South West Rocks weather

South West Rocks

Now: 22.6 °C Today: 24 °C Partly cloudy. Tonight: 17 °C Tomorrow: 26 °C Mostly sunny.

Today, Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the north, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 21 to 27.

Temperature	22.6 °C
Feels like	23.3 °C
Wet bulb temp.	19.2 °C
Minimum temp.	18.1 °C	5:07am
Maximum temp.	22.9 °C	9:30am
Dew point	17.1 °C
Humidity	71%
Wind	9 km/h
Strongest gust	17 km/h	9:48am
Pressure	1024.2 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Kempsey Airport at 10:00am.

Radar

UV index

6am	0.1	Low
7am	0.6	Low
8am	2.1	Low
9am	4.6	Moderate
10am	7.8	Very high
11am	10.6	Extreme
12pm	12.2	Extreme
1pm	12.2	Extreme
2pm	10.6	Extreme
3pm	8.0	Very high
4pm	5.0	Moderate
5pm	2.5	Moderate
6pm	0.9	Low
7pm	0.2	Low

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:11am	5:38am	7:49pm	8:15pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:12am	5:38am	7:50pm	8:16pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Tue 16 Dec	18.6 °C		0.2 mm
Mon 15 Dec	18.0 °C	28.1 °C	0 mm
Sun 14 Dec	18.2 °C	33.1 °C	0.2 mm
Sat 13 Dec	15.7 °C	27.4 °C	11.0 mm
Fri 12 Dec	19.7 °C	22.5 °C	mm
Thu 11 Dec	19.3 °C		1.6 mm
Wed 10 Dec	19.2 °C	30.7 °C	0 mm
Tue 9 Dec	16.5 °C	31.5 °C	0.6 mm
Mon 8 Dec	18.4 °C	25.9 °C	19.0 mm
Sun 7 Dec	18.5 °C	33.3 °C	0.2 mm
Sat 6 Dec	13.6 °C	36.2 °C	0 mm
Fri 5 Dec	12.9 °C	33.7 °C	0 mm
Thu 4 Dec		30.5 °C	0 mm
Wed 3 Dec		26.3 °C	0 mm
Tue 2 Dec	13.2 °C	27.0 °C	0 mm
Mon 1 Dec	11.6 °C	28.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 30 Nov	15.8 °C	28.1 °C	4.4 mm
Sat 29 Nov	19.6 °C	33.9 °C	0 mm
Fri 28 Nov	15.2 °C	30.7 °C	0 mm
Thu 27 Nov	19.0 °C	37.5 °C	6.4 mm
Wed 26 Nov	19.6 °C	38.3 °C	5.0 mm
Tue 25 Nov	20.0 °C	39.4 °C	0 mm
Mon 24 Nov	18.4 °C	29.1 °C	1.0 mm
Sun 23 Nov	19.0 °C	29.8 °C	15.4 mm
Sat 22 Nov	18.4 °C	27.2 °C	0 mm
Fri 21 Nov	15.6 °C	26.4 °C	3.6 mm
Thu 20 Nov	13.8 °C	30.2 °C	0 mm
Wed 19 Nov	11.3 °C	27.9 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Thu 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm
Temperature (°C)	24	24	23	21	19	18	17	22	25	26	24	22
Chance of rain	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	13	20	20	19	17	15	15	19	28	33	37	37
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18

Next week summary

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

	Partly cloudy.		Mostly sunny.		Mostly sunny.		Possible storm.		Sunny.		Mostly sunny.		Shower or two.
Max. (°C)	24		26		29		30		33		31		29
Min. (°C)	-		17		18		19		20		21		21
Any rain	5%		5%		20%		20%		20%		30%		70%
Rain (mm)	0		0		0		0		0		0–1		0–10
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	-	20	19	33	28	35	15	22	24	37	20	30	13	20
Wind dir.	-
Dew pt. (°C)	-	16	16	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	23

Complete forecast

Today, Wednesday 17 December

Partly cloudy.

Maximum: 24 °C

5% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the north, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 21 to 27.

Sun protection 8:20am to 4:50pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Tomorrow, Thursday 18 December

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 26 °C

5% chance of rain

The chance of fog in the early morning. Sunny day. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 33.

Friday 19 December

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 29 °C

20% chance of rain

Mostly sunny. The chance of morning fog. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 38.

Saturday 20 December

Possible storm.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 30 °C

20% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers inland, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then tending northwest to northeasterly during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s.

Sunday 21 December

Sunny.

Minimum: 20 °C Maximum: 33 °C

20% chance of rain

Monday 22 December

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 21 °C Maximum: 31 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Tuesday 23 December

Shower or two.

Minimum: 21 °C Maximum: 29 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 10 mm

Issued as 9:46am. Next forecast at 4:00pm.

Weather situation

A trough over inland Queensland extends into the far north of the state, while a high in the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across the south and east. Then, a series of troughs are forecast to enter the state's west and slip south later in the week through the weekend, drawing heat and moisture into 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	25.3	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	31.1	32.7
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	25.3	25.0	24.1	22.2	19.7	17.6	17.3	18.5	20.3	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	18.4	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	105.6
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	198.1
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	41.1
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	13.8
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	9.3
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	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	14.4	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).