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
Ryans Creek (36.6288°S, 146.2205°E, 244m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. Thunderstorms, possibly severe with destructive winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Light winds becoming NW/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending W/NW 20 to 30 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 29.
Forecast for Ryans Creek (36.6288°S, 146.2205°E, 244m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 20° 12° 11° 8° 9° 8° 11° Maximum 25° 23° 21° 23° 22° 26° 27° Chance of rain 90% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount 20-40mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate High High - - - 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 7
(km/h)12
(km/h)8
(km/h)14
(km/h)13
(km/h)18
(km/h)6
(km/h)17
(km/h)12
(km/h)18
(km/h)5
(km/h)9
(km/h)5
(km/h)7
(km/h)Wind direction ENE NNE W WNW WSW WSW WNW W SW WSW S W ENE NNW Relative humidity 89% 81% 65% 40% 62% 36% 59% 37% 52% 33% 51% 31% 50% 31% Dew point 19°C 21°C 9°C 9°C 9°C 6°C 7°C 7°C 5°C 5°C 6°C 7°C 8°C 9°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Ryans Creek (36.6288°S, 146.2205°E, 244m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:22am EDT 5:52am EDT 8:32pm EDT 9:03pm EDT 6:18am EDT 9:48pm EDT 
Waxing crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 Full moon Jan 03 Last quarter Jan 11 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
