Category Archives: Sydney Weather

2013 Records in Australia

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Article taken from SMH: 2013 will go down as the year that registered Australia’s hottest day, month, season, 12-month period – and, by December 31, the hottest calendar year. Global interest in Australia’s extraordinary year of heat flared early on. In January, when models started predicting heat that was literally off the charts, the Bureau of Meteorology added new colours to the heat maps – deep purple and pink – to accommodate maximum temperatures of 50-54 degrees.

Read more here: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/records-melt-in-our-hottest-year-20131220-2zqrt.html

Bush Fires Blanket Sydney in Smoke!

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Article from Sydney Morning Herald: Bushfires and subsequent backburning in and around the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains regions caused a thick haze of smoke to blanket Sydney on Saturday morning. Places in the city’s north, such as Lindfield, reported pollution readings on Saturday morning as high as 828 on the Air Quality Index, compared with a typical reading of about 50 for Sydney, according to monitoring by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Above 100 is considered poor air quality and above 200 is considered hazardous.

There are 43 bush fires at the moment and 15 still remain uncontained!! We made a home video from our balcony in Neutral Bay: http://youtu.be/6TrF38ZCeaA.

Warmest night? Hardly!

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Sydney’s warmest night since last summer

Alex Krisman, Tuesday January 31, 2012 – 15:27 EDT

Sydney sweltered through its warmest night since last summer, when the record breaking minimum of 27.i6 degrees occurred. At midnight it was still 28 degrees and the official minimum was a steamy 25.3 at sunrise, 6 above average.

The heat was accompanied by high humidity, staying above 70% all night long. This produced very uncomfortable sleeping conditions, and may explain any worse-than-usual midweek fatigue.

It was a similar story in nearby Newcastle where it remained near 26 degrees overnight. In fact, it was cooler during Monday afternoon than it was after sunset. This was due to the winds shifting from easterly to northerly, drawing in warmer air. At Williamtown the minimum was 24 degrees, 6 above average and the warmest January night in 21 years.

The hot and humid night can be blamed on the approach of a low pressure trough, which drew in warm, moist air from the north during Monday. This created high humidity and cloud cover overnight, the perfect recipe for uncomfortably warm summer nights.

Luckily, relief is here in form of a southerly wind change. Temperatures are already dropping back in Sydney following this change and the cooling trend will be reinforced by a second stronger change this evening. Sydneysiders can expect a far more pleasant overnight low of 19 degrees, which is on right on average for this time of year.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/sydneys-warmest-night-since-last-summer/20290