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Today, 12:32AM UTC
Sydney’s wettest August weekend since 1998
Sydney’s soggiest August weekend in nearly three decades adds onto an already well above average month of rain as moist onshore winds stream into eastern NSW. Image: Radar imagery showing rainfall moving across the metropolitan region on Sunday, August 10, 2025. A moist south-to-southeasterly airstream has gripped Sydney since Friday evening, delivering periods of heavy rain. Showers moving from over a very warm Tasman Sea onto land brought just over 80 mm of rain last weekend, including: 42 mm in the 24 hours to 9am Saturday 38.2 mm in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday 80.2 mm across both days 79.9 mm is Sydney’s average rainfall across August Image: DTN Quantitative Precipitation Estimate (QPE) showing widespread rainfall accumulations of 40-80mm across the greatermetropolitan region on Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10, 2025. Saturday and Sunday’s rainfall totals make it the wettest August weekend since 1998, when 136 mm fell on Saturday, August 8th, 1998, and 8.2 mm on the following Sunday, for a total of 144.2 mm. It was also the wettest weekend (any month) since the start of June 2024. Unfortunately, this weekend coincided with the City2Surf run, which saw drizzly conditions and slippery road conditions. Sydney’s wettest start to August since 1998 This weekend’s rainfall (plus 16.6 mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Monday) adds onto nearly 100 mm accumulated in the first 8 days of the month, bringing the total up to 194.8 mm, over double the monthly average. This makes it the wettest first 11 days of August since 1998, and the city’s 5th wettest start to August in 168 years of records. Image: Sydney’s Observations History on the Weatherzone App showing the wet start to August the city has been experiencing. Even only a third into the month, this is already Sydney’s wettest August since 2014 — which saw a total of 215 mm, and the 16th wettest August on record. Why this intense August rainfall? As mentioned in Friday’s story, abnormally warm Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) off Sydney’s coastline helped provide increased atmospheric moisture feeding this soggy weekend rainfall. SST off the NSW coast of 19 to 22°C are about 2 to 3°C warmer than average, causing more evaporation over the ocean surface and fueling heavy rainfall. Image: SST off NSW’s coast on Saturday, August 9, 2025, showing a tongue of warm water sitting off the coast. Source: IMOS These warm SST have been tapped into by persistent onshore winds feeding this August rainfall. A positive Southern Annular Mode (SAM) emerged last week, driving higher than average pressure across southeast Australia and the Tasman Sea, promoting this persistent pattern of moist onshore winds over eastern NSW. Showery periods should remain over the coming days, although much less intense than the past weekend, with drier conditions returning from Friday. Hints of another positive SAM signal could develop into next week, suggesting the potential for further August rainfall topping up an already very wet month. Image: Sydney’s 28-Day Rainfall Calendar on the Weatherzone App showing the potential for more wet weather next week.
09 Aug 2025, 10:26PM UTC
A drizzly City2Surf will be one to remember
The annual running event bringing Sydneysiders together has brought over $3.6 million in donations across 600 charities including over 90,000 participants as of the first race start this Sunday morning, August 10th. In the harbour city's wettest August in 9 years, it comes as no surprise that this year's 14-kilometre run is expected to deliver patchy showery conditions right until the final runners cross the finish line later in the morning. In terms of official City2Surf events, this stacks up as the first wet event since 2012, when 5.4mm was recorded in the gauges in the 24 hours to 9am on race morning. Including virtual events, however, both 2020 and 2021 City2Surf events saw rain in periods across multiple days. Currently, the conditions are reasonably wet, indeed with some slippery roads, with about 20-30mm that has fallen about the central Sydney region overnight and into this morning. Image: Metstorm Quantitative Preciptation Estimation (QPE) rainfall observations in the 12 hours to 7:30am AEST on Sunday, August 10th, just prior to the first race start. Rainfall is expected to continue into the new week beyond the races – so this isn't just nature's attack on the world's largest fun run. Upwards of 30-50mm are expected about the Sydney CBD, with isolated totals of 60-70mm possible along the coastal fringes towards the Illawarra to late Monday evening. Image: Forecast accumulated rainfall to late evening on Monday, August 11th according to the Access-C Sydney computer model. Good luck to all runners who are participating in this year's event. Don't forget to check the latest forecasts, stories and warnings on our website for more information.
09 Aug 2025, 12:40AM UTC
Rain to the left of me, storms to the right
A trough developed across central NSW and Queensland later on Friday, fueled by an upper pool of cool air. This set off widespread showers and isolated heavy falls across central and south-west Queensland. As the trough edged east overnight, low-level south-easterly winds pumped in extra moisture, further boosting rainfall totals. In the 24 hours to 9am Saturday, Sandstone Park (central Queensland) recorded 61 mm, while Tyrconnel (south-west Queensland) picked up 59 mm, with most of the region seeing 25–40 mm. In summer, these amounts wouldn’t raise eyebrows, but in August (typically the driest month with Tyrconnel averaging just 22.5 mm) they’re certainly noteworthy. Video: Rain and lightning over eastern Queensland on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, along the coast, a separate trough and embedded meso-low brought heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms to the central and southern Queensland coast. Coastal 24-hour totals were generally 30–40 mm. The coastal trough is moving offshore today, so eastern Queensland can expect gradual improvement if you’re looking for drier conditions. That said, persistent onshore winds will keep coastal showers in play for the rest of the day. If you are planning on heading to the Ekka at Brisbane's showground today- dont't forget to pack your brolly. Fewer showers expected on Sunday and Monday with a better chance of staying dry.