Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 03:04 PM EDT on Friday 31 January 2025
Valid for Friday 31 January 2025 to Monday 03 February 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North East, East Gippsland, West and South Gippsland, Central, North Central and South West
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 high thirties to low forties, and minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions expected to develop over the weekend and into early next week, before gradually easing later in the week. Locations likely to be impacted include Melbourne Metropolitan Area, Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, Horsham, Mildura, Melton, Maryborough, Shepparton and Traralgon.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 01 February 2025
Forecast
Peterborough (38.607°S, 142.8766°E, 5m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Patchy smoke haze in the NW. Winds S/SE 15 to 25 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 24 to 29.
Forecast for Peterborough (38.607°S, 142.8766°E, 5m AMSL) Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Summary Minimum 14° 14° 19° 21° 22° 16° 17° Maximum 20° 25° 29° 31° 27° 19° 22° Chance of rain 10% 30% 80% 50% 30% 10% 30% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High 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 5
(km/h)15
(km/h)11
(km/h)16
(km/h)11
(km/h)12
(km/h)13
(km/h)11
(km/h)13
(km/h)20
(km/h)24
(km/h)26
(km/h)16
(km/h)23
(km/h)Wind direction SSW SSW E SSE NE ESE NE N NNW SW S S SE SSE Relative humidity 70% 58% 74% 50% 60% 47% 60% 41% 58% 69% 65% 55% 71% 62% Dew point 12°C 11°C 12°C 14°C 17°C 18°C 17°C 16°C 17°C 18°C 10°C 9°C 13°C 14°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Peterborough (38.607°S, 142.8766°E, 5m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 6:10am EDT 6:39am EDT 8:44pm EDT 9:13pm EDT 8:09am EDT 9:56pm EDT Waxing crescent First quarter Feb 05 Full moon Feb 13 Last quarter Feb 21 New moon Feb 28 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days