Today saw the highest temperature at Sydney Airport in almost two years. Forecasts for the city predicted a top of 33C, and while Observatory Hill was close to that with a top of 32.2C, Sydney Airport smashed that prediction by 5C as it soared to 38.0C this afternoon.
The 38.0C maximum jumped over the 37.0C from November 1 as the hottest temperature of the year so far. It also exceeded the previous hottest day from last December when it reached 37.8C. That makes today the hottest at the Airport since the record high of 46.4C from January 18 last year. It was also the hottest November temperature for the Airport since November 22 in 2009.
Sydney's west was even hotter. The weather stations at Badgerys Creek, Camden, Horsley Park, Richmond and Penrith, as well as Williamtown, just north of Newcastle, all recorded maximums above 40C. This was the first day since last summer that exceeded 40C in all of those locations. For example, Penrith's last day above 40C was January 18. The daily top for the Sydney region was shared by Penrith and Richmond with a recording of 40.9C.
A strong southerly change hit the city late this evening. A gust of 83km/h was recorded at the Airport just after 9pm. Temperatures dropped around 10C over the course of an hour. This was the strongest gust so far this month.
The hot weather seen today was a bit sudden after a fairly cool period since the first day of the month. Sydney Airport went 12 days without exceeding 26.1C; the first time for such a figure during a November since 2001. Dry weather has also continued. Today marked the ninth straight day without rain. It shouldn't continue too much longer though as rain is forecast late tomorrow and for Sunday.
Temperatures ducked back below zero in Jyväskylä late on Wednesday afternoon. Since then they have remained below the mark, other than a brief period yesterday when it reached 0.0C exactly. It hasn't been too cold though, with this morning's -2.5C the coldest since last Saturday November 8. That has meant a temperature fluctuation of less than 2C today.
The city has received a very light dusting of snow since Wednesday evening. A small amount of precipitation has been recorded at Tikkakoski on each of the three days from Wednesday until today. That pushes the current rain day streak to six. Tuesday November 11 saw 10.2mm, beating the 10.1mm from November 4 as the highest daily total so far this month. It was also the highest daily total in just over three weeks.
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