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NSW enjoying a warm and wet winter

Rob Sharpe, Tuesday July 26, 2016 - 12:27 AEST

The first two months of winter have been particularly warm and wet, but that hasn't prevented extremely cold events.

Since the start of autumn, minimum temperatures have been running consistently above average, with July pushing that trend swiftly onwards. Virtually all of New South Wales will round out the month with warmer than usual minimums, some as much as five degrees above average and many breaking records.

Nyngan, near the centre of the state, is a good example of what has occurred almost throughout. Minimums have averaged a little over two degrees above the norm and there have only been two nights below two degrees, compared to a typical July when it sees nine or ten. It also joined a large swathe of locations in recording its warmest July morning on record on Wednesday 20th, staying above 17 degrees.

The reason for the warm nights has been increased cloud cover and leftover warmth from summer that was dragged across NSW from the tropics.

The extra cloud cover has also succeeded in delivering more rain than usual and a number of very cold days.

Back in June we saw our coldest June day statewide on record. Since then, we have seen a number of fierce fronts and moisture-laden troughs bring good rains on and west of the divide and occasional frigid days.

Rain has been above average for most of the state, with the primary districts to miss out being the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, coastal Hunter and northern parts of the Upper Western.

Looking ahead, the warm nights, near average days and wet weather look set to continue into August.

- Weatherzone

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