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Weather warnings in five states as cold fronts pummel SE Australia
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A burst of severe wintry weather will spread across southeastern Australia over the next two days, including damaging winds, rain, thunderstorms and snow in multiple states. The satellite images below show a broad area of speckled clouds to the south of Australia, which is associated with a large pool of cold polar air moving northwards from the Southern Ocean. Picture Image: Visible satellite image showing speckled cloud to the south of Australia on Tuesday morning. This frigid air mas... Read more ›
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Dust, rain and damaging winds as cold fronts slam SA Mon 23 Jun 2025
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Damaging winds and squally showers will continue to lash SA over the next 36 hours as a pair of powerful cold fronts sweep over the state. A complex... Read more ›
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Canberra endures coldest run of nights in 60 years Mon 23 Jun 2025
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Temperatures have plummeted to bone-chilling lows in Canberra over the past week, with the city just registering its coldest run of nights since 1965.... Read more ›
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Blustery winds, heavy rain lashed WA, now heading for nation’s southeast Sun 22 Jun 2025
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Look at a satellite image right now and you'll see a spectacular swirl of cloud in the Great Australian Bight. But for all its beauty, that swirl, gen... Read more ›
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Colder than Antarctica: coldest morning in a quarter century for NSW, ACT Sat 21 Jun 2025
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If you woke up early in NSW or the ACT this Saturday morning and thought it was colder than usual, you'd be right. Just look at some of these temperat... Read more ›
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Winter solstice this weekend – here's what it means for Australia Fri 20 Jun 2025
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The Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice will occur this weekend, marking Australia's shortest day of the year based on sunlight hours. This ... Read more ›
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Australia's newest and highest chairlift set to open Fri 20 Jun 2025
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Australia's largest ski resort Perisher is set to open its new $26 million toy any day now – the Mount Perisher 6 chairlift. As the name sugge... Read more ›
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Strong cold fronts to slam Australia with severe weather Thu 19 Jun 2025
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A series of powerful cold fronts will cause an outbreak of wintry weather across the southern half of Australia during the next six days, with damagin... Read more ›
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Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano eruption seen from space Wed 18 Jun 2025
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Lewotobi Laki-Laki, on the island of Flores, Indonesia, erupted on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 17, sending a large plume of volcanic ash and gases ... Read more ›
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Australia’s coldest place this Wednesday is just 100km from Queensland Wed 18 Jun 2025
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Wednesday was another chilly winter morning across a large part of Australia, but one town was colder than anywhere else, and most people won’t ... Read more ›
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Australia enters darkest week of the year Wed 18 Jun 2025
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The seven days from now until next Tuesday will be the darkest week of the year across Australia. The Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice wi... Read more ›
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Fortnight of frosty mornings in Canberra Tue 17 Jun 2025
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Canberra has enjoyed a brief break from an ongoing run of freezing mornings, but temperatures will plummet again from tomorrow. Repetitive intrusion... Read more ›
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More fresh snow for the mountains Tue 17 Jun 2025
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Up to 10cm of fresh snow has fallen across Australia’s mainland alpine region, with slightly heavier falls reported in Tasmania as a cold front ... Read more ›
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Rain in Perth on State of Origin Wednesday Mon 16 Jun 2025
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There's a very high likelihood of rain, possibly heavy at times, with a 30% chance of a thunderstorm in Perth this Wednesday, where Game II of th... Read more ›
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Vigorous cold front to rattle the southeast Sun 15 Jun 2025
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A strong cold front will cross southeast Australia on Monday 16 June and Tuesday 17 June, generating gusty winds, widespread showers & a burst of ... Read more ›
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Brisbane's coldest June spell in 14 years Sat 14 Jun 2025
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If you live in Brisbane, you've probably joined the chorus of complaints echoing across the city each morning: "It’s freezing." "... Read more ›
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Australian ski season off to a good start – so what's next? Fri 13 Jun 2025
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The opening weekend of the 2025 ski season in Australia featured a wintry blast that dropped more than half a metre of fresh snow at most ski resorts.... Read more ›
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First western Pacific tropical storm to impact southern China Thu 12 Jun 2025
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Gusty winds and heavy rain are impacting parts of Vietnam and southern China as the first tropical storm of the season, named Wutip, closes in on Hain... Read more ›
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Frost in the tropics on another Queensland chiller Thu 12 Jun 2025
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Queenslanders have huddled through yet another frigid night, with subzero temperatures recorded well into the tropics. The coldest Queensland temper... Read more ›
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Queensland shivers through –4.4°C Wed 11 Jun 2025
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Queensland has recorded its coldest night of the year to date, with a Wednesday morning minimum of –4.4°C at the small town of Injune, while... Read more ›
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Drought relief as winter rain soaks parts of southern Australia Tue 10 Jun 2025
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It didn’t break the drought, but a decent drop of rain over the long weekend was a welcome change for parched areas of Victoria, South Australia... Read more ›
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Before-and-after images of the big weekend snowfall Tue 10 Jun 2025
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Approximately 50 to 70 cm of snow accumulated on the highest parts of Australia’s mainland ski resorts between Friday night and Monday evening, ... Read more ›
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Three-day blizzard at ski resorts with snowfalls in nearby towns Mon 09 Jun 2025
