IDN11021 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales North East District Forecasts Issued at 5:05 am EDT on Sunday 21 December 2025 for the period until midnight EDT Wednesday 24 December 2025. Weather Situation A broad low pressure trough over the west will deepen on Sunday, drawing heat and moisture into the State as a low and cold front develops to the south. The trough will push into the northeast early in the new working week. Following this, a high pressure ridge will build across the west and south early next week. Northern Rivers Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Sunday 21 December Sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm in the south late this afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day. Daytime maximum temperatures 33 to 39. Ballina Sunny. Max 32 Byron Bay Becoming windy. Sunny. Max 30 Grafton Sunny. Max 39 Lismore Sunny. Max 35 Tweed Heads Sunny. Max 31 Fire Danger: Far North Coast: Moderate Sun protection 8:20am to 5:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday 22 December Mostly sunny day. Slight chance of a shower in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 34 to 40. Ballina Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 34 Byron Bay Windy. Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 31 Grafton Possible late shower. Min 23 Max 39 Lismore Mostly sunny. Min 20 Max 36 Tweed Heads Partly cloudy. Min 23 Max 32 Forecast for Tuesday 23 December Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Ballina Showers. Possible storm. Min 23 Max 30 Byron Bay Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 23 Max 30 Grafton Showers. Possible storm. Min 23 Max 34 Lismore Showers. Possible storm. Min 21 Max 31 Tweed Heads Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 24 Max 32 Forecast for Wednesday 24 December Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the north, slight chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to southeasterly during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching around 30. Ballina Shower or two. Min 21 Max 28 Byron Bay Shower or two. Min 22 Max 28 Grafton Partly cloudy. Min 21 Max 30 Lismore Shower or two. Min 19 Max 28 Tweed Heads Shower or two. Min 22 Max 29 Mid North Coast Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Sunday 21 December Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and early evening. Winds northwest to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 33 to 39. Coffs Harbour Sunny. Max 35 Forster Mostly sunny. Max 37 Kempsey Possible storm. Max 38 Port Macquarie Possible late storm. Max 35 Taree Mostly sunny. Max 39 Fire Danger: North Coast: High Greater Hunter: Extreme New England: Moderate Northern Slopes: High Sun protection 8:20am to 5:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday 22 December Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to northwesterly in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 34. Coffs Harbour Late shower or two. Min 23 Max 35 Forster Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 24 Max 32 Kempsey Showers increasing. Min 21 Max 34 Port Macquarie Showers increasing. Min 22 Max 31 Taree Showers. Possible storm. Min 25 Max 33 Forecast for Tuesday 23 December Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly during the day then tending east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 28 to 33. Coffs Harbour Shower or two. Possible storm. Min 23 Max 30 Forster Possible shower. Min 20 Max 30 Kempsey Showers. Possible storm. Min 20 Max 31 Port Macquarie Shower or two. Min 21 Max 29 Taree Shower or two. Min 21 Max 31 Forecast for Wednesday 24 December Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm near the coast in the evening. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 25 to 30. Coffs Harbour Partly cloudy. Min 21 Max 27 Forster Possible shower. Min 18 Max 28 Kempsey Shower or two. Min 19 Max 28 Port Macquarie Possible shower. Min 20 Max 26 Taree Shower or two clearing. Min 19 Max 29 Hunter Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Sunday 21 December Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower late this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening. Winds northwesterly 25 to 40 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 37 to 42. Gosford Mostly sunny. Max 39 Maitland Mostly sunny. Max 42 Newcastle Mostly sunny. Max 41 Scone Becoming windy. Sunny. Max 42 Singleton Mostly sunny. Max 43 Fire Danger: North Coast: High Greater Hunter: Extreme Greater Sydney Region: High Central Ranges: Extreme Sun protection 8:30am to 5:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday 22 December Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon. A thunderstorm likely in the afternoon and early evening. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then shifting south to southeasterly during the afternoon and evening. Overnight temperatures falling to the low to mid 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 35. Gosford Shower or two. Min 24 Max 32 Maitland Showers. Storm developing. Min 26 Max 34 Newcastle Showers. Possible storm. Min 25 Max 32 Scone Showers. Storm developing. Min 23 Max 34 Singleton Showers. Storm developing. Min 27 Max 35 Forecast for Tuesday 23 December Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then turning south to southeasterly during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 20 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 36. Gosford Possible shower. Min 19 Max 30 Maitland Possible shower. Min 20 Max 33 Newcastle Shower or two. Min 20 Max 28 Scone Cloud clearing. Min 19 Max 36 Singleton Partly cloudy. Min 21 Max 38 Forecast for Wednesday 24 December Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the morning. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 18 with daytime temperatures reaching 29 to 35. Gosford Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 29 Maitland Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 32 Newcastle Partly cloudy. Min 19 Max 29 Scone Partly cloudy. Min 16 Max 36 Singleton Partly cloudy. Min 19 Max 36 Northern Tablelands Warning Information For latest warnings go to www.bom.gov.au, subscribe to RSS feeds, call 1300 659 210* or listen for warnings on relevant TV and radio broadcasts. Forecast for the rest of Sunday 21 December Mostly sunny day. The chance of a thunderstorm in the south late this afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the morning then tending north to northwesterly in the middle of the day. Daytime maximum temperatures 31 to 37. Armidale Mostly sunny. Max 33 Glen Innes Mostly sunny. Max 31 Inverell Sunny. Max 37 Fire Danger: Far North Coast: Moderate New England: Moderate Northern Slopes: High Sun protection 8:20am to 5:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme] Forecast for Monday 22 December Partly cloudy. High chance of showers in the south, medium chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending west to northwesterly in the morning then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 37. Armidale Showers. Possible storm. Min 19 Max 29 Glen Innes Showers. Possible storm. Min 17 Max 29 Inverell Showers. Possible storm. Min 21 Max 33 Forecast for Tuesday 23 December Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h tending west to southwesterly during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching 26 to 32. Armidale Shower or two. Min 16 Max 28 Glen Innes Showers. Min 16 Max 26 Inverell Showers. Possible storm. Min 18 Max 30 Forecast for Wednesday 24 December Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower on and east of the ranges, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending west to northwesterly during the day then tending northeast to southeasterly during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 27 to 32. Armidale Partly cloudy. Min 12 Max 30 Glen Innes Partly cloudy. Min 13 Max 28 Inverell Sunny. Min 16 Max 33 The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:30 pm EDT Sunday. * Calls to 1300 numbers cost around 27.5c incl. GST, higher from mobiles or public phones. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2011, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92 637 533 532). Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy statements (http://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml).