Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:55 PM EDT on Wednesday 07 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 07 January 2026 to Saturday 10 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Riverina
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Metropolitan, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes and Plains, 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 for southern, central and western NSW this week. Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to low forties, reaching the mid forties in the west from Wednesday until Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties, reaching the high twenties in the west.
The severe to extreme heatwave will ease from the west over the weekend as a southerly change brings milder temperatures. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Broken Hill, Camden, Campbelltown, Gosford, Hornsby, Liverpool, Mona Vale, Orange and Richmond.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 08 January 2026
Forecast
Indi (36.266°S, 148.0452°E, 366m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. The chance of smoke haze near the Victorian border in the morning. Slight chance of a shower about the ranges, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the S in the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds and large hail near the Victorian border in the afternoon and evening. Winds N/NE 15 to 25 km/h tending N/NW in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 41.
Forecast for Indi (36.266°S, 148.0452°E, 366m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 18° 19° 23° 13° 10° 13° 11° Maximum 41° 42° 37° 33° 34° 34° 32° Chance of rain 20% 5% 20% 5% 10% 30% 30% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High Extreme 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 5
(km/h)14
(km/h)5
(km/h)20
(km/h)16
(km/h)22
(km/h)9
(km/h)7
(km/h)2
(km/h)7
(km/h)2
(km/h)11
(km/h)3
(km/h)4
(km/h)Wind direction NNE NNW NNE NNW N WNW S SW NNW NNW N WNW W WSW Relative humidity 39% 17% 39% 15% 30% 18% 44% 19% 50% 26% 49% 25% 52% 28% Dew point 12°C 11°C 14°C 10°C 11°C 9°C 7°C 6°C 9°C 11°C 12°C 12°C 9°C 11°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Indi (36.266°S, 148.0452°E, 366m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:30am EDT 6:00am EDT 8:30pm EDT 8:59pm EDT 11:36pm EDT 10:56am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 -
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Temperature for next 7 days
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