Sydney saw its second warmest day of the year today. The measurement of 34.9C at Sydney Airport at 2:29pm was 5C above the predicted top of 30C. That was the highest temperature recorded among Sydney's weather stations. Observatory Hill got to 32.4C.
The forecast was right on at least one count though. As a low pressure tough moved east across New South Wales during the afternoon, shower and storm activity increased west and south west of the city from Orange to Cooma. A thunderstorm warning was issued by the Bureau for those areas, but was later cancelled after 6pm.
In the Sydney region, Campbelltown was the first to receive rain. 14.0mm fell between 3:30pm and 4pm. A storm cell passed through Richmond in Sydney's north west just after 7pm with brief bursts of strong winds. One gust was recorded at 70km/h, the strongest there since December 5 last year.
Further showers with thunder and lightning affected locations throughout the rest of Sydney from 6pm. Sydney Airport first recorded rain just before 7pm. By midnight a total of 6.0mm had fallen there taking the monthly total to 54.0mm. Observatory Hill received 4.4mm taking its total to 55.8mm.
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