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New South Wales/ACT Weather

NSW/ACT
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Current Warnings
 

New South Wales/ACT Forecast

  • Thursday Light winds and sunny throughout. Very hot in the west grading hot to the coast.

  • Friday Hot-to-very hot throughout, milder along coast. Mostly sunny with light winds.

  • Saturday Very hot and dry throughout. Late gusty wind change in the south.

  • Sunday Isolated light showers in the NE/SE. Otherwise dry. Hot-to-very hot away from the coasts.

  • Monday Showers and storms developing in the southeast. Very hot inland. Hot along the coast.

NSW/ACT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 15/01 Tue 16/01 Wed 17/01

38.8°C

Smithville
Hottest

36.0°C

Smithville

39.0°C

Smithville

40.0°C

Smithville

47.3°C

Penrith

16.9°C

Thredbo Top Station
Coldest

-16.7°C

West Wyalong Ap

-1.0°C

Thredbo Village

3.0°C

Woolbrook

-16.7°C

West Wyalong Ap

SSW 42km/h

Windy Point
Windiest

107km/h

Wattamolla

88km/h

Murrurundi Gap

66km/h

Windy Point
-
no rain last hr Wettest

5.0mm

Lord Howe Is Ap

2.0mm

Lord Howe Is Ap

7.0mm

Lord Howe Is Ap

7.0mm

Lord Howe Is Ap
New South Wales/ACT's Records for January
Max Min Rain
Highest 49.7°C at
Bourke in 1878
Lowest 1.3°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 2012
Highest 34.4°C at
Gunnedah in 1905
Lowest -7.7°C at
Thredbo Top Station in 1975
Highest 436.0mm at
Bellingen PO in 1997

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
16 28 5% < 1mm Nil WNW 5 51 E 18 40
Sunny
16 29 5% < 1mm Nil SW 9 60 - -
Sunny
17 28 5% < 1mm Nil SW 16 62 S 15 53
Mostly sunny
17 26 5% < 1mm Nil W 12 60 SE 20 38
Mostly sunny
15 26 5% < 1mm Nil N 6 57 ENE 17 60
Sunny
12 30 5% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
8 30 5% < 1mm Nil SSE 13 41 SSE 18 17
Sunny
9 31 5% < 1mm Nil NE 10 49 SW 16 21
Sunny
10 34 5% < 1mm Nil WNW 6 54 NW 13 18
Sunny
10 24 5% < 1mm Nil WNW 11 53 WSW 16 38
Sunny
12 37 5% < 1mm Nil SE 10 25 SSW 16 5
Sunny
15 37 5% < 1mm Nil E 17 36 SSW 12 11
Sunny
17 39 5% < 1mm Nil NNE 13 28 WNW 9 11
Sunny
15 36 5% < 1mm Nil ENE 12 39 WSW 9 14
Sunny
20 40 5% < 1mm Nil E 18 18 E 13 8
Sunny
22 41 5% < 1mm Nil NNE 21 12 NNE 13 6
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06:40 EDT

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