Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 03:01 PM EDT on Saturday 24 January 2026
Valid for Saturday 24 January 2026 to Tuesday 27 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains and South West Slopes
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter, Northern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina, Lower Western and Upper Western
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 increasing this weekend to the low to mid forties west of the ranges, and reaching the mid to high thirties along the coast and ranges. Overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid teens and up to the mid twenties in the northwest, increasing to mid to high twenties west of the ranges and mid teens to low twenties along the coast and ranges.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to intensify this weekend and early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Armidale, Albury, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Grafton, Lismore, Moree, Orange, Tamworth and Wagga Wagga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Sunday 25 January 2026
Forecast
Bielsdown Hills (30.3734°S, 152.6767°E, 769m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. The chance of fog in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower in the N, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming NE/SE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 37.
Forecast for Bielsdown Hills (30.3734°S, 152.6767°E, 769m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 17° 19° 17° 15° 14° 16° 15° Maximum 31° 32° 24° 26° 24° 23° 23° Chance of rain 60% 40% 20% 10% 60% 50% 50% Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate - - - 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 4
(km/h)7
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(km/h)9
(km/h)7
(km/h)13
(km/h)3
(km/h)10
(km/h)5
(km/h)12
(km/h)5
(km/h)10
(km/h)3
(km/h)6
(km/h)Wind direction NNW SE WNW SE S SSE SSE ESE S ESE SSE SE SE ESE Relative humidity 75% 52% 57% 50% 79% 61% 73% 53% 75% 54% 78% 63% 74% 65% Dew point 20°C 20°C 18°C 20°C 16°C 16°C 15°C 16°C 14°C 14°C 16°C 16°C 15°C 16°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Bielsdown Hills (30.3734°S, 152.6767°E, 769m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:45am EDT 6:11am EDT 7:52pm EDT 8:18pm EDT 12:08pm EDT 11:30pm EDT 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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