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  1. Parkes Local Weather

    33.14°S, 148.17°E

    Now in Parkes

    Updated at 05:00 EST

    11.7 °C

    Feels like 6.9 °C
    Dew Point
    6.4 °C
    Gusts
    26km/h
    Relative Humidity
    70%
    Pressure
    1016.2hPa
    Wind
    NE 20km/h
    Rainfall
    0.0mm

    Parkes Sunday Forecast

    Possible thunderstorm
    Possible thunderstorm
    8 °C
    18 °C
    50%
    < 1mm
    Parkes for Sunday
    Partly cloudy. High chance of showers in the S, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon, possibly severe. Winds N/NE 20 to 30 km/h turning W/NW 15 to 25 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 7 and 10 with daytime temperatures reaching between 17 and 21.
    Fire Danger
    No Rating

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  3. Parkes 48 HOUR FORECAST

    TEMP WIND RAIN CHANCE
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  5. 7 day forecast

    Today: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers in the S, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon, possibly severe. Winds N/NE 20 to 30 km/h turning W/NW 15 to 25 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 7 and 10 with daytime temperatures reaching between 17 and 21.

    Forecast for Parkes (33.1383°S, 148.1742°E, 342m AMSL)
      Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    Summary Possible thunderstorm Fog then sunny Mostly cloudy Mostly sunny Possible thunderstorm Mostly cloudy Fog then sunny
    Minimum
    Maximum 18° 15° 16° 15° 13° 12° 13°
    Chance of rain 50% 10% 10% 60% 80% 20% 5%
    Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm
    UV index Low Low Low Low Moderate Moderate Moderate
    Fire Danger Rating No Rating No Rating Moderate No Rating - - -
    Frost risk Nil Moderate Moderate Moderate High High High
      9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
    Wind speed 26
    (km/h)
    24
    (km/h)
    5
    (km/h)
    17
    (km/h)
    16
    (km/h)
    29
    (km/h)
    8
    (km/h)
    20
    (km/h)
    18
    (km/h)
    26
    (km/h)
    10
    (km/h)
    19
    (km/h)
    6
    (km/h)
    15
    (km/h)
    Wind direction NE NNW WNW WSW NNE N NW NW N WNW SW SW S SW
    Relative humidity 84% 55% 96% 59% 83% 51% 84% 51% 82% 64% 97% 69% 93% 59%
    Dew point 11°C 8°C 8°C 6°C 7°C 5°C 6°C 4°C 3°C 5°C 5°C 6°C 5°C 5°C
  6. Sunrise and sunset times

    Sunrise / Sunset for Parkes (33.1383°S, 148.1742°E, 342m AMSL)
    First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
    6:43am EST 7:11am EST 5:13pm EST 5:40pm EST 1:17pm EST 2:54am EST Waxing gibbous Full moon Jul 11 Last quarter Jul 18 New moon Jul 25 First quarter Aug 01
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  8. Tides graph

    There is no current data for Parkes

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  10. Parkes Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Tuesday
    Jul 01
    -0.8 °C 14.7 °C
    0.0 mm
    Wednesday
    Jul 02
    5.0 °C 15.0 °C
    8.6 mm
    Thursday
    Jul 03
    5.1 °C 10.8 °C
    0.0 mm
    Friday
    Jul 04
    -0.7 °C 15.8 °C
    0.0 mm
    Saturday
    Jul 05
    1.2 °C 15.6 °C
    0.0 mm
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  11. Almanac


    Parkes minimum temp history (33.1383°S, 148.1742°E, 342m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 15.8° 04/07/2025 Coldest this month -0.8° 01/07/2025
    Hottest on record 21.0 23/07/2003 Coldest on record -5.6 03/07/2015
    Hottest this year 41.4° 28/01/2025 Coldest this year -3.9° 20/06/2025
    Long term average 14.4° Long term average 2.4°
    Average this month 14.4° Average this month 2.0°
    Hottest July On Record Avg. max. temp. 15.6° 2002 Coldest July on record Avg. min. temp. 0.0° 2002
    Parkes rainfall history (33.1383°S, 148.1742°E, 342m AMSL)
    RAINFALL
    Wettest This Month 8.6mm 02/07/2025 Total This Month 8.6mm
    1.0 days
    Long Term Average 47.4mm 13.3 days Wettest July on record 110.8mm 2010
    Driest on record 2.0mm 2018
  12. Parkes Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Jul 358.1mm 57.3 day(s)
    Total For 2025 267.6mm 41.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 352.4mm 48.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 41.4mm Apr27
    Lowest Temperature -3.9°C Jun20
    Highest Temperature 41.4°C Jan28