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A woman walks before the Opera House while it rains in Sydney on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ/AFP via Getty Images)

Sydney has wettest year on record with 2.2 metres of rain in 279 days

7 October 2022

A combination of moist ocean weather cycles, low-pressure systems and climate change have combined to make 2022 the wettest year ever recorded in Sydney

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Sydney has wettest year on record with 2.2 metres of rain in 279 days

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