Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Western Australia
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:49 PM WST on Friday 23 January 2026
Valid for Friday 23 January 2026 to Monday 26 January 2026
Warning for the following areas:
Goldfields, Eucla and South Interior
Cancellation for the following areas:
Central West and 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 over the east increasing to the low to mid forties over the weekend and overnight minimum temperatures increasing to the mid to high twenties.
Severe to extreme heatwave conditions are expected to peak over the southeast this weekend, and then to ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Laverton and Warburton.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 2:00pm WST on Saturday 24 January 2026
Local Weather
Warburton (26.1339°S, 126.5785°E, 455m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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Current Conditions
Currently at Warburton 33.7°- Dew point
- 14.2°
- Relative humidity
- 30%
- feels like
- 26.2°
- Wind
- N 44km/h
- Rainfall since 9am
- 0.0mm
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Radar
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds NW 15 to 25 km/h tending NW/NE in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to 21 to 30 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.
Forecast for Warburton (26.1339°S, 126.5785°E, 455m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 31° 29° 28° 25° 23° 23° 24° Maximum 42° 40° 37° 33° 33° 33° 36° Chance of rain 70% 60% 90% 90% 70% 30% 30% Likely amount < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 20-40mm 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High Moderate 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 21
(km/h)13
(km/h)18
(km/h)16
(km/h)12
(km/h)19
(km/h)24
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(km/h)26
(km/h)26
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(km/h)21
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(km/h)Wind direction W NNW NNW N NNW NE E ENE ESE E S S SE SSE Relative humidity 25% 16% 29% 22% 39% 32% 56% 48% 67% 56% 70% 53% 56% 36% Dew point 15°C 10°C 16°C 14°C 16°C 17°C 19°C 20°C 20°C 21°C 19°C 21°C 20°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Warburton (26.1339°S, 126.5785°E, 455m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon 4:37am WST 5:02am WST 6:29pm WST 6:54pm WST 9:52am WST 9:47pm WST 
Waxing crescent
First quarter Jan 26 Full moon Feb 02 Last quarter Feb 09 New moon Feb 17 -
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