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We are in the middle of the winter, but Thursday is close to a summer day in Sydney, the mercury having climbed 9 degrees compared to the average of 16.4 in July.
At the top of 25.2, it's the hottest day. the first week of July – a full degree above the previous record of 24.1 in 2004.
Sunrise on North Cronulla Beach on Thursday. Summer temperatures broke the record for the first week of July.
Photo: John Veage
And it will remain relatively hot until a cool wind changes Friday afternoon, although even over the weekend, temperatures will remain around 2 degrees above average.
The monthly temperature record for Sydney Observatory Hill is 26.5 as of July 30, 2009.
If it reaches at least 23 tomorrow (the forecast is 24), it would be the first occurrence of two consecutive days above 23 degrees in July. only the eighth time, two of these days were recorded in July (since a Stevenson screen was installed at Observatory Hill around 1910), according to David Martin, senior climate scientist at the Meteorological Bureau.
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