Western Australia’s driest October on record
It was dry across Australia in October, but Western Australia did it tougher than the rest, with its driest October on record. Nationally, it was Australia’s 5th-driest October since national records began to be kept in 1900. It...
Week-long soaking to hit fire-weary eastern Australia
Wet weather is about to return to parched and fire-weary areas of eastern Australia, with 7 to 10 days of rain and thunderstorms set to soak parts of Qld and NSW. A stationary low pressure trough being fed by...
‘Australia’s hottest place’ almost 6 degrees above average in October
Onslow, a coastal town in Western Australia’s Pilbara region with a population of around 900, holds half of a significant Australian heat record – equalling Australia’s highest recorded temperature when the mercury reached a searing 50.7°C in January 2022....
Extreme fire danger returns to NSW, Qld
Firefighters in Qld and NSW will continue to face challenging conditions over the next two days amid another burst of hot, dry and windy weather. A cold front crossing southeastern Australia on Monday and Tuesday will cause a...
Severe storms to erupt over SE Qld this afternoon, tonight
A barrage of dangerous thunderstorms will strike southeast Qld on Thursday afternoon and evening, with large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain all likely. October has been a very dry month so far across southeast Qld, with Brisbane only...
Adelaide records coolest late season morning since 1946
An unseasonably cold blast is sweeping across southeastern Australia, bringing a mixed bag of snow, hail, thunderstorms and rain to the region. The cool air spread through the southeast on Wednesday behind a strong cold front that is now sitting...
An extremely dry season, even by Darwin standards
We all know that Darwin experiences an extended dry season through the middle months of the year, but the 2023 dry season was a lot drier than most. Indeed, Darwin received a grand total of no rainfall in...
Lola now earliest Category 5 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone on record
Tropical Cyclone Lola has become the earliest Category 5 tropical cyclone to form in the Southern Hemisphere on record as it bears down on Vanuatu. Tropical Cyclone Lola first developed on Sunday evening in Fiji’s Area of Responsibility and...
