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Weather extremes

How extreme does Parramatta's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Parramatta has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Parramatta North (Masons Drive station 3 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Parramatta has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
117°F Jan 4, 2020

That is about 33°F hotter than a normal January afternoon in Parramatta (typical high near 84°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 117°F Jan 4, 2020
2 114°F Jan 18, 2013
3 113°F Jan 1, 2006
❄️ Coldest night
30°F Jul 27, 1986

About 13°F colder than a normal July night in Parramatta (typical low near 43°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 30°F Jul 27, 1986
2 30°F Jul 12, 2002
3 31°F Jul 21, 1995
🌧️ Most rain in one day
11.54 in Aug 6, 1986

More rain in a single day than Parramatta usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 1.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.54 in Aug 6, 1986
2 8.23 in Jun 11, 1991
3 7.50 in Feb 3, 1990

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 117°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Parramatta's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — January's 117°F is about 33°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Parramatta's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 117°F and as low as 30°F. A single day has delivered over 12 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Parramatta North (masons Drive, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →