Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:30 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East
Warning for the following areas:
Mallee, Northern Country, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland
Cancellation for the following areas:
North Central
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 high thirties to low forties over northern Victoria, and in the mid twenties to mid thirties over southern Victoria and Alpine regions. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bright, Corryong, Mildura, Mansfield, Omeo, Swan Hill, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026
Forecast
Buffalo River (36.6252°S, 146.6862°E, 225m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny morning. The chance of smoke haze in the W in the late afternoon and evening. Medium chance of showers, most likely at night. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming NW/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending S/SW in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 33 to 42.
Forecast for Buffalo River (36.6252°S, 146.6862°E, 225m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 23° 21° 9° 12° 17° 17° 15° Maximum 39° 28° 28° 29° 29° 32° 32° Chance of rain 80% 40% 5% 10% 80% 5% 5% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Very High Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High 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 4
(km/h)13
(km/h)10
(km/h)23
(km/h)9
(km/h)3
(km/h)5
(km/h)9
(km/h)7
(km/h)12
(km/h)3
(km/h)13
(km/h)3
(km/h)10
(km/h)Wind direction SSE W WSW SW SSE W E NNE ENE NW SSE W E WNW Relative humidity 47% 18% 75% 23% 44% 18% 51% 24% 48% 35% 65% 21% 55% 18% Dew point 17°C 11°C 17°C 5°C 2°C 1°C 7°C 6°C 12°C 13°C 16°C 6°C 12°C 4°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Buffalo River (36.6252°S, 146.6862°E, 225m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 6:01am EDT 6:30am EDT 8:25pm EDT 8:53pm EDT 7:28pm EDT 3:55am EDT 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
