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Sydney had Australia’s highest temperature just before midday
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At 11:50am this Wednesday, February 18, the weather station at Sydney Airport hit 35.3°C. At that moment, it was the hottest temperature anywhere in Australia. It’s not often that an Australian capital city has Australia's warmest reading at a given moment in time. Normally, rural or outback areas can claim that crown. One notable exception was on January 4, 2020, in the scorching heart of the Black Summer of bushfires, when Penrith in Western Sydney reached a site record high of 4... Read more ›
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Rainband teases Adelaide, dampens other parched areas Tue 17 Feb 2026
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The main body of a rainband crossing southeastern Australia has slid agonisingly south of Adelaide, providing only the barest rain relief of 0.6mm rel... Read more ›
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Dry year ahead possible for Australia as El Niño brews Mon 16 Feb 2026
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There are early signs that El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) could team up to cause abnormally dry and warm weather in Australia... Read more ›
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Relentless heavy rain sweeps through Broome Mon 16 Feb 2026
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A near-stationary, highly localised area of heavy rain has soaked the West Australian tourist town of Broome, with the Kimberley region’s larges... Read more ›
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Week-long soaking ahead for northern Australia Sun 15 Feb 2026
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Widespread rain and thunderstorms will affect northern Australia over the coming week, soaking large areas of Queensland, the Northern Territory and W... Read more ›
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Qld mineral fields awash with rain and Einasleigh again in the firing line Sat 14 Feb 2026
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Saturated air is converging over northern Qld, from the east coast to the NT border, dumping heavy rain. In the 24 hours to 9a... Read more ›
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Rainfall totals top 200mm in NSW/Qld border deluge Fri 13 Feb 2026
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Extremely heavy rain continues to fall in the NE corner of New South Wales and SE Queensland this Friday morning, with some locations having recorded ... Read more ›
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Unusual eight-day rainy streak in Alice Springs Thu 12 Feb 2026
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When storms set in late on Wednesday night and continued into this Thursday morning in Alice Springs, it made it eight days straight that the iconic N... Read more ›
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Queensland flood threat with heavy rain and severe thunderstorms later this week Thu 12 Feb 2026
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A multi-day soaking is set to deliver hundreds of millimetres of rain to parts of central and southern Queensland over the next four days, with floodi... Read more ›
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Cold front brewing up summer snow for Tasmania Wed 11 Feb 2026
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A strong cold front is barrelling towards Tasmania and is set to deliver summer snow to our southernmost state. Snow is expected to fall above about... Read more ›
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Rare heavy summer rainfall in southwest WA Tue 10 Feb 2026
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Heavy rain is falling parts of Western Australia’s South West Land Division, in what is a relatively unusual event for summer, largely due to th... Read more ›
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Tropical Cyclone Mitchell lashing WA despite weakening near Gascoyne coast Mon 09 Feb 2026
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Heavy rain, damaging winds and abnormally high tides are impacting parts of Western Australia’s Pilbara and Gascoyne districts today as Tropical... Read more ›
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Widespread rain soaks inland regions and the outback Mon 09 Feb 2026
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A widespread belt of rain has drenched parts of every state and territory in Australia, and there’s more to come for many areas as a vast northw... Read more ›
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