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
Lake Rowan (36.27°S, 146.003°E, 162m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain and thunderstorms during the morning and afternoon. Thunderstorms potentially severe with damaging, possibly destructive winds, large hail and heavy, possibly intense rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds NE/SE 15 to 25 km/h tending NW/NE 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day then tending NW/SW 30 to 45 km/h in the early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures 26 to 31.
Forecast for Lake Rowan (36.27°S, 146.003°E, 162m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 20° 11° 11° 9° 9° 8° 11° Maximum 30° 25° 25° 26° 23° 26° 31° Chance of rain 80% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 20% Likely amount 20-40mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High 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)24
(km/h)20
(km/h)18
(km/h)21
(km/h)24
(km/h)14
(km/h)24
(km/h)25
(km/h)32
(km/h)15
(km/h)19
(km/h)14
(km/h)11
(km/h)Wind direction NE N WSW WSW WSW SW WSW WSW SW SW SSW SSW E E Relative humidity 68% 65% 60% 36% 58% 30% 52% 30% 51% 29% 47% 25% 49% 23% Dew point 20°C 21°C 9°C 7°C 10°C 5°C 7°C 6°C 6°C 3°C 5°C 4°C 9°C 6°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Lake Rowan (36.27°S, 146.003°E, 162m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:25am EDT 5:55am EDT 8:32pm EDT 9:03pm EDT 6:22am EDT 9:48pm 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
