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Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Tuesday Mostly sunny. Hot, dry, gusty winds in most areas. Warm in northeast. Late shower/storm in southwest.

  • Wednesday Hot, dry gusty winds central/northern NSW easing. Cooler change, patchy rain, a few storms west, sth.

  • Thursday Rain & a few storms, becoming heavy in far west. Dry in parts of far north & far south. Warm.

  • Friday Humid and warm in most areas. Widespread rain & storms, heaviest in west & south.

  • Saturday Hot to very hot over the interior. Hot and humid in the east with showers and storms.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 10/12 Sun 11/12 Mon 12/12

38.1°C

Ivanhoe Ap
Hottest

34.8°C

Mungindi

36.5°C

Bourke Ap

38.4°C

Menindee

45.3°C

Bourke Ap

16.7°C

Thredbo Top Station
Coldest

1.3°C

Perisher Valley

4.3°C

Thredbo Top Station

0.0°C

Prospect Dam

-2.9°C

Perisher Valley

NNE 38km/h

Norah Head
Windiest

57km/h

Coonabarabran Ap

81km/h

Thredbo Top Station

75km/h

Scone Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

1.0mm

Brays Creek

7.4mm

Coolah

22.0mm

Nowendoc

7.0mm

Scone Ap
New South Wales/ACT's Records for December
Max Min Rain
Highest 48.9°C at
Bourke in 1888
Lowest 0.1°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 2006
Highest 34.5°C at
Lake Cargelligo Ap in 2013
Lowest -9.6°C at
Cooma Ap in 1990
Highest 352.2mm at
Tyalgum in 1991

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 %
Late shower
26 38 90% 1-5mm Nil NNW 30 28 WNW 28 25
Mostly sunny
14 32 5% < 1mm Nil N 11 65 NE 21 36
Sunny
18 32 20% < 1mm Nil N 18 62 NE 20 52
Late shower
23 33 90% 1-5mm Nil NW 24 44 NNW 25 25
Late shower
25 35 90% 5-10mm Nil NW 27 37 WSW 21 52
Possible shower
22 29 90% 5-10mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
11 29 5% < 1mm Nil NW 21 56 WNW 19 30
Windy with showers
18 28 80% 5-10mm Nil NNW 31 44 WNW 25 44
Late shower
21 29 80% 1-5mm Nil NW 23 43 NW 31 51
Showers
15 18 90% 5-10mm Nil WNW 19 68 NW 25 80
Sunny
17 35 40% < 1mm Nil N 18 37 NW 20 15
Late shower
21 37 90% 1-5mm Nil N 30 31 NW 24 21
Possible shower
22 30 90% 1-5mm Nil WNW 16 55 W 19 42
Possible shower
22 30 90% 1-5mm Nil WNW 15 48 WNW 24 34
Mostly sunny
24 40 80% 1-5mm Nil N 24 23 NW 19 22
Possible shower
23 31 90% 5-10mm Nil SW 18 49 S 22 38
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Weather News

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16:48 EDT

Fire danger warnings are in place across a large part of Australia, with hot temperatures and windy weather expected, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says.

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12:15 EDT

Apparently, the heat is on and we should all brace ourselves for temperature Armageddon.

Storms soak southern WA

11:23 EDT

Thunderstorms broke records over Western Australia's Goldfields last night after bringing welcome rain to the state's parched South West Land Division on Monday.