Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:42 PM EDT on Friday 19 December 2025
Valid for Friday 19 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Mallee, Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland, Central, North Central and South West
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 mid thirties up to the low forties about the northern districts. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens over northern and eastern districts, and in the low to mid teens about southern districts.
Severe heatwave conditions will contract to the northeast and ease over the weekend as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Echuca, Gisborne, Mildura, Maryborough, Ouyen, Shepparton, Seymour and Wangaratta.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025
Forecast
Bellbird Creek (37.6545°S, 148.8146°E, 170m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers about the ranges, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding about the ranges in the afternoon and early evening. Winds N 15 to 20 km/h tending NW/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending SE/SW in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 23 to 28.
Forecast for Bellbird Creek (37.6545°S, 148.8146°E, 170m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 19° 14° 13° 11° 9° 11° 10° Maximum 23° 25° 21° 21° 22° 19° 19° Chance of rain 30% 90% 40% 40% 10% 50% 40% Likely amount < 1mm 10-20mm < 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 11
(km/h)11
(km/h)5
(km/h)8
(km/h)19
(km/h)17
(km/h)11
(km/h)21
(km/h)10
(km/h)21
(km/h)18
(km/h)22
(km/h)12
(km/h)16
(km/h)Wind direction SW SSW ESE ESE WSW SW W SW W SW W SW W SSW Relative humidity 82% 80% 82% 85% 67% 58% 70% 63% 62% 53% 62% 58% 67% 61% Dew point 16°C 17°C 15°C 20°C 9°C 11°C 11°C 12°C 9°C 11°C 8°C 9°C 8°C 10°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Bellbird Creek (37.6545°S, 148.8146°E, 170m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:09am EDT 5:40am EDT 8:27pm EDT 8:58pm EDT 5:11am EDT 8:57pm EDT 
New moon
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
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