Severe weather events in Sydney

Severe weather events or extreme weather events in Sydney, Australia, include hailstorms, thunderstorms, gale, bushfires, heatwaves, drought, and flash flooding (caused by East coast lows or black nor'easters).

[1] Global warming has increased the chances of extreme rain and flash floods in Sydney recently.

[2][3] Destructive heavy rainfall events have been recorded occurring in the Sydney area since records began in the 18th century.

[4][2][5] Annually, coastal Sydney sees five heat-related deaths per 100,000 people while the western suburbs see 14 per 100,000.

[6] Heat-related deaths in the city were common in the late 19th and early 20th century period (due to lack of air conditioners) where several individual cases were reported.

Bushfire smoke following the Black Summer bushfires in December 2019
Persistently hot, dry conditions enforce water restrictions in the city. [ 38 ]
Car thermometer displaying a reading of 46°C on 7 January 2018
Frosty morning in the Hawkesbury valley
Sydney CBD during the 2009 Australian dust storm
Sydney skyline in bushfire haze, October 2013
A flooded street in Alexandria after a rainstorm (September 1934)
The 8 cm (3.1in) hailstones hitting the water at Rose Bay during the 1947 hailstorm
A lightning storm over Potts Point in 1991
The aftermath of the 1999 hailstorm on a suburban Sydney street
More than 50cm of hail was dumped on 25 April 2015, turning streets into snow fields ( Pagewood ). [ 134 ]
Floodwaters swamp a picnic area in Penrith during the March 2021 New South Wales floods .