South West Rocks weather

Now: 27.1 °C Today: Shower or two. Tonight: 17 °C Tomorrow: 29 °C Possible shower.

Today, Friday: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 23 to 28.

Tomorrow, Saturday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the north. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 31.

Temperature	27.1 °C
Feels like	27.6 °C
Wet bulb temp.	23.0 °C
Minimum temp.	14.6 °C	2:38am
Maximum temp.	27.6 °C	1:08pm
Dew point	20.9 °C
Humidity	69%
Wind	19 km/h
Strongest gust	32 km/h	2:00pm
Pressure	1006.8 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Kempsey Airport at 3:50pm.

Radar

UV index

7am	0.3	Low
8am	1.3	Low
9am	3.3	Moderate
10am	5.7	High
11am	8.0	Very high
12pm	9.3	Very high
1pm	9.3	Very high
2pm	7.8	Very high
3pm	5.5	High
4pm	3.0	Moderate
5pm	1.2	Low
6pm	0.3	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:40am	6:04am	7:01pm	7:25pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:39am	6:03am	7:02pm	7:26pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Fri 18 Oct			mm
Thu 17 Oct	14.8 °C		6.0 mm
Wed 16 Oct	14.6 °C	19.7 °C	0 mm
Tue 15 Oct	13.7 °C	22.1 °C	3.8 mm
Mon 14 Oct	10.6 °C	24.5 °C	0 mm
Sun 13 Oct	13.7 °C	21.0 °C	1.6 mm
Sat 12 Oct	12.1 °C	25.2 °C	0 mm
Fri 11 Oct	10.5 °C	24.3 °C	0 mm
Thu 10 Oct	13.0 °C	22.0 °C	9.8 mm
Wed 9 Oct	15.0 °C	17.3 °C	15.0 mm
Tue 8 Oct	12.6 °C	26.2 °C	0 mm
Mon 7 Oct	8.0 °C	28.4 °C	0 mm
Sun 6 Oct	12.7 °C	31.9 °C	0 mm
Sat 5 Oct	11.7 °C	28.3 °C	2.0 mm
Fri 4 Oct	7.1 °C	23.5 °C	0 mm
Thu 3 Oct	11.9 °C	22.3 °C	1.6 mm
Wed 2 Oct	10.4 °C	22.6 °C	0 mm
Tue 1 Oct		22.8 °C	2.8 mm
Mon 30 Sep	16.3 °C	23.0 °C	2.4 mm
Sun 29 Sep	14.4 °C	23.1 °C	23.8 mm
Sat 28 Sep	12.5 °C	20.5 °C	18.2 mm
Fri 27 Sep	13.6 °C	15.5 °C	27.8 mm
Thu 26 Sep	14.9 °C	20.0 °C	0 mm
Wed 25 Sep	10.0 °C	28.4 °C	0 mm
Tue 24 Sep		27.3 °C	0 mm
Mon 23 Sep	6.8 °C	28.0 °C	0 mm
Sun 22 Sep	5.2 °C	25.4 °C	0 mm
Sat 21 Sep	5.6 °C	25.5 °C	0 mm

Next 36 hours

Time	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Sat 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm
Temperature (°C)	25	24	21	20	18	17	22	28	29	24	19	17
Chance of rain	20%	40%	30%	30%	20%	10%	10%	20%	20%	5%	10%	10%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	46	43	37	30	24	15	22	22	35	35	22	13
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	19	20	20	19	18	17	19	17	16	17	17	15

Next week summary

	Tomorrow Sat 19 Oct		Sun 20 Oct		Mon 21 Oct		Tue 22 Oct		Wed 23 Oct		Thu 24 Oct		Fri 25 Oct

	Possible shower.		Becoming windy. Partly cloudy.		Becoming windy. Partly cloudy.		Shower or two.		Partly cloudy.		Possible late shower.		Shower or two.
Max. (°C)	29		24		24		24		25		29		23
Min. (°C)	17		14		13		13		12		14		14
Any rain	40%		20%		30%		50%		20%		40%		50%
Rain (mm)	0–1		0		0–1		0–3		0		0–1		0–4
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	22	35	20	37	33	48	31	39	15	22	17	24
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	19	16	15	15	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	19

Complete forecast

Today, Friday 18 October

Shower or two.

60% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 23 to 28.

Sun protection 8:50am to 4:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High]

Tomorrow, Saturday 19 October

Possible shower.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 29 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the north. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 31.

Sunday 20 October

Becoming windy. Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 24 °C

20% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 20 to 25.

Monday 21 October

Becoming windy. Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 13 °C Maximum: 24 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers in the south, medium chance elsewhere. Winds south to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h.

Tuesday 22 October

Shower or two.

Minimum: 13 °C Maximum: 24 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 3 mm

Wednesday 23 October

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 12 °C Maximum: 25 °C

20% chance of rain

Thursday 24 October

Possible late shower.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 29 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Friday 25 October

Shower or two.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 23 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 4 mm

Issued as 3:50pm. Next forecast at 4:25am.

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	25.3	22.5	20.2	20.1	21.8	24.4	25.7	26.9	28.4
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)	32.9	32.4	30.7	28.3	25.4	23.0	22.9	25.5	29.7	30.5	31.1	32.7
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	25.3	25.0	24.1	22.2	19.7	17.6	17.3	18.5	20.2	21.1	22.5	24.3
	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	16.7	13.1	8.7	6.6	5.1	5.4	8.2	11.3	14.3	16.2
Lowest temperature (°C)	10.0	11.9	9.0	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	31 Mar 2023	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	17.2	16.0	15.0	15.1	19.4	19.0	21.2	22.8
Date	20 Jan 2019	4 Feb 2006	26 Mar 2019	4 Apr 2020	4 May 2019	30 Jun 2005	21 Jul 2016	14 Aug 2024	22 Sep 2020	30 Oct 2005	7 Nov 2018	8 Dec 2005
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	21.3	20.6	19.5	16.6	13.5	11.9	10.4	10.4	12.8	16.0	18.4	19.8
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	14.3	15.0	13.0	9.3	4.0	1.4	0.3	1.0	4.0	7.0	10.3	12.2
Rainfall
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean rainfall (mm)	117.9	148.8	202.0	75.6	58.9	94.7	37.2	44.2	45.1	84.9	102.7	106.6
Highest rainfall (mm)	296.0	449.4	822.0	245.6	232.0	390.8	296.4	212.4	181.4	247.8	239.6	374.4
Date	2015	2009	2021	2024	2015	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 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm)	208.0	298.4	446.4	172.7	159.6	238.9	52.3	155.1	103.3	150.0	192.0	198.7
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	30.0	41.9	52.2	28.2	3.0	11.4	10.6	1.1	5.8	12.0	35.0	40.8
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	121.2	167.4	225.8	72.4	98.8	210.6	132.8	132.8	84.4	71.6	128.0	109.2
Date	20 Jan 2015	17 Feb 2009	19 Mar 2021	6 Apr 2024	24 May 2013	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	13.9	14.4	16.3	14.1	11.8	12.8	10.2	7.6	8.4	11.0	12.9	14.0
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	9.4	10.6	10.8	8.5	5.3	6.0	4.5	3.6	4.7	7.7	8.7	9.4
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	3.3	4.1	4.0	2.4	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.1	1.3	2.5	3.0	3.0
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	1.2	2.0	2.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.2	1.2
More
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean daily wind run (km)	212	209	186	179	176	190	204	213	217	217	224	222
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	20.0	17.2	15.0	11.8	10.3	11.3	14.5	18.1	20.2	21.4	22.4
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. Now measured is average of last five minutes (the range is also shown if not small).
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.
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).