Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Victoria
Fire Weather Warning
for Central, North Central and Wimmera fire weather districts
Issued at 04:30 PM EDT on Tuesday 03 February 2026
Weather Situation
Warm and dry conditions Wednesday, combined with fresh and gusty west to northwesterly winds shifting south to southwesterly during the evening bring elevated fire dangers over central and western parts of the State.
For Wednesday 04 February:
Extreme Fire Danger for the following areas:
Central, North Central and Wimmera
The CFA advises that you:
Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through ABC Local Radio, commercial and designated community radio stations, or Sky News TV, www.emergency.vic.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.
For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.cfa.vic.gov.au.
The next warning will be issued by 5:00 am EDT Wednesday.
Local Weather
Horsham (36.7117°S, 142.2049°E, 128m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Horsham 16.7°- Dew point
- -2.9°
- Relative humidity
- 26%
- feels like
- 10.4°
- Wind
- E 20km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Winds SE/SW 15 to 20 km/h tending NW/NE in the early morning then tending W/SW 25 to 35 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 15 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 37.
Forecast for Horsham (36.7117°S, 142.2049°E, 128m AMSL) Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Summary 
Minimum 13° 12° 10° 11° 14° 15° 13° Maximum 34° 31° 33° 34° 33° 32° 33° Chance of rain 5% 5% 5% 20% 30% 30% 40% 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 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 14
(km/h)26
(km/h)19
(km/h)23
(km/h)12
(km/h)19
(km/h)15
(km/h)20
(km/h)17
(km/h)14
(km/h)19
(km/h)19
(km/h)14
(km/h)21
(km/h)Wind direction SW WSW SSW SW S WSW SSW WSW SE WSW S SW SSE W Relative humidity 34% 11% 68% 27% 62% 19% 57% 18% 61% 24% 67% 26% 63% 24% Dew point 6°C -1°C 12°C 8°C 10°C 5°C 10°C 5°C 12°C 8°C 14°C 9°C 13°C 9°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Horsham (36.7117°S, 142.2049°E, 128m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon 6:22am EDT 6:50am EDT 8:40pm EDT 9:08pm EDT 9:59pm EDT 9:00am EDT 
Waning gibbous
Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 First quarter Feb 24 Full moon Mar 03 -
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