This Weekend Could Be One of Sydney's Hottest September Weekends on Record
It's set to hit 33 degrees in the city.
Anyone who's been outside at all this winter will have noticed that Sydney's hardly dipped below light jacket weather. Back in July we even experienced one of the warmest winter days on record at a warm 26.5 degrees. This has been both delightful and worrying — we've enjoyed days in the sun, but they've only added to our ever-present anxiety around global warming.
And as we start to mentally prepare ourselves for a really, really hot summer, it seems that we're out of time already — this weekend is set to be a bit of a scorcher. Weatherzone reports that a pool of hot air is currently making its way across the country and, when it reaches the eastern states over the weekend, it will raise the temperature by 10 to 15 degrees. That will bring central Sydney up to a maximum of 33 degrees and Penrith up to a sweltering 36 on Saturday, September 23. Northwestern parts of NSW will encroach on 40 degrees. In September.
The hot temps will be accompanied by some nasty gusts of wind, so it's likely fire bans will be put in place across the state. Things are expected to cool down by Monday, but this heat in September does not bode well for the rest of the season. Better buy that fan now, then.
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