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Sydney Forecast

Today 27°C
Tonight 20°C
increasing_sunshine

Now

24.8°C falling
Updated at 12:10 EDT

Sydney for Sunday Cloud clearing to a mostly sunny day. Light SE winds becoming NE 20 to 30 km/h in the afternoon. Sun protection 9:00am to 5:40pm, UV Index predicted to reach 15 [Extreme].

Currently at Sydney

24-hour graph
Temperature 24.8°C falling
Dew Point 12.7°C falling
Feels Like 24.8°C
Relative Humidity 47%
Wind icon
ESE 16km/h steady
Wind Gusts 22km/h
Pressure 1017.3hPa falling
Fire Danger 8.4
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Sun

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Sunrise sunrise
06:06 EDT
Sunset sunset
20:07 EDT

Nearby Now

Sydney Ap 24.0°C
Canterbury 24.5°C
Bankstown Ap 25.2°C

Fire Danger Rating

HIGH

Next 12 hours in Sydney

48-hour forecast

3pm

Mostly clear
27°C

6pm

Mostly clear
26°C

9pm

Clear
24°C

12am

Clear
23°C

Sydney Weather Warnings

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NSW/ACT - Sun 10:02 EDT
Strong Wind Warning for Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast

National Forecast

Sydney 7-day Weather Forecast

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

Increasing sunshine

Sunny

Late shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower

Possible shower
Maximum 27°C 31°C 38°C 25°C 27°C 29°C 31°C
Minimum 20°C 20°C 24°C 22°C 22°C 22°C 23°C
Chance of Rain 5% 10% 90% 90% 90% 70% 60%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Pollen Index Moderate Very High High Low Moderate High 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 9
km/h
27
km/h
18
km/h
34
km/h
21
km/h
23
km/h
20
km/h
25
km/h
15
km/h
28
km/h
15
km/h
29
km/h
17
km/h
30
km/h
Wind Direction SSE 9km/h
SSE
E 27km/h
E
NNE 18km/h
NNE
NE 34km/h
NE
N 21km/h
N
NNW 23km/h
NNW
S 20km/h
S
SE 25km/h
SE
SSE 15km/h
SSE
SE 28km/h
SE
E 15km/h
E
ENE 29km/h
ENE
NNE 17km/h
NNE
ENE 30km/h
ENE
Relative Humidity 54% 49% 60% 48% 46% 42% 62% 64% 73% 72% 71% 65% 68% 60%
Dew Point 14°C 16°C 17°C 19°C 18°C 23°C 16°C 18°C 20°C 21°C 20°C 22°C 20°C 22°C

Sydney Sun & Moon Times

Sunday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon set moon rise New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter
first light
05:38 EDT
sunrise
06:06 EDT
sunset
20:07 EDT
last light
20:35 EDT
moon
set
Sun 15:10 EDT
rise
Mon 02:09 EDT
moon
Sat
Jan 28
moon
Sat
Feb 4
moon
Sat
Feb 11
moon
Sun
Feb 19

Sydney Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sun
Jan 22
20°C - 0.0mm
Sat
Jan 21
20.8°C 27°C 7.8mm
Fri
Jan 20
19.0°C 29.2°C 0.0mm
Thu
Jan 19
20.1°C 24.5°C 0.0mm
Wed
Jan 18
25.1°C 38.1°C 0.0mm

Sydney Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Jan
101.1mm
12.2 Day(s)
Total For 2017
30.6mm
8 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2016
212.4mm
8 Day(s)
Wettest Day
8.8mm
Jan 6
Lowest Temperature
18.5°C
Jan 3
Highest Temperature
38.1°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
21.3°C
+2.6°C
Long-term Average
18.7°C
January Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
38.1°C
18th
Highest On Record
45.8°C
18th 2013
Average This Month
29.1°C
+3.2°C
Long-term Average
25.9°C
January Rainfall
Wettest This Month
8.8mm
6th
Total This Month
30.6mm
8 Day(s)
Long-term Average
101.1mm
12.2 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
387.1mm
1911
Driest On Record
5.6mm
1985

Now Temperature

At Sydney

12:10 EDT

Today

27°C

Tonight

20°C

Increasing sunshine

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Weather News

Heating up across the southeastern capitals

11:19 EDT

A couple of scorchers are on the way for Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney over the next few days.

Darwin not quite that wet (yet)

11:13 EDT

Following a good start to January 2017 rainfall, when 125mm fell during the first 48 hours of the year, conditions have been relatively dry for the Northern Territory capital.

Steamy night in Brisbane

14:29 EDT

In the early hours of the morning, Brisbane had its warmest minimum temperature since at least 1999, when the mercury halted its descent at 28 degrees just after 3am.