Sydney weather

Sydney

Now: 21.2 °C Today: Shower or two. Tonight: 17 °C Tomorrow: 23 °C Showers.

Today, Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely later tonight. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west early this evening. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Tomorrow, Thursday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Temperature	21.2 °C
Feels like	18.6 °C
Wet bulb temp.	18.1 °C
Minimum temp.	21.2 °C	6:40pm
Maximum temp.	25.0 °C	2:56pm
Dew point	16.0 °C
Humidity	72%
Wind	24 km/h
Strongest gust	43 km/h	4:35pm
UV index	0.1	Low
Pressure	1023.0 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Sydney Airport at 6:40pm.

Radar

UV index

Now measured	Now forecast	Maximum measured	Maximum forecast
0.1	0.1	8.8	8.1
Low	Low	Very high	Very high
		12:42pm	12:40pm

Moderate or above	Forecast	9:02am–4:19pm
Moderate or above	Measured	8:57am–4:24pm

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:41am	6:05am	7:14pm	7:39pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:39am	6:04am	7:15pm	7:40pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Wed 21 Oct	16.1 °C		0 mm
Tue 20 Oct	14.8 °C	23.6 °C	0 mm
Mon 19 Oct	13.9 °C	23.0 °C	0 mm
Sun 18 Oct	13.3 °C	22.5 °C	0 mm
Sat 17 Oct	15.1 °C	22.2 °C	0 mm
Fri 16 Oct	13.0 °C	21.4 °C	13.8 mm
Thu 15 Oct	10.6 °C	17.6 °C	1.6 mm
Wed 14 Oct	13.2 °C	18.5 °C	83.4 mm
Tue 13 Oct	18.6 °C	19.9 °C	5.4 mm
Mon 12 Oct	17.1 °C	34.8 °C	0 mm
Sun 11 Oct	16.2 °C	25.7 °C	0.8 mm
Sat 10 Oct	14.9 °C	30.4 °C	2.2 mm
Fri 9 Oct	11.7 °C	22.2 °C	0 mm
Thu 8 Oct	12.7 °C	21.7 °C	0 mm
Wed 7 Oct	15.3 °C	19.4 °C	0.6 mm
Tue 6 Oct	16.8 °C	28.1 °C	0.4 mm
Mon 5 Oct	15.3 °C	23.7 °C	0 mm
Sun 4 Oct	13.4 °C	25.6 °C	22.0 mm
Sat 3 Oct	17.8 °C	22.7 °C	6.4 mm
Fri 2 Oct	16.7 °C	25.3 °C	0 mm
Thu 1 Oct	14.6 °C	30.1 °C	0 mm
Wed 30 Sep	11.8 °C	24.6 °C	0 mm
Tue 29 Sep	13.1 °C	21.8 °C	0 mm
Mon 28 Sep	13.6 °C	18.6 °C	7.4 mm
Sun 27 Sep	15.0 °C	16.8 °C	0.4 mm
Sat 26 Sep	16.0 °C	28.8 °C	0 mm
Fri 25 Sep	16.0 °C	24.6 °C	0 mm
Thu 24 Sep	15.5 °C	24.2 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	5pm	8pm	11pm	Thu 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Fri 2am
Temperature (°C)	23	21	19	17	17	19	21	23	21	20	20	19
Chance of rain	20%	40%	60%	60%	70%	70%	60%	50%	50%	50%	40%	40%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	24	24	24	24	24	28	33	35	35	31	31	30
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16

Next week summary

	Tomorrow Thu 22 Oct		Fri 23 Oct		Sat 24 Oct		Sun 25 Oct		Mon 26 Oct		Tue 27 Oct		Wed 28 Oct

	Showers.		Shower or two.		Partly cloudy.		Showers developing.		Possible shower.		Possible shower.		Cloud clearing.
Max. (°C)	23		24		27		30		26		22		23
Min. (°C)	17		18		17		19		19		14		13
Any rain	95%		70%		30%		80%		40%		40%		20%
Rain (mm)	4–20		0–7		0–1		1–9		0–2		0–2		0
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	28	35	30	33	9	28	17	24	20	19	13	17
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	16	16	16	17	17	18	17	18	12	9	8	7

Complete forecast

Today, Wednesday 21 October

Shower or two.

60% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely later tonight. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west early this evening. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Tomorrow, Thursday 22 October

Showers.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 23 °C

95% chance of rain 4 to 20 mm

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Sun protection 9:00am to 4:10pm, UV Index predicted to reach 8 [Very High]

Friday 23 October

Shower or two.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 24 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 7 mm

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Winds northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the late evening.

Saturday 24 October

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 27 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day.

Sunday 25 October

Showers developing.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 30 °C

80% chance of rain 1 to 9 mm

Mostly sunny morning. High chance of showers in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds northerly 15 to 20 km/h increasing to 20 to 30 km/h during the morning then tending northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening.

Monday 26 October

Possible shower.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 26 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely during the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Tuesday 27 October

Possible shower.

Minimum: 14 °C Maximum: 22 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light winds becoming southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.

Wednesday 28 October

Cloud clearing.

Minimum: 13 °C Maximum: 23 °C

20% chance of rain

Slight chance of a shower, most likely during the morning. Mostly sunny day. Winds westerly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly during the day.

Issued as 5:12pm. Next forecast at 4:35am.

Weather situation

A high pressure system in the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across eastern New South Wales, maintaining an onshore east to northeasterly airstream, while an inland trough extends into the far northwest. This pattern will maintain showery conditions in many areas through the week. A cold front is then forecast to cross the state during the weekend and into early next week, bringing a return to widespread unstable conditions across the state.

Climate statistics

Maximum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean maximum temperature (°C)	26.8	26.6	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
Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C	5.6	4.2	2.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.0	2.4	3.3	5.3
Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.3
Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2
	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	11.2	8.8	7.5	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
Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rainfall

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean rainfall (mm)	95.0	117.2	122.9	107.1	98.5	123.6	72.3	77.3	60.3	70.8	80.7	72.5
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 9 monthly rainfall (mm)	178.9	256.5	274.1	224.9	195.4	281.9	154.6	181.8	128.4	171.3	144.2	148.9
Decile 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm)	73.2	86.1	94.8	81.4	83.4	99.3	51.8	46.6	46.8	47.4	66.3	59.8
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	26.7	24.4	33.4	20.6	16.8	24.5	13.0	7.7	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	11.5	11.7	12.8	11.1	10.9	11.2	9.4	9.1	9.4	10.7	11.4	10.6
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	8.3	8.7	9.6	8.4	8.4	8.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	7.9	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	1.2	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	422	415	427	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	20.1	16.8	13.6	10.4	8.7	9.9	13.0	16.9	20.0	21.7	23.5
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).