Sydney residents can put their umbrellas away and hang out the washing in the winter sunshine from today as an 11-day rainy spell ends.
The city of 5 million people has just suffered another relentless rainy spell.
After a light shower fell yesterday in central Sydney, the damp streak officially stretched out to 11 days of recorded rainfall, with 58.6 mm in total for this month.
But that wasn’t the longest wet streak this year to date in Sydney.
May recorded two consecutive weeks of rain, and falls for the month was heavier, with six of the 14 days having 20mm or more.
By contrast, the highest fall on any day in the past 11 days was 13.2mm.
Despite this figure, Sydney residents have endured a frustrating and miserable damp past two weeks.
Relief has now arrived as fine and dry weather kicks in today and tomorrow, with top temperatures of 19 degrees and 18 degrees respectively.
The mercury will then fall from Friday into the weekend and remain chilly into next week, with top temperatures struggling to reach 15 degrees.
And while there might be a shower or two from Friday onwards, the rain shouldn’t be as heavy or frequent as it has been so far this month.
Meanwhile, winds in excess of 100km/h swept across south-western Western Australia overnight. Widespread rain is also forecast to continue falling over the region.