Sydney weather

Sydney

Now: 21.2 °C Today: Shower or two. Tonight: 19 °C Tomorrow: 24 °C Showers. Possible storm.

Today, Thursday: Cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm early this evening, possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds south to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Tomorrow, Friday: Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon, possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and early evening. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning easterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then becoming light in the late evening.

Temperature	21.2 °C
Feels like	19.4 °C
Wet bulb temp.	17.2 °C
Minimum temp.	21.2 °C	7:20pm
Maximum temp.	25.0 °C	1:19pm
Dew point	14.4 °C
Humidity	65%
Wind	17 km/h
Strongest gust	50 km/h	1:07am
UV index	0.0	Low
Pressure	1020.9 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Sydney Airport at 7:20pm.

Radar

UV index

Now measured	Now forecast	Maximum measured	Maximum forecast
0.0	0.1	12.8	10.9
Low	Low	Extreme	Extreme
		12:13pm	12:48pm

Moderate or above	Forecast	8:31am–5:06pm
Moderate or above	Measured	8:22am–3:13pm

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:08am	5:36am	8:01pm	8:29pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:08am	5:36am	8:02pm	8:29pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Thu 11 Dec	19.4 °C		0.8 mm
Wed 10 Dec	18.3 °C	28.3 °C	0 mm
Tue 9 Dec	18.8 °C	31.9 °C	0 mm
Mon 8 Dec	18.1 °C	27.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 7 Dec	19.8 °C	23.5 °C	1.6 mm
Sat 6 Dec	22.5 °C	33.8 °C	0 mm
Fri 5 Dec	18.2 °C	37.8 °C	0 mm
Thu 4 Dec	16.4 °C	29.6 °C	0 mm
Wed 3 Dec	14.0 °C	26.3 °C	0 mm
Tue 2 Dec	13.3 °C	22.9 °C	0 mm
Mon 1 Dec	15.0 °C	24.6 °C	0 mm
Sun 30 Nov	17.5 °C	28.5 °C	0 mm
Sat 29 Nov	20.4 °C	31.8 °C	0 mm
Fri 28 Nov	17.7 °C	28.6 °C	0 mm
Thu 27 Nov	18.5 °C	32.3 °C	1.8 mm
Wed 26 Nov	19.3 °C	34.4 °C	0 mm
Tue 25 Nov	17.2 °C	28.9 °C	0 mm
Mon 24 Nov	17.7 °C	25.6 °C	0 mm
Sun 23 Nov	18.3 °C	28.2 °C	11.2 mm
Sat 22 Nov	15.9 °C	22.4 °C	4.8 mm
Fri 21 Nov	15.6 °C	20.8 °C	2.6 mm
Thu 20 Nov	18.5 °C	25.5 °C	0 mm
Wed 19 Nov	16.0 °C	29.3 °C	0 mm
Tue 18 Nov	14.4 °C	26.7 °C	0 mm
Mon 17 Nov	18.4 °C	23.7 °C	0 mm
Sun 16 Nov	19.5 °C	31.5 °C	0.4 mm
Sat 15 Nov	18.9 °C	25.2 °C	0 mm
Fri 14 Nov	17.3 °C	24.5 °C	0 mm

Space weather

Aurora alert

Northern limit: southwest coast of WA (K_aus 6)

Geomagnetic storm in progress. Aurora may be observed during local night time hours in good observing conditions at high latitudes.

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	5pm	8pm	11pm	Fri 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Sat 2am
Temperature (°C)	21	20	20	20	19	21	23	23	22	22	21	20
Chance of rain	60%	60%	50%	40%	40%	50%	40%	30%	30%	20%	10%	5%
Median rain (mm)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	35	28	26	22	22	22	20	22	22	20	13	9
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17

Next week summary

	Tomorrow Fri 12 Dec		Sat 13 Dec		Sun 14 Dec		Mon 15 Dec		Tue 16 Dec		Wed 17 Dec		Thu 18 Dec

	Showers. Possible storm.		Possible shower.		Partly cloudy.		Shower or two.		Cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Sunny.
Max. (°C)	24		28		31		23		23		28		28
Min. (°C)	19		18		19		18		17		16		17
Any rain	80%		40%		30%		50%		20%		10%		5%
Rain (mm)	0–10		0–1		0–1		0–1		0		0		0
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	22	22	9	28	13	24	28	33	28	28	19	24
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	17	18	17	19	18	17	14	14	11	11	12	11

Complete forecast

Today, Thursday 11 December

Shower or two.

70% chance of rain

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm early this evening, possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds south to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Tomorrow, Friday 12 December

Showers. Possible storm.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 24 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 10 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon, possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the afternoon and early evening. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning easterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then becoming light in the late evening.

Sun protection 8:30am to 5:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

Saturday 13 December

Possible shower.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 28 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. The chance of fog in the west in the early morning. Medium chance of showers in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late evening.

Sunday 14 December

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 31 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog in the outer west. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting southerly 25 to 35 km/h during the evening.

Monday 15 December

Shower or two.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 23 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h tending southeasterly during the morning.

