New South Wales/ACT Weather

forecast summary state forecast


Sunday Mostly sunny, warm in the northeast. Clearing shower, cool-to-mild in the southeast. Sunny, hot in the southwest. Mostly sunny, hot in the northwest.


Monday Showers, warm in the northeast. Fog then sunny, warm in the southeast. Windy on the Alps. Windy, hot in the southwest. Sunny, hot in the northwest.


Tuesday Showers, warm in the northeast. Late shower, cool-to-mild in the southeast. Increasing sunshine, very warm in the southwest. Late shower, hot in the northwest.


Wednesday Late shower, warm in the northeast. Mostly sunny, cool-to-mild in the southeast. Windy on the Alps. Sunny, mild-to-warm in the west.

current warnings most recent warnings

NSW/ACT - Sat 23:10 EDT
Ocean Gale Warning

NSW/ACT - Sat 23:10 EDT
Ocean Wind Warning Southeast

NSW/ACT - Sat 14:40 EDT
Heatwave Warning

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current extremes current extremes

Hottest
30.9°C
Coldest
8.9°C
Windiest
N 27km/h
Wettest
no rain last hr

historic extremes historic December extremes

Hottest Day
48.9°C
Coldest Day
0.1°C
Hottest Night
34.5°C
Coldest Night
-9.6°C
Wettest 24hr
352.2mm

New South Wales/ACT Monthly Summaries

December 2024
station
(group by district)
mean min anomaly mean max anomaly total rain percent of mean
°C °C °C °C mm %
26 15.2 +2.9 28.5 +3.6 27 11.4 12
15.7 +2.2 26.7 +1.6 34.4 49
21.2 +1.0 35.8 +0.4 67.0 182
18.7 +1.4 34.2 +2.5 14.6 69
25 11.6 +2.5 19.3 +0.8 89.6 92
16 14.3 +2.4 29.1 +1.9 101.2 134
17.6 +1.7 32.2 +0.7 64.2 104
17.0 +1.1 34.0 +2.8 22.8 70
28 13.6 +3.1 25.7 +0.9 153.2 183
25 18.2 +2.5 35.0 +4.1 11.4 15
16.3 +2.3 31.1 +1.6 48.0 103
75 20.0 +3.4 30.0 +2.6 9.4 12
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A yellow cell indicates a probable monthly record for this site (sites with ≥ 10 years of records only). The number of years of records available for the relevant field for this month is indicated in black. See the station's climate page for full details.

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