South West Rocks weather

Now: 18.5 °C Today: 21 °C Showers. Tonight: 13 °C Tomorrow: 24 °C Showers increasing.

Today, Thursday: Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm near the coast. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon.

Temperature	18.5 °C
Feels like	19.5 °C
Wet bulb temp.	18.1 °C
Minimum temp.	15.3 °C	6:16am
Maximum temp.	18.7 °C	10:27am
Dew point	17.8 °C
Humidity	96%
Wind	9 km/h
Strongest gust	19 km/h	8:06am
Pressure	1018.8 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Kempsey Airport at 10:40am.

Radar

UV index

7am	0.1	Low
8am	0.8	Low
9am	2.0	Low
10am	3.4	Moderate
11am	4.3	Moderate
12pm	4.4	Moderate
1pm	3.6	Moderate
2pm	2.3	Low
3pm	1.0	Low
4pm	0.2	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:01am	6:25am	5:02pm	5:26pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:02am	6:26am	5:01pm	5:26pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Wed 14 May	14.8 °C		3.6 mm
Tue 13 May	16.0 °C	22.6 °C	8.0 mm
Mon 12 May	13.6 °C	23.4 °C	5.2 mm
Sun 11 May	14.4 °C	21.8 °C	3.4 mm
Sat 10 May	13.6 °C	21.3 °C	6.4 mm
Fri 9 May	12.9 °C	21.2 °C	0 mm
Thu 8 May	12.6 °C	23.8 °C	0.2 mm
Wed 7 May	12.2 °C	26.1 °C	0.2 mm
Tue 6 May	13.9 °C	24.3 °C	0.4 mm
Mon 5 May	16.4 °C	23.0 °C	32.4 mm
Sun 4 May	13.4 °C	22.4 °C	6.8 mm
Sat 3 May	12.8 °C	18.6 °C	0 mm
Fri 2 May	13.4 °C	21.7 °C	7.8 mm
Thu 1 May	14.0 °C	21.4 °C	0 mm
Wed 30 Apr	12.5 °C	23.9 °C	0 mm
Tue 29 Apr	13.3 °C	24.8 °C	0 mm
Mon 28 Apr	16.6 °C	24.7 °C	1.0 mm
Sun 27 Apr	16.6 °C	24.4 °C	96.2 mm
Sat 26 Apr	15.2 °C	22.4 °C	17.6 mm
Fri 25 Apr	15.2 °C	24.3 °C	14.4 mm
Thu 24 Apr	14.8 °C	23.9 °C	23.4 mm
Wed 23 Apr	13.9 °C	24.7 °C	4.8 mm
Tue 22 Apr		24.7 °C	0.6 mm
Mon 21 Apr	14.1 °C	23.8 °C	0 mm
Sun 20 Apr	10.9 °C	29.9 °C	0 mm
Sat 19 Apr	10.8 °C	27.8 °C	0.2 mm
Fri 18 Apr	13.3 °C	25.3 °C	0 mm
Thu 17 Apr	17.1 °C	24.9 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	10am	1pm	4pm	7pm	10pm	Fri 1am	4am	7am	10am	1pm	4pm	7pm
Temperature (°C)	19	21	20	17	16	15	14	13	21	24	21	17
Chance of rain	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	40%	20%	10%	10%	20%	50%	70%
Median rain (mm)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wind speed (km/h)	20	24	22	20	22	26	24	19	15	15	15	11
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	17	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	16	16	17	17

Next week summary

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

	Showers.		Showers increasing.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.		Showers.		Showers.		Shower or two.
Max. (°C)	21		24		23		22		20		21		22
Min. (°C)	-		13		14		12		12		12		12
Any rain	90%		90%		70%		50%		80%		80%		60%
Rain (mm)	0		2–20		0–8		0–2		0–20		0–20		0–10
	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm
Wind (km/h)	-	24	19	15	13	17	28	30	28	26	28	31	31	33
Wind dir.	-
Dew pt. (°C)	-	18	13	16	14	17	12	14	12	14	12	14	12	14

Complete forecast

Today, Thursday 15 May

Showers.

Maximum: 21 °C

90% chance of rain

Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm near the coast. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon.

Sun protection 9:50am to 1:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

Tomorrow, Friday 16 May

Showers increasing.

Minimum: 13 °C Maximum: 24 °C

90% chance of rain 2 to 20 mm

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm near the coast. Light winds.

Saturday 17 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 23 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 8 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds.

Sunday 18 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 12 °C Maximum: 22 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog inland. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then tending west to southwesterly during the evening.

Monday 19 May

Showers.

Minimum: 12 °C Maximum: 20 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 20 mm

Tuesday 20 May

Showers.

Minimum: 12 °C Maximum: 21 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 20 mm

Wednesday 21 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 12 °C Maximum: 22 °C

60% chance of rain 0 to 10 mm

Issued as 9:23am. Next forecast at 3:50pm.

Weather situation

A broad inland trough extending from central Queensland into central New South Wales is forecast to persist until Friday. Meanwhile, another trough off the north coast is forecast to deepen to a low pressure system today before moving offshore from Friday. Following this, a strong cold front is expected to cross the state during the weekend, possibly forming another trough off the NSW coast in its wake early next week.

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	28.5
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	31.1	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	24.4
	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	8.7	6.6	5.1	5.4	8.2	11.3	14.4	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	17.2	16.0	15.0	15.1	19.4	19.0	21.9	23.4
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	29 Nov 2024	18 Dec 2024
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	21.3	20.6	19.7	16.6	13.5	11.9	10.4	10.4	12.8	16.0	18.4	19.9
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	14.3	15.0	13.3	9.4	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)	119.1	147.7	202.8	80.3	58.9	94.7	37.2	44.2	45.1	83.9	103.2	105.6
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)	206.0	297.0	442.2	193.2	159.6	238.9	52.3	155.1	103.3	149.9	191.1	198.1
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	30.5	42.1	52.5	28.3	3.0	11.4	10.6	1.1	5.8	12.2	35.6	41.1
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	121.2	167.4	225.8	96.2	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	27 Apr 2025	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	14.0	14.2	16.5	14.3	11.8	12.8	10.2	7.6	8.4	11.0	12.8	13.8
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	9.5	10.5	10.9	8.5	5.6	6.0	4.5	3.6	4.7	7.4	8.7	9.3
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	3.4	4.0	4.3	2.5	1.6	2.0	1.0	1.1	1.3	2.5	3.1	3.0
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	1.2	2.0	2.3	0.7	0.7	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	187	180	176	190	204	213	217	217	224	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	14.5	18.1	20.2	21.4	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. 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.
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).