Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:26 PM EDT on Saturday 06 December 2025
Valid for Saturday 06 December 2025 to Saturday 06 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast and Central Tablelands
Cancellation for the following areas:
Southern Tablelands
Safety Advice:
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.
Temperatures in the mid to high thirties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to low twenties. Following the change, maximum temperatures dropping to the high twenties, minimum temperatures in high teens.
Severe heatwave conditions easing over the weekend as a cooler change extends across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Sydney, Camden, Campbelltown, Gosford, Hornsby, Liverpool, Mona Vale, Nowra, Richmond and Wollongong.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Sunday 07 December 2025
Forecast
Leighwood (34.2°S, 149.625°E, 757m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers about the Blue Mountains, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of smoke haze on and E of the ranges. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds and large hail in the N in the afternoon. Winds W/NW 20 to 30 km/h shifting E/SE in the late morning and afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 29.
Forecast for Leighwood (34.2°S, 149.625°E, 757m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 15° 9° 13° 13° 12° 10° 12° Maximum 23° 26° 30° 27° 19° 18° 23° Chance of rain 10% 5% 10% 90% 80% 70% 80% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High High 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 15
(km/h)11
(km/h)11
(km/h)15
(km/h)9
(km/h)16
(km/h)10
(km/h)9
(km/h)15
(km/h)16
(km/h)16
(km/h)15
(km/h)10
(km/h)9
(km/h)Wind direction W WNW N WNW WNW W ENE NW E E ESE E NNE NNW Relative humidity 42% 14% 57% 22% 23% 15% 71% 30% 86% 71% 82% 73% 75% 55% Dew point 4°C -5°C 9°C 3°C 1°C 1°C 12°C 9°C 12°C 14°C 11°C 13°C 13°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Leighwood (34.2°S, 149.625°E, 757m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:12am EDT 5:41am EDT 8:03pm EDT 8:32pm EDT 10:45pm EDT 7:25am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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