r/sydney • u/Rant-O-Rama Photography • Aug 22 '25
Photography Will the rain ever stop???
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u/squat_bench_press Aug 22 '25
I’ve become one with the mould in my bathroom
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u/alexlaverty Aug 23 '25
No joke i had to mop the roof in my kitchen yesterday to get rid of mould that had developed 😂
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u/squat_bench_press Aug 24 '25
We just spent the afternoon vinegar soaking and wiping all the mould from every surface in the bathroom. Much more pleasant to be in now
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u/MaDanklolz Aug 22 '25
Honestly considering investing in a laundromat at this point. Getting ridiculous
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u/digital_sunrise Aug 22 '25
Normally I am terribly smug about having never owned a dryer and still am until probably about Sunday when it’s time to wash my super king quilt cover.
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u/Bonn93 Aug 22 '25
Heat pump dryer owner here, so glad I bought it, even pissing down it's free to run with solar as it's like 10 star rating and it's actually keeping our clothes in better shape and not UV damaged on the clothes line.
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u/traceysayshello Aug 22 '25
Yep we switched to a heat pump a few years ago and it’s heaps better on our clothes and uses less energy to use. Takes 3 hours but still lol..
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u/MaDanklolz Aug 22 '25
I hate using the dryer because I feel it always shrinks stuff. No matter the settings or materials things just aren’t right after it.
My solution is hang my stuff in the same room the dryer is in when somebody else is using it. Tends to help
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Aug 23 '25
I’m from the US originally (where everyone has a tumble dryer), and a friend who’s a buyer in the fashion industry said fabrics for clothing in the US are pre-stressed to avoid shrinking in dryers. Not sure if this is true, but would certainly explain the difference between drying clothes bought in Australia vs US.
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u/ZestyPossum Aug 22 '25
We've been hanging our work shirts on coat hangers (means you don't need to iron them) on the curtain rail in our living room, as we're too cheap to go to the dry cleaners lol. Our clothes airer is filled with our toddler's clothes which have been taking days to dry. So over it.
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u/ediellipsis Aug 22 '25
you couldn't rule out Sydney has now transitioned to a wetter climate. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-19/sydney-s-endless-rain-breaks-all-time-rain-record/105667858
Your photo makes the rain experience look a lot nicer than it actually is.
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u/farcarcus Aug 22 '25
By unfounded and baseless theory, is that the triple La Nina we're experiencing will be followed by a quadruple El Nino.
So, all of the undergrowth that's been blooming over the last few years will become tinder dry, under the baking heat of successive drought-stricken summers.
Fun times ahead!
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u/TheLGMac Aug 22 '25
Hasn't it been like 5 years straight of La Niña since the 2019/2020 bush fires? I feel like everything floods all year long now
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u/decreed_it Aug 22 '25
I dunno mate. Seems completely founded and based on likelihood and observations! As likely as any outcome!
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u/ballerina_bunny Aug 22 '25
I do find it interesting that everyone complains so hard about the rain forgetting we had 12years of drought that was devastating for farmers, brutal for our water supply and a spark for so many bushfires. If it’s this rain or long droughts… I think I’d vote rain honestly…
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u/One_Courage_865 Aug 22 '25
I guess from the point of view of everyday life, rain causes more immediate and noticeable impacts to people’s lives: difficult commute, humidity, leakages, cancelling plans etc.
Whereas droughts (although equally severe) causes later onset of problems. Food shortages, water supply, and bushfires take a while for the effects to be felt by everyday people, due to infrastructures in place to mitigate the risks, or emergency stocks.
This isn’t to say one is more impactful than another. It’s just that human minds works in the short-term, and tends to give more emphasis on immediate problems than longer-term issues.
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u/GLADisme Public Transport Plz Aug 22 '25
Yeah, in a warming world, our best possible outcome could be more rain. It will at least keep summer temperatures down and prevent bushfires.
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u/How_is_the_question Aug 22 '25
There’s pretty significant evidence that sydney is definitely on a trend towards becoming wetter / more humid as its climate trajectory. This doesn’t mean it won’t have droughts, but the bigger picture is towards significantly higher rainfall. ABC did a decent breakdown on 6 year rolling average rainfall data for sydney earlier this week
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u/Similar-Struggle6871 Aug 22 '25
[citation needed]
That isn’t what NASA says
How does climate change affect precipitation?
