Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:30 PM EDT on Friday 30 January 2026
Valid for Friday 30 January 2026 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
North East
Warning for the following areas:
Mallee, Northern Country, East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland
Cancellation for the following areas:
North Central
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 high thirties to low forties over northern Victoria, and in the mid twenties to mid thirties over southern Victoria and Alpine regions. Overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions will persist over the next few days before easing by Sunday as a milder southwesterly flow extends across the state. Locations likely to be impacted include Albury-Wodonga, Bright, Corryong, Mildura, Mansfield, Omeo, Swan Hill, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Saturday 31 January 2026
Local Weather
Bairnsdale (37.8251°S, 147.629°E, 7m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Bairnsdale 20.2°- Dew point
- 18.9°
- Relative humidity
- 92%
- feels like
- 21.9°
- Wind
- NE 7km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny morning. The chance of fog in the early morning, mainly in the S. Medium chance of showers, most likely at night. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming S/SE 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 36.
Forecast for Bairnsdale (37.8251°S, 147.629°E, 7m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 17° 15° 10° 8° 14° 14° 13° Maximum 27° 23° 21° 27° 32° 24° 24° Chance of rain 80% 5% 5% 5% 40% 20% 30% Likely amount 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High Moderate High 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 9
(km/h)19
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(km/h)32
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(km/h)24
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(km/h)19
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(km/h)24
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(km/h)Wind direction SE SSE WSW SW WSW SE NNE SE N SSW WSW S SSW SSE Relative humidity 93% 67% 75% 45% 61% 44% 66% 37% 47% 40% 73% 55% 72% 54% Dew point 19°C 19°C 13°C 9°C 8°C 7°C 9°C 10°C 11°C 13°C 14°C 13°C 13°C 13°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Bairnsdale (37.8251°S, 147.629°E, 7m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter 5:53am EDT 6:22am EDT 8:24pm EDT 8:53pm EDT 7:28pm EDT 3:45am EDT 
Waxing gibbous
Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 -
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