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
Hay (34.5005°S, 144.8451°E, 91m AMSL) Hay,NSW set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Hay 7 day forecast
Today: Sunny. Winds SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.
Forecast for Hay (34.5005°S, 144.8451°E, 91m AMSL) Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Summary 
Minimum 15° 20° 27° 28° 25° 14° 16° Maximum 39° 44° 45° 45° 37° 33° 33° Chance of rain 5% 5% 20% 10% 10% 5% 20% 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 8
(km/h)9
(km/h)16
(km/h)17
(km/h)27
(km/h)23
(km/h)30
(km/h)29
(km/h)19
(km/h)24
(km/h)24
(km/h)21
(km/h)14
(km/h)15
(km/h)Wind direction S SSW NNE NNW N NNW N N W WSW S S SSE SW Relative humidity 35% 14% 25% 13% 22% 12% 19% 11% 26% 17% 40% 17% 42% 26% Dew point 6°C 6°C 8°C 9°C 10°C 10°C 8°C 8°C 8°C 9°C 4°C 3°C 9°C 10°C First light 5:46am 5:47am 5:48am 5:49am 5:50am 5:50am 5:51am Sunrise 6:15am 6:16am 6:17am 6:18am 6:18am 6:19am 6:20am Sunset 8:37pm 8:37pm 8:37pm 8:37pm 8:37pm 8:37pm 8:37pm Last light 9:06pm 9:06pm 9:06pm 9:06pm 9:06pm 9:06pm 9:06pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Hay (34.5005°S, 144.8451°E, 91m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:46am EDT 6:15am EDT 8:37pm EDT 9:06pm EDT 10:54pm EDT 8:58am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Hay sun & moon times
TuesdayFirst light5:46am
EDTSunrise6:15am
EDTSunset8:37pm
EDTLast light9:06pm
EDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseTue
10:54pm
EDTMoon setTue
8:58am
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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