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Weekend weather: Sydney cools down as Melbourne, Adelaide warm up

Josh Dutton
·News Reporter
Updated ·4-min read

Sydney is set to slightly cool down after a toasty start to spring while Adelaide will warm up ahead of a hot week.

Parts of Sydney were hit by a warm air mass which began travelling across from Western Australia last week.

On Thursday, temperatures around the city hit 30 degrees with the temperature at the city’s airport hitting about 31 at 2.15pm, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Albion Park in the Illawarra region also reached about 31 just after 3pm.

For those happy with the heat though – it won’t be sticking around for long.

Melbourne and Adelaide are also set to warm up with temperatures passing tops in the low-20s.

Sydney weather forecast

It’s unlikely Sydney will experience another 30-degree day over the weekend with Friday projected for a top of 23 and similar conditions across the weekend.

Similar temperature drops of about seven degrees are forecast across the coast, with maximum temperatures set to sit in the low 20s.

Visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens enjoy the splash of cookout from blossoming flowers on the first day of spring in Sydney.
Flowers bloom at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens on the first day of spring. Source: AAP

Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domeninso said Sydney hit 30.2 at 1.13pm which was “the city's earliest 30-degree day in 25 years and its third earliest day this warm on record”.

“The others were 31.3 on August 26, 1995 and 30.4 on August 24, 1954,” he tweeted.

  • Friday: 14-24 degrees, shower or two 0-2mm

  • Saturday: 10-22, sunny

  • Sunday: 9-21, partly cloudy

People sit beside the Harbour in the suburb of Kirribilli in Sydney, Australia.
Sydneysiders enjoy a sunset from Kirribilli. Source: Getty Images

Canberra weather forecast

Expect a cloudy start in Canberra for the first weekend of spring with Sunday forecast for a low of just 1.

  • Friday: 5-17, partly cloudy

  • Saturday: 2-17, mostly sunny

  • Sunday: 1-18, mostly sunny

Melbourne weather forecast

Melbourne residents experienced a windy Thursday with gusts around the city reaching up to 80km/h.

In the Gippsland region, some areas had wind travelling up to 100km/h.

The good news is the wind is expected to die down as Melbourne starts next week with temperatures topping past 20.

It’s the same for cities in the Gippsland region too which from Sunday onwards will heat up.

  • Friday: 8-17, partly cloudy

  • Saturday: 9-17, shower or two 0-1mm

  • Sunday: 8-21, mostly sunny

Adelaide weather forecast

Like Melbourne, Adelaide’s top temperature will rise from Sunday as it rises from 18 on Saturday to 24.

Friday and Saturday will bring some light showers but nothing more than 1mm of rain is forecast.

A man jogs at Glenelg Beach, Adelaide.
A man enjoys the sunshine at Adelaide's Glenelg Beach. Source: Getty Images (file pic)

  • Friday: 10-17, shower or two, 0-1mm

  • Saturday: 11-18, possible shower, 0-1mm

  • Sunday: 11-24, sunny

Brisbane weather forecast

Brisbane is in for highs in the mid-20s with some rain due to start next week.

Similar conditions are forecast throughout the southeast up to the Sunshine Coast.

  • Friday: 13-24, mostly sunny

  • Saturday: 13-25, mostly sunny

  • Sunday: 14-24, shower or two 1-4mm

Matilda Lee-Archer poses for a photograph at Enoggera Reservoir, The Gap, Brisbane.
Matilda Lee-Archer goes for a swim at Enoggera Reservoir in Brisbane. Source: AAP

Tasmania weather forecast

Hobart, like other parts of the country, will begin to warm up from the start of next week.

Some light showers are also forecast to end the week.

The city’s northern neighbours in Launceston won’t exactly get the same toasty conditions to start the first full week of September with the temperatures topping about 15 to 18.

Rain is also forecast in Launceston with 2-6mm Friday and 0-2 Saturday. No rain is due for Sunday though.

  • Friday: 7-15, shower or two 0-1mm

  • Saturday: 7-15, possible shower 0-1mm

  • Sunday: 5-18, mostly sunny

Perth weather forecast

Perth is in for a mostly clear end to the week but residents will need the umbrella for Sunday with up to 15mm of rain forecast.

Temperatures should reach a maximum of about 21 to 22 degrees.

  • Friday: 12-21, possible shower 0.2mm

  • Saturday: 9-22, possibly cloudy

  • Sunday: 15-21, showers 8-15mm

Darwin weather forecast

Temperatures in Darwin are forecast to reach the mid-30s.

Alice Springs will be slightly cooler on Friday and Saturday with tops of 31 and 29 respectively.

Expect mostly sunny conditions.

  • Friday: 23-35, sunny

  • Saturday: 23-35, sunny

  • Sunday: 23-35, sunny

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