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Sydney Forecast

Tonight 21°C
Tomorrow 23°C
cloudy

Now

22.9°C falling
Updated at 21:10 EDT

Sydney for Wednesday Cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a light shower. Winds S/SE 25 to 35 km/h. Cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers. Winds S 25 to 35 km/h turning SE 15 to 20 km/h during the morning.
Thursday Cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. Winds S/SE 15 to 20 km/h turning E/NE in the late morning. Sun protection 9:00am to 5:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme].

Currently at Sydney

24-hour graph
Temperature 22.9°C falling
Dew Point 15.5°C rising
Feels Like 22.9°C
Relative Humidity 63%
Wind icon
SSE 24km/h rising
Wind Gusts 37km/h
Pressure 1014.7hPa rising
Fire Danger 5.4
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Wed

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Sunrise sunrise
06:02 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:08 EDT

Nearby Now

Sydney Ap 22.4°C
Canterbury 22.3°C
Bankstown Ap 22.1°C

Fire Danger Rating

SEVERE

Next 12 hours in Sydney

48-hour forecast

12am

Mostly cloudy
24°C

3am

Mostly cloudy
22°C

6am

Cloudy
21°C

9am

Cloudy
23°C

Sydney Weather Warnings

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NSW/ACT - Wed 16:05 EDT
Gale Warning for the Eden Coast. Strong Wind Warning for the Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra and Batemans Coasts

NSW/ACT - Wed 05:19 EDT
Fire Weather Warning for Greater Sydney, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Southern Ranges, Central Ranges and Southern Slopes

National Forecast

Sydney 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Wed
Jan 18
Thu
Jan 19
Fri
Jan 20
Sat
Jan 21
Sun
Jan 22
Mon
Jan 23
Tue
Jan 24

Possible shower

Cloudy

Possible thunderstorm

Windy

Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny

Possible shower
Maximum 37°C 23°C 28°C 26°C 27°C 30°C 36°C
Minimum 25°C 21°C 22°C 22°C 21°C 20°C 24°C
Chance of Rain 30% 60% 70% 30% 5% 40% 90%
Rain Amount < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Very High Low High High High Extreme 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
38
km/h
16
km/h
26
km/h
22
km/h
32
km/h
27
km/h
35
km/h
11
km/h
26
km/h
18
km/h
35
km/h
19
km/h
24
km/h
Wind Direction WNW 18km/h
WNW
SSE 38km/h
SSE
SE 16km/h
SE
E 26km/h
E
NNE 22km/h
NNE
NNW 32km/h
NNW
SSW 27km/h
SSW
S 35km/h
S
SSE 11km/h
SSE
ESE 26km/h
ESE
NNE 18km/h
NNE
ENE 35km/h
ENE
N 19km/h
N
NNE 24km/h
NNE
Relative Humidity 40% 53% 54% 56% 69% 63% 55% 51% 55% 50% 58% 46% 46% 40%
Dew Point 22°C 21°C 13°C 14°C 18°C 21°C 15°C 15°C 15°C 16°C 16°C 17°C 18°C 20°C

Sydney Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Last quarter New moon First quarter Full moon
first light
05:35 EDT
sunrise
06:03 EDT
sunset
20:08 EDT
last light
20:36 EDT
moon
rise
Wed 23:51 EDT
set
Thu 12:30 EDT
moon
Fri
Jan 20
moon
Sat
Jan 28
moon
Sat
Feb 4
moon
Sat
Feb 11

Sydney Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Wed
Jan 18
25.1°C 38°C 0.0mm
Tue
Jan 17
20.8°C 36.6°C 0.0mm
Mon
Jan 16
21.7°C 27.2°C 0.0mm
Sun
Jan 15
22.8°C 27.0°C 0.0mm
Sat
Jan 14
24.6°C 32.5°C 0.0mm

Sydney Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Jan
101.1mm
12.2 Day(s)
Total For 2017
22.8mm
7 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2016
181.8mm
7 Day(s)
Wettest Day
8.8mm
Jan 6
Lowest Temperature
18.5°C
Jan 3
Highest Temperature
38.0°C
Jan 18

Sydney Almanac

full climatology
January Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
18.5°C
3rd
Lowest On Record
10.6°C
18th 1949
Average This Month
21.6°C
+2.9°C
Long-term Average
18.7°C
January Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
38.0°C
18th
Highest On Record
45.8°C
18th 2013
Average This Month
29.5°C
+3.6°C
Long-term Average
25.9°C
January Rainfall
Wettest This Month
8.8mm
6th
Total This Month
22.8mm
7 Day(s)
Long-term Average
101.1mm
12.2 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
387.1mm
1911
Driest On Record
5.6mm
1985
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