South West Rocks weather

South West Rocks

Now: 23.5 °C Today: 29 °C Showers. Storm developing. Tonight: 18 °C Tomorrow: 23 °C Showers. Storm developing.

Today, Sunday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Thunderstorms likely, possibly severe with damaging to locally destructive winds, large to giant hail, and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30.

Temperature	23.5 °C
Feels like	21.9 °C
Wet bulb temp.	20.8 °C
Minimum temp.	18.9 °C	5:35am
Maximum temp.	30.7 °C	1:44pm
Dew point	19.2 °C
Humidity	77%
Wind	26 km/h
Strongest gust	43 km/h	2:00pm
Pressure	1005.9 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.2 mm

Kempsey Airport at 3:40pm.

Radar

UV index

6am	0.1	Low
7am	0.6	Low
8am	2.1	Low
9am	4.5	Moderate
10am	7.3	High
11am	9.8	Very high
12pm	11.2	Extreme
1pm	11.0	Extreme
2pm	9.4	Very high
3pm	6.7	High
4pm	3.9	Moderate
5pm	1.7	Low
6pm	0.5	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:15am	5:42am	7:22pm	7:48pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:15am	5:41am	7:23pm	7:49pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Sun 15 Nov	18.9 °C		6.4 mm
Sat 14 Nov	20.3 °C	30.5 °C	11.8 mm
Fri 13 Nov	18.0 °C	28.8 °C	0.2 mm
Thu 12 Nov	15.1 °C	28.5 °C	2.2 mm
Wed 11 Nov	11.9 °C	31.6 °C	0 mm
Tue 10 Nov	9.4 °C	25.4 °C	0 mm
Mon 9 Nov	10.6 °C	24.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 8 Nov	15.4 °C	22.5 °C	0 mm
Sat 7 Nov	11.8 °C	29.9 °C	0 mm
Fri 6 Nov	11.6 °C	24.9 °C	0 mm
Thu 5 Nov	13.7 °C	27.9 °C	0 mm
Wed 4 Nov	15.1 °C	26.9 °C	21.4 mm
Tue 3 Nov	18.7 °C	26.9 °C	0 mm
Mon 2 Nov	15.4 °C	27.1 °C	0.8 mm
Sun 1 Nov	16.7 °C	28.5 °C	2.6 mm
Sat 31 Oct	13.1 °C	26.8 °C	0 mm
Fri 30 Oct	10.1 °C	25.3 °C	0 mm
Thu 29 Oct	10.4 °C	25.2 °C	0 mm
Wed 28 Oct	14.9 °C	25.7 °C	0 mm
Tue 27 Oct	16.3 °C	20.6 °C	34.2 mm
Mon 26 Oct	17.7 °C	29.9 °C	6.4 mm
Sun 25 Oct	18.4 °C	28.8 °C	0 mm
Sat 24 Oct	15.7 °C	26.6 °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

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Mon 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm
Temperature (°C)	26	24	21	19	19	18	21	23	20	19	18	18
Chance of rain	40%	40%	30%	20%	20%	30%	40%	60%	70%	70%	60%	50%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	7	2	2
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	17	17	24	26	28	28	31	26	24	26
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	22	21	21	19	19	18	19	18	18	18	17	17

Next week summary

	Today Sun 15 Nov		Mon 16 Nov		Tue 17 Nov		Wed 18 Nov		Thu 19 Nov		Fri 20 Nov		Sat 21 Nov

	Showers. Storm developing.		Showers. Storm developing.		Shower or two.		Partly cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Partly cloudy.
Max. (°C)	29		23		23		24		25		25		25
Min. (°C)	-		18		15		14		16		16		18
Any rain	80%		95%		70%		20%		10%		10%		30%
Rain (mm)	0		15–50		0–15		0		0		0		0–1
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	-	19	28	31	28	31	15	22	11	24	22	33	30	37
Wind dir.	-
Dew pt. (°C)	-	22	19	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	18

Complete forecast

Today, Sunday 15 November

Showers. Storm developing.

Maximum: 29 °C

80% chance of rain

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Thunderstorms likely, possibly severe with damaging to locally destructive winds, large to giant hail, and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30.

Sun protection 8:30am to 4:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

Tomorrow, Monday 16 November

Showers. Storm developing.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 23 °C

95% chance of rain 15 to 50 mm

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Tuesday 17 November

Shower or two.

Minimum: 15 °C Maximum: 23 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 15 mm

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the evening.

Wednesday 18 November

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 24 °C

20% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog in the south. Slight chance of a shower in the north, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 27.

Thursday 19 November

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 16 °C Maximum: 25 °C

10% chance of rain

Friday 20 November

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 16 °C Maximum: 25 °C

10% chance of rain

Saturday 21 November

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 25 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Issued as 11:22am. Next forecast at 4:00pm.

Weather situation

An inland trough is drawing moisture from the Coral Sea, with a southerly change moving up the northern coast today. On Monday, a trough deepens along the northern coast and a low develops offshore overnight. The low then moves southeast into the Tasman Sea on Tuesday as a high in the Bight ridges over the state.

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	20.9	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	5.3	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	11.5	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	85.3	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	160.4	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	68.0	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	12.4	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	11.1	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	7.7	9.0	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	2.5	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	1.0	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	218	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	21.6	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).