NSW weather maps: which parts of the state have been hit by flooding and rain – and what areas are at risk?

Workers operate heavy machinery to stabilise Wamberal beach on Wednesday on the the Central Coast. Use our NSW weather maps to see total rainfall across the state and areas affected by, or at risk from flood and storms. Photograph: Izhar Khan/Getty Images

Destructive winds and heavy rainfall have hit large swathes of the New South Wales coastline this week, due to a vigorous coastal low offshore.

Here you can see the extent of the rainfall over the week as well as the areas affected by flooding.

This map shows the areas either at risk or affected by flooding and storm conditions:

This chart shows the total rainfall so far for 2025 at selected locations, compared with the historical average at each site, with lines for very wet and very dry years:

This map shows the total rainfall at weather stations over the past seven days. A darker shade of purple indicates higher rainfall:

This satellite imagery shows the storm off the east coast of Australia as of Tuesday afternoon. The Bureau of Meteorology described the storm as a “vigorous coastal low pressure system with an embedded trough”.

Notes

• Weekly rainfall map data from the BoM, available here

• Satellite imagery sourced from the BoM/Himawari-9