If you had trouble sleeping over the past couple of nights in Brisbane, this is why. With a Monday morning minimum of 25.3°C followed by 25.1°C this Tuesday, Brisbane just sweated through its warmest pair of December nights on record. There have been warmer individual December nights where the mercury failed to dip below 26°C, […]
A severe heatwave is impacting Perth, with daytime temperatures soaring into the mid to high 30s and possibly the longest stretch of hot December nights in decades. This prolonged period of extreme heat is being caused by a stubborn high-pressure system in the Bight which is directing hot northeasterly winds from central Australia towards the […]
WA is bracing for a brutal heatwave for at least five days, with temperatures soaring into the 40s and heightened fire risks affecting much of the state. Western Australia is preparing for a relentless heatwave over the next five days, with temperatures climbing into the 40s and fire danger levels rising across much of the […]
Summer is officially here, with the mercury will soar into the low 40s across parts of southeastern Australia, including several capital cities. A prolonged period of northerly winds are being caused by a blocking high pressure system in the Tasman Sea and an approaching broad low-pressure trough. These winds will carry a hot air mass towards […]
Australia should experience summer without the influence of major climate drivers like La Niña or a negative IOD, potentially heightening the risk of heatwaves, extreme heat and bushfires across parts of the country. Pacific Ocean climate driver During much of 2024, the sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific have been cooler than […]
Australia recorded its warmest spring on record, with also severe rainfall deficiencies occurring across parts of the country, setting the stage for high fire risk this summer. The Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC) released their summer bushfire outlook for 2024 on Thursday, November 28, showing large areas of the NT, Vic and […]
Australia just had its warmest spring on record with a mean temperature more than 2°C above the long-term average. The national mean temperature in spring 2024 – which is the average of 112 weather stations spread out across the country – was about 24.58°C. This is exceptionally high for spring, coming in at 2.08°C above […]
After a stormy November across much of the country – especially in large parts of northern and eastern Australia in the final week of the month – the unstable pattern is set to continue into the first week of December. Image: Accumulated rainfall totals across Australia predicted by the ECMWF model for the week ending […]
The first week of summer is set to arrive with a bang, with hot and humid conditions expected for at least five states and territories next week. A blocking high pressure system in the Tasman Sea will direct hot northerly winds across southeastern Australia for much of next week. This slow pattern will […]
Australia’s tropical cyclone season is officially underway, but we may not see much activity for few months yet. The season runs from November to April, and for mining operators and businesses across northern Australia, 2026-27 is shaping up to be a season where the headline numbers and the real risk may not line up. On […]
A positive Indian Ocean Dipole is underway, but this one is unlikely to deliver the textbook dry spring and summer that businesses have come to expect from the pattern. The Bureau of Meteorology officially declared a positive IOD on Tuesday, October 27, which typically like El Niño can cause drier and warmer conditions over parts of […]
Waters off Indonesia have cooled in recent weeks, an indication that a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event could be developing. It’s an important climate driver for Australia, and it could shape rainfall and temperatures heading into summer, with flow-on effects for farmers, energy and other industries. What is the Indian Ocean Dipole? The IOD […]
Leonora, WA, had its wettest September day on record earlier this month. Three weeks later, more than 1.3 million lightning pulses were detected within 800 km of the town in 48 hours. Why is a stalled trough delivering storms to mining country, and what it could mean for operations? The DTN Total Lightning Network detected […]
