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Sydney Forecast

Today 24°C
Tonight 19°C
mostly_cloudy

Now

23.0°C steady
Updated at 15:00 EDT

Sydney for Thursday Mostly cloudy. Light winds. Sun protection 8:50am to 5:20pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme].

Currently at Sydney

24-hour graph
Temperature 23.0°C steady
Dew Point 12.6°C steady
Feels Like 23.0°C
Relative Humidity 52%
Wind icon
ENE 20km/h steady
Wind Gusts 30km/h
Pressure 1018.2hPa steady
Fire Danger 7.2
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Thu

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Sunrise sunrise
05:42 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:06 EDT

Nearby Now

Sydney Ap 23.6°C
Canterbury 23.4°C
Bankstown Ap 24.0°C

Fire Danger Rating

MODERATE

Next 12 hours in Sydney

48-hour forecast

6pm

Mostly cloudy
23°C

9pm

Mostly clear
22°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
21°C

3am

Mostly cloudy
20°C

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National Forecast

Sydney 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Thu
Dec 22
Fri
Dec 23
Sat
Dec 24
Sun
Dec 25
Mon
Dec 26
Tue
Dec 27
Wed
Dec 28

Mostly cloudy

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Sunny

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny
Maximum 24°C 25°C 28°C 28°C 31°C 28°C 31°C
Minimum 20°C 19°C 19°C 21°C 20°C 22°C 20°C
Chance of Rain 30% 20% 30% 5% 50% 20% 20%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index High High Very High High Extreme High Very 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 18
km/h
25
km/h
16
km/h
31
km/h
18
km/h
29
km/h
19
km/h
33
km/h
20
km/h
32
km/h
20
km/h
26
km/h
16
km/h
32
km/h
Wind Direction SE 18km/h
SE
ESE 25km/h
ESE
NE 16km/h
NE
ENE 31km/h
ENE
NE 18km/h
NE
ENE 29km/h
ENE
NE 19km/h
NE
ENE 33km/h
ENE
NNE 20km/h
NNE
NE 32km/h
NE
ENE 20km/h
ENE
E 26km/h
E
NNE 16km/h
NNE
NE 32km/h
NE
Relative Humidity 64% 60% 60% 58% 68% 59% 66% 56% 64% 51% 64% 57% 60% 53%
Dew Point 15°C 16°C 15°C 16°C 18°C 19°C 18°C 18°C 19°C 19°C 18°C 17°C 17°C 20°C

Sydney Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter
first light
05:12 EDT
sunrise
05:42 EDT
sunset
20:06 EDT
last light
20:35 EDT
moon
rise
Fri 01:51 EDT
set
Fri 14:39 EDT
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20

Sydney Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
Dec 22
20°C - 0.0mm
Wed
Dec 21
18.6°C 27°C 0.0mm
Tue
Dec 20
16.7°C 27.1°C 0.0mm
Mon
Dec 19
17.7°C 22.9°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 18
18.3°C 21.3°C 0.0mm

Sydney Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1212.6mm
144.1 Day(s)
Total For 2016
1384.0mm
128 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1298.0mm
161 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
16.7°C
20th
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
37.8°C
13th
Highest On Record
42.2°C
20th 1957
Average This Month
27.7°C
+2.5°C
Long-term Average
25.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
32.6mm
16th
Total This Month
63.4mm
9 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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