Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026
Forecast
Merty Merty (28.5956°S, 140.2761°E, 22m AMSL) Merty Merty,SA set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Merty Merty 7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm with little or no rainfall in the afternoon and evening. The chance of raised dust N of Leigh Creek at night. Winds NW 20 to 30 km/h tending NW/SW 25 to 40 km/h in the middle of the day then tending SE/SW 30 to 45 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the mid to high 40s.
Forecast for Merty Merty (28.5956°S, 140.2761°E, 22m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 30° 28° 24° 23° 25° 27° 26° Maximum 47° 38° 35° 37° 40° 39° 37° Chance of rain 40% 5% 20% 30% 70% 80% 50% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High Extreme 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 21
(km/h)11
(km/h)38
(km/h)42
(km/h)38
(km/h)32
(km/h)23
(km/h)17
(km/h)18
(km/h)8
(km/h)13
(km/h)7
(km/h)16
(km/h)14
(km/h)Wind direction N NNW S S SSE SSE S S ENE NNE ENE E ESE ESE Relative humidity 23% 11% 36% 24% 22% 13% 16% 23% 51% 28% 48% 32% 52% 35% Dew point 13°C 10°C 15°C 14°C 4°C 3°C 0°C 12°C 20°C 18°C 21°C 20°C 19°C 19°C First light 6:14am 6:15am 6:16am 6:17am 6:18am 6:19am 6:20am Sunrise 6:40am 6:41am 6:41am 6:42am 6:43am 6:44am 6:45am Sunset 8:05pm 8:05pm 8:04pm 8:04pm 8:03pm 8:02pm 8:02pm Last light 8:31pm 8:30pm 8:29pm 8:29pm 8:28pm 8:27pm 8:27pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Merty Merty (28.5956°S, 140.2761°E, 22m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 6:14am CDT 6:40am CDT 8:05pm CDT 8:31pm CDT 6:59pm CDT 4:18am CDT 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Merty Merty sun & moon times
SaturdayFirst light6:14am
CDTSunrise6:40am
CDTSunset8:05pm
CDTLast light8:31pm
CDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseSat
6:59pm
CDTMoon setSat
4:18am
CDTFull moonFull moon Mon
Feb 02
Last quarterLast quarter Mon
Feb 09
New moonNew moon Tue
Feb 17
First quarterFirst quarter Tue
Feb 24
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Fri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAFri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:54pm UTC Severe weather advice SAAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
South Australia
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:54 PM CDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Flinders and North East Pastoral
Warning for the following areas:
Riverland, Mid North and North West Pastoral
Cancellation for the following areas:
Murraylands and Yorke Peninsula
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.
Maximum temperatures broadly in the low to high forties on Friday, moderating slightly to the mid thirties to mid forties on Saturday, then decreasing more significantly on Sunday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties across the pastoral areas and in the mid teens to mid twenties otherwise.
Severe to locally extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state.
Although the warning for Yorke Peninsula and Murraylands has been cancelled hot conditions will continue on Friday until a cool change moves through in the late afternoon and evening.
Locations likely to be impacted include Clare, Hawker, Jamestown, Leigh Creek, Moomba, Marree, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Renmark and Roxby Downs.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CDT on Saturday 31 January 2026For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone° -
Temperature for next 7 days
0 Saturday Saturday 47 1 Sunday Sunday 38 2 Monday Monday 35 3 Tuesday Tuesday 37 4 Wednesday Wednesday 40 5 Thursday Thursday 39 6 Friday Friday 37 7 Friday Friday 37 -
Rain for next 7 days
0 Saturday Saturday 0 1 Sunday Sunday 0 2 Monday Monday 0 3 Tuesday Tuesday 0 4 Wednesday Wednesday 5 5 Thursday Thursday 10 6 Friday Friday 5 7 Friday Friday 5
