South West Rocks weather

South West Rocks

Now: 20.8 °C Today: 30 °C Sunny. Tonight: 19 °C Tomorrow: 25 °C Cloud clearing.

Today, Thursday: Mostly sunny. The chance of fog early this morning. High chance of showers in the south, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the south during this afternoon and evening. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly in the late afternoon then tending west to northwesterly in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 27 to 32.

Temperature	20.8 °C
Feels like	21.2 °C
Wet bulb temp.	18.6 °C
Minimum temp.	14.0 °C	6:42am
Maximum temp.	20.8 °C	9:20am
Dew point	17.2 °C
Humidity	80%
Wind	11 km/h
Strongest gust	17 km/h	9:12am
Pressure	1012.6 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Kempsey Airport at 9:20am.

Radar

UV index

8am	0.5	Low
9am	1.8	Low
10am	4.0	Moderate
11am	6.4	High
12pm	8.2	Very high
1pm	8.6	Very high
2pm	7.5	Very high
3pm	5.4	Moderate
4pm	3.0	Moderate
5pm	1.1	Low
6pm	0.2	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:30am	6:53am	6:53pm	7:16pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:31am	6:54am	6:52pm	7:15pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Wed 25 Mar	16.2 °C		0 mm
Tue 24 Mar	17.8 °C	27.6 °C	25.4 mm
Mon 23 Mar	15.3 °C	27.4 °C	0.4 mm
Sun 22 Mar	17.0 °C	27.5 °C	0.8 mm
Sat 21 Mar	17.6 °C	28.5 °C	0.4 mm
Fri 20 Mar	18.9 °C	29.0 °C	0.6 mm
Thu 19 Mar	19.3 °C	25.9 °C	0 mm
Wed 18 Mar	19.4 °C	29.6 °C	0 mm
Tue 17 Mar	16.1 °C	30.1 °C	0 mm
Mon 16 Mar	12.5 °C	28.5 °C	0 mm
Sun 15 Mar	15.9 °C	27.5 °C	0 mm
Sat 14 Mar	17.1 °C	25.2 °C	1.2 mm
Fri 13 Mar	19.7 °C	22.9 °C	5.2 mm
Thu 12 Mar	16.5 °C	35.9 °C	0 mm
Wed 11 Mar	16.4 °C	30.2 °C	0 mm
Tue 10 Mar	18.3 °C	29.1 °C	22.4 mm
Mon 9 Mar	19.4 °C	24.6 °C	23.8 mm
Sun 8 Mar	21.1 °C	27.6 °C	0 mm
Sat 7 Mar	19.4 °C	30.5 °C	0 mm
Fri 6 Mar	17.7 °C	31.3 °C	0 mm
Thu 5 Mar	20.3 °C	31.4 °C	0 mm
Wed 4 Mar	19.8 °C	29.5 °C	0 mm
Tue 3 Mar	19.2 °C	27.7 °C	0 mm
Mon 2 Mar	18.9 °C	28.1 °C	1.4 mm
Sun 1 Mar	19.3 °C	28.0 °C	14.6 mm
Sat 28 Feb	20.1 °C	27.2 °C	1.2 mm
Fri 27 Feb	18.3 °C	29.4 °C	0.2 mm
Thu 26 Feb	19.8 °C	29.8 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Fri 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm
Temperature (°C)	18	28	30	28	24	23	21	20	21	25	25	23
Chance of rain	0%	0%	5%	0%	10%	20%	30%	10%	10%	5%	0%	0%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	9	11	20	26	31	28	19	20	24	41	37	37
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	18	17	19	19	21	20	17	16	16	10	3	3

Next week summary

	Today Thu 26 Mar		Fri 27 Mar		Sat 28 Mar		Sun 29 Mar		Mon 30 Mar		Tue 31 Mar		Wed 1 Apr

	Sunny.		Cloud clearing.		Sunny.		Mostly sunny.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.
Max. (°C)	30		25		25		26		26		27		27
Min. (°C)	-		19		14		14		15		16		16
Any rain	30%		30%		10%		30%		50%		50%		50%
Rain (mm)	0		0–1		0		0–1		0–2		0–3		0–2
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	9	20	24	37	31	35	28	33	24	30	15	20	9	17
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	18	19	16	3	10	13	13	15	16	16	16	17	17	17

Complete forecast

Today, Thursday 26 March

Sunny.

Maximum: 30 °C

30% chance of rain

Mostly sunny. The chance of fog early this morning. High chance of showers in the south, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the south during this afternoon and evening. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly in the late afternoon then tending west to northwesterly in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 27 to 32.

Sun protection 9:30am to 4:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High]

Tomorrow, Friday 27 March

Cloud clearing.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 25 °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 near the coast in the early morning. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming westerly 30 to 45 km/h in the morning.

Saturday 28 March

Sunny.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 25 °C

10% chance of rain

Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower along the coastal fringe, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending south to southwesterly during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching 20 to 25.

Sunday 29 March

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 26 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower along the coastal fringe, most likely in the evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 8 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26.

Monday 30 March

Shower or two.

Minimum: 15 °C Maximum: 26 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Tuesday 31 March

Shower or two.

Minimum: 16 °C Maximum: 27 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 3 mm

Wednesday 1 April

Shower or two.

Minimum: 16 °C Maximum: 27 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Issued as 6:07am. Next forecast at 4:00pm.

Weather situation

A low over the Tasman Sea (southeast of Lord Howe Island) will continue to move southeast towards New Zealand today. Meanwhile, a trough and associated strong cold front are expected to cross the state during today and early Friday, bringing a significant cold change across the state in its wake. A vigorous coastal low is forecast to form off the south coast during Friday, whipping up very strong southerly winds and powerful waves along the southern half of the coast, before heading into the Tasman Sea during the weekend.

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)	119.8	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)	204.0	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)	30.9	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	13.8	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	9.5	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	20.1	17.1	15.0	11.8	10.3	11.3	14.4	18.1	20.2	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).