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  2. Parkes Local Weather

    33.14°S, 148.17°E
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    Now in Parkes

    Updated at 17:50 EDT

    PAST 24 HOURS

    34.2 °C

    Feels like 28.2 °C
    Dew Point
    -0.4 °C
    Gusts
    26km/h
    Relative Humidity
    11%
    Pressure
    1012.5hPa
    Wind
    SW 20km/h
    Rainfall
    0.0mm

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    Parkes Wednesday Forecast

    Mostly sunny
    Mostly sunny
    15 °C
    37 °C
    50%
    1-5mm
    Parkes for Wednesday
    Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the N in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds NE/SE 20 to 30 km/h tending NW/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending SE/SW 25 to 35 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.
    Fire Danger
    High
    DAM LEVELS

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  4. Parkes 48 HOUR FORECAST

    TEMP WIND RAIN CHANCE

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  6. 7 day forecast

    Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the N in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds NE/SE 20 to 30 km/h tending NW/SW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending SE/SW 25 to 35 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

    Forecast for Parkes (33.1383°S, 148.1742°E, 342m AMSL)
      Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
    Summary Mostly sunny Possible thunderstorm Possible thunderstorm Late shower Fog then sunny Sunny Mostly sunny
    Minimum 15° 17° 14° 13° 13° 11° 9°
    Maximum 37° 31° 28° 32° 32° 28° 32°
    Chance of rain 50% 70% 60% 70% 20% 5% 5%
    Likely amount 1-5mm 10-20mm 1-5mm 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
    UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
    Fire Danger Rating High Moderate Moderate Moderate - - -
    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 17
    (km/h)     		14
    (km/h)     		22
    (km/h)     		18
    (km/h)     		21
    (km/h)     		15
    (km/h)     		20
    (km/h)     		17
    (km/h)     		12
    (km/h)     		24
    (km/h)     		19
    (km/h)     		26
    (km/h)     		14
    (km/h)     		18
    (km/h)
    Wind direction ENE SW ENE ENE ENE NNE NE WNW W WSW SSW SW SE SSW
    Relative humidity 40% 16% 56% 51% 67% 47% 57% 41% 64% 34% 42% 21% 46% 21%
    Dew point 13°C 7°C 18°C 18°C 17°C 15°C 16°C 16°C 18°C 13°C 9°C 3°C 10°C 6°C

  7. 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 Last quarter New moon First quarter
    5:23am EDT 5:51am EDT 8:08pm EDT 8:37pm EDT 12:11am EDT 11:07am EDT Waning gibbous Last quarter Dec 12 New moon Dec 20 First quarter Dec 28

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  11. Parkes Past 5 Days

    This Month
    Minimum Maximum Rainfall
    Friday
    Dec 05     		12.6 °C 38.3 °C
    0.0 mm
    Saturday
    Dec 06     		20.0 °C 40.2 °C
    0.0 mm
    Sunday
    Dec 07     		16.2 °C 27.5 °C
    0.2 mm
    Monday
    Dec 08     		5.9 °C 32.4 °C
    0.0 mm
    Tuesday
    Dec 09     		9.2 °C 35.9 °C
    0.0 mm
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  12. Almanac

    Parkes minimum temp history (33.1383°S, 148.1742°E, 342m AMSL)
    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
    Hottest this month 40.2° 06/12/2025 Coldest this month 3.4° 03/12/2025
    Hottest on record 42.0 31/12/2005 Coldest on record 3.0 07/12/2002
    Hottest this year 41.4° 28/01/2025 Coldest this year -3.9° 20/06/2025
    Long term average 31.1° Long term average 14.6°
    Average this month 31.2° Average this month 9.4°
    Hottest December On Record Avg. max. temp. 33.3° 1997 Coldest December on record Avg. min. temp. 11.2° 2001
    Parkes rainfall history (33.1383°S, 148.1742°E, 342m AMSL)
    RAINFALL
    Wettest This Month 2.6mm 02/12/2025 Total This Month 2.8mm
    2.0 days
    Long Term Average 52.8mm 6.6 days Wettest December on record 239.4mm 2010
    Driest on record 0.4mm 2000

  13. Parkes Year To Date

    Average Rainfall To Dec 616.7mm 97.4 day(s)
    Total For 2025 422.0mm 86.0 day(s)
    Total To This Day 2024 666.2mm 95.0 day(s)
    Wettest Day 41.4mm Apr27
    Lowest Temperature -3.9°C Jun20
    Highest Temperature 41.4°C Jan28

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