Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026
Local Weather
Orange (33.2836°S, 149.1°E, 859m AMSL) Orange,NSW set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Orange Airport 23.0°- Dew point
- 10.4°
- Relative humidity
- 45%
- feels like
- 21.7°
- Wind
- S 7km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Orange 7 day forecast
Today: Sunny morning. Slight chance of a shower in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming NW/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then tending NW/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 35 to 42.
Forecast for Orange (33.2836°S, 149.1°E, 859m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 19° 20° 11° 7° 9° 13° 14° Maximum 38° 31° 23° 25° 28° 30° 30° Chance of rain 50% 50% 5% 20% 40% 70% 60% Likely amount 1-5mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm 5-10mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating 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 13
(km/h)18
(km/h)20
(km/h)25
(km/h)23
(km/h)26
(km/h)26
(km/h)14
(km/h)12
(km/h)17
(km/h)14
(km/h)16
(km/h)15
(km/h)14
(km/h)Wind direction NNW WSW NW WSW ESE E ENE NE NE WNW NNW W NE NW Relative humidity 36% 19% 49% 41% 64% 35% 67% 40% 69% 39% 69% 43% 69% 42% Dew point 13°C 10°C 15°C 13°C 9°C 6°C 8°C 9°C 12°C 12°C 15°C 15°C 17°C 14°C First light 5:57am 5:58am 5:59am 6:01am 6:02am 6:03am 6:04am Sunrise 6:24am 6:25am 6:26am 6:27am 6:28am 6:29am 6:30am Sunset 8:09pm 8:08pm 8:08pm 8:07pm 8:06pm 8:05pm 8:04pm Last light 8:36pm 8:35pm 8:34pm 8:34pm 8:33pm 8:32pm 8:31pm -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Orange (33.2836°S, 149.1°E, 859m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:57am EDT 6:24am EDT 8:09pm EDT 8:36pm EDT 7:07pm EDT 3:55am EDT 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Orange sun & moon times
SaturdayFirst light5:57am
EDTSunrise6:24am
EDTSunset8:09pm
EDTLast light8:36pm
EDTMoon phase
Next OccurrenceMoon riseSat
7:07pm
EDTMoon setSat
3:55am
EDTFull moonFull moon Mon
Feb 02
Last quarterLast quarter Mon
Feb 09
New moonNew moon Tue
Feb 17
First quarterFirst quarter Tue
Feb 24
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Warnings
Weather Warnings
Fri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWFri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026Fri 2:32pm UTC Severe weather advice NSWAustralian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:32 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Sunday 01 February 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Snowy Mountains, South West Slopes and Upper Western
Warning for the following areas:
Hunter, Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western
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 in the low to high forties west of the ranges, in the low thirties to low forties on and east of the ranges, and in the high twenties over alpine areas. Maximum temperatures decreasing significantly over the south and west on Sunday, and throughout on Monday.
Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid-twenties to low thirties west of the ranges, in the mid teens to low twenties on and east of the ranges, and in the low teens over alpine areas. Overnight minimum temperatures decreasing significantly over the southwest on Sunday morning, and throughout on Monday morning.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to ease during Sunday and Monday. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury, Broken Hill, Bourke, Cobar, Dubbo, Deniliquin, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Yass.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026For extended forecasts and greater detail visit weather zone° -
Temperature in 7 days
0 Saturday Saturday 38 1 Sunday Sunday 31 2 Monday Monday 23 3 Tuesday Tuesday 25 4 Wednesday Wednesday 28 5 Thursday Thursday 30 6 Friday Friday 30 7 Friday Friday 30 -
Rain in 7 days
0 Saturday Saturday 5 1 Sunday Sunday 5 2 Monday Monday 0 3 Tuesday Tuesday 0 4 Wednesday Wednesday 5 5 Thursday Thursday 0 6 Friday Friday 10 7 Friday Friday 10 -
Past 24 Hours
1769745600 Friday 04:00 4 15.1 13.8 0.0 92 1769749200 Friday 05:00 5 14.1 12.8 0.0 92 1769752800 Friday 06:00 6 13.5 12.9 0.0 96 1769756400 Friday 07:00 7 14.8 13.8 0.0 94 1769760000 Friday 08:00 8 19.0 14.5 0.0 75 1769763600 Friday 09:00 9 22.6 12.3 0.0 52 1769767200 Friday 10:00 10 26.6 11.9 0.0 40 1769770800 Friday 11:00 11 29.5 12.4 0.0 35 1769774400 Friday 12:00 12 30.4 10.4 0.0 29 1769778000 Friday 13:00 1 32.2 10.3 0.0 26 1769781600 Friday 14:00 2 33.3 10.0 0.0 24 1769785200 Friday 15:00 3 34.2 8.8 0.0 21 1769788800 Friday 16:00 4 35.0 4.5 0.0 15 1769792400 Friday 17:00 5 35.6 6.8 0.0 17 1769796000 Friday 18:00 6 34.9 5.4 0.0 16 1769799600 Friday 19:00 7 32.6 6.7 0.0 20 1769803200 Friday 20:00 8 30.0 7.2 0.0 24 1769806800 Friday 21:00 9 26.7 8.2 0.0 31 1769810400 Friday 22:00 10 25.0 8.9 0.0 36 1769814000 Friday 23:00 11 22.6 9.7 0.0 44 1769817600 Saturday 00:00 12 22.7 9.8 0.0 44 1769821200 Saturday 01:00 1 23.5 9.5 0.0 41 1769824800 Saturday 02:00 2 21.9 10.4 0.0 48 1769828400 Saturday 03:00 3 23.0 10.4 0.0 45 -
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