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Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Thursday Widespread showers and thunder in west and south. Hot in the north and east.

  • Friday Storms in the far west and northeast. Very hot in the north and east.

  • Saturday Storms and rain from west to east. Mild wind change for southern coasts.

  • Sunday Hot in the north, milder further south. Areas of rain and thunderstorms.

  • Monday Showers and storms in the northeast, dry elsewhere. Hot in the north, grading mild toward the coast.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 26/12 Tue 27/12 Wed 28/12

41.4°C

Bourke Ap
Hottest

40.2°C

Wilcannia Ap

42.6°C

Pooncarie

40.2°C

Bourke Ap

45.3°C

Bourke Ap

14.3°C

Thredbo Top Station
Coldest

10.5°C

Guyra

10.7°C

Perisher Valley

10.0°C

Tenterfield

-2.9°C

Perisher Valley

NW 40km/h

Thredbo Top Station
Windiest

79km/h

Thredbo Top Station

85km/h

Thredbo Top Station

122km/h

Thredbo Top Station
-
no rain last hr Wettest

12.0mm

Bungarby

28.0mm

Braidwood

23.0mm

Fowlers Gap

43.0mm

Lostock Dam
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 sunny
23 37 20% < 1mm Nil NNW 17 43 NE 20 34
Mostly sunny
17 32 5% < 1mm Nil N 7 70 NE 20 43
Sunny
20 32 5% < 1mm Nil N 17 68 - -
Mostly sunny
22 34 5% < 1mm Nil NW 18 51 NNE 14 24
Mostly sunny
22 35 40% < 1mm Nil NNW 12 58 NE 12 52
Possible shower
21 34 90% 5-10mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
12 32 5% < 1mm Nil NW 17 61 - -
Mostly sunny
17 32 60% < 1mm Nil NNW 23 41 NNW 21 35
Possible shower
21 33 70% 1-5mm Nil NW 16 49 WNW 25 39
Rain
18 22 90% 10-20mm Nil NNW 18 71 NW 17 83
Sunny
18 37 5% < 1mm Nil N 12 45 NW 14 17
Mostly sunny
21 39 20% < 1mm Nil N 26 37 NNW 20 21
Possible thunderstorm
25 36 90% 10-20mm Nil N 19 52 NNW 20 53
Possible thunderstorm
24 34 90% 10-20mm Nil N 14 44 NW 18 42
Mostly sunny
26 43 5% < 1mm Nil NNE 23 25 N 19 16
Thunderstorms
25 31 80% 10-20mm Nil N 29 68 NNW 23 62
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