7 day weather forecast

   Effective as of 5:00 AM Sunday January 23 2022

View the latest severe weather warnings from BOM at http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/warnings/ .

Explanatory notes:

A prolonged heatwave with the very hot air mass over the region as the west coast trough remained near the west coast, with enhanced heating from subsidence below the upper level anticyclone aloft.

Perth has seen 5 consecutive days with a maximum temperature above 40°C which is the longest 40+°C spell on record for any month, beating the previous record of 4 consecutive days in February 1933, February 2016 and December 2021.

5 40+°C days in total in a calendar month is also the record highest which was set in December 2021.

Perth has seen 10 40+°C days this summer so far breaking the previous record for the entire summer of 7 by a large margin and summer is far from over.

It is also likely that Perth will see the longest 38+°C spell on record of 6 consecutive days which was also seen in December 2021.

There is still the chance that today will exceed 40°C if the sea breeze is held back for sufficiently long.

Some respite thereafter as cooler air moves in from the southeast, still hot days but much less hot and cooler nights with cool air advection from the southeast.

Sunday January 23:

City:

22-39  Degrees Celsius

Very hot and sunny.

Chance of any rain:0%

Amount:Nil

Perth Metropolitan Area:

Very hot and sunny.Winds easterly at 10-20 km/h shifting northeasterly by morning shifting south-southwesterly at 20-35 km/h by afternoon.

Monday January 24:

City:

18-33  Degrees Celsius

Mostly sunny.

Chance of any rain:0%

Amount:Nil

Perth Metropolitan Area:

Mostly sunny.Winds south-southeasterly at 20-30 km/h.

Tuesday January 25:

City:

16-31  Degrees Celsius

Mostly sunny.

Chance of any rain:0%

Amount:Nil

Perth Metropolitan Area:

Mostly sunny.Winds east-southeasterly at 15-25 km/h tending south-southwesterly at 20-30 km/h in the late afternoon and evening.

Wednesday January 26:

City:

17-31  Degrees Celsius

Sunny.

Chance of any rain:0%

Amount:Nil

Perth Metropolitan Area:

Sunny.Winds east-southeasterly at 15-25 km/h tending south-southwesterly at 20-30 km/h in the afternoon and evening

Thursday January 27:

City:

18-33  Degrees Celsius

Mostly sunny.

Chance of any rain:0%

Amount:Nil

Perth Metropolitan Area:

Mostly sunny.Winds east-southeasterly at 15-25 km/h tending south-southwesterly in the afternoon.

Friday January 28:

City:

17-34  Degrees Celsius

Sunny.

Chance of any rain:5%

Amount:Nil

Perth Metropolitan Area:

Sunny.Winds east-southeasterly at 20-30 km/h tending south-southwesterly at 15-25 km/h in the afternoon.

Saturday January 29:

City:

21-39  Degrees Celsius

Very hot and sunny.

Chance of any rain:5%

Amount:Nil

Perth Metropolitan Area:

Very hot and sunny.Winds easterly at 20-30 km/h tending south-southwesterly at 15-25 km/h in the afternoon.

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