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New South Wales/ACT Weather

NSW/ACT
Tue 22:00 EST
Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Wednesday Scattered and mostly blustery coastal showers. Mild in the north, cool in the south.

  • Thursday Possible shower along the coastal fringe. Dry elsewhere. Cool to mild throughout.

  • Friday Isolated late shoeers in the south, otherwise dry. Warm in the northwest, grading cool to the east.

  • Saturday Possible light late shower in the southwest. Very wam in the west, with NW winds increasing.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sun 27/08 Mon 28/08 Tue 29/08

15.6°C

Lord Howe Is Ap
Hottest

25.9°C

Evans Head

22.0°C

Murwillumbah

22.0°C

Murwillumbah

34.0°C

Smithville

-9.6°C

Perisher Valley
Coldest

-8.7°C

Thredbo Top Station

-10.3°C

Perisher Valley
 

-47.0°C

Borrona Downs

SSW 25km/h

Windy Point
Windiest

90km/h

Wattamolla

83km/h

Wattamolla

50km/h

Windy Point
-
no rain last hr Wettest

10.2mm

Beaumont

9.4mm

Nelson Bay
 

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 %
Possible shower
9 19 20% < 1mm Nil WSW 16 46 SSW 27 38
Sunny
5 23 30% < 1mm Slight WNW 9 66 SSW 11 23
Possible shower
6 22 40% < 1mm Nil WSW 6 65 SSE 14 55
Possible shower
10 18 60% 1-5mm Nil WSW 16 69 SSW 26 49
Mostly sunny
10 17 50% < 1mm Nil WSW 14 41 S 25 48
Frost then sunny
1 18 10% < 1mm High - - - -
Frost then sunny
-3 15 5% < 1mm Severe WNW 12 58 WSW 22 33
Frost then sunny
-3 11 5% < 1mm Severe SW 17 67 SSW 22 46
Frost then sunny
-3 16 5% < 1mm Severe SW 6 68 - -
Frost then sunny
-5 6 5% < 1mm Severe WSW 12 76 SW 18 64
Frost then sunny
0 19 5% < 1mm High WNW 4 55 WSW 13 27
Frost then sunny
-1 17 5% < 1mm Severe SSW 16 55 SSW 23 28
Frost then sunny
1 17 5% < 1mm High SW 10 79 SSW 18 40
Frost then sunny
-1 15 5% < 1mm Severe WSW 11 80 SW 19 49
Sunny
3 19 5% < 1mm Moderate S 16 45 S 14 22
Frost then sunny
1 16 5% < 1mm High SE 11 57 SSE 15 34
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