Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:49 PM WST on Friday 23 January 2026
Valid for Friday 23 January 2026 to Monday 26 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Goldfields, Eucla and South Interior
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central West and Gascoyne
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 over the east increasing to the low to mid forties over the weekend and overnight minimum temperatures increasing to the mid to high twenties.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to peak over the southeast this weekend, and then to ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Laverton and Warburton.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Saturday 24 January 2026
Forecast
Leinster (27.916°S, 120.6992°E, 511m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the N in the afternoon and early evening. Winds SE 20 to 30 km/h tending NE/SE in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 25 with daytime temperatures reaching 34 to 42.
Forecast for Leinster (27.916°S, 120.6992°E, 511m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 25° 25° 25° 23° 19° 18° 19° Maximum 43° 43° 35° 30° 25° 30° 35° Chance of rain 30% 20% 20% 30% 30% 5% 10% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Moderate High Moderate Moderate - - - 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 14
(km/h)18
(km/h)12
(km/h)25
(km/h)11
(km/h)15
(km/h)20
(km/h)21
(km/h)26
(km/h)29
(km/h)18
(km/h)20
(km/h)16
(km/h)20
(km/h)Wind direction ESE WNW W WNW SSW SW ESE SE SE SE ESE ESE ESE SE Relative humidity 28% 11% 14% 9% 33% 20% 54% 35% 63% 44% 62% 36% 54% 28% Dew point 11°C 5°C 4°C 4°C 10°C 8°C 16°C 12°C 14°C 11°C 15°C 12°C 16°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Leinster (27.916°S, 120.6992°E, 511m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 4:57am WST 5:22am WST 6:56pm WST 7:21pm WST 10:18am WST 10:10pm WST 
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
