Sydney experienced another very warm September day yesterday. It was the second warmest day of the month so far with a maximum of 32.9C being recorded at the Airport in the late morning. That was also the 5th day of the month above 30C, easily the highest number of instances for September in the last 5 years and there are still a couple of days left. Temperatures then dipped a few degrees between 11:30am and midday as strong west-northwesterly winds pushed through the city.
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| A windsock at Sydney Airport during the afternoon of September 26 |
Strong gale force winds with gusts up to 87km/h were recorded at the airport. In addition to weather observations I enjoy plane spotting also, so I made a visit to the airport to watch aircraft land on the east-west runway. Quite a few appeared to have rough landings, and I saw two aircraft within 90min that aborted at the last moment due to sudden wind gusts. Temperatures continued to decline throughout the afternoon and the winds only began to ease afer 7pm.
It has been a much cooler day in Sydney today with the temperature only topping 21.7C at the Airport. Temperatures should climb again tomorrow though with strong westerly winds forecast again also.
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