The Sydney Paralympics open

Wednesday, October 18, 2000Accor Stadium, Sydney, Australia

rain around 6pm62°F

Cloud low over the park from the small hours, the air near 56°F. The wind rose through the morning and was blowing hard by ten, and it stayed grey all day with the air climbing only to the mid-60s by early afternoon. A little drizzle around six and seven. The evening held near 59° under an unbroken sky, the wind easing after dark as the ceremony went on.

Rain
0.09"
Humidity
69%
Wind
14 mph
Daylight
13.0 hrs
High / Low
69° / 59°F
Felt like
65° / 56°F
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
30.12 inHg
Gusting to
29 mph
Wind from
northeast
Sunrise / Sunset
6:10 am / 7:11 pm
Day's character
drizzle

Close to what instruments recorded. Checked against the Sydney Olympic Park (Sydney Ol station, under a mile away: it agrees.

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