Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:30 PM EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025
Valid for Saturday 20 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Mallee, Northern Country, North East and East Gippsland
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central, South West, North Central and West and South Gippsland
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 low thirties to low forties. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens.
Severe heatwave conditions will ease over the northern and far eastern parts of the State over the weekend as southeast to southwesterly winds bring about milder conditions. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Corryong, Echuca, Mildura, Mansfield, Mallacoota, Omeo, Shepparton and Wangaratta.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Sunday 21 December 2025
Forecast
Beenak (37.7957°S, 145.5386°E, 168m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Cloudy. The chance of fog in the E in the early morning. Very high chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds E/SE 15 to 20 km/h shifting SW 20 to 30 km/h in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 12 with daytime temperatures reaching between 19 and 23.
Forecast for Beenak (37.7957°S, 145.5386°E, 168m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 10° 9° 10° 9° 10° 9° 9° Maximum 22° 21° 19° 21° 17° 21° 28° Chance of rain 90% 80% 70% 70% 50% 50% 5% Likely amount 20-40mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate 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 4
(km/h)9
(km/h)11
(km/h)11
(km/h)14
(km/h)16
(km/h)12
(km/h)19
(km/h)13
(km/h)18
(km/h)10
(km/h)16
(km/h)6
(km/h)9
(km/h)Wind direction ESE W W WSW WSW SW WNW WSW SW SW SSW SSW SSE SW Relative humidity 79% 88% 79% 49% 79% 50% 70% 50% 76% 50% 79% 50% 70% 35% Dew point 13°C 18°C 10°C 8°C 10°C 7°C 10°C 9°C 9°C 6°C 10°C 9°C 13°C 10°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Beenak (37.7957°S, 145.5386°E, 168m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:21am EDT 5:53am EDT 8:40pm EDT 9:11pm EDT 6:18am EDT 9:56pm EDT 
Waxing crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