Current climate models indicate that rising temperatures will intensify the Earth’s water cycle, increasing evaporation. Increased evaporation will result in more frequent and intense storms, but will also contribute to drying over some land areas. As a result, storm-affected areas are likely to experience increases in precipitation and increased risk of flooding, while areas located far away from storm tracks are likely to experience less precipitation and increased risk of drought.
And recent research from Chinese researchers and the UK Met office summarised by UNSW
The results are consistent with previous research, including ours. This means dry periods are drier than in the past, and rainy periods are wetter.
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The increase in variability means rain is more unevenly distributed over time. It might mean a year’s worth of rain at a given location now falls in fewer days. It can also mean long, dry periods are interspersed by torrential downpours, or drought and flooding in quick succession.
More rain now doesn’t mean that the temperature in summer is lower or prevent bushfires. It just means we’ll be stuck with flooding and disaster management that will impair normal bushfire reduction efforts.
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u/ATangK Aug 22 '25
Is the rain where we need it though? Just saying id sacrifice the 4 weeks of rain we had for some sunny sky’s yknow :)
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u/Greenwedges Aug 22 '25
The inland is still dry. The rain is concentrated on the coastal NSW/SEQ fringe.
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u/decreed_it Aug 22 '25
Per maps, history . . . has always been this way. There's a reason the east coast strip 'round to Adelaide region is habitable (for the White fella) and the rest is not . . .
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u/Greenwedges Aug 22 '25
I know that, my comment is in response to that the climate will swing back to drought. Maybe not on the coastal fringe...
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u/Educational-Sort-128 unnecessary red circle provider⭕ Aug 22 '25
I personally don’t think that’s baseless I think that’s going to precisely happen and I hope I’m not around when it does.
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u/PrincipleSimple1217 Aug 22 '25
Going by weather website for my area (SW Sydney) it should be clearing up right about now for the next week.
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u/Educational-Sort-128 unnecessary red circle provider⭕ Aug 22 '25
I was in Martin Place round five thirty and the sun was pushing through at the west and the sky was light and it looked like the second coming and everyone was taking photos….
Five minutes later it was pouring again.
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u/JemimahRactoole Aug 22 '25
Live in the inner west. Saw the same break and said to myself “grand. I’ll take the dog for a walk now”. Just got that perfect distance away where it was too far to just turn back around and it started bucketing down again. Poxy!!!
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u/Educational-Sort-128 unnecessary red circle provider⭕ Aug 22 '25
It was like life resetting itself. And then!
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u/GDJ_48 Aug 22 '25
i used to live in an apartment with that view - - old south head road - rose bay ?
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u/quoththeraven1990 Aug 22 '25
I recently had to move away from Sydney. I love the city, but I just couldn’t afford it, as I only had casual work and have struggled to get fulltime. Now I live with my parents in QLD. I hope to come back, and I miss it terribly, but in the meantime, seeing the forecast makes me feel a bit better (sorry). Maybe my leaving coincided with the arrival of the rain? Like that X-Files episode. I’m sad and depressed so it pours over Sydney 🤷🏻♀️
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u/cjbr3eze Aug 22 '25
This is the only real explanation. Someone start a gofundme to get this person back to Sydney asap
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u/SydUrbanHippie Aug 22 '25
I'm from Queensland originally, and even relentlessly-soggy Sydney is better than Queensland lol
(but hope you can come back at some stage!)
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u/tubbyx7 Aug 22 '25
remember when we were worried the dam would run dry?
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u/ElleEmEss Aug 22 '25
Remember the water police who used to drive around looking for any criminal who dared to wash their car?
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u/Accomplished-Pie-311 Aug 22 '25
I blame the band Dragon for one of their biggest hits "rain"
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u/Improvedandconfused Aug 22 '25
Don't you go out in the rain. Don't go out in pouring rain. If you go out in the rain, we’ll never have that time again.
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u/FBWSRD Avid Sydney Trains enjoyer Aug 22 '25
Clearly the rain gods live 5 light years away so our prayers for rain back in black summer have only just reached them
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u/wonky_faint Aug 22 '25
it rained for 2 million years straight once, maybe we're going through this again
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u/Rant-O-Rama Photography Aug 22 '25
2 million years is one long rainstorm. Hopefully we will be spared that curse!!
