Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:48 PM WST on Sunday 18 January 2026
Valid for Sunday 18 January 2026 to Wednesday 21 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne and North Interior
Warning for the following areas:
South Interior, Central West and Lower 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 will range from the high thirties to the mid forties and will reach the high forties through parts of the Gascoyne and Pilbara. Overnight minimum temperatures will range from the low twenties to the low thirties.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to intensify early this week and begin to extend down the west coast before easing later this week. Locations likely to be impacted include Carnarvon, Exmouth, Gingin, Kalbarri, Morawa, Marble Bar, Newman, Paraburdoo, Port Hedland and Yanchep.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Monday 19 January 2026
Forecast
Waterbank (17.4547°S, 122.6775°E, 177m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the N, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe with damaging winds in the N. Winds E/SE 15 to 25 km/h tending NW/SW in the late afternoon.
Forecast for Waterbank (17.4547°S, 122.6775°E, 177m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary
Minimum 27° 28° 28° 28° 27° 28° 27° Maximum 34° 34° 35° 35° 35° 34° 34° Chance of rain 30% 20% 30% 40% 30% 40% 60% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 10-20mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating No Rating 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 15
(km/h)26
(km/h)29
(km/h)28
(km/h)20
(km/h)24
(km/h)15
(km/h)21
(km/h)16
(km/h)23
(km/h)23
(km/h)28
(km/h)25
(km/h)26
(km/h)Wind direction W W WSW W W WNW WSW WNW W NW W W WNW WNW Relative humidity 61% 64% 73% 70% 73% 70% 71% 65% 69% 65% 69% 66% 70% 67% Dew point 24°C 26°C 26°C 27°C 26°C 28°C 26°C 26°C 25°C 27°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Waterbank (17.4547°S, 122.6775°E, 177m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:06am WST 5:29am WST 6:33pm WST 6:57pm WST 4:41am WST 6:19pm WST
Waning crescent
New moon Jan 19 First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days