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New South Wales/ACT Weather

Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Thursday Cool morning then mostly sunny and mild. Gentle winds.

  • Friday Cool morning then mostly sunny and mild. Gentle winds.

  • Saturday Cloud building in the west. Mostly dry throughout.

  • Sunday Widespread storms spreading eastward. Heavy rain over central interior.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 02/05 Tue 03/05 Wed 04/05

24.9°C

Coffs Harbour
Hottest

28.8°C

Casino Ap

29.0°C

Murwillumbah

27.1°C

Pindari Dam

33.0°C

Mungindi

6.6°C

Cabramurra
Coldest

-1.6°C

Bombala

-0.7°C

Thredbo Top Station

-4.0°C

Cooma Ap

-4.0°C

Cooma Ap

NW 25km/h

Thredbo Top Station
Windiest

101km/h

Thredbo Top Station

125km/h

Thredbo Top Station

57km/h

Mt Boyce
-
no rain last hr Wettest

43.0mm

Coonamble Ap

20.4mm

Thredbo Top Station

0.2mm

Armidale Ap

0.2mm

Armidale Ap
New South Wales/ACT's Records for May
Max Min Rain
Highest 40.1°C at
Scone Ap in 1994
Lowest -6.0°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 2000
Highest 30.5°C at
Lake Cargelligo Ap in 1990
Lowest -14.2°C at
Namadgi National Park in 1987
Highest 320.0mm at
Lismore in 1921

New South Wales/ACT Weather Forecasts

Station
(ungroup by district)
Forecast Min Max Chance of rain Rain amount Frost risk 9am 3pm
Wind RH Wind RH
°C °C km/h % km/h %
Sunny
14 25 5% < 1mm Nil W 11 58 NE 16 47
Sunny
12 25 5% < 1mm Nil SW 2 79 ESE 12 54
Sunny
11 26 5% < 1mm Nil - - ENE 9 60
Sunny
15 23 5% < 1mm Nil W 11 74 - -
Sunny
14 22 5% < 1mm Nil WNW 12 53 NNE 15 56
Sunny
6 21 5% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
4 21 5% < 1mm Slight NW 10 66 WSW 12 40
Sunny
2 18 5% < 1mm Moderate NNW 10 71 WNW 15 53
Sunny
3 19 5% < 1mm Moderate WNW 8 69 WNW 22 40
Mostly sunny
2 10 10% < 1mm Moderate W 11 77 WNW 18 69
Sunny
8 25 5% < 1mm Nil NNE 5 51 - -
Sunny
9 24 5% < 1mm Nil NE 9 64 NW 13 42
Mostly sunny
9 23 10% < 1mm Nil NNE 12 53 NW 16 39
Mostly sunny
7 20 5% < 1mm Nil NE 9 62 NNW 11 40
Sunny
11 26 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 10 57 N 9 29
Mostly sunny
9 24 5% < 1mm Nil NNW 14 58 NW 22 34
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Weather News

Stuck between Wednesday and Friday on Thursday Island

11:26 EST

Nestled in amongst several other islands to the northeast of Cape York Peninsula, including Friday to the west and Wednesday to the northeast, it's easy to overlook the weather of Thursday Island.

Victoria weather: Strong winds hit Melbourne, southern parts of state as cold front moves through

18:02 EST

A deep cold front has swept through Melbourne and parts of southern Victoria, uprooting trees and damaging buildings with wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour (kph).

Wet start for the dry season

14:15 EST

After a disappointingly dry wet season, the start of the dry season is bearing some healthy rainfall.