Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Fire Weather Warning
for Central, North Central and Wimmera fire weather districts
Issued at 04:30 PM EDT on Tuesday 03 February 2026
Weather Situation
Warm and dry conditions Wednesday, combined with fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds shifting south to southwesterly during the evening bring elevated fire dangers over central and western parts of the State.
For Wednesday 04 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Central, North Central and Wimmera
The CFA advises that you:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through ABC Local Radio, commercial and designated community radio stations, or Sky News TV, www.emergency.vic.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfa.vic.gov.au.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am EDT Wednesday.
Forecast
Kyneton (37.2485°S, 144.4534°E, 509m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the E in the afternoon and early evening. Winds NW/NE 25 to 35 km/h tending NW/SW in the middle of the day then tending SE/SW 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 35.
Forecast for Kyneton (37.2485°S, 144.4534°E, 509m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary 
Minimum 13° 11° 9° 10° 12° 14° 13° Maximum 33° 28° 31° 31° 28° 28° 31° Chance of rain 10% 5% 5% 5% 10% 30% 30% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme Moderate High High No Rating - - 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 15
(km/h)21
(km/h)17
(km/h)13
(km/h)10
(km/h)12
(km/h)7
(km/h)12
(km/h)14
(km/h)11
(km/h)9
(km/h)12
(km/h)5
(km/h)10
(km/h)Wind direction NNE WNW S SSW S W SSW W SE NNW ESE S SSE W Relative humidity 39% 15% 66% 30% 61% 17% 51% 17% 67% 34% 70% 44% 66% 29% Dew point 5°C 4°C 10°C 9°C 9°C 3°C 8°C 4°C 12°C 10°C 13°C 15°C 13°C 11°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 Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 6:13am EDT 6:41am EDT 8:31pm EDT 8:59pm EDT 9:50pm EDT 8:50am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Full moon Mar 03 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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