Globally, July 2023 was the hottest of any month on record, surpassing the 1850-1900 temperature average by 1.5 degrees celsius. The summer heat has gripped parts of Europe and North America, igniting devastating wildfires. Further to this, Antarctic Sea ice is at a historic winter low, which cannot be easily explained by natural cycles or […]
Australia is being warned to prepare for an unusually warm and dry spring, despite the Bureau of Meteorology continuing to hold back on declaring a fully-fledged El Niño. The Bureau released its latest climate driver update on Tuesday afternoon, stating that “Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the tropical Pacific are exceeding El Niño thresholds”. However, […]
A wintry blast, with severe storms, potentially flooding rains, and bitterly cold temperatures are on its way to southwest WA, abruptly ending the region’s taste of spring on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the mercury was five to eight degrees above the August average, reaching 25°C in Perth and Esperance, and 28°C in Eucla. The state’s north saw […]
Tasmania has seen a wet and windy July, with cold front after cold front marching over the region filling hydropower dams in the region. The image below shows the last week of July was particularly wet for northwestern Tasmania, with several cold fronts smashing into the region. Over the last weekend, Maatsuyker Island recorded a […]
Unusually forceful waves are assaulting the Sydney coastline today. However, these waves have a peculiar quirk: they are not that big. So how can they be considered ‘powerful’? Waves this morning have been measured peaking at 4.5m off the Sydney Coast, with the highest third of waves (the significant wave height) averaging about 2.3m. While […]
Temperatures plunged below -10ºC in northern NSW on Thursday morning as parts of eastern Australia experienced their coldest morning in years, and the coldest July morning in decades. A slim high pressure ridge wedged between two cold fronts caused clear skies and light winds over a broad area of eastern Australia on Wednesday night. This […]
A broad high pressure system and dry desert air have brought on a bitterly cold night across southeastern Australia, while NSW will be in for its big freeze on Thursday. Temperatures fell four to nine degrees below the July average across large parts of eastern SA, northern and western Victoria, the ACT, and southern NSW […]
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is digging its heels into the sand and defying the World Meteorological Organization by announcing today that El Niño is not currently underway. The World Meteorological Organization issued a statement on July 4 declaring that El Niño conditions had developed in the Pacific Ocean for the first time in seven years. […]
Ever walked outside on a beautiful, 20°C day, but the wind whipped up making it feel like Frosty the Snowman just gave you a hug? Or have you sat in the shade on a 25°C summer’s day and feel like you are cosplaying as Niagara Falls? The temperature isn’t lying, it’s just the ‘feels-like’ temperature is […]
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 […]
