Source: Henry Budd The Daily Telegraph  November 10, 2011 8:04AM

 

SYDNEY has sweltered through its hottest November night in 44 years. The minimum temperature in the city yesterday was 24.2 degrees which was recorded at 9am, but the mercury did not dip under 26.6 degrees last night.

That was just shy of the 1967 record of 24.8 degrees for the warmest November minimum.

At Sydney Airport overnight low was 26.9 degrees, a new November minimum record.

Weather Channel presenter Reuban Mourad said a southerly change will bring relief from the heat this afternoon..

"There are over Western Sydney at the moment and over the next couple of hours they will make their way over to the city,'' Mr Mourad said.

"Cooler temperatures should follow that sometime in the afternoon.''

The city was headed for an expected top of 28 degrees, but there is a chance it could get hotter, he said.

"It depends on when this southerly change comes through, because at the moment it's looking like it could arrive a little later than expected so we could get above 28 degrees,'' he said.

 

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A high of 31 degrees was reached in Sydney's CBD about 2pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, making it the hottest Australia Day on record in the city since a high of 32.1 degrees was recorded in 1991.

 

In the western suburbs the temperature had reached 34 degrees by 2pm (AEDT), which was below the forecast peak of 42 degrees predicted for Penrith.

But the bureau said the temperature in the west was continuing to rise.

"Penrith hasn't peaked yet - it's still rising," a bureau spokeswoman said.

The hottest Australia Day on record for Penrith was 42.3 degrees in 2003.

"I'm not sure it will get as warm as we expected in Sydney," the spokeswoman said.

"The temperature dropped a couple of degrees at lunchtime (due to) a southeasterly sea breeze."

 

source: News.com.au

 

 

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Much of the Sydney Basin has just experienced its warmest day since at least April and the heat will stick around for the remainder of the weekend.

The mercury climbed quickly this morning, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees in the city by 10:30am. This made it the warmest day since April and with another hot day expected tomorrow this is likely to be one of the warmest weekends since January.

Western suburbs of Sydney reached as high as 33 degrees in Penrith and 34 degrees in Richmond, both having their warmest days since March.

Similar conditions are expected on Sunday as warm northerly winds continue to push into New South Wales ahead of a trough. Cloud will build over Sydney later though as the trough approaches, but will only bring an evening shower or two over western suburbs.

Monday will bring a rainy and thundery change with as much as 10 to 20mm expected. A cooler southerly change change will push through late in the day, bringing temperatures back to the low twenties by Tuesday.

- Weatherzone

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Source: Weatherzone - Josh Fisher, Saturday November 13, 2010 - 15:24 EDT

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Brett Dutschke, Tuesday June 29, 2010 - 15:28 EST

Much of New South Wales, including Sydney has been gripped by the coldest morning in three years, record cold in some places.

Most of the state was about five to 10 degrees colder than the June average. The state's coldest place was Glen Innes on the Northern Tablelands where it dropped to minus 10 degrees.

The coldest spot across Sydney this morning was Richmond which recorded a temperature of minus 3.8 degrees, the coldest it's been in five years.

This sort of cold is not unusual for July or August but for June it's much more rare.

Sydney city got as cold as 4.7 degrees at about sunrise, the coldest in three years and the coldest June morning in 27 years.

In the northwest of the state Bourke and Walgett both chilled to minus four degrees and Lightning Ridge minus two, the coldest it's been in June in more than a decade.

Most of NSW will be similarly cold on Wednesday morning with further severe frost expected.

From Thursday, mornings will still be cold but become progressively warmer as the coldest air dissipates and cloud and wind increase.

The crisp clear weather will turn cloudy and rainy in the north late in the week as moisture filters in from the tropics.

- Weatherzone

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Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/sydneys-hottest-november-ever-20091130-k0za.html

 

Sydney has had its hottest November on record with maximum temperatures 2.5 degrees above average, the Weather Channel says.

Only two cold fronts have crossed southeastern Australia in the entire month, the channel's meteorologist Tom Saunders says.

Sydney also recorded its hottest spring since 1988, he said in a statement on Monday.

And it's been the city's driest November since 1962, with only 13.4mm of rain compared to the November average of 83.5mm.

 

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Sweltering temperatures have added to Melbourne Cup day fever this lunch time in Sydney.

The mercury hit 36 degrees at Sydney Airport - 13 degrees above the average for early November.

The weather bureau is forecasting a high of 37 degrees right across the city before a cool change later on.

Elsewhere, the mercury has hit 35 degrees at Ulladulla on the south coast; but Byron Bay in the far north is basking in a cool 23 degrees.

The hot gusty winds made for an uncomfortable wait for those queueing at TAB outlets across Sydney.

But race fans were undeterred.

One punter, Trish Tinyow said she is backing the only female jockey in the race.

"Michelle Payne on Alleez Wonder," she said.

"She's definitely getting a backing. As well as the usual, [my] husband has required me to put a box trifecta on the regular favourites."

There is a total fire ban in place for six of New South Wales' 20 fire districts because of the hot weather.

The ban applies to all of the Central West plains, the Central Ranges, Greater Sydney, the Hunter and the Illawarra until midnight tonight.

The Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons says conditions are dangerous, and they are likely to worsen this afternoon.

"The principle reason for this is we're going to see some hot dry windy conditions across much of NSW," he said.

"[It will be] predominantly a west north westerly pattern, with some very strong wind influences - up to 80 kilometres an hour in some parts - ahead of a southerly change that is expected to move through later this afternoon and into this evening."

Temperatures in Sydney are expected to drop back down to the low 20s tomorrow.

- ABC

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Source: Weatherzone.com.au - http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/sydney-gets-set-to-simmer/12662

Sam Terry, Wednesday September 16, 2009 - 16:43 EST

 

Residents of Sydney may be wondering where the warm, sunny pre-summer days have gone, especially in light of the claustrophobic cloud that has lingered over the city today. The wonder-ers can wonder no more: the city is once more expected to simmer.

Sydney was forecast to reach a top of 25 degrees this afternoon, with morning cloud and the odd spit of rain predicted to clear. But this did not happen. Low cloud clung to the Sydney Basin like gum to a shoe, preventing the temperature from breaching even 20, the coldest maximum in one and a half weeks.

Tomorrow morning, however, should be cloud-free as winds tend first northerly then northwesterly. Cloud will increase during afternoon with a shower or two developing by evening. Despite this, Sydney will top at a toasty 30 degrees, eight above average.

A change will move through early on Friday, causing temperatures across the Sydney Basin to dip to the low twenties again. However, the outlook for the weekend and the start of next week is for the warmer days to linger.

- Weatherzone

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