Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026
Forecast
Griffith (34.289°S, 146.0437°E, 128m AMSL) Griffith,NSW set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Griffith 7 day forecast
Today: Sunny. Winds SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the high 30s.
Forecast for Griffith (34.289°S, 146.0437°E, 128m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary 
Minimum 16° 21° 28° 27° 26° 16° 17° Maximum 38° 42° 43° 43° 40° 32° 35° Chance of rain 5% 20% 20% 5% 20% 30% 30% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 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)15
(km/h)23
(km/h)20
(km/h)29
(km/h)22
(km/h)28
(km/h)29
(km/h)27
(km/h)28
(km/h)23
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)19
(km/h)Wind direction NNW WSW NNE NNW N NNW N N NW W SSW SSW ESE WSW Relative humidity 42% 14% 32% 16% 25% 15% 21% 12% 22% 14% 41% 16% 46% 21% Dew point 12°C 5°C 13°C 10°C 12°C 10°C 9°C 7°C 7°C 7°C 7°C 2°C 12°C 8°C First light 5:42am 5:43am 5:44am 5:45am 5:46am 5:47am 5:48am Sunrise 6:11am 6:12am 6:13am 6:14am 6:14am 6:15am 6:16am Sunset 8:32pm 8:32pm 8:32pm 8:32pm 8:32pm 8:32pm 8:31pm Last light 9:01pm 9:01pm 9:01pm 9:01pm 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Griffith (34.289°S, 146.0437°E, 128m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:42am EDT 6:11am EDT 8:32pm EDT 9:01pm EDT 10:49pm EDT 8:54am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Griffith sun & moon times
TuesdayFirst light5:42am
EDTSunrise6:11am
EDTSunset8:32pm
EDTLast light9:01pm
EDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseTue
10:49pm
EDTMoon setTue
8:54am
EDTLast quarterLast quarter Sun
Jan 11
New moonNew moon Mon
Jan 19
First quarterFirst quarter Mon
Jan 26
Full moonFull moon Mon
Feb 02
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWMon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026Mon 2:26pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Monday 05 January 2026
Valid for Monday 05 January 2026 to Thursday 08 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, South West Slopes, 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.
A prolonged period of heat is forecast to build over southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties inland and high twenties along the coast and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties are forecast early this week.
The severe to extreme heatwave will expand and peak later this week, with maximum temperatures reaching the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The heatwave is expected to ease from the south over the weekend and early next week as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Bega, Bowral, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Nowra, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Tuesday 06 January 2026For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone° -
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