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New South Wales/ACT Weather

NSW/ACT
Sun 04:10 EST
Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Sunday Windy, rain & showers in southern, central inland. Cold in the south. Heavy snow on the Alps.

  • Monday Brisk wind. Showers over southern & central NSW. Snow on the alps. Dry in north & far west.

  • Tuesday Frosty early then dry. Cool in south. Mild in nth. Gusty winds on coast/ranges. Gentle winds in west.

  • Wednesday Morning frost inland before a sunny day. Gusty, dry winds statewide.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 03/08 Fri 04/08 Sat 05/08

14.7°C

Cape Byron
Hottest

26.0°C

Mungindi

25.0°C

Evans Head

23.0°C

Casino Ap

26.0°C

Mungindi

-3.3°C

Thredbo Top Station
Coldest

2.0°C

Oberon

-5.0°C

Thredbo Top Station
 

-11.0°C

Thredbo Top Station

NNW 79km/h

Thredbo Top Station
Windiest

72km/h

Moree Ap

107km/h

Thredbo Top Station

133km/h

Thredbo Top Station
-
no rain last hr Wettest

192.0mm

Blandford

21.2mm

Perisher Valley
 

192.0mm

Blandford
New South Wales/ACT's Records for August
Max Min Rain
Highest 37.8°C at
Mungindi in 2009
Lowest -6.4°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 1974
Highest 23.3°C at
Lismore in 2009
Lowest -20.6°C at
Charlotte Pass in 1968
Highest 327.6mm at
Sydney in 1986

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 %
Sunny
10 22 10% < 1mm Nil N 23 50 NNW 30 27
Sunny
3 24 20% < 1mm Moderate WNW 6 70 NNE 13 36
Sunny
4 22 10% < 1mm Slight NNW 6 57 NNE 13 46
Windy
10 21 5% < 1mm Nil NNW 19 61 NNW 27 35
Sunny
10 20 20% < 1mm Nil N 17 48 - -
Frost then sunny
0 19 30% < 1mm High - - - -
Frost then sunny
-1 15 5% < 1mm Severe NW 21 75 NW 27 43
Frost then sunny
1 12 80% 1-5mm High NNW 23 73 NNW 32 46
Rain developing
2 12 90% 5-10mm Moderate NNW 22 76 NNW 36 54
Showers
1 1 90% 20-40mm High NNW 25 92 NNW 26 100
Frost then sunny
2 19 5% < 1mm Moderate N 13 68 NNW 24 32
Frost then sunny
3 19 30% < 1mm Moderate N 20 67 NNW 31 29
Showers
4 15 90% 1-5mm Slight N 24 71 NNW 31 60
Showers increasing
5 13 80% 5-10mm Slight NNE 21 72 NNW 25 75
Sunny
5 22 5% < 1mm Slight NNW 16 49 NW 30 21
Windy
6 15 20% < 1mm Nil NW 31 60 NW 39 46
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Weather News

Strong snow falls on Victoria's alps, as authorities prepare for blizzards

18:48 EST

Victoria is set for more wild weather this weekend with strong wind gusts in Melbourne and blizzards forecast for the alps.

BOM warns South Australia to expect wet and windy weekend; SES offers sandbags

18:04 EST

South Australia is bracing for several days of severe winter weather, with flood alerts, gale warnings and road closures for areas including Adelaide and the neighbouring Mount Lofty Ranges.

Sunday drenching for central-eastern Queensland

13:51 EST

As most of lower-latitude Australia is deep in the dry season, a summer-like trough will bring unseasonable rain to central eastern QLD on Sunday.