Sydney weather

Sydney

Now: 35.5 °C Today: 35 °C Possible shower. Tonight: 22 °C Tomorrow: 29 °C Shower or two.

Today, Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and early evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon.

Temperature	35.5 °C
Feels like	30.2 °C
Wet bulb temp.	22.3 °C
Minimum temp.	21.2 °C	4:50am
Maximum temp.	36.2 °C	12:44pm
Dew point	14.2 °C
Humidity	28%
Wind	35 km/h
Strongest gust	61 km/h	11:53am
UV index	7.4	High
Pressure	1005.3 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Sydney Airport at 12:50pm.

Radar

UV index

Now measured	Now forecast	Maximum measured	Maximum forecast
7.4	9.4	11.2	9.4
High	Very high	Extreme	Very high
6.2–10.5		12:51pm	1:09pm

Moderate or above	Forecast	9:19am–5:00pm
Moderate or above	Measured	9:13am–

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:07am	6:31am	7:47pm	8:11pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:08am	6:32am	7:46pm	8:10pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Wed 18 Feb	20.0 °C		0 mm
Tue 17 Feb	17.9 °C	28.0 °C	0.8 mm
Mon 16 Feb	17.1 °C	27.2 °C	5.6 mm
Sun 15 Feb	18.3 °C	25.4 °C	0.6 mm
Sat 14 Feb	17.8 °C	25.9 °C	5.0 mm
Fri 13 Feb	18.4 °C	22.1 °C	1.2 mm
Thu 12 Feb	22.8 °C	24.2 °C	0 mm
Wed 11 Feb	20.9 °C	31.7 °C	0 mm
Tue 10 Feb	21.2 °C	29.0 °C	1.4 mm
Mon 9 Feb	21.4 °C	29.1 °C	4.4 mm
Sun 8 Feb	23.1 °C	23.8 °C	0.2 mm
Sat 7 Feb	21.9 °C	30.1 °C	0 mm
Fri 6 Feb	20.6 °C	30.0 °C	0 mm
Thu 5 Feb	20.1 °C	34.6 °C	0 mm
Wed 4 Feb	17.7 °C	27.3 °C	0 mm
Tue 3 Feb	16.0 °C	25.2 °C	1.8 mm
Mon 2 Feb	17.4 °C	22.6 °C	8.0 mm
Sun 1 Feb	22.8 °C	28.1 °C	0 mm
Sat 31 Jan	21.9 °C	29.3 °C	0 mm
Fri 30 Jan	20.5 °C	29.5 °C	0 mm
Thu 29 Jan	21.8 °C	29.5 °C	0 mm
Wed 28 Jan	18.1 °C	28.5 °C	0 mm
Tue 27 Jan	19.7 °C	27.7 °C	0 mm
Mon 26 Jan	21.7 °C	25.8 °C	0 mm
Sun 25 Jan	20.1 °C	32.6 °C	0 mm
Sat 24 Jan	17.9 °C	27.7 °C	0 mm
Fri 23 Jan	18.1 °C	24.8 °C	0 mm
Thu 22 Jan	18.4 °C	25.1 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm	11pm	Thu 2am	5am	8am	11am	2pm	5pm	8pm
Temperature (°C)	31	35	30	25	24	23	23	22	27	29	28	25
Chance of rain	5%	30%	30%	10%	20%	30%	30%	20%	20%	10%	5%	20%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	19	17	22	20	19	24	9	9	9	15	22	20
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	16	16	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

Next week summary

	Today Wed 18 Feb		Thu 19 Feb		Fri 20 Feb		Sat 21 Feb		Sun 22 Feb		Mon 23 Feb		Tue 24 Feb

	Possible shower.		Shower or two.		Cloudy.		Mostly sunny.		Mostly sunny.		Shower or two.		Possible shower.
Max. (°C)	35		29		28		30		32		32		27
Min. (°C)	-		22		22		22		21		24		21
Any rain	40%		50%		30%		20%		20%		60%		40%
Rain (mm)	0		0–2		0–1		0		0		0–7		0–2
	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm	8am	2pm
Wind (km/h)	-	17	9	15	20	22	9	17	9	28	17	17	22	24
Wind dir.	-
Dew pt. (°C)	-	16	21	21	19	19	20	19	21	21	18	17	18	18

Complete forecast

Today, Wednesday 18 February

Possible shower.

Maximum: 35 °C

40% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and early evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon.

Sun protection 9:20am to 5:00pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]

Tomorrow, Thursday 19 February

Shower or two.

Minimum: 22 °C Maximum: 29 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west in the afternoon. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon.

Friday 20 February

Cloudy.

Minimum: 22 °C Maximum: 28 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west in the afternoon and evening. Winds easterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light during the morning then becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Saturday 21 February

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 22 °C Maximum: 30 °C

20% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog in the outer west. Slight chance of a shower in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening.

Sunday 22 February

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 21 °C Maximum: 32 °C

20% chance of rain

Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h during the day.

Monday 23 February

Shower or two.

Minimum: 24 °C Maximum: 32 °C

60% chance of rain 0 to 7 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h shifting south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h later in the day.

Tuesday 24 February

Possible shower.

Minimum: 21 °C Maximum: 27 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely during the morning. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h turning easterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Issued as 10:50am. Next forecast at 4:20pm.

Weather situation

A high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across the state. A cold front in the state's southwest will slip south while its associated trough heads north, crossing the southern and central parts of the coast as a fresh southerly change through Wednesday. The trough is then expected to stall about the Mid North Coast on Thursday and gradually weaken while its remnant in the northern inland persists and slowly tracks westwards later in the week.

Climate statistics

Maximum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean maximum temperature (°C)	26.8	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)	95.0	117.6	122.9	107.8	98.5	124.1	72.5	77.6	60.4	70.7	80.6	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 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm)	178.9	256.5	277.6	226.8	196.1	282.1	155.1	182.1	128.6	171.3	144.2	148.9
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	26.7	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	11.5	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	8.7	9.6	8.5	8.3	8.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	7.8	8.2	7.7
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).