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Current Conditions

Lightning ridge

29.3°C

Feels like

28.2°C

22.2°C

Overnight min

Dew Point

12.1

Gusts

18.7km/h

Pressure

1014.7hPa

Fire Danger

Moderate

Relative Humidity

32.0%

Wind

ENE-12.6km/h

Rainfall

0 - 5 mm

Last updated Tuesday 20:00 AEDT

Today's Weather

22°C

32°C

Today's Rainfall

0 - 5 mm

Cloudy. Very high chance of rain in the W, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the far W in the morning and afternoon. Thunderstorms possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding near the South Australian border in the morning and early afternoon. Winds E/SE 20 to 30 km/h tending E/NE 25 to 35 km/h in the early morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 32.

Past 24 hours

Next 48 hours

Lightning Ridge 7 Day Forecast

	Today	Wed Mar 18	Thu Mar 19	Fri Mar 20	Sat Mar 21	Sun Mar 22	Mon Mar 23
Summary
Maximum	32°C	29°C	27°C	31°C	31°C	31°C	32°C
Minimum	22°C	24°C	22°C	20°C	21°C	20°C	20°C
Chance of Rain	0%	8%	39%	1%	11%	12%	0%
Rain Amount	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm	0 - 5 mm
UV Index	10.4 - Very High	10.5 - Very High	9.5 - Very High	9.9 - Very High	9.5 - Very High	9.2 - Very High	9.5 - Very High
Fire Danger Rating	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate
Frost Risk	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Average Wind Speed	14.1km/h	10.7km/h	10.1km/h	9.9km/h	10.2km/h	13.9km/h	13.4km/h
Wind 9am	NNE 17.3km/h	NE 12.6km/h	E 12.6km/h	E 9.7km/h	E 8.6km/h	ESE 12.6km/h	E 13.0km/h
Wind 3pm	NE 10.4km/h	NE 10.4km/h	E 10.1km/h	ESE 10.8km/h	SSE 10.8km/h	SE 15.5km/h	SE 13.7km/h
Relative Humidity	39.9%	45.0%	62.1%	57.7%	49.3%	49.1%	46.5%

Sun & Moon Times

First Light	Sunrise	Sunset	Last Light	Moon Phase	Moon Rise	Moon Set	New Moon	First Quarter	Full Moon	Last Quarter
Wed 06:44 AEDT	Wed 07:07 AEDT	Wed 19:20 AEDT	Wed 19:44 AEDT		Wed 05:58 AEDT	Wed 18:46 AEDT	Thu Mar 19	Thu Mar 26	Thu Apr 02	Fri Apr 10

First Light	Sunrise	Sunset
Wed 06:44 AEDT	Wed 07:07 AEDT	Wed 19:20 AEDT

Last Light	Moon Phase	Moon Rise
Wed 19:44 AEDT		Wed 05:58 AEDT

Moon Set	New Moon	First Quarter
Wed 18:46 AEDT	Thu Mar 19	Thu Mar 26

Full Moon	Last Quarter
Thu Apr 02	Fri Apr 10

Tides Graph

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Past 5 Days

Day	Minimum to 9am(°C)	Maximum to 9am(°C)
Fri Mar 13	19.3°C	°C
Sat Mar 14	°C	°C
Sun Mar 15	°C	32.7°C
Mon Mar 16	20.2°C	33.1°C
Tue Mar 17	22.4°C	°C

View 3 month history

Year to Date

Average Rainfall for March	146.9 mm	15.7 day(s)
Total for 2026	0.6 mm	1.0 day(s)
Total to this Day 2025	55.6 mm	9.0 day(s)
Wettest Day	0.6 mm	Jan 21st
Driest Day	0 mm	Jan 1st
Lowest Temperature	16.2 °C	Jan 6th
Highest Temperature	43.8 °C	Jan 24th