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New South Wales/ACT Weather

Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Thursday Mostly fine after a cool morning. Staying cool over the ranges, mild elsewhere.

  • Friday Showers along the northern coast. Mild throughout. Light winds. Cloud increasing.

  • Saturday Showers along coast and eastern inland. Mild to warm throughout.

  • Sunday Rain and showers in th east, isolated far west. Mild in the west, grading cool along the coast.

  • Monday Mild throughout. Dry with light winds inland. Showers in the east and a few storms in the north.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 08/05 Tue 09/05 Wed 10/05

20.0°C

Lord Howe Is Ap
Hottest

26.5°C

Mungindi

24.6°C

Lightning Ridge

26.0°C

Wanaaring

30.7°C

Wanaaring

-1.8°C

Perisher Valley
Coldest

-5.9°C

Perisher Valley

-10.0°C

Taralga

-5.0°C

Cooma Ap

-10.0°C

Taralga

SSW 37km/h

Windy Point
Windiest

61km/h

Cape Byron

55km/h

Green Cape

62km/h

Cape Byron
-
no rain last hr Wettest

30.0mm

Murwillumbah

3.2mm

Green Pigeon

19.0mm

Evans Head

19.4mm

Evans Head
New South Wales/ACT's Records for May
Max Min Rain
Highest 40.1°C at
Scone Ap in 1994
Lowest -6.0°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 2000
Highest 30.5°C at
Lake Cargelligo Ap in 1990
Lowest -14.2°C at
Namadgi National Park in 1987
Highest 320.0mm at
Lismore in 1921

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 %
Mostly cloudy
13 22 70% 1-5mm Nil SW 13 75 SE 16 59
Possible shower
12 22 90% 1-5mm Nil SSW 10 86 SSE 15 66
Possible shower
13 22 70% 1-5mm Nil SSW 15 76 S 13 72
Possible shower
14 20 60% 1-5mm Nil SW 12 89 SSE 13 72
Mostly cloudy
13 20 40% < 1mm Nil SW 10 70 SE 14 69
Mostly cloudy
4 19 10% < 1mm Slight - - - -
Fog then sunny
3 17 30% < 1mm Moderate ESE 14 100 ESE 16 70
Frost then sunny
1 15 30% < 1mm High ENE 14 77 ENE 10 58
Mostly cloudy
1 16 20% < 1mm High ESE 3 85 NNE 11 55
Mostly sunny
2 10 10% < 1mm Moderate NNE 13 71 NNW 12 69
Fog then sunny
5 23 10% < 1mm Slight SE 9 70 SE 10 41
Mostly sunny
5 22 20% < 1mm Slight ESE 19 79 - -
Fog then sunny
5 20 5% < 1mm Slight E 8 72 ESE 8 39
Fog then sunny
4 19 20% < 1mm Slight E 10 77 ENE 9 46
Sunny
6 24 20% < 1mm Nil ESE 12 46 ENE 8 23
Mostly sunny
8 21 5% < 1mm Nil E 14 53 E 10 28
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