Sydney weather

Sydney

Now: 20.6 °C Today: 24 °C Possible shower. Tonight: 17 °C Tomorrow: 21 °C Showers.

Today, Thursday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending south to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h in the afternoon.

Temperature	20.6 °C
Feels like	16.5 °C
Wet bulb temp.	17.8 °C
Minimum temp.	18.6 °C	5:48am
Maximum temp.	21.9 °C	2:28pm
Dew point	16.0 °C
Humidity	75%
Wind	32 km/h
Strongest gust	43 km/h	2:38pm
UV index	3.6	Moderate
Pressure	1010.7 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Sydney Airport at 2:40pm.

Radar

UV index

Now measured	Now forecast	Maximum measured	Maximum forecast
3.6	7.4	11.7	10.4
Moderate	High	Extreme	Very high
		12:13pm	12:41pm

Moderate or above	Forecast	8:32am–4:50pm
Moderate or above	Measured	8:59am–

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:12am	5:39am	7:43pm	8:09pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:12am	5:38am	7:44pm	8:10pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Thu 20 Nov	18.5 °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
Thu 13 Nov	12.7 °C	26.3 °C	0 mm
Wed 12 Nov	11.4 °C	22.2 °C	0 mm
Tue 11 Nov	14.5 °C	28.7 °C	0 mm
Mon 10 Nov	14.7 °C	23.6 °C	0 mm
Sun 9 Nov	16.2 °C	22.2 °C	0.4 mm
Sat 8 Nov	20.0 °C	30.3 °C	0 mm
Fri 7 Nov	18.2 °C	24.7 °C	0 mm
Thu 6 Nov	13.6 °C	25.2 °C	0 mm
Wed 5 Nov	13.9 °C	27.1 °C	0 mm
Tue 4 Nov	17.3 °C	23.0 °C	8.4 mm
Mon 3 Nov	17.9 °C	25.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 2 Nov	18.1 °C	25.0 °C	1.0 mm
Sat 1 Nov	16.4 °C	22.7 °C	11.4 mm
Fri 31 Oct	15.3 °C	24.9 °C	0.4 mm
Thu 30 Oct	13.9 °C	24.5 °C	17.8 mm
Wed 29 Oct	12.4 °C	17.4 °C	4.6 mm
Tue 28 Oct	12.9 °C	17.9 °C	0.2 mm
Mon 27 Oct	17.4 °C	25.9 °C	0.6 mm
Sun 26 Oct	16.8 °C	26.0 °C	0 mm
Sat 25 Oct	14.6 °C	24.6 °C	0 mm
Fri 24 Oct	17.5 °C	24.9 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Fri 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm
Temperature (°C)	24	21	19	18	18	18	19	20	21	21	19	18
Chance of rain	10%	30%	30%	20%	30%	40%	50%	50%	40%	30%	20%	20%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	30	31	31	35	20	30	30	30	31	31	26	24
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Next week summary

	Today Thu 20 Nov		Fri 21 Nov		Sat 22 Nov		Sun 23 Nov		Mon 24 Nov		Tue 25 Nov		Wed 26 Nov

	Possible shower.		Showers.		Showers increasing.		Showers. Possible storm.		Shower or two.		Partly cloudy.		Possible shower.
Max. (°C)	24		21		23		26		24		26		32
Min. (°C)	-		17		17		18		18		19		20
Any rain	40%		80%		80%		80%		60%		30%		40%
Rain (mm)	0		0–7		0–10		0–10		0–5		0–1		0–1
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	-	30	30	31	24	28	11	20	24	22	9	26	11	17
Wind dir.	-
Dew pt. (°C)	-	17	15	15	16	17	18	19	17	17	16	17	17	17

Complete forecast

Today, Thursday 20 November

Possible shower.

Maximum: 24 °C

40% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending south to southeasterly 25 to 35 km/h in the afternoon.

Sun protection 8:30am to 4:40pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]

Tomorrow, Friday 21 November

Showers.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 21 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 7 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of thunderstorms in the west in the late afternoon and evening. Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h tending southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day.

Saturday 22 November

Showers increasing.

Minimum: 17 °C Maximum: 23 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 10 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the evening. Winds southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning easterly 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon.

Sunday 23 November

Showers. Possible storm.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 26 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 10 mm

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning. A thunderstorm likely. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening.

Monday 24 November

Shower or two.

Minimum: 18 °C Maximum: 24 °C

60% chance of rain 0 to 5 mm

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely during the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeasterly during the morning.

Tuesday 25 November

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 19 °C Maximum: 26 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Wednesday 26 November

Possible shower.

Minimum: 20 °C Maximum: 32 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day.

Issued as 9:46am. Next forecast at 4:20pm.

Weather situation

A inland trough developing today draws in moisture from the north, bringing unsettled conditions across the eastern half for the remainder of the week. Meanwhile, another trough will brush the central coasts bringing a cool southerly change to the coastal areas south of Port Stephens during today and into Friday. During the later part of the weekend through early next week, showers and thunderstorms look set to spread to many areas, together with increasing heat in the west, ahead of the next trough system entering the far west.

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	24.2	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	81.0	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	145.2	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	16.7	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	11.4	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	8.3	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	23.5
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).