Heat: 7 days at 36 °C and above expected in Port Hedland

Automated newsroom of weather-au.com · Published 1 November 2026 · Updated 1 November 2026 · 3 min read

Observed or ongoing event. A heatwave is building: 7 days in a row at 30 °C or more, with a maximum of 44.5 °C in Port Hedland (Western Australia), from 1 November 2026 to 7 November 2026. It is the duration, more than the peak, that wears down the body and the infrastructure.

The figures

20 cities tracked by weather-au.com in Australia exceed the 30 °C threshold for this phenomenon. The most affected is Port Hedland (Western Australia) with 44.5 °C on 6 November 2026. Other cities affected: Fitzroy Crossing, Karratha and Wickham. The event is expected from 1 November 2026 to 7 November 2026. These are model forecasts for the city's grid point, not measurements.

Cities affected

Timeline

For Port Hedland, the table gives the day-by-day forecast over 7 days. The most marked day is 6 November 2026, with 44.5 °C. The quantity shown is the forecast maximum and minimum temperature, day by day. The model resolves hours only over 72 hours: for an event that spans several days or is expected later, the daily forecast is the most reliable.

The map

The map locates the most affected cities in Australia (at most 12). Where several dots touch, the event is widespread; an isolated dot means a local event, caused by terrain or by a nearby lake or sea.

Historical context

The Port Hedland station, 7 km from Port Hedland, has a measurement series going back to 1913 and serves as the reference. Its record maximum temperature there is 49.6 °C, recorded on 25 October 1926. The value forecast for Port Hedland is 5.1 °C from this record.

The hottest month in the series is December 2021 (33.6 °C); the mean forecast for Port Hedland over the period is 32.8 °C.

In Port Hedland, the 1991–2020 normal for November is 35.3 °C; the forecast value differs from it by +9.2 °C.

What it means

The threshold of 30 °C by day, or 20 °C by night, used here is deliberately demanding: a night at 20 °C or more stops the body from recovering, and three days in a row add up the strain. In Port Hedland the forecast maximum is 44.5 °C and the warmest minimum 30.2 °C.

What to do

• Drink regularly, even if you are not thirsty, and avoid alcohol and physical effort between noon and 4 pm; check on elderly people and young children.
• Close shutters and curtains on the sunny side by day, and air the house at night and early morning, when the outside air is cooler than inside.
• Never leave a child or a pet in a vehicle, even for a few minutes: the cabin passes 50 °C within a quarter of an hour in the sun.

This page is a snapshot of the forecast of 2 November 2026. It is not changed afterwards, even if the model moves on: up-to-date forecasts are on the city pages linked on this page.

Method and limits

The figures in this article are computed automatically from the Open-Meteo forecasts for the cities tracked by weather-au.com. An article is written only if a precise threshold is crossed (at least 3 days in a row at 30 °C or more, or 3 nights in a row at 20 °C or more), at most 2 times a week per country, and never twice for the same event. Forecasts are recomputed three times a day, so an event can be spotted up to eight hours late. A forecast is not a measurement and does not replace official warnings: check the official warnings (Bureau of Meteorology) before any decision.