Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmania
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:41 PM EDT on Wednesday 07 January 2026
Valid for Wednesday 07 January 2026 to Friday 09 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Furneaux Islands
Warning for the following areas:
North East, East Coast, Central North, Midlands and North West Coast
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central Plateau and King Island
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 in the mid twenties to low thirties and over the elevated areas the low to mid twenties, maximum temperatures easing to low to mid twenties by Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, easing to the high single digits to low teens by Friday.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to ease by the weekend. Locations likely to be impacted include Campbell Town, Fingal, Launceston, Oatlands, Ross, St Helens, Sheffield and Whitemark.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 08 January 2026
Forecast
George Town (41.1068°S, 146.8237°E, 2m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Winds NW 20 to 30 km/h turning N/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 26 to 31.
Forecast for George Town (41.1068°S, 146.8237°E, 2m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 17° 15° 15° 11° 11° 12° 13° Maximum 25° 21° 19° 19° 18° 21° 19° Chance of rain 40% 70% 60% 5% 10% 50% 60% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Very High Extreme Extreme Very High Extreme Fire Danger Rating High Moderate 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 19
(km/h)21
(km/h)19
(km/h)21
(km/h)51
(km/h)48
(km/h)25
(km/h)27
(km/h)19
(km/h)22
(km/h)16
(km/h)23
(km/h)24
(km/h)21
(km/h)Wind direction WNW NW SE NE WNW WNW SW NW NE N SSW NNW SSE NNE Relative humidity 83% 60% 81% 83% 73% 67% 52% 54% 70% 67% 73% 69% 70% 69% Dew point 17°C 16°C 14°C 18°C 11°C 12°C 5°C 9°C 10°C 11°C 12°C 15°C 11°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for George Town (41.1068°S, 146.8237°E, 2m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 5:17am EDT 5:50am EDT 8:48pm EDT 9:21pm EDT 11:42pm EDT 10:58am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
