IDN11026 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology New South Wales Hunter District Forecast Issued at 9:52 pm EDT on Saturday 20 December 2025 for the period until midnight EDT Wednesday 24 December 2025. 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. Weather Situation A broad low pressure trough is moving into the west and south today, drawing heat and moisture into the state, and will become associated with a cold front and deepen on Sunday as a low develops to the south, before pushing 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. Forecast for the rest of Saturday 20 December Clear. Light winds. Forecast for Sunday 21 December Sunny morning. Slight chance of a shower in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds northwesterly 25 to 40 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to the low 20s with daytime temperatures reaching 37 to 42. Gosford Mostly sunny. Min 20 Max 39 Maitland Mostly sunny. Min 21 Max 42 Newcastle Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 41 Scone Becoming windy. Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 42 Singleton Mostly sunny. Min 22 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 shifting southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late morning and afternoon then becoming light in the late 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 26 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 The next routine forecast will be issued at 5:05 am 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).