Tasmania’s lowest July temperature on record
A weather station at Liawenee just registered the lowest July temperature ever reliably recorded in Tasmania as high pressure continues to build over the state. A very cold and dry air mass, combined with clear skies and calm...
Coldest morning on record for SA town
SA has woken up to one of the coldest mornings in years, as temperatures plunged below freezing in some areas. The freezing cold morning was caused by a stubborn high pressure system sitting over SA and promoting clear skies...
June cold in some spots, warmer than usual overall
Australia was 0.71°C above the long-term average nationwide in June 2024. That made it the fifth of six months to date in 2024 in which average temps across the continent temps were much warmer than usual. The monthly nationwide...
Could Melbourne see its coldest week in 11 years?
Melbourne is shivering through its first extremely cold morning of the week, with the potential to see one of the coldest weeks in 11 years on the horizon. The temperature at Olympic Park in Melbourne dropped to 3.8°C early Tuesday...
Rare ‘northeast cloudband’ to soak Australia this week
Rain will drench a large area of central, southern and eastern Australia this week as an unusual weather pattern causes Coral Sea moisture to clash with a cut-off low directly above Australia. A large high pressure system will deepen...
Low wind power week coinciding with high demand
A prolonged period of low wind will impact the National Electricity Market (NEM) this week, which is coinciding with bitterly cold weather driving up energy demand in the southeast. The weather systems appear to be stuck, with record challenging high-pressure...
Bitterly cold across the southeast
Australia just shivered through its coldest night of the year to date with a low of –9.6°C at Thredbo Top Station, but it wasn’t just the mountains feeling the chill. Right across southeastern Australia, temperatures were frigid in the...
Record-challenging high sitting over Tas this week
A blocking-high pressure system will park itself directly over Tasmania this week, and is forecast to become so strong, it challenges an Australian record. High pressure is crossing the Great Australian Bight after a cold front swept over southeastern...
