Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:14 PM WST on Monday 15 December 2025
Valid for Monday 15 December 2025 to Wednesday 17 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Goldfields, Eucla, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal, Great Southern and Central Wheat Belt
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 mid thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the high teens to high twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions will continue over the southwest before contracting to eastern parts of WA by the middle of the week as a trough moves inland from the west coast. Locations likely to be impacted include Hopetoun, Hyden, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Lake Grace, Mount Barker, Narrogin, Ravensthorpe and Wagin.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Forecast
Palmer (33.3058°S, 116.2521°E, 264m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. The chance of a thunderstorm in the S. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds in the E. Winds N/NW 25 to 40 km/h tending W/NW 25 to 35 km/h in the early afternoon then decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the evening.
Forecast for Palmer (33.3058°S, 116.2521°E, 264m AMSL) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Summary
Minimum 22° 16° 14° 12° 12° 11° 9° Maximum 37° 30° 27° 29° 32° 26° 29° Chance of rain 10% 20% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating Extreme High High 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 15
(km/h)13
(km/h)6
(km/h)16
(km/h)11
(km/h)11
(km/h)16
(km/h)13
(km/h)14
(km/h)5
(km/h)16
(km/h)15
(km/h)13
(km/h)9
(km/h)Wind direction N NW NNW WNW WSW WSW SE SE ESE S S SSE SE S Relative humidity 42% 34% 49% 39% 57% 38% 58% 33% 53% 28% 56% 31% 50% 24% Dew point 16°C 17°C 14°C 12°C 12°C 11°C 10°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 10°C 7°C 8°C 6°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Palmer (33.3058°S, 116.2521°E, 264m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter 4:31am WST 5:00am WST 7:21pm WST 7:50pm WST 1:34am WST 3:13pm WST
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
Warnings
- Heatwave Warning Western Australia
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- Fire Weather Warning for Karroun, Lockwood, Mortlock, Avon, Brockman, Blackwood, Roe, Arthur, Lakes, Stirling North and Stirling West
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days