Australia’s coldest January in 21 years
Australia just experienced its coolest start to a year since 2002 as the ongoing influence of La Nina helped suppress temperatures over large parts of the country. The national mean temperature in Australia during January was equal to the...
Heatwave building over Brisbane
The mercury is on the rise over Southeast Queensland and Northeast New South Wales as a cold front down south pushes hot air over the region. This severe heatwave kicked off with a sweltering Tuesday night. Maryborough stayed...
Days of serious bushfire risk ahead for eastern states
Dangerous fire weather is on its way for the eastern states from today (Wednesday) through to at least Saturday, as winds strengthen ahead of an approaching cold front. This will not be your classic super hot, 40-degree type fire...
Sydney’s wettest, coolest January in years after a night of severe storms
Sydney is now having one of its wettest Januarys since the 1980s after intense thunderstorms dumped half a month’s worth of rain in just one hour on Monday evening. Most Sydneysiders started 2023 with hopes that the flood- and...
Super dry January in Melbourne, Hobart
Australia’s southernmost two capital cities both saw their driest month in 11 months this January, with the rain taps turned off in both Hobart and Melbourne. Melbourne had just 20.2 mm of rain, the lowest since Feb 2022 Hobart...
State of emergency declared as Auckland rain returns
A State of Emergency has been declared for Auckland, with yet more rain on the way bringing the likelihood of further flooding and landslides. Early on Monday morning, New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced...
Albury’s heaviest rain in 160 years
Relentless rain has fallen along parts of the NSW-Vic border during the past 24 hours, with Albury registering its wettest day since 1863. A near-stationary band of heavy rainfall developed along a convergence line in the Albury-Wodonga region...
Deluge at Port Hedland
Port Hedland received a quick deluge on Sunday afternoon after a pair of thunderstorms converged over the region. Port Hedland picked up 45mm in the rain gauge, including 11mm in 10 minutes at about 2:30pm WST on Sunday...
