More than 80% of Australia could see rain this week as a surge of tropical moisture spreads across the country, causing wet weather from the Kimberley to Tasmania. A slow-moving upper-level trough will cause clouds, rain and thunderstorms to gradually spread across Australia from northwest to southeast this week. This system will deliver rain to […]
Rain is coming from Wednesday and Thursday to virtually all of New South Wales, most of which has been parched during the first three weeks of September. But before the welcome soaking, a burst of early spring heat with strong winds will bring elevated fire danger. This is the chart showing accumulated rainfall totals in […]
Huge differences in temperature will be experienced across the southeastern corner of the country this Thursday as a classic spring weather pattern kicks in. Hobart should reach a top of 13°C but it will feel much colder with showers and gusty winds, while snow could fall as low as 300 metres above sea level on […]
The southeastern states are set to see a significant defrosting mid this week, as a burst of warm, dry and windy conditions brings extreme fire danger to parts of NSW. Several towns and cities have recorded their coldest spring morning on record on Monday morning, after a cold front on the weekend left an […]
The mercury plummeted overnight in Canberra, with a reading of –6.9°C recorded at 5:49am. That made it the coldest temperature in any spring month since meteorological records commenced in the national capital in 1923. Canberra’s average September minimum is 3.1°C and the previous monthly (and seasonal) low record was –6.8°C. The unseasonably low overnight temperatures […]
A burst of cold weather will strike southeastern Australia this weekend, causing a wintry mix of low-level snow, icy winds, rain, hail and thunderstorms. A strong cold front will drag a polar air mass across Australia’s southeastern states on Saturday and Sunday. This injection of frigid air will cause temperatures to plummet across parts of […]
A two-pronged burst of cold weather is heading the way of southeastern Australia, bringing the sort of chill that was largely missing during Australia’s warmest August on record. A relatively weak cold front passing through Tasmania this Wednesday will flick just enough cold air northwards to drop max temps by four degrees or more in […]
This spring is shaping up to be an unusually warm and stormy season for Australia, with some parts of the country also likely to see an increased risk of fires. Australia has entered spring off the back of its warmest August and second warmest winter on record. The end of winter was also very dry […]
The snow coverage across much of Australia’s hydropower catchment area is scarce after Australia saw the warmest August on record, with lake levels also behind what we saw in 2023. This was the scene at Perisher on Sunday morning, September 8. Image: The snow turns to the consistency of mashed potato in the afternoon, but […]
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 […]
