Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:58 PM EDT on Saturday 24 January 2026
Valid for Saturday 24 January 2026 to Tuesday 27 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East
Warning for the following areas:
Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland, Central, North Central and South West
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 increasing this weekend to the high thirties to mid forties over the north of the state, and in the low to high thirties over East Gippsland. Overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to mid twenties over the north of the state, and in the low to high teens over East Gippsland.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are building over the north and east of the state over the weekend and persisting well into next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Ballarat, Horsham, Mildura, Maryborough, Shepparton, Seymour, Swan Hill and Wangaratta.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Sunday 25 January 2026
Forecast
Nurran (37.5091°S, 148.5409°E, 93m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the far E later tonight. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm with little or no rainfall near the New South Wales border during this afternoon and early evening. The chance of smoke haze about the ranges late this afternoon and evening. Winds N/NW 15 to 25 km/h tending NW/SW 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then tending SE/SW 25 to 35 km/h in the middle of the day. Daytime maximum temperatures 28 to 35.
Forecast for Nurran (37.5091°S, 148.5409°E, 93m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary
Minimum 18° 16° 12° 19° 16° 17° 18° Maximum 28° 24° 35° 30° 25° 31° 30° Chance of rain 60% 20% 5% 20% 20% 30% 60% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 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 3
(km/h)12
(km/h)6
(km/h)15
(km/h)3
(km/h)8
(km/h)7
(km/h)13
(km/h)3
(km/h)15
(km/h)2
(km/h)9
(km/h)6
(km/h)13
(km/h)Wind direction WNW SW ESE SE ENE SSE WNW SW SE SSE SE S W SW Relative humidity 52% 61% 88% 61% 72% 40% 64% 56% 79% 70% 84% 60% 77% 66% Dew point 14°C 16°C 17°C 15°C 15°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 17°C 18°C 19°C 21°C 20°C 20°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Nurran (37.5091°S, 148.5409°E, 93m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 5:42am EDT 6:12am EDT 8:25pm EDT 8:54pm EDT 12:35pm EDT 11:36pm EDT
Waxing crescent
First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days