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
Kyneton (37.2485°S, 144.4534°E, 509m 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 NE/SE 15 to 20 km/h tending S/SE in the middle of the day then turning 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 Kyneton (37.2485°S, 144.4534°E, 509m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary
Minimum 10° 7° 8° 5° 6° 6° 7° Maximum 23° 21° 19° 20° 17° 19° 27° Chance of rain 90% 20% 5% 20% 10% 10% 5% Likely amount 10-20mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate No Rating - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Slight Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 10
(km/h)17
(km/h)17
(km/h)14
(km/h)20
(km/h)18
(km/h)18
(km/h)22
(km/h)22
(km/h)24
(km/h)22
(km/h)23
(km/h)12
(km/h)10
(km/h)Wind direction E NNW WSW W SW SW WSW WSW SSW SSW S S E E Relative humidity 61% 82% 68% 43% 66% 43% 68% 43% 64% 42% 71% 52% 59% 32% Dew point 12°C 18°C 6°C 7°C 6°C 6°C 6°C 7°C 4°C 4°C 6°C 9°C 7°C 8°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Kyneton (37.2485°S, 144.4534°E, 509m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:28am EDT 5:58am EDT 8:42pm EDT 9:13pm EDT 6:24am EDT 9:59pm EDT
Waxing crescent
First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 New moon Jan 19 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days