Sydney melting tonight

SYDNEYSIDERS are getting used to the feeling of a sweaty, sleepless night. They’ve got another one coming up. The news is not much better in Victoria.

As the record-breaking weather month in NSW nears an end, temperatures are soaring once again.

It’s set to be 31C at midnight in Sydney tonight, which will be a record for a January night.

Just weeks after Sydney residents sweltered through the Harbour City’s hottest January night in recorded history, forecasters say tonight will be more miserable.

Andrew Haigh from the Bureau of Meteorology said residents in the city can expect a low of just 26C. For those in the west it won’t drop before 27C before spiking again on Tuesday.

On January 13, when Sydney’s heatwave peaked, new overnight records were set at Observatory Hill (26.4C), Bankstown (26.2C), Camden (27.1C) and Richmond (28.2C).

The hot night will follow a 40C day in parts of NSW where students are returning to (hopefully) air-conditioned classrooms.

In Sydney’s west the mercury is expected to reach 42C. In Campbelltown and Liverpool it’ll get to at least 40C.

In the heart of the city, it’ll be slightly cooler — 32C — but it won’t feel like it. Humidity is expected to reach 74 per cent.


A total fire ban is in place in 11 NSW regions including Illawarra, the far south coast, the southern ranges, the northern slopes and New England.

On Tuesday, temperatures are expected to again soar towards the 40C mark. It’ll be 39C in the west and a maximum of 36C in the city before a cooler change and possible showers on Wednesday.

Sydney has experienced 14 days over 30C this month.

Victorians will be feeling the heat on Monday too, particularly in the state’s northwest where temperatures could reach 41C in Swan Hill and Mildura.

nicko wrote:Do you have Air-Con  in your house?

nicko wrote:Can you do a bit of night fishing?

veya_victaous wrote:

nicko wrote:Do you have Air-Con  in your house?

nope.
my granny flat in Sydney didn't and my house in tarago doesn't either.

nicko wrote:
Can you do a bit of night fishing?

Thorin wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:

nicko wrote:Do you have Air-Con  in your house?

nope.
my granny flat in Sydney didn't and my house in tarago doesn't either.

I am sure many of us would agree and be happy if you sent the heat and the sunshine over here please.

Many thanks

eddie wrote:It's so cold here you can hang a coat hanger on my nipples.

Ben Reilly wrote:It's been like spring in Texas -- 70s and 80s for the highs. Very odd for February, this is usually the most bitterly cold month of winter here. I fully expect that I'll bake to death in my apartment sometime in April or May.

eddie wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:It's been like spring in Texas -- 70s and 80s for the highs. Very odd for February, this is usually the most bitterly cold month of winter here. I fully expect that I'll bake to death in my apartment sometime in April or May.

So no coat hanging on your nipples then.  

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Incomprehensibility, and the weird and whacky, in these postings may reign supreme when the temp's get up into the mid/high 40s, and the low 20s/30s or more --  and that's °Celsius folks, and those 'fahrenheit' dinosaurs can do their own conversions...