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Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Monday Widespread storms/showers, driest in the west. Warm in the northwest, mild along the coast.

  • Tuesday Heavy rain in the north and east. Storms possible, mostly along the ranges.

  • Wednesday Heavy showers along the coast. Cool change in the west and south.

  • Thursday Showers along the coast. Warm-to-hot west of the ranges.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Fri 17/03 Sat 18/03 Sun 19/03

27.6°C

Hay Ap
Hottest

38.2°C

Bourke Ap

35.6°C

Tibooburra Ap

35.0°C

Lake Victoria

38.9°C

Wanaaring

14.2°C

Mt Ginini
Coldest

2.5°C

Thredbo Top Station

3.0°C

Cooma

10.0°C

Perisher Valley

-0.7°C

Perisher Valley

NNE 33km/h

Hay Ap
Windiest

105km/h

Wattamolla

79km/h

Yamba

74km/h

Walgett Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

187.2mm

Careys Peak

273.3mm

Dorrigo

83.0mm

Lismore

83.4mm

Lismore
New South Wales/ACT's Records for March
Max Min Rain
Highest 46.7°C at
Bourke in 1889
Lowest -0.6°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 1970
Highest 30.6°C at
Lake Cargelligo Ap in 1991
Lowest -7.2°C at
Kiandra Chalet in 1964
Highest 434.0mm at
Broadwater Sugar Mill in 1974

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
22 28 50% < 1mm Nil NE 20 81 NE 28 72
Showers
20 27 90% 5-10mm Nil E 7 95 ENE 17 82
Showers
20 26 90% 10-20mm Nil NE 13 91 NE 16 89
Possible shower
21 27 90% 1-5mm Nil NE 15 88 ENE 24 72
Late shower
21 26 70% < 1mm Nil NNE 12 89 ENE 23 84
Possible shower
18 30 70% 1-5mm Nil - - - -
Late shower
14 24 80% 1-5mm Nil E 15 98 ENE 17 84
Late shower
14 27 90% 1-5mm Nil NE 17 87 NNE 19 57
Late shower
16 31 90% 1-5mm Nil NE 4 84 NNE 12 44
Possible shower
14 22 90% 5-10mm Nil NNE 19 91 NNW 11 67
Late shower
16 32 80% 1-5mm Nil E 11 66 NE 12 50
Possible thunderstorm
19 31 90% 5-10mm Nil ENE 19 70 NNE 16 58
Possible thunderstorm
20 32 90% 10-20mm Nil ENE 18 67 NE 19 58
Possible shower
19 33 90% 10-20mm Nil ENE 16 66 NNE 15 39
Thunderstorms
21 28 90% 10-20mm Nil ENE 19 81 ENE 22 72
Late shower
20 31 70% < 1mm Nil NE 16 66 ENE 11 39
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Weather News

NSW weather: Foreign student swept off Nobbys Beach rocks remains missing

08:36 EDT

A man remains missing after being swept off rocks and into the sea at Nobbys Beach at Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter region.

Wet start of the week coming to Melbourne

13:46 EDT

Stunning sunny skies across Victoria are about to give way to wet weather, especially in the south.

Wet and wild week for coastal Queensland

12:52 EDT

With a lingering coastal trough and developing low pressure system, the coming week is set to be soaking and thundery for many parts of the Queensland coastal fringe.