South West Rocks weather

South West Rocks

Now: 26.0 °C Today: 29 °C Partly cloudy. Tonight: 21 °C Tomorrow: 28 °C Partly cloudy.

Today, Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 26 to 31.

Temperature	26.0 °C
Feels like	28.4 °C
Wet bulb temp.	21.9 °C
Minimum temp.	16.1 °C	4:14am
Maximum temp.	26.0 °C	11:00am
Dew point	19.6 °C
Humidity	68%
Wind	6 km/h
Strongest gust	22 km/h	8:33am
Pressure	1017.6 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Kempsey Airport at 11:00am.

Radar

UV index

8am	0.6	Low
9am	2.2	Low
10am	4.7	Moderate
11am	7.4	High
12pm	9.4	Very high
1pm	9.9	Very high
2pm	8.8	Very high
3pm	6.4	High
4pm	3.7	Moderate
5pm	1.5	Low
6pm	0.3	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:24am	6:47am	7:04pm	7:27pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:25am	6:48am	7:03pm	7:26pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Mon 16 Mar	12.1 °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
Wed 25 Feb	17.6 °C	31.0 °C	0 mm
Tue 24 Feb	18.0 °C	30.4 °C	0 mm
Mon 23 Feb	19.4 °C	32.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 22 Feb	19.4 °C	33.0 °C	0.2 mm
Sat 21 Feb	22.4 °C	33.6 °C	10.2 mm
Fri 20 Feb	22.9 °C	30.7 °C	2.6 mm
Thu 19 Feb	20.0 °C	32.6 °C	0 mm
Wed 18 Feb	16.0 °C	35.4 °C	0 mm
Tue 17 Feb	16.2 °C	28.0 °C	8.2 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Wed 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm
Temperature (°C)	27	29	27	24	23	22	21	22	27	28	26	23
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	5%	5%	10%	10%	10%	5%	10%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	31	33	31	30	30	26	20	17	15	17	17	17
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	20	20	19

Next week summary

	Today Tue 17 Mar		Wed 18 Mar		Thu 19 Mar		Fri 20 Mar		Sat 21 Mar		Sun 22 Mar		Mon 23 Mar

	Partly cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.		Showers.		Showers.		Showers.
Max. (°C)	29		28		27		26		27		26		26
Min. (°C)	-		21		20		19		18		19		18
Any rain	5%		30%		60%		70%		80%		90%		80%
Rain (mm)	0		0–1		0–6		0–9		0–15		2–20		1–15
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	-	33	17	17	11	13	11	17	13	20	22	24	19	26
Wind dir.	-
Dew pt. (°C)	-	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	18	19

Complete forecast

Today, Tuesday 17 March

Partly cloudy.

Maximum: 29 °C

5% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 26 to 31.

Sun protection 9:20am to 4:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 9 [Very High]

Tomorrow, Wednesday 18 March

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 21 °C Maximum: 28 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. The chance of fog in the north in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 29.

Thursday 19 March

Shower or two.

Minimum: 20 °C Maximum: 27 °C

60% chance of rain 0 to 6 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26.

Friday 20 March

Shower or two.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 26 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 9 mm

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to high 20s.

Saturday 21 March

Showers.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 27 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 15 mm

Sunday 22 March

Showers.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 26 °C

90% chance of rain 2 to 20 mm

Monday 23 March

Showers.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 26 °C

80% chance of rain 1 to 15 mm

Issued as 10:42am. Next forecast at 4:00pm.

Weather situation

A high over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge over the state's northeast, while a low over central Australia extends a trough to the state's northwest. Meanwhile, another trough is forecast to brush the southern and central parts of the coast today, bringing a coastal southerly change in its wake, before stalling about the Hunter or Mid North Coast midweek. Then, the trough in the northwest looks set to weaken and move towards the central inland later in the week while another high pressure ridge extends across the south, maintaining onshore easterly winds.

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).