Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025
Forecast
Bendigo Forward (36.8072°S, 144.3606°E, 197m AMSL) Bendigo Forward,VIC set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Bendigo Forward 7 day forecast
Today: Sunny. Light winds becoming N/NW 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending W/NW 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching the low 40s.
Forecast for Bendigo Forward (36.8072°S, 144.3606°E, 197m AMSL) Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Summary 
Minimum 17° 18° 19° 15° 10° 10° 8° Maximum 40° 39° 34° 26° 25° 24° 25° Chance of rain 10% 50% 60% 70% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High 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 7
(km/h)24
(km/h)8
(km/h)17
(km/h)12
(km/h)19
(km/h)12
(km/h)24
(km/h)16
(km/h)17
(km/h)15
(km/h)21
(km/h)18
(km/h)23
(km/h)Wind direction NE WNW E W W W ESE WNW SW WSW SW WSW WSW WSW Relative humidity 31% 9% 24% 19% 54% 17% 64% 49% 60% 32% 57% 30% 56% 30% Dew point 10°C 1°C 7°C 10°C 14°C 5°C 14°C 13°C 8°C 6°C 8°C 5°C 6°C 5°C First light 5:28am 5:29am 5:29am 5:29am 5:30am 5:30am 5:31am Sunrise 5:59am 5:59am 6:00am 6:00am 6:01am 6:01am 6:02am Sunset 8:39pm 8:40pm 8:40pm 8:41pm 8:41pm 8:42pm 8:42pm Last light 9:10pm 9:11pm 9:11pm 9:12pm 9:12pm 9:13pm 9:13pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Bendigo Forward (36.8072°S, 144.3606°E, 197m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter 5:28am EDT 5:59am EDT 8:39pm EDT 9:10pm EDT 4:04am EDT 7:21pm EDT 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Bendigo Forward sun & moon times
ThursdayFirst light5:28am
EDTSunrise5:59am
EDTSunset8:39pm
EDTLast light9:10pm
EDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseThu
4:04am
EDTMoon setThu
7:21pm
EDTNew moonNew moon Sat
Dec 20
First quarterFirst quarter Sun
Dec 28
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Wed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICWed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025Wed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025Wed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025Wed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025Wed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025Wed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025Wed 2:46pm UTC Severe weather advice VICAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:46 PM EDT on Wednesday 17 December 2025
Valid for Wednesday 17 December 2025 to Saturday 20 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland and North Central
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 to high thirties, reaching the low forties about northern districts on Thursday and Friday. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid to high teens, reaching up to around twenty degrees about the central north from Thursday night.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing and are expected to peak on Thursday and Friday before easing into the weekend from the south as milder southeast to southwesterly winds extend across the State. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Bright, Corryong, Echuca, Mansfield, Shepparton, Seymour, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Thursday 18 December 2025For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone° -
Temperature for next 7 days
0 Thursday Thursday 40 1 Friday Friday 39 2 Saturday Saturday 34 3 Sunday Sunday 26 4 Monday Monday 25 5 Tuesday Tuesday 24 6 Wednesday Wednesday 25 7 Wednesday Wednesday 25 -
Rain for next 7 days
0 Thursday Thursday 0 1 Friday Friday 5 2 Saturday Saturday 0 3 Sunday Sunday 10 4 Monday Monday 0 5 Tuesday Tuesday 0 6 Wednesday Wednesday 0 7 Wednesday Wednesday 0
