Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:29 PM CDT on Friday 17 October 2025
Valid for Friday 17 October 2025 to Monday 20 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
North West Pastoral
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.
Maximum temperatures in the high thirties to mid forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the low to high twenties in the northwest from Friday.
The heat is expected to peak over the weekend and ease next week. Locations likely to be impacted include APY Lands and Oak Valley.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 18 October 2025
Forecast
Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Sunny. Winds E/SE 15 to 25 km/h turning N/NE 25 to 35 km/h in the late morning then decreasing to 20 to 30 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 33 to 42.
Forecast for Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 19° 23° 25° 24° 16° 16° 18° Maximum 39° 40° 40° 37° 28° 28° 33° Chance of rain 5% 5% 60% 30% 70% 50% 70% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate High 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 15
(km/h)12
(km/h)26
(km/h)23
(km/h)14
(km/h)23
(km/h)11
(km/h)29
(km/h)27
(km/h)17
(km/h)16
(km/h)16
(km/h)22
(km/h)22
(km/h)Wind direction E NE NNE N N NNW NW NW S S ESE ENE NE N Relative humidity 24% 11% 19% 10% 16% 13% 38% 22% 47% 23% 39% 28% 42% 32% Dew point 4°C 3°C 3°C 3°C 2°C 7°C 13°C 12°C 7°C 4°C 5°C 7°C 10°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Ernabella (26.2522°S, 131.1344°E, 678m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 6:41am CDT 7:04am CDT 7:49pm CDT 8:13pm CDT 5:07am CDT 5:04pm CDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Oct 21 First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