Tuesday 16 December

Cloudy.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 23 °C

20% chance of rain

Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Winds southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Wednesday 17 December

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 16 °C Maximum: 28 °C

10% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Thursday 18 December

Sunny.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 28 °C

5% chance of rain

Sunny. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Issued as 4:25pm. Next forecast at 4:35am.

Weather situation

A slow-moving trough lies over the northern inland of the state and will remain for several days. Another trough has stalled about the central parts of the coast and is expected to remain slow-moving tomorrow. Meanwhile, a high pressure system is forecast to drift over the Tasman Sea during today and Friday extending a ridge across southern NSW. These systems will drive moisture into the state's eastern areas and northern inland during the next several days, bringing wet conditions. A cold front is forecast to pass over the state during Sunday, bringing drier and cooler weather in its wake during early next week.

Climate statistics

Maximum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean maximum temperature (°C)	26.7	26.5	25.5	23.1	20.2	17.7	17.2	18.5	20.8	22.8	24.3	26.0
Highest temperature (°C)	46.4	42.9	41.2	36.8	30.0	26.8	27.0	31.6	35.9	39.1	43.4	43.5
Date	18 Jan 2013	10 Feb 2017	9 Mar 1983	9 Apr 2018	13 May 1957	5 Jun 1958	30 Jul 2017	30 Aug 2024	19 Sep 2023	13 Oct 2004	25 Nov 1982	9 Dec 2023
Lowest maximum temperature (°C)	17.7	17.7	17.3	14.6	12.7	11.3	9.7	9.1	12.8	13.4	13.1	17.0
Date	14 Jan 1948	5 Feb 1950	31 Mar 1945	21 Apr 1949	27 May 1987	21 Jun 1995	3 Jul 1984	21 Aug 1962	1 Sep 1945	3 Oct 1967	16 Nov 1988	10 Dec 2002
Decile 9 maximum temperature (°C)	31.4	31.0	29.4	27.1	23.5	20.5	20.2	22.2	25.9	29.0	30.0	31.8
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	22.1	22.2	21.5	19.1	16.8	14.9	14.2	14.7	16.1	17.5	19.1	20.8
	Chart indicates highest (red), lowest (blue), mean (black) and the range between decile 1 and 9 (yellow).
Minimum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean minimum temperature (°C)	19.0	19.2	17.7	14.4	11.1	8.8	7.4	8.4	10.7	13.5	15.6	17.7
Lowest temperature (°C)	9.7	11.2	7.4	6.1	3.0	1.0	-0.1	1.2	2.3	4.8	5.9	8.2
Date	18 Jan 1949	24 Feb 1964	24 Mar 1967	21 Apr 1965	22 May 1965	21 Jun 1961	23 Jul 1943	9 Aug 1960	1 Sep 1967	8 Oct 1966	15 Nov 1949	7 Dec 1943
Highest minimum temperature (°C)	26.1	26.4	23.7	23.1	19.3	16.8	16.6	19.3	21.8	25.5	25.3	27.5
Date	18 Jan 2017	6 Feb 2011	30 Mar 2017	14 Apr 2018	3 May 2019	9 Jun 1951	31 Jul 1975	12 Aug 1946	24 Sep 2017	3 Oct 1981	14 Nov 1996	14 Dec 2016
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	21.6	21.8	20.5	17.7	14.8	12.7	10.8	11.9	14.4	17.0	18.8	20.4
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	16.0	16.1	14.2	10.3	7.2	5.1	3.9	4.9	6.7	9.4	11.7	14.2
Rainfall
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean rainfall (mm)	94.7	117.6	122.9	107.8	98.5	124.1	72.5	77.6	60.4	70.7	80.6	73.0
Highest rainfall (mm)	400.4	596.9	489.4	476.2	421.7	465.9	344.2	396.6	249.4	271.3	396.1	359.2
Date	1972	1956	2022	1988	1943	1950	2022	1998	1995	1959	1961	1963
Lowest rainfall (mm)	5.4	2.5	6.4	7.8	2.9	2.5	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	5.7	0.8
Date	1942	1939	1965	1997	1957	1962	1970	1995	2017	1988	1956	2019
Decile 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm)	179.6	256.5	277.6	226.8	196.1	282.1	155.1	182.1	128.6	171.3	144.2	149.0
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	26.6	24.4	33.4	20.6	16.5	24.5	12.8	7.6	10.9	14.7	16.9	19.4
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	157.0	216.2	202.0	174.0	165.9	151.2	132.6	207.0	115.4	112.3	143.3	182.1
Date	8 Jan 1973	3 Feb 1990	11 Mar 1975	30 Apr 1988	1 May 1955	11 Jun 1991	10 Jul 1957	6 Aug 1986	25 Sep 1995	30 Oct 1959	14 Nov 1969	13 Dec 1963
Mean number of days of rain	11.4	11.6	12.7	11.1	10.9	11.2	9.4	9.1	9.3	10.7	11.3	10.6
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	8.3	8.6	9.6	8.5	8.3	8.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	7.8	8.2	7.8
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	2.7	3.0	3.5	2.9	2.8	3.5	2.1	2.0	1.6	2.0	2.4	2.2
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	0.9	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.5	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
More
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean daily wind run (km)	517	488	456	423	415	428	426	441	464	479	516	515
Maximum wind gust speed (km/h)	152	108	128	122	130	130	109	115	111	126	152	126
Date	15 Jan 1949	18 Feb 1962	27 Mar 1942	8 Apr 1945	26 May 1974	4 Jun 1949	28 Jul 1947	7 Aug 1998	30 Sep 1968	28 Oct 1948	23 Nov 1975	20 Dec 1941
Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m²)	22.8	20.2	16.8	13.5	10.4	8.7	9.9	13.0	16.9	20.0	21.7	23.6
Mean number of clear days	6.8	5.5	7.7	8.8	9.3	9.1	12.0	13.2	11.0	8.2	6.4	6.5
Mean number of cloudy days	13.0	12.2	12.0	10.6	10.8	10.7	8.5	7.7	8.4	11.1	11.9	12.3
9 am conditions
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean temperature (°C)	22.4	22.3	21.1	18.2	14.6	11.9	10.8	12.5	15.7	18.4	19.9	21.6
Mean wet bulb temperature (°C)	18.8	19.1	18.0	15.2	12.1	9.7	8.4	9.5	11.8	14.1	15.8	17.6
Mean dew point temperature (°C)	16.4	17.1	15.8	12.7	9.6	7.2	5.4	5.8	7.8	10.2	12.4	14.6
Mean relative humidity (%)	70	73	73	71	73	74	71	65	62	61	64	66
Mean cloud cover (oktas)	5.0	5.2	4.6	4.2	4.0	4.0	3.4	3.2	3.6	4.4	4.7	4.9
Mean wind speed (km/h)	14.4	13.8	12.9	12.9	12.6	13.4	13.3	14.4	15.5	16.3	16.0	14.8
3 pm conditions
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean temperature (°C)	24.8	24.8	23.9	21.7	19.0	16.6	16.1	17.2	19.0	20.7	22.1	23.9
Mean wet bulb temperature (°C)	19.6	19.9	18.9	16.7	14.3	12.3	11.2	11.7	13.3	15.0	16.7	18.4
Mean dew point temperature (°C)	16.2	16.8	15.5	12.7	9.9	7.6	5.6	5.5	7.7	9.9	12.3	14.3
Mean relative humidity (%)	60	63	61	59	58	57	52	49	51	54	56	58
Mean cloud cover (oktas)	4.5	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	3.8	3.6	3.8	4.4	4.6	4.5
Mean wind speed (km/h)	24.1	23.0	21.0	19.3	17.1	17.8	18.2	20.8	23.1	24.6	25.3	25.2