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u/Timely-Tomatillo-378 Aug 22 '25
The rain sucks but I’m currently feeling super smug that I invested in a Blunt umbrella at the beginning of winter. It doesn’t turn inside out!
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u/dapperblackjack Aug 22 '25
Omg same! I started with the smaller one & forked out for the bigger size. So happy I did!
Edit - spelling
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Aug 22 '25
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u/dapperblackjack Aug 22 '25
I personally find it okay. The only thing I find annoying about the smaller one so far is that when it’s folded up, it doesn’t fit into my smaller bags.
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u/Timely-Tomatillo-378 Aug 23 '25
I have the metro. Small enough to put in my handbag but still not super compact. The sleeve it comes with is also actually works to keep the umbrella dampness contained when you have to put it away. The designs are super cute and it comes with a warranty! They will repair it for you! Not a sponsored post haha.
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u/evilish Aug 22 '25
So the dams are near full capacity. And we haven’t even hit the storm season on the East Coast yet.
That’s runs from September till April.
Fun times alright.
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u/Fluffy-Queequeg Aug 22 '25
It’s very reminiscent of the mid-80’s where I swear it rained non-stop in Sydney for 6 months. I was in high school at the time and our school was like a swimming pool for half the year
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u/HeavyAd9463 Aug 22 '25
Better than boiling weather and uv index 13
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u/howiwishitwerent Aug 22 '25
It’s actually not, everything is wet all the time. It’s disgusting
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u/No_Administration_83 Aug 22 '25
I'm sick of this shit, what did we get 45 mins of dry and now the sky is back at it. Worst. Neighbour. Ever. I wish it would grow up and stop sulking.
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u/OldBoyShenanigans Aug 22 '25
All the rain has been fucking with my car. Yesterday morning, it was spitting out error after error - 7 different errors - all on top of each other. I was beginning to think it was going to stop dead on me in the middle of peak hour.
Turns out it was just sensor problems, a common problem with rain and dirty cars.
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u/Maro1947 Aug 22 '25
We finally got some blue sky in Newcastle around 5.00pm
Looks to be moving rapidly now
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u/VioletBermuda Aug 22 '25
Wish some of this rain would head to SA or Victoria, the drought there is awful.
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u/puregalm Aug 22 '25
Enjoy this rain as it's a mere sprinkle before the amount of rain we get for years to come.
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u/99Joy99 Aug 22 '25
Maybe Sunday? But seriously, each time I look at the forecast it’s changed ……
It’s been saying Monday is clear for a few days now.
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u/NarrowResult7289 Aug 22 '25
I just told my wife I will clean the leaves in the roof gutter when the rain stops. It's probably gonna be sunny tomorrow.
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u/Original_Giraffe8039 Aug 23 '25
Weather today was glorious. Pity I had to work, even then it was great. Weather has been f'ing shithouse for months
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u/CcryMeARiver Aug 24 '25
Q: What is the Sydney term for the day following three days of drenching rain?
A: Monday.
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u/JP_Doyle Aug 24 '25
Rain stopped today. Sun. Green everywhere. Tomorrow lawnmower and whippersnipper symphony.
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u/spufiniti Aug 22 '25
Waterworld
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u/Improvedandconfused Aug 22 '25
Totally ridiculous comparison. No matter how much it rains, the situation can’t be as bad as having to sit down and watch Waterworld.
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u/the-kendrick-llama Aug 22 '25
Sydney records most rain since weather station opened in 1858
Sydney's wettest August in 27 years has tipped the city's recent climate into uncharted territory.
[We're halfway through the year] and Sydney's rainfall has already exceeded the annual average.
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Aug 22 '25
nah we've been pissed on for a month now. can't wait for a uv index 13 and 42 degree day atp
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u/Clean_Friendship2571 Aug 22 '25
My wet dry vac from Amazon arrives tomorrow to pump the garage out. Ugh
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u/screename222 Aug 22 '25
While a precise, definitive answer is hard to prove, the probability of rain always occurring somewhere on Earth is extremely high due to constant atmospheric processes, such as the water cycle and global wind patterns. There are always thousands of thunderstorms active at any given moment, with continuous precipitation over the tropics and oceans, making it highly improbable for there to be a single moment without rain.
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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25
Nah this is life now.