South West Rocks weather

South West Rocks

Now: 24.6 °C Today: 26 °C Partly cloudy. Tonight: 15 °C Tomorrow: 27 °C Mostly sunny.

Today, Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, becoming less likely in the late afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 20 to 26.

Temperature	24.6 °C
Feels like	22.2 °C
Wet bulb temp.	19.5 °C
Minimum temp.	17.0 °C	6:30am
Maximum temp.	26.3 °C	11:24am
Dew point	16.3 °C
Humidity	60%
Wind	24 km/h
Strongest gust	28 km/h	11:40am
Pressure	1008.6 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Kempsey Airport at 11:40am.

Severe geomagnetic storm in progress. Aurora may be observed during local night time hours in good observing conditions at regions as far equatorward as middle latitudes.

Radar

UV index

7am	0.3	Low
8am	1.5	Low
9am	3.8	Moderate
10am	6.9	High
11am	10.0	Very high
12pm	12.3	Extreme
1pm	12.9	Extreme
2pm	11.7	Extreme
3pm	9.1	Very high
4pm	5.9	High
5pm	3.0	Moderate
6pm	1.1	Low
7pm	0.2	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:36am	6:02am	7:55pm	8:20pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:37am	6:03am	7:54pm	8:20pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Tue 20 Jan	17.0 °C		4.8 mm
Mon 19 Jan	18.5 °C	25.2 °C	67.0 mm
Sun 18 Jan	19.2 °C	25.2 °C	22.8 mm
Sat 17 Jan	21.6 °C	28.9 °C	19.0 mm
Fri 16 Jan	18.4 °C	33.5 °C	10.8 mm
Thu 15 Jan	19.8 °C	29.6 °C	4.0 mm
Wed 14 Jan	20.1 °C	30.7 °C	0 mm
Tue 13 Jan	17.5 °C	31.5 °C	0 mm
Mon 12 Jan	19.0 °C	26.0 °C	3.0 mm
Sun 11 Jan	17.3 °C	30.9 °C	0 mm
Sat 10 Jan	15.5 °C	37.6 °C	0 mm
Fri 9 Jan	13.1 °C	32.5 °C	0 mm
Thu 8 Jan	14.4 °C	33.3 °C	0 mm
Wed 7 Jan	16.2 °C	31.9 °C	0 mm
Tue 6 Jan	16.2 °C	31.3 °C	0.2 mm
Mon 5 Jan	16.9 °C	31.1 °C	3.2 mm
Sun 4 Jan	18.4 °C	33.1 °C	0 mm
Sat 3 Jan	16.2 °C	28.4 °C	0 mm
Fri 2 Jan	17.8 °C	23.1 °C	1.8 mm
Thu 1 Jan	16.0 °C	27.8 °C	0 mm
Wed 31 Dec	11.8 °C	27.5 °C	0 mm
Tue 30 Dec	9.9 °C	27.8 °C	0 mm
Mon 29 Dec	11.1 °C	27.4 °C	0 mm
Sun 28 Dec	9.2 °C	26.8 °C	0 mm
Sat 27 Dec	13.1 °C	24.1 °C	0 mm
Fri 26 Dec	16.4 °C	20.3 °C	0.8 mm
Thu 25 Dec	16.8 °C	30.0 °C	0 mm
Wed 24 Dec	18.8 °C	30.0 °C	0.2 mm

Space weather

Aurora alert

Northern limit: southern NSW (K_aus 7)

Severe geomagnetic storm in progress. Aurora may be observed during local night time hours in good observing conditions at regions as far equatorward as middle latitudes.

Aurora watch

Northern limit: southern Queensland (K_aus 8)

A coronal mass ejection is expected to impact the Earth within the next 48 hours, possibly resulting in significant geomagnetic activity and visible auroras during local nighttime hours. Aurora alerts will follow if significant geomagnetic activity actually occurs.

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Wed 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm
Temperature (°C)	24	26	25	22	19	17	16	19	25	27	25	21
Chance of rain	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	10%	5%	5%	5%	0%	0%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	28	31	31	24	20	17	19	22	22	28	24	11
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

Next week summary

	Today Tue 20 Jan		Wed 21 Jan		Thu 22 Jan		Fri 23 Jan		Sat 24 Jan		Sun 25 Jan		Mon 26 Jan

	Partly cloudy.		Mostly sunny.		Mostly sunny.		Shower or two.		Partly cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Sunny.
Max. (°C)	26		27		31		25		28		32		31
Min. (°C)	-		15		15		19		19		20		20
Any rain	30%		30%		30%		70%		20%		20%		20%
Rain (mm)	0		0–1		0–1		0–5		0		0		0
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	-	31	22	28	13	22	28	26	13	26	17	24	22	31
Wind dir.	-
Dew pt. (°C)	-	16	15	16	17	20	19	19	19	20	21	23	22	23

Complete forecast

Today, Tuesday 20 January

Partly cloudy.

Maximum: 26 °C

30% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, becoming less likely in the late afternoon and evening. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 20 to 26.

Sun protection 8:40am to 5:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

Tomorrow, Wednesday 21 January

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 15 °C Maximum: 27 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Mostly sunny. The chance of fog about higher ground in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower along the coastal fringe, near zero chance elsewhere. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 28.

Thursday 22 January

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 15 °C Maximum: 31 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the south, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then tending southeast to southwesterly during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 34.

Friday 23 January

Shower or two.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 25 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 5 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to southeasterly during the morning then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s.

Saturday 24 January

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 28 °C

20% chance of rain

Sunday 25 January

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 20 °C Maximum: 32 °C

20% chance of rain

Monday 26 January

Sunny.

Minimum: 20 °C Maximum: 31 °C

20% chance of rain

Issued as 10:18am. Next forecast at 4:00pm.

Weather situation

A ridge lies over the NSW coast while a broad trough lies over inland NSW. This situation will persist through the middle of the week, before the inland trough moves to the northeast on Thursday and Friday with the ridge persisting on the south coast and widening to the southern inland.

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	20.0	21.8	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)	32.9	32.4	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	17.6	17.3	18.5	20.3	21.1	22.5	24.4
	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	8.9	6.6	5.1	5.5	8.2	11.4	14.5	16.3
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	17.7	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	13.9	12.0	10.4	10.5	12.8	16.0	18.5	19.9
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	14.3	15.0	13.3	9.4	4.1	1.5	0.3	1.0	4.1	7.0	10.3	12.2
Rainfall
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean rainfall (mm)	119.1	147.7	202.8	80.3	76.5	91.4	37.8	50.0	44.0	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 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm)	206.0	297.0	442.2	193.2	185.0	231.2	53.2	180.6	101.6	149.9	190.3	197.4
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	30.5	42.1	52.5	28.3	3.2	11.4	10.8	1.2	5.9	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	14.0	14.2	16.5	14.3	12.3	12.8	10.5	8.2	8.3	10.8	12.9	13.7
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	9.7	10.5	10.9	8.5	5.8	5.9	4.7	3.9	4.7	7.4	8.9	9.1
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	3.4	4.0	4.3	2.5	1.7	1.9	1.0	1.2	1.2	2.4	3.0	3.0
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	1.2	2.0	2.3	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)	212	209	187	180	178	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	20.0	17.1	15.0	11.8	10.3	11.3	14.4	18.1	20.2	21.5	22.6
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).