Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Forecast
Banks (35.4689°S, 149.0971°E, 612m AMSL) Banks,ACT set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Banks 7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Winds E/NE 25 to 35 km/h.
Forecast for Banks (35.4689°S, 149.0971°E, 612m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary 
Minimum 11° 12° 15° 16° 17° 17° 14° Maximum 28° 33° 36° 36° 32° 29° 29° Chance of rain 10% 5% 10% 70% 80% 90% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 10-20mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate High High - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 10
(km/h)11
(km/h)4
(km/h)13
(km/h)8
(km/h)18
(km/h)8
(km/h)14
(km/h)13
(km/h)20
(km/h)14
(km/h)23
(km/h)11
(km/h)19
(km/h)Wind direction E NE NE NNW N WNW NNW WNW NNW WNW NNW NW N NW Relative humidity 65% 33% 61% 29% 50% 22% 39% 29% 67% 41% 68% 50% 54% 30% Dew point 10°C 9°C 11°C 12°C 14°C 10°C 13°C 14°C 17°C 16°C 19°C 17°C 11°C 9°C First light 5:13am 5:13am 5:14am 5:14am 5:14am 5:15am 5:15am Sunrise 5:43am 5:43am 5:44am 5:44am 5:44am 5:45am 5:45am Sunset 8:15pm 8:16pm 8:16pm 8:17pm 8:18pm 8:18pm 8:19pm Last light 8:45pm 8:46pm 8:46pm 8:47pm 8:47pm 8:48pm 8:49pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Banks (35.4689°S, 149.0971°E, 612m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter 5:13am EDT 5:43am EDT 8:15pm EDT 8:45pm EDT 2:44am EDT 4:58pm EDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Banks sun & moon times
TuesdayFirst light5:13am
EDTSunrise5:43am
EDTSunset8:15pm
EDTLast light8:45pm
EDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseTue
2:44am
EDTMoon setTue
4:58pm
EDTNew moonNew moon Sat
Dec 20
First quarterFirst quarter Sun
Dec 28
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Tue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTTue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025Tue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025Tue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025Tue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025Tue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025Tue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025Tue 2:40pm UTC Severe weather advice ACTAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:40 PM EDT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Valid for Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over southern inland areas from Wednesday.
About the southern coast and ranges maximum temperatures generally in the high twenties to low thirties from Wednesday, peaking in the mid to high thirties over the end of the week. Overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid to high teens.
Severe to Extreme heatwave conditions developing over the south of the state are expected to extend over the north of the state later in the week and begin to ease in the south over the weekend.
Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Batemans Bay, Bowral, Braidwood, Bombala, Cooma, Deniliquin, Eden, Nowra and Tumbarumba.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone° -
Temperature for next 7 days
0 Tuesday Tuesday 28 1 Wednesday Wednesday 33 2 Thursday Thursday 36 3 Friday Friday 36 4 Saturday Saturday 32 5 Sunday Sunday 29 6 Monday Monday 29 7 Monday Monday 29 -
Rain for next 7 days
0 Tuesday Tuesday 0 1 Wednesday Wednesday 0 2 Thursday Thursday 0 3 Friday Friday 10 4 Saturday Saturday 5 5 Sunday Sunday 20 6 Monday Monday 0 7 Monday Monday 0
