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Sydney Forecast

Today 37°C
Tonight 24°C
mostly_sunny

Now

31.7°C falling
Updated at 15:10 EDT

Sydney for Thursday Hot. Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light again in the late evening. Sun protection 8:30am to 5:40pm, UV Index predicted to reach 16 [Extreme].

Currently at Sydney

24-hour graph
Temperature 31.7°C falling
Dew Point 13.5°C rising
Feels Like 30.8°C
Relative Humidity 33%
Wind icon
ENE 16km/h steady
Wind Gusts 28km/h
Pressure 1004.6hPa steady
Fire Danger 17.2
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Thu

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Sunrise sunrise
05:46 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:09 EDT

Nearby Now

Sydney Ap 37.4°C
Canterbury 37.7°C
Bankstown Ap 38.6°C

Fire Danger Rating

VERY HIGH

Next 12 hours in Sydney

48-hour forecast

6pm

Mostly clear
32°C

9pm

Mostly cloudy
28°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
27°C

3am

Mostly cloudy
25°C

Sydney Weather Warnings

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NSW/ACT - Thu 10:58 EDT
Cancellation of Strong Wind Warning for the Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden Coasts

National Forecast

Sydney 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Thu
Dec 29
Fri
Dec 30
Sat
Dec 31
Sun
Jan 1
Mon
Jan 2
Tue
Jan 3
Wed
Jan 4

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Possible shower

Possible thunderstorm

Showers

Possible shower

Possible shower
Maximum 37°C 35°C 30°C 28°C 24°C 25°C 25°C
Minimum 23°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 21°C 20°C 20°C
Chance of Rain 20% 70% 60% 60% 60% 60% 80%
Rain Amount < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Very High High Very High Moderate High High Low
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 17
km/h
20
km/h
16
km/h
22
km/h
19
km/h
25
km/h
13
km/h
21
km/h
27
km/h
34
km/h
23
km/h
30
km/h
21
km/h
29
km/h
Wind Direction NNW 17km/h
NNW
NE 20km/h
NE
N 16km/h
N
N 22km/h
N
S 19km/h
S
SE 25km/h
SE
SE 13km/h
SE
ESE 21km/h
ESE
S 27km/h
S
S 34km/h
S
SSE 23km/h
SSE
SSE 30km/h
SSE
SE 21km/h
SE
ESE 29km/h
ESE
Relative Humidity 43% 34% 50% 34% 67% 62% 73% 68% 70% 62% 63% 59% 60% 57%
Dew Point 16°C 17°C 18°C 16°C 21°C 22°C 21°C 22°C 18°C 16°C 16°C 16°C 15°C 16°C

Sydney Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
first light
05:17 EDT
sunrise
05:46 EDT
sunset
20:09 EDT
last light
20:38 EDT
moon
set
Thu 19:53 EDT
rise
Fri 06:30 EDT
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20
moon
Sat
Jan 28

Sydney Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
Dec 29
23°C 37°C 0.0mm
Wed
Dec 28
21.1°C 29°C 0.0mm
Tue
Dec 27
21.8°C 29.6°C 0.0mm
Mon
Dec 26
20.9°C 29.3°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 25
19.1°C 27.4°C 1.6mm

Sydney Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1212.6mm
144.1 Day(s)
Total For 2016
1385.6mm
129 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1338.2mm
167 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
19.8°C
+2.3°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
27.9°C
+2.7°C
Long-term Average
25.2°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
32.6mm
16th
Total This Month
65.0mm
10 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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