The Basic Nature of Sydney Weather
The temperate nature makes Sydney weather pretty conducive for visitors all through the year. With more than 300 days of a bright sun shining in the sky, and the closeness to the ocean, however, tilts the weather conditions more on the warmer side. Warm sunny days with humidity and heat waves accentuate the summer season, especially in January, which is considered to be the hottest month in the year. The western suburbs of the inland usually experience more heat and warmth as compared to the main city with the average temperature remaining more than 30 ⁰ C in almost 15 days in a year. The highest summer temperature recorded in Sydney so far remains to be 45.3 ⁰ C in January 1939.
Due to its proximity to the ocean, winter is hardly cold in Sydney. Rarely will you find the temperatures going below 5 ⁰ C. According to Sydney weather forecast, with an average temperature of 8 to 16.2 ⁰ C, July is considered to be the coldest month of the year. Rainfall in Sydney is appears all through the year, although heavier rains occur due to the influence of the eastern winds in the first half of the year. The usual Sydney weather would have an average rainfall of 121.7m spreading across almost a period of 138 days of the year.
Sydney weather hardly experiences any snowfall. Although a snowfall has been recorded long time back, it has been found that it was actually a soft hail that was mistaken as a snowfall. The weather pattern of Sydney is decided by the El Nino Southern Oscillation bringing in bushfires, floods, and storms. However, this trend seems to be changing in the recent times.