{"id":102024,"date":"2025-08-28T11:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/102024\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:19:11","slug":"wa-and-perth-weather-long-range-forecast-promises-a-sunny-spring-with-low-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/102024\/","title":{"rendered":"WA and Perth Weather: Long range forecast promises a sunny spring with low rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Aussies have endured one of the wettest winters on record, but a newly-released long-range forecast<\/a> has promised a very different outlook for spring.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Meteorology have confirmed that spring bring a 50-60 per cent chance of below median rainfall, with a 65 to 70 per cent chance of below median for much of the coastal South West.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe South West of WA can expect to receive below average rainfall in the spring season,\u201d a spokesperson at the Bureau of Meteorology said.<\/p>\n

WA<\/a> is expected to experience average temperatures for much of the State with 65-80 percent chance of above median temperatures in the North West.<\/p>\n

The low rainfall which is forecast for spring is in direct contrast to the rest of the country, which is expected to receive an above average amount of rain.<\/p>\n

After a record-breaking wet winter, dry weather is now on the way. Perth is currently experiencing its wettest August since 1955, when 284.5mm of rain fell. This August, 203.8mm has been recorded by 9am on August 28, meaning that it\u2019s expected we\u2019ll surpass the 1955 amount.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2025 is the first time since 1996 that all three winter months of June, July, and August have exceeded the average amount of rainfall expected.<\/p>\n

As a result of the winter rains, soil moisture is currently above average for most of WA, with coastal regions very much above average.<\/p>\n

Overall, Australia\u2019s total water storage is currently around 67 per cent. However, when it comes to water storage levels in WA the South West Coast drainage division is only at 46 per cent capacity across 76 sites.<\/p>\n

In the North West of WA water storage levels are currently at a significantly lower percentage.<\/p>\n

\"ACamera IconA map showing the expected long-forecast rainfall levels for spring 2025. Credit: BOM<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Harding Reservoir, the only major storage in the Pilbara\u2013Gascoyne drainage division, was at 22.5% of capacity at the end of July, a decrease of 0.7% from the previous month, and 6.5% lower than at the same time last year. Storage volumes across the region saw little recovery during the 2024 wet season, leaving the reservoir extremely low,\u201d a BOM spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The bushfire outlook is that there\u2019s an increased risk of fire this season for parts of North West WA.<\/p>\n

Department of Fire and Emergency Commissioner Darren Klemm said the recent winter downpours had created a \u201ca double edged sword\u201d for firefighters bracing for what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n

\"ACamera IconA map showing the expected long-forecast maximum temperatures for spring 2025. Credit: BOM<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to see certainly the fuel is going to take longer to dry out, because there\u2019s more soil moisture available in the soil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, of course, once it does, as it dries out, we can see greater growth \u2014 we\u2019re going to see perhaps a longer start to the season, but more fuel available to burn once we get into the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

In terms of timing, spring-like weather is already being detected by meteorologists, with August marking a transition in WA\u2019s weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnically spring starts in September, but we\u2019ve seen some features in recent forecasts which signal spring-like weather as well alongside winter weather activity, so we\u2019re in a transition at the moment,\u201d a spokesperson from BOM said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Aussies have endured one of the wettest winters on record, but a newly-released long-range forecast has promised…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,45,1192],"class_list":{"0":"post-102024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-wa-news","12":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}