What was the hottest day in NSW 2020?

What was the hottest day in NSW 2020?

Jan. 4
The hottest temperature in Australia for 2020 was 48.9 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) recorded at the height of the wildfire emergency at Penrith in New South Wales state on Jan. 4. It was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Sydney area.

What is the hottest day in Sydney?

According to Weatherzone, Sydney reached 37.1 degrees at 12pm on Tuesday, the city’s hottest temperature recorded on January 26 since 1960. “The only hotter years were 41.1°C in 1960 and 40.3°C in 1915,” Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino said on Twitter.

What was the hottest day in Australia 2020?

What was the hottest day in Australian history?

2 January 1960
Record temperatures The hottest day on record for the whole of Australia was recorded as 50.7 °C (123.3 °F) at Oodnadatta on 2 January 1960, which is the highest official temperature recorded in Australia.

What is the coldest town in NSW?

Coldest places by maximum mean temperature in New South Wales

RankingPlace NameAnnual Mean Max Temp °C
1Perisher Village, NSW8.5°C
2Jindabyne, NSW8.5°C
3Lakewood Estate, NSW8.5°C
4Thredbo Village, NSW14.0°C

Has it ever snowed in Sydney Australia?

Snow in Sydney is extremely rare. Since European settlement, there have been a few cases recorded of blowing snowflakes, but only 4 occurrences of snow on the ground in any real quantity. All these cases occurred during the icy winter of 1836.

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in NSW?

Highest temperatures recorded in Australia

TemperatureState or territoryLocation
49.7 °C (121.5 °F)New South WalesMenindee
49.6 °C (121.3 °F)South AustraliaMoomba
49.5 °C (121.1 °F)Western AustraliaForrest
South AustraliaPort Augusta

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