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33.14°S 148.17°E 342m AMSL

Parkes Forecast

Tonight 16°C
Tomorrow 31°C
Mostly sunny

Now

23.5°C rising
Updated at 21:00 EDT

CW Slopes & Plains for Tuesday Mostly clear. Winds E averaging 10 to 20 km/h.
Wednesday Sunny morning. The chance of showers and thunderstorms in the north in the afternoon and evening. Winds NE averaging 10 to 20 km/h.

Currently at Parkes Ap

Temperature 23.5°C rising
Dew Point 12.2°C steady
Feels Like 23.5°C
Relative Humidity 49%
Wind icon
E 14km/h rising
Wind Gusts 17km/h
Pressure 1017.9hPa rising
Fire Danger 7.1 Moderate
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / 0.0mm

Sun on Tuesday

Sunrise sunrise
06:42 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:00 EDT

Nearby Now

Forbes Ap 22.3°C
Cowra Ap 22.8°C
Condobolin Ap 22.2°C
Dubbo Ap 20.5°C

Next 12 hours in Parkes

possible thunderstorm

12am

Slight chance storm
20°C
mostly clear

3am

Mostly clear
18°C
clear

6am

Clear
17°C
mostly clear

9am

Mostly clear
21°C
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CW Slopes & Plains Weather Warnings

There are no warnings current.

Parkes 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Feb 14
Wed
Feb 15
Thu
Feb 16
Fri
Feb 17
Sat
Feb 18
Sun
Feb 19
Mon
Feb 20
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
possible thunderstorm
Possible thunderstorm
showers
Showers
showers
Showers
possible shower
Possible shower
possible shower
Possible shower
Maximum 31°C 31°C 32°C 33°C 33°C 33°C 29°C
Minimum 16°C 16°C 17°C 18°C 19°C 18°C 20°C
Chance of Rain 10% 30% 40% 80% 90% 80% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm < 1mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
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 17
km/h
11
km/h
16
km/h
12
km/h
14
km/h
11
km/h
11
km/h
12
km/h
10
km/h
14
km/h
12
km/h
15
km/h
12
km/h
16
km/h
Wind Direction ENE 17km/h
ENE
ESE 11km/h
ESE
NE 16km/h
NE
NNE 12km/h
NNE
NE 14km/h
NE
N 11km/h
N
NNE 11km/h
NNE
NNW 12km/h
NNW
NNE 10km/h
NNE
WNW 14km/h
WNW
ENE 12km/h
ENE
WSW 15km/h
WSW
E 12km/h
E
E 16km/h
E
Relative Humidity 54% 31% 68% 41% 67% 40% 60% 40% 63% 43% 68% 44% 65% 55%
Dew Point 13°C 9°C 15°C 15°C 16°C 15°C 16°C 16°C 17°C 18°C 18°C 18°C 17°C 18°C

Parkes Sun & Moon Times

Wednesday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set new moon first quarter full moon last quarter
first light
06:17 EDT
sunrise
06:43 EDT
sunset
19:59 EDT
last light
20:25 EDT
moon
rise
Tue 23:57 EDT
set
Wed 14:23 EDT
moon
Wed
Feb 22
moon
Thu
Mar 1
moon
Thu
Mar 8
moon
Thu
Mar 15

Parkes Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Feb 14
16.5°C 30°C 0.0mm
Mon
Feb 13
14.0°C 30.0°C 0.0mm
Sun
Feb 12
14.5°C 29.2°C 0.0mm
Sat
Feb 11
13.2°C 27.8°C 11.2mm
Fri
Feb 10
16.5°C 29.3°C 4.4mm

Parkes Year To Date

average rainfall to Feb
105.0mm
11.1 day(s)
total for 2012
111.7mm
17 day(s)
total to this day 2011
68.6mm
12 day(s)
wettest day
32.0mm
Feb 3
lowest temperature
6.8°C
Jan 12
highest temperature
36.0°C
Jan 3

Parkes Almanac

February minimum temperature
lowest this month
11.3°C
7th
lowest on record
6.0°C
23rd 1993
average this month
15.3°C
-2.7°C
long-term average
18.0°C
February maximum temperature
highest this month
31.8°C
5th
highest on record
45.5°C
21st 2004
average this month
27.9°C
-3.6°C
long-term average
31.5°C
February rainfall
wettest this month
32.0mm
3rd
total this month
53.8mm
6 day(s)
long-term average
48.3mm
5.4 day(s)
wettest on record
218.3mm
1959
driest on record
0.0mm
1892

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