Severe thunderstorms brought large hail and heavy rain to southeast Queensland’s Wide Bay and Burnett on Thursday, October 2, 2025 – impacting businesses and insurance claims. Clear skies at midday It’s 12pm on an early October Thursday and it’s warm and sunny with barely a cloud in the sky and a light seabreeze coming from […]

Australia’s 2025-26 tropical cyclone season is almost here and the names that will be used for cyclones throughout the season have been locked in. The Australian tropical cyclone season runs from the beginning of November to the end of April. During this six-month period, we usually see around 9-11 tropical cyclones in the Australian region, […]

Despite a brief cool spell early in the month which included Sydney’s wettest September day in 146 years, the harbour city has recorded its second-warmest September since records were first kept in 1858. In September 2025: Sydney’s average maximum was 23.5°C, which was around 3.3°C above the long-term average of 20.2°C. Sydney’s average minimum was […]

Heavy rain and cooler temperatures that impact Indian industries, businesses and communities during the southwest monsoon have begun withdrawing from the Indian sub-continent. The Indian Southwest Monsoon rainfall to date The graph below shows a healthy overall cumulative rainfall across India so far this wet season – currently running about 7% more than normal. Image: […]

The southern hemisphere’s polar vortex is weakening in response to a rare episode of stratospheric warming above Antarctica, a phenomenon that could affect weather patterns across Australia in the coming weeks. What is the polar vortex? The term polar vortex refers to a large rotating column of cold air surrounded by powerful winds, which develops […]

Hot and windy weather are bringing extreme fire danger near Darwin on Wednesday, just days after the city saw its first rain in four months. Prior to last weekend, Darwin had not seen any rain since May. This 115 day dry spell came to an end when rain started pouring into the gauge on Sunday […]

For four months in a row, Perth has exceeded its average monthly rainfall – the first time this has happened in the traditionally wet winter and spring period since 2007. Perth reached its September average of 79.3mm during light showers on Tuesday and Wednesday. Another 13.2mm of rain then fell in the 24 hours to […]

Aviation, mining and shipping industries in the Solomon Islands and other South Pacific nations are often unable to use traditional radar to warn of incoming storms that disrupt operations and put workers in harm’s way. DTN APAC offers a suite of remote sensing weather solutions that give businesses and industries in remote areas around the […]

A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event is now underway, increasing the likelihood of above average rain over large parts of Australia in the coming months. What is the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)? The IOD is an index used to monitor sea surface temperatures across the tropical Indian Ocean. It’s an important index for the […]