Sydney summers have increased in length by nearly 50 days since 1990, study finds
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Sydney summers have increased in length by nearly 50 days since 1990, study finds
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Feels like it. Vibes wise, autumn only truly starts around ANZAC Day.
Can’t we have longer winters instead?
It would be completely impractical but I still consider moving to canada to avoid an aussie summer.
Nearly 2 extra months of summer each year is brutal.
Brat summer forever
yay..
Definitely feels like Sydney summers have become hotter and wetter for longer.
I remember last October being a very hot one (lots of 30°+ days) and while it wasn’t the hottest summer ever, it was still consistently warm and humid bar a couple of randomly cool days over Christmas. I’m only starting to feel it cool off a bit over the last week. That’s basically 6+ months of summer.
So because they can’t say this year was a hot summer, they now say it was a long summer …
A few years ago I downloaded the min/max temps for Sydney from the BOM for every day since 1835 and dumped it into a spreadsheet.
There was just a small handful of days over 40 degrees in the 19th and 20th centuries. Now Sydney has multiple 40+ days every summer.
How in the hell can people not believe in climate change.
Thanks, I hate it (more so the humidity).
I don’t know if it’s just me getting older, but Sydney Summers are killing me now, I can’t stand them.
I must be getting old. 6 weeks of summer holdiays used to feel like it lasted forever. Maybe I need to just start taking half of summer off again.
Turns out climate change has some positives after all
And here I was thinking it was just me getting older and feeling the heat more.
Meanwhile, dorks who don’t understand science will say ‘BUT IT’S ONLY 1.5C AND WE ALWAY HAD SUMMER AND IT’S NOT REALLY A PROBLEM AND IT’S NOT MAN MADE AND PEOPLE ARE JUST WHINGERS’
That 1.5-2C is made up of a higher number of days over 40C than ever before. My unit was built in the 60s. Second floor, would have been doable back then when you only had maybe 1 day a year over 40, and like 20 or so in the mid 30s usually. Now, the numbers are through the roof and it’s oppressive how long it stays hot for.
But hey, a bunch of now old, or dead, people made a bunch of profit so it’s ok!
> NSW Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe on Tuesday said the new research reflected the “reality of climate change”. “Really, it tells us why we need to do as much as we can to reduce emissions, but also do adaptation measures, which is about tree canopy and trying to cool our suburbs as people are dealing with longer and hotter summers,” she said.
Labor’s lips are moving!
4 days ago: [NSW coalmine given two-year extension despite climate agency warning it jeopardises legislated emissions target](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/10/nsw-coalmine-extension-delta-electricity-lake-macquarie)
A month ago: [NSW will continue to greenlight coalmine expansions – ignoring a warning from its own climate agency](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/20/nsw-to-ban-new-coalmines-allow-expansions)
3 years ago: [The state environment minister, Penny Sharpe, said Labor was taking “serious action on climate change” and governments would be held accountable for delivering on emissions targets into the future.](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/30/nsw-greenhouse-gas-emission-reduction-targets-law-net-zero-2050-2035-details)
> Following a raft of amendments, the targets will be able to be reviewed and increased over time, and the Net Zero Commission will be able to provide independent advice on projects and policies, including approvals of any new coal and gas projects.
Bom forecasting Sydney to have Lismore equivalent summer conditions by 2050. Combined with longer summers. Christ on a bike, kill me.
Good.
It can be hard to sense on a personal level. Sydney City has gone big on tree canopy, and walkways that used to be searing hot in the 90s are now quite shady. But yes, I’ve always expected a cold shock by Easter, but so far we’ve only had a couple of cold south wind days
Literally cooked, cooking.
The worst impact of this in my opinion is that the typical Sydney Summer has gone from a dry heat with temps cooling down at night, to now being torrential rain accompanied by suffocating humidity that persists with high temperatures through the night, making it very difficult to sleep.
Yep still getting 30+ days and high humidity in april.
Idk why we’re surprised – Australia has like 6 seasons (just ask mob)
Absolutely sucks.
Yeah no shit, in rural nsw 35.degree Celsius days are possible 8 and a half months of the year
Consider using the D’harawal local aboriginal seasons. I unironically do now and find it describes our weather much better than the European seasons
EVERYTHING IS FINE. CONTINUE TO CONSUME.
It’s almost been impossible to run for months. Imagine going for a run at 11pm at night to still overheat and come home feeling awful. I just want to hear the birds chirping and see the green grass while out for a run