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Wed 09:14 EDT
Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Thursday Showers and storms in the northeast. Dry and sunny in the west. Partly cloudy coast.

  • Friday Showers and storms in the north and east. Very hot in the west, hot elsewhere.

  • Saturday Showers and storms through central regions. Hot northerly winds increasing.

  • Sunday Showers and a few storms in the north. Hot in the west, mild further east.

  • Monday A few showers and storms in the northeast. Very hot in the west, hot elsewhere.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 19/12 Tue 20/12 Wed 21/12

37.9°C

Walgett Ap
Hottest

36.7°C

Mungindi

39.6°C

White Cliffs Ap

41.0°C

Mungindi

45.3°C

Bourke Ap

15.3°C

Thredbo Top Station
Coldest

6.8°C

Cooma

0.0°C

Thredbo Village

3.0°C

Thredbo Top Station

-2.9°C

Perisher Valley

SE 33km/h

Cape Byron
Windiest

94km/h

Thredbo Top Station

92km/h

Thredbo Top Station

68km/h

Green Cape
-
no rain last hr Wettest

36.0mm

Bukkulla

32.0mm

Dorrigo

11.0mm

Moruya Ap

11.2mm

Moruya 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 %
Mostly cloudy
20 24 30% < 1mm Nil SE 18 64 ESE 25 60
Possible shower
18 27 90% < 1mm Nil S 14 83 SSE 25 65
Possible shower
19 24 40% < 1mm Nil SSE 17 76 SSE 16 68
Cloudy
20 22 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 17 68 ESE 27 56
Cloudy
18 22 40% < 1mm Nil SE 14 72 ESE 17 73
Cloudy
14 23 30% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Possible shower
12 25 70% 1-5mm Nil E 21 80 E 19 61
Mostly sunny
10 25 10% < 1mm Nil E 23 75 ENE 17 48
Mostly sunny
12 26 20% < 1mm Nil E 12 72 E 22 46
Mostly sunny
10 21 30% < 1mm Nil ENE 12 72 WNW 14 53
Possible thunderstorm
15 34 40% < 1mm Nil E 15 54 SSW 12 26
Sunny
14 33 20% < 1mm Nil E 26 59 E 14 25
Sunny
12 33 5% < 1mm Nil SE 8 53 NNW 9 23
Sunny
13 32 5% < 1mm Nil E 19 55 ENE 13 22
Sunny
21 39 5% < 1mm Nil SE 18 22 SW 9 12
Sunny
15 33 5% < 1mm Nil SE 21 37 SSE 15 19
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