by-minute forecasts and observations and as a table when there is only an hourly forecast.
UV index (chart): Blue line is five minute average. Shaded area indicates range of measured values. If there is a lot of variation, now measured is average of last five minutes and the range is also shown.
UV index (table): Forecast assumes a clear sky. Rows are highlighted if the forecast is for within 45 minutes of the current time.
Sunrise and sunset: Dawn and dusk are for the start and end of civil twilight (the sun is 6° below the horizon).
Recent days: Rain is the total in the 24 hours up to 9am. Minimum is in 24 hours to 9am. Maximum is in 24 hours from 9am.
Last 72 hours: Most values are the value at the time shown. Rain is the amount of rain in the previous 30 minutes from the time shown. Wind direction is shown for every two hours (all values are shown on hover).
Next 36 hours: Most values are what are expected at the time indicated, while rain forecasts are for the three hours beginning at that time. Median rain means there's a 50% chance of more rain than the given number.
Space weather: K_aus is the K-index for Australia, a number between 0 and 9 indicating the level of magnetic field disturbance. 5+ are classed as geomagnetic storms. Aurora alerts and watch notices are also shown at the top of page if potentially visible from the current location.
Climate statistics: 80% of the time the value is in the yellow area on the chart. The top 10% fall above it and bottom 10% fall below. Daily wind run is effectively the amount of wind that blows past (i.e., average speed times 24 hours). Cloud cover is measured in oktas, which ranges between 0 (completely clear sky) and 8 (completely overcast).