At the risk of provoking the spite of weather gods, let's call it: the worst of winter is over for Sydney.
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To be sure, Wednesday's balmy top of 25.2 degrees is just a one-day spike - even if that temperature handily matches a typical December day in the Harbour City.
And a cold front will knock the maximums down to 18-19 degrees on Thursday and Friday - or back to what's more normal for August.
Sydney's City2Surf fun run on Sunday will coincide with a range of 9-19 degrees on another sunny day.
But the warming trend is definitely on, with more mostly sunny days in the low 20s expected to grace the start of next week, including a top of 24 degrees tipped for Wednesday.
Statistics, too, offer the odds that winter's coldest is done, not least because the winter solstice of June 21 with its shortest day of the year is now well behind us.
"The days are becoming longer and the temperatures will slowly begin to follow that trend up as well," James Casey, a meteorologist with Weatherzone, said.
Bureau of Meteorology records reveal Sydney's lowest daily maximum comes in about 16.1 degrees, based on rolling seven-day averages, falling between July 8-11. In other words, a full month ago.
Mr Casey notes the mornings will still feel wintry for a while yet, particularly with the clear overnight skies expected most nights in the coming week and cool air lingering behind a couple of cold fronts moving through NSW.
Friday's minimum, for instance, may come in at just 7 degrees, or the lowest so far in August, he said.
And just because winter is losing its grip on the city, it takes just one power cold front to bring back the need for scarves and gloves.
"Spring generally brings changeable weather patterns as we can get big contrasts between warm and cold temperatures in the north and south of the country - which can make for some gusty changes," Agata Imielska, senior climatologist at the bureau, said.
Mr Casey agreed: "August can feel a bit more spring-like but in September you can get winter-like weather. But we are past the worst of it."
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