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 from heavy rain. Sydney is rarely affected by cyclones, although remnants of cyclones do affect the city.
Bushfire smoke following the Black Summer bushfires in December 2019
Persistently hot, dry conditions enforce water restrictions in the city.
Car thermometer displaying a reading of 46°C on 7 January 2018
Sydney CBD during the 2009 Australian dust storm
Australian east coast low
Australian east coast lows are extratropical cyclones or low-pressure systems on the coast of southeastern Australia that
may be caused by both mid-latitude and tropical influences over a variety of levels in the atmosphere.
A MODIS Terra image of an east coast low on 25 June 2013.
The low approaching the New South Wales coast in February 2021
Pasha Bulker stranded by an east coast cyclone on Nobbys Beach, Newcastle June 2007