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New South Wales/ACT Weather

Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Monday Showers and storms over the northeast. Mild in the east, very warm in the west.

  • Tuesday Showers along the coast, storms in the northeast. Warm-to-hot west of the ranges, cooler in the east.

  • Wednesday Potentially severe storms in the northeast. Very hot inland, warm east of the ranges.

  • Thursday Showers and storms over the northeast and ranges. Very hot inland, warm and wet east of the ranges.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Fri 24/02 Sat 25/02 Sun 26/02

28.6°C

Tibooburra Ap
Hottest

41.8°C

Bourke Ap

40.3°C

Walgett Ap

38.0°C

Wanaaring

47.9°C

Walgett Ap

9.5°C

Perisher Valley
Coldest

5.1°C

Thredbo Top Station

3.6°C

Thredbo Top Station

-1.0°C

Perisher Valley

-2.7°C

Thredbo Top Station

ENE 37km/h

Tibooburra Ap
Windiest

74km/h

Wattamolla

72km/h

Wattamolla

64km/h

Moree Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

36.8mm

Darkes Forest

105.4mm

Shellharbour

108.0mm

Evans Head

30.0mm

Mt Seaview
New South Wales/ACT's Records for February
Max Min Rain
Highest 48.5°C at
Ivanhoe in 2004
Lowest 0.3°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 2005
Highest 33.6°C at
Naradhan in 1973
Lowest -7.0°C at
Perisher Valley in 1979
Highest 454.2mm at
Bega Meringo Street in 1919

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 %
Late shower
20 25 90% 10-20mm Nil SE 24 68 SSE 32 59
Possible thunderstorm
18 26 90% 10-20mm Nil S 10 84 SSE 14 76
Thunderstorms
19 25 90% 10-20mm Nil SSW 15 79 S 11 77
Possible thunderstorm
20 23 90% 5-10mm Nil SSE 18 75 SSE 28 67
Clearing shower
19 23 80% 5-10mm Nil SE 19 74 SSE 23 71
Possible shower
13 26 70% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Possible thunderstorm
12 23 70% 1-5mm Nil SE 21 85 SE 23 67
Mostly sunny
11 26 30% < 1mm Nil E 23 75 ESE 22 38
Mostly sunny
11 27 40% < 1mm Nil SE 11 74 ESE 22 42
Mostly sunny
8 21 30% < 1mm Nil E 17 70 ESE 13 48
Late shower
14 30 50% < 1mm Nil SSE 14 56 SSE 22 35
Mostly sunny
15 32 10% < 1mm Nil E 21 63 ESE 22 29
Sunny
16 33 5% < 1mm Nil E 22 56 E 19 23
Sunny
14 32 5% < 1mm Nil E 19 57 E 19 21
Sunny
22 36 5% < 1mm Nil E 27 45 E 20 25
Sunny
20 35 10% < 1mm Nil E 24 44 E 25 22
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Weather News

Biggest rain since last winter soaking NSW coast

15:26 EDT

Parts of the New South Wales coast are in for their biggest downpours since last winter, bringing a much needed drink to gardens and parks but also causing some flooding.

Adelaide to welcome autumn with heatwave

13:05 EDT

After a respite from intense summer heat over the last couple of weeks, Adelaide is set to sizzle once again.

Warmer seas give east coast rain a helping hand

15:19 EDT

If you wanted to stay a bit warmer today, a dip in the ocean is probably your best bet, despite the rain.