Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:10 PM WST on Saturday 13 December 2025
Valid for Saturday 13 December 2025 to Tuesday 16 December 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Lower West, South West, South Coastal, South East Coastal and Great Southern
Cancellation for the following areas:
Gascoyne
Safety Advice:
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 mid thirties to low forties and overnight minimum temperatures in the mid teens to mid twenties.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected to intensify over the weekend and persist over southern WA into next week.
Severe heatwave conditions have eased over the Gascoyne, however low intensity heatwave conditions may linger over the next few days. Locations likely to be impacted include the Perth Metropolitan Area, Gingin, Hopetoun, Katanning, Lake Grace, Mount Barker, Narrogin, Ravensthorpe and Yanchep.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Sunday 14 December 2025
Local Weather
Katanning (33.69°S, 117.5562°E, 306m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Katanning 14.0°- Dew point
- 11.1°
- Relative humidity
- 83%
- feels like
- 11.5°
- Wind
- E 15km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Today: Mostly sunny. Medium chance of showers in the NW, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Winds E 20 to 30 km/h turning NE 15 to 20 km/h during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s.
Forecast for Katanning (33.69°S, 117.5562°E, 306m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 13° 22° 19° 16° 14° 12° 15° Maximum 36° 38° 36° 29° 28° 32° 27° Chance of rain 50% 70% 30% 10% 10% 40% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High Extreme Extreme 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 23
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(km/h)25
(km/h)21
(km/h)14
(km/h)24
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(km/h)19
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(km/h)23
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(km/h)23
(km/h)25
(km/h)Wind direction E ENE NNE NNE NNW WNW SSW SSW SE SE E E SW SW Relative humidity 39% 20% 28% 22% 42% 25% 60% 35% 59% 38% 53% 30% 57% 31% Dew point 10°C 9°C 10°C 12°C 15°C 12°C 13°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 11°C 7°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Katanning (33.69°S, 117.5562°E, 306m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter 4:24am WST 4:53am WST 7:15pm WST 7:44pm WST 1:03am WST 2:10pm WST 
Waning crescent
New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28 -
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