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Sydney Forecast

Tonight 20°C
Tomorrow 28°C
mostly_sunny

Now

22.4°C falling
Updated at 19:50 EDT

Sydney for Sunday Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower in the west, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the far west, mainly. Winds E 15 to 20 km/h tending NE in the late evening. Cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers. Winds S 15 to 25 km/h turning SE 15 to 20 km/h during the day.
Monday Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower in the outer west in the afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon, mainly in the west. Winds NE 25 to 35 km/h. Sun protection 8:40am to 5:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 14 [Extreme].

Currently at Sydney

24-hour graph
Temperature 22.4°C falling
Dew Point 16.7°C falling
Feels Like 22.4°C
Relative Humidity 70%
Wind icon
 ENE 24km/h rising
Wind Gusts 30km/h
Pressure 1021.8hPa rising
Fire Danger 4.1
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Sun

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Sunrise sunrise
 05:38 EDT
Sunset sunset
 20:00 EDT

Nearby Now

Sydney Ap 22.5°C
Canterbury 22.3°C
Bankstown Ap 22.8°C

Fire Danger Rating

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Next 12 hours in Sydney

48-hour forecast

9pm

Mostly clear
23°C

12am

Mostly clear
22°C

3am

Mostly clear
21°C

6am

Mostly clear
20°C

Sydney Weather Warnings

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NSW/ACT - Sun 16:07 EDT
Strong Wind Warning for the Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast and Batemans Coast

National Forecast

Sydney 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Sun
Dec 11		 Mon
Dec 12		 Tue
Dec 13		 Wed
Dec 14		 Thu
Dec 15		 Fri
Dec 16		 Sat
Dec 17

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Possible shower

Possible shower

Showers

Possible shower
Maximum 27°C 28°C 35°C 34°C 23°C 25°C 29°C
Minimum 18°C 20°C 21°C 25°C 20°C 20°C 21°C
Chance of Rain 40% 10% 40% 80% 90% 70% 70%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index High Very High Very High High Moderate Moderate 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		 28
km/h		 21
km/h		 33
km/h		 22
km/h		 27
km/h		 25
km/h		 27
km/h		 24
km/h		 32
km/h		 16
km/h		 24
km/h		 15
km/h		 23
km/h
Wind Direction NE 16km/h
NE 		E 28km/h
E 		NE 21km/h
NE 		ENE 33km/h
ENE 		NNW 22km/h
NNW 		N 27km/h
N 		NW 25km/h
NW 		NW 27km/h
NW 		SSE 24km/h
SSE 		SSE 32km/h
SSE 		SE 16km/h
SE 		E 24km/h
E 		N 15km/h
N 		ENE 23km/h
ENE
Relative Humidity 60% 60% 61% 53% 44% 33% 31% 33% 73% 74% 75% 73% 66% 58%
Dew Point 15°C 18°C 17°C 17°C 16°C 16°C 11°C 14°C 17°C 17°C 18°C 20°C 19°C 20°C

Sydney Sun & Moon Times

Monday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:09 EDT		 sunrise
05:38 EDT		 sunset
20:00 EDT		 last light
20:29 EDT		 moon
 set
Mon 04:04 EDT 		rise
Mon 17:52 EDT 		moon
Wed
Dec 14 		moon
Wed
Dec 21 		moon
Thu
Dec 29 		moon
Fri
Jan 6

Sydney Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sun
Dec 11		 20.0°C 26°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 10		 16.9°C 23.7°C 0.0mm
Fri
Dec 9		 18.1°C 27.8°C 0.4mm
Thu
Dec 8		 20.2°C 27.9°C 0.2mm
Wed
Dec 7		 18.6°C 25.1°C 7.8mm

Sydney Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1212.6mm
144.1 Day(s)
Total For 2016
1332.8mm
125 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1257.8mm
158 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
16.9°C
10th
Lowest On Record
9.1°C
3rd 1924
Average This Month
19.4°C
+1.9°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
27.4°C
+2.2°C
Long-term Average
25.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
7.8mm
7th
Total This Month
12.2mm
6 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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