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Wednesday 30th of April 11.47p.m. cold and drizzly all day, 16.2mm. 14.4C / 54.5F, feels like 10C / 50F. 18.5kph SW, Marine wind and hazardous surf warnings.
Moon is 11% a big golden sliver at sunset.
Heavy showers and storms sweep north through Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. (ABC News: Tom Saunders)
A prolonged run of showery and stormy days is soaking Australia's east coast this week, while a record drought across South Australia and Victoria continues to intensify.
The contrast between the two regions has now been ongoing for 15 months.
Since February 2024, Adelaide has only received around 300 millimetres of rain — the driest it's been since the city's weather records began in 1839.
During the same period, Sydney has been drenched by more than 2,000mm, nearly 500mm above average, and is facing possibly another 50mm during the coming week.
Unfortunately, the mixed rain fortunes across southern Australia are likely to continue for the remainder of autumn, with little sign of relief arriving for farmers in SA or Victoria until at least June.
The ongoing downpours will extend Sydney's spell of consecutive wet days to 12, although lingering light showers this weekend could stretch the run to 14.
While a fortnight of showery days only occurs every few years at Observatory Hill, it's still well short of Sydney's all-time record 29 consecutive wet days in 1893.
Moon is 11% a big golden sliver at sunset.
Sydney's wet spell reaches day 10 as drought intensifies in South Australia, Victoria
17 hours ago
By ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders
Heavy showers and storms sweep north through Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. (ABC News: Tom Saunders)
A prolonged run of showery and stormy days is soaking Australia's east coast this week, while a record drought across South Australia and Victoria continues to intensify.
The contrast between the two regions has now been ongoing for 15 months.
Since February 2024, Adelaide has only received around 300 millimetres of rain — the driest it's been since the city's weather records began in 1839.
During the same period, Sydney has been drenched by more than 2,000mm, nearly 500mm above average, and is facing possibly another 50mm during the coming week.
Unfortunately, the mixed rain fortunes across southern Australia are likely to continue for the remainder of autumn, with little sign of relief arriving for farmers in SA or Victoria until at least June.
Another soggy week for east coast
After a brief few hours of sunshine on Tuesday morning, showers and thunderstorms quickly redeveloped in the afternoon over parts of eastern New South Wales.The ongoing downpours will extend Sydney's spell of consecutive wet days to 12, although lingering light showers this weekend could stretch the run to 14.
While a fortnight of showery days only occurs every few years at Observatory Hill, it's still well short of Sydney's all-time record 29 consecutive wet days in 1893.
