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Sydney Forecast

Today 25°C
Tonight 20°C
rain

Now

22.4°C falling
Updated at 11:10 EDT

Sydney for Tuesday Cloudy. High (80%) chance of light rain at times, becoming less likely in the evening. Light winds becoming SE 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Light winds becoming SE 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Sun protection 8:40am to 5:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme].

Currently at Sydney

24-hour graph
Temperature 22.4°C falling
Dew Point 17.5°C falling
Feels Like 22.4°C
Relative Humidity 74%
Wind icon
S 3km/h falling
Wind Gusts 9km/h
Pressure 1012.0hPa falling
Fire Danger 2.3
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
05:37 EDT
Sunset sunset
19:56 EDT

Nearby Now

Sydney Ap 21.6°C
Canterbury 22.8°C
Bankstown Ap 24.4°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Sydney

48-hour forecast

12pm

Chance shower
25°C

3pm

Shower
24°C

6pm

Rain
24°C

9pm

Cloudy
24°C

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National Forecast

Sydney 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Dec 6
Wed
Dec 7
Thu
Dec 8
Fri
Dec 9
Sat
Dec 10
Sun
Dec 11
Mon
Dec 12

Rain

Clearing shower

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Possible shower

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny
Maximum 25°C 25°C 31°C 26°C 24°C 27°C 28°C
Minimum 20°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 17°C 18°C 19°C
Chance of Rain 90% 50% 70% 20% 20% 20% 20%
Rain Amount 5-10mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Moderate Very High High Very High High High High
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 16
km/h
19
km/h
21
km/h
28
km/h
24
km/h
34
km/h
27
km/h
33
km/h
18
km/h
25
km/h
13
km/h
30
km/h
18
km/h
33
km/h
Wind Direction SSW 16km/h
SSW
S 19km/h
S
SSE 21km/h
SSE
ESE 28km/h
ESE
NNE 24km/h
NNE
NNE 34km/h
NNE
WSW 27km/h
WSW
SSW 33km/h
SSW
S 18km/h
S
SE 25km/h
SE
NE 13km/h
NE
E 30km/h
E
NE 18km/h
NE
ENE 33km/h
ENE
Relative Humidity 71% 75% 67% 63% 68% 54% 40% 36% 46% 47% 54% 53% 58% 52%
Dew Point 18°C 20°C 17°C 17°C 19°C 20°C 9°C 9°C 9°C 11°C 14°C 16°C 16°C 17°C

Sydney Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
first light
05:08 EDT
sunrise
05:37 EDT
sunset
19:56 EDT
last light
20:25 EDT
moon
rise
Tue 11:23 EDT
set
Wed 00:45 EDT
moon
Wed
Dec 7
moon
Wed
Dec 14
moon
Wed
Dec 21
moon
Thu
Dec 29

Sydney Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Dec 6
20°C - 3mm
Mon
Dec 5
22.1°C 30°C 0.4mm
Sun
Dec 4
19.7°C 26.9°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 3
21.0°C 26.8°C 0.0mm
Fri
Dec 2
18.7°C 35.7°C 0.2mm

Sydney Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1212.6mm
144.1 Day(s)
Total For 2016
1324.2mm
122 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1241.6mm
155 Day(s)
Wettest Day
94.4mm
Apr 4
Lowest Temperature
5.4°C
Jun 30
Highest Temperature
39.2°C
Jan 14

Sydney Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
18.1°C
1st
Lowest On Record
9.1°C
3rd 1924
Average This Month
19.9°C
+2.4°C
Long-term Average
17.5°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
35.7°C
2nd
Highest On Record
42.2°C
20th 1957
Average This Month
29.6°C
+4.4°C
Long-term Average
25.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
3.0mm
6th
Total This Month
3.6mm
3 Day(s)
Long-term Average
77.6mm
11.5 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
401.9mm
1920
Driest On Record
2.8mm
1979
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