CURRENT CONDITIONS FOR:
SYDNEY - OBSERVATORY HILL
Temperature Dew Point Rel. Humidity Feels Like Wind Gusts Pressure Rainfall
16.4°C 12.8°C 79% 14.0°C SSW 16km/h 26km/h 1029.4hPa 1.0mm / -<

Sydney for Thursday Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers along the coastal fringe, medium chance elsewhere. Winds S 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening.

7-DAY WEATHER FORECAST: SYDNEY 28 DAY RAINFALL FORECAST: CLICK HERE

THU
May 2
FRI
May 3
SAT
May 4
SUN
May 5
MON
May 6
TUE
May 7
WED
May 8
Summary showers
Showers
rain
Rain
heavy showers
Heavy showers
heavy showers
Heavy showers
heavy showers
Heavy showers
showers
Showers
showers
Showers
Maximum 22°C 20°C 20°C 20°C 22°C 22°C 22°C
Minimum 14°C 14°C 14°C 14°C 15°C 16°C 14°C
Chance of Rain
Likely Amount
80%
10-20mm
90%
10-20mm
90%
20-40mm
90%
20-40mm
90%
5-10mm
90%
1-5mm
70%
1-5mm
UV Index Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 18km/h
S
20km/h
S
15km/h
S
15km/h
S
14km/h
S
13km/h
SSE
16km/h
SSW
20km/h
SSW
28km/h
SSE
26km/h
SSE
18km/h
SE
17km/h
SE
12km/h
SSW
12km/h
SSE
Relative Humidity 74% 63% 87% 80% 88% 78% 91% 82% 77% 71% 74% 67% 84% 72%
Dew Point 13°C 14°C 15°C 15°C 15°C 16°C 15°C 16°C 15°C 16°C 14°C 15°C 15°C 16°C
RADAR Sydney
SATELLITE NSW/ACT
synoptic
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Sydney Weather Warnings

NSW/ACT - Thu 16:50 EST
Hazardous Surf Warning for Friday for Macquarie, Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden coasts

Next 12 hours in Sydney

possible shower

6pm

Chance shower
18°C
possible shower

9pm

Slight chance shower
17°C
possible shower

12am

Chance shower
16°C
heavy shower

3am

Heavy shower
15°C
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Sydney Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set new moon first quarter full moon last quarter
first light
06:05 EST
sunrise
06:31 EST
sunset
17:13 EST
last light
17:39 EST
moon
rise
Fri 00:32 EST
set
Fri 14:17 EST
moon
Wed
May 8
moon
Wed
May 15
moon
Thu
May 23
moon
Fri
May 31

Sydney - Observatory Hill Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
May 2
12.9°C 19.8°C 23.2mm
Wed
May 1
12.9°C 18.9°C 22.8mm
Tue
Apr 30
17.2°C 19.8°C 0.0mm
Mon
Apr 29
14.4°C 27.7°C 0.0mm
Sun
Apr 28
13.5°C 24.9°C 0.0mm

Sydney - Observatory Hill Year To Date

average rainfall to May
603.0mm
64.4 day(s)
total for 2024
507.2mm
46 day(s)
total to this day 2023
602.0mm
61 day(s)
wettest day
111.0mm
Apr 5
lowest temperature
11.5°C
Apr 26
highest temperature
38.5°C
Jan 26

Sydney - Observatory Hill Almanac

May minimum temperature
lowest this month
12.9°C
1st
lowest on record
4.4°C
30th 1862
average this month
12.9°C
+1.3°C
long-term average
11.6°C
May maximum temperature
highest this month
19.8°C
2nd
highest on record
30.0°C
1st 1919
average this month
19.4°C
-0.2°C
long-term average
19.6°C
May rainfall
wettest this month
23.2mm
2nd
total this month
46.0mm
2 day(s)
long-term average
117.3mm
13.0 day(s)
wettest on record
585.0mm
1919
driest on record
3.0mm
2008

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