Thursday 6 October 2022 04:49 AM 2022 is Sydney wettest ever year: 1950 annual rainfall record beat on October 6 trends now
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Sydney has officially recorded its wettest ever year with three months still to go as residents prepare for another three massive storm cells to hit.
Rain in Sydney on Thursday morning pushed the total rainfall for this year past 1950's long-held record of 2,194mm.
More than 2.2m of rain has now fallen on Sydney since January 1.
The gap between the records will only grow this weekend with three storm systems due to drop heavy downpours on the harbour city.
Continual heavy rainfall has seen several major floods across NSW and Sydney this year with this week's rain expected to bring more chaos to already overflowing catchments.
Heavy rain on Thursday pushed the city's rainfall total for the year past all previously recorded (pictured, people walking in the rain in front of Sydney Opera House)
Sydney has been drenched by over 2.2m of rain so far this year, smashing the record for the highest ever annual rainfall with three months still left in the year (pictured, pedestrians in Sydney)
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) warned heavy rain and risk of flooding is likely to continue through to the end of this year.
'Unfortunately, this is the pattern until the end of the year. Potentially until early 2023,' meteorologist Jonathan How said.
Regions in NSW and Victoria have also been warned to prepare for a possible tornadic supercell that would bring heavy rainfall, massive hailstones and dangerous winds.
Sky News meteorologist Alison Osborne said towns in the northwest of Victoria are at risk of a 'tornadic supercell' system on Thursday afternoon.
'There is the risk of tornadic supercells, that means large hailstones, damaging wind gusts and isolated heavy rainfall,' Ms Osborne said.
Sky News weather has warned a possible 'tornadic supercell' could hit parts of NSW and Victoria on Thursday afternoon (pictured, red zones are most likely to be hit by severe tornado conditions, yellow are less likely)
Sydneysiders have suffered through the wettest ever year recorded with three months still to go (pictured,