Climate statistics for Sydney Airport since 1929.

More details and data sources:

Notes:

The four temperatures:
- Temperature: The ambient air temperature.
- Feels like: Based on temperature, humidity and wind chill (but not the sun), this is meant to be the temperature it feels like for an adult walking in the shade if there is no wind and at a standardised humidity level.
- Dew point: The relative humidity would be 100% (i.e., unable to hold more water vapour) if the air was cooled to this temperature. This is an absolute measure of humidity.
- Wet bulb temperature: The temperature if a wet thermometer had air moving over it (evaporative cooling), so it depends on temperature and humidity. Useful because people cool the same way.
Current observations: The little charts show the last six hours at half hour intervals. Hover over with your mouse to see details. UV index is average of last five minutes.
Radar: Click on to go to BOM radar. Pause with the button above.
UV index: This is shown as a chart for the major cities that have minute-by-minute forecasts and observations and as a table when there is only an hourly forecast.
UV index (chart): Blue line is five minute average. Shaded area indicates range of measured values. If there is a lot of variation, now measured is average of last five minutes and the range is also shown.
UV index (table): Forecast assumes a clear sky. Rows are highlighted if the forecast is for within 45 minutes of the current time.
Sunrise and sunset: Dawn and dusk are for the start and end of civil twilight (the sun is 6° below the horizon).
Recent days: Rain is the total in the 24 hours up to 9am. Minimum is in 24 hours to 9am. Maximum is in 24 hours from 9am.
Last 72 hours: Most values are the value at the time shown. Rain is the amount of rain in the previous 30 minutes from the time shown. Wind direction is shown for every two hours (all values are shown on hover).
Next 36 hours: Most values are what are expected at the time indicated, while rain forecasts are for the three hours beginning at that time. Median rain means there's a 50% chance of more rain than the given number.
Space weather: K_aus is the K-index for Australia, a number between 0 and 9 indicating the level of magnetic field disturbance. 5+ are classed as geomagnetic storms. Aurora alerts and watch notices are also shown at the top of page if potentially visible from the current location.
Climate statistics: 80% of the time the value is in the yellow area on the chart. The top 10% fall above it and bottom 10% fall below. Daily wind run is effectively the amount of wind that blows past (i.e., average speed times 24 hours). Cloud cover is measured in oktas, which ranges between 0 (completely clear sky) and 8 (completely overcast).