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Current Conditions

Lightning ridge

10.8°C

Feels like

10.8°C

6.1°C

Overnight min

Dew Point

6.4

Gusts

19.4km/h

Pressure

1027.4hPa

Fire Danger

Moderate

Relative Humidity

78.0%

Wind

S-11.5km/h

Rainfall

0 - 5 mm

Last updated Friday 21:00 AEST

Today's Weather

6°C

16°C

Today's Rainfall

0 - 5 mm

Mostly sunny. Patches of morning frost in the NE. Light winds becoming SE 15 to 20 km/h in the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 3 and 8 with daytime temperatures reaching between 18 and 21.

Past 24 hours

Next 48 hours

Lightning Ridge 7 Day Forecast

	Today	Sat Aug 15	Sun Aug 16	Mon Aug 17	Tue Aug 18	Wed Aug 19	Thu Aug 20
Summary
Maximum	16°C	20°C	21°C	20°C	21°C	22°C	23°C
Minimum	6°C	5°C	8°C	10°C	10°C	10°C	11°C
Chance of Rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%
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	5.3 - Moderate	5.2 - Moderate	5.2 - Moderate	5 - Moderate	5.1 - Moderate	5.4 - Moderate	5.5 - Moderate
Fire Danger Rating	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate
Frost Risk	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Average Wind Speed	11.3km/h	7.8km/h	12.4km/h	15.6km/h	15.6km/h	13.6km/h	13.0km/h
Wind 9am	S 12.2km/h	ESE 4.7km/h	ENE 13.0km/h	ENE 17.3km/h	ENE 17.3km/h	NE 16.2km/h	NNE 15.8km/h
Wind 3pm	S 12.6km/h	E 4.0km/h	E 12.6km/h	E 16.6km/h	ENE 15.5km/h	ENE 11.2km/h	NNE 11.9km/h
Relative Humidity	75.0%	74.1%	68.8%	67.2%	65.2%	65.4%	62.0%

Sun & Moon Times

First Light	Sunrise	Sunset	Last Light	Moon Phase	Moon Rise	Moon Set	New Moon	First Quarter	Full Moon	Last Quarter
Sat 06:15 AEST	Sat 06:39 AEST	Sat 17:41 AEST	Sat 18:06 AEST		Sat 08:00 AEST	Sat 20:21 AEST	Fri Sep 11	Thu Aug 20	Fri Aug 28	Fri Sep 04

First Light	Sunrise	Sunset
Sat 06:15 AEST	Sat 06:39 AEST	Sat 17:41 AEST

Last Light	Moon Phase	Moon Rise
Sat 18:06 AEST		Sat 08:00 AEST

Moon Set	New Moon	First Quarter
Sat 20:21 AEST	Fri Sep 11	Thu Aug 20

Full Moon	Last Quarter
Fri Aug 28	Fri Sep 04

Tides Graph

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Past 5 Days

Day	Minimum to 9am(°C)	Maximum to 9am(°C)	Rainfall to 9am(mm)
Mon Aug 10	8.9°C	18°C	6.4 mm
Tue Aug 11	6.2°C	20.3°C	0.0 mm
Wed Aug 12	6°C	18°C	0.0 mm
Thu Aug 13	4°C	19.4°C	1.4 mm
Fri Aug 14	5°C	°C	0.0 mm

View 3 month history

Year to Date

Average Rainfall for August	292.6 mm	37.2 day(s)
Total for 2026	167 mm	27.0 day(s)
Total to this Day 2025	489.4 mm	42.0 day(s)
Wettest Day	27.1 mm	Jun 11th
Driest Day	0 mm	Jan 1st
Lowest Temperature	1.1 °C	Aug 2nd
Highest Temperature	43.8 °C	Jan 24th