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The predicted half metre of snow has accumulated at Australia’s higher ski resorts over the King’s Birthday long weekend, with Mt Hotham i... Read more ›
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'Plum rains' pummel southern China Sun 08 Jun 2025
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Heavy rains have set in across southern China and bring the risk of flooding and mudslides. These rains are known as the plum rains since they tend to... Read more ›
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81 years on from the greatest weather forecast in history Sat 07 Jun 2025
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The D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, mark a turning point in the European theatre of World War 2 that would see the Allies go on to defeat Nazi Germany... Read more ›
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Half a metre of snow likely at Australia’s ski resorts Fri 06 Jun 2025
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The 2025 King’s Birthday Long Weekend opening promises to be the snowiest start to an Australian snow season in years, with the potential for up... Read more ›
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Wintry blast looms for King's Birthday long weekend Fri 06 Jun 2025
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Millions of Australians will be rugging up over the King’s Birthday long weekend as an icy blast brings a mix of rain, hail, thunderstorms, blus... Read more ›
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A welcome week of showers for Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart Thu 05 Jun 2025
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Rain, and plenty of it, is heading to Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart – three Australian capital cities which have all experienced significant ra... Read more ›
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Coldest morning in years for parts of SE Australia Thu 05 Jun 2025
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Icy temperatures sent shivers across southeastern Australia on Thursday morning, with some places registering their coldest morning in years and Queen... Read more ›
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Powerful storms lash New Caledonia and South Pacific Wed 04 Jun 2025
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Intense rainfall and thunderstorms impacted New Caledonia early this morning, with more to come for other South Pacific islands to the east. Floodin... Read more ›
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Perth's wettest day in 11 months, more rain on the way Wed 04 Jun 2025
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Perth just registered its wettest day since July last year and more rain is on the way for Australia's west coast in the coming days. The first five... Read more ›
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Sydney's coldest day of the year Wed 04 Jun 2025
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Sydney is tracking towards its coldest day of 2025 to date, thanks to a combination of a polar airmass, gusty winds and persistent showers. At 9am o... Read more ›
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Polar blast to deliver long weekend snow in Aussie Alps Tue 03 Jun 2025
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The opening of the 2025 ski season will feature several days of fresh snow as two cold fronts surge across southeastern Australia during the King&rsqu... Read more ›
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Victoria just had its warmest autumn on record Tue 03 Jun 2025
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If you thought it was mild in recent months in Victoria, you’re spot on, with Australia’s smallest mainland state officially registering i... Read more ›
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Big wintry week of rain, snow and frost for southern Australia Mon 02 Jun 2025
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Heavy rain will fall in southwestern WA, while two significant cold systems will send a deep chill, rain and snow across Tasmania and southeastern mai... Read more ›
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Aurora Australis lights up Australian skies Mon 02 Jun 2025
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A vivid display of the Aurora Australis could be seen from several Australian states overnight, with sightings even reported from the Blue Mountains n... Read more ›
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A frosty welcome to winter in southeast Australia Sun 01 Jun 2025
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Winter has arrived with a sharp bite across southeast Australia, bringing widespread frost and sub-zero temperatures to mark the start of the winter s... Read more ›
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Coldest May day in almost 50 years for parts of Queensland Sat 31 May 2025
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Queensland was gripped by an unseasonably chilly day on the second to last day of May, with Gladstone recording its coldest May day in nearly 50 years... Read more ›
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Unseasonable fire risk in southern Australia this winter Fri 30 May 2025
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Abnormally high fire risk is anticipated across parts of South Australia and Victoria this winter as the ongoing drought causes a seemingly endless 20... Read more ›
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Prolonged wet spell for Perth and southwest WA Fri 30 May 2025
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For the third time this week, the parks and gardens of Perth have enjoyed a day of soaking rainfall that exceeded 10mm, and the good news is there's p... Read more ›
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Possible negative IOD developing this winter Fri 30 May 2025
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Warm sea surface temperatures near Indonesia are expected to heat up further over winter, possibly triggering a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) eve... Read more ›
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Waterfalls appear on Uluru after Red Centre soaking Thu 29 May 2025
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Rain spreading over central Australia earlier this week put on a fleeting display of waterfalls on Uluru. A broad northwest cloudband being fed by t... Read more ›
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Swiss village destroyed by glacier collapse Thu 29 May 2025
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A huge chunk of Switzerland’s Birch Glacier has collapsed, sending tonnes of ice and rock down a steep mountainside which largely buried the sma... Read more ›
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Back-to-back large south swells to smash coastal NSW Wed 28 May 2025
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A powerful Tasman low and vigorous cold front are generating two strong south swells that will bring large waves to coastal NSW in the coming days. ... Read more ›
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Record May rain soaks NT, WA - Queensland next in line Wed 28 May 2025
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Unseasonably heavy rain has drenched parts of northern WA and the NT, with Queensland next in line for soaking rain in the next few days. A deep str... Read more ›
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15cm of snow as sun rises on 2025 ski season Wed 28 May 2025
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Snow has fallen across Australia's mainland ski resorts, and while it won’t be enough to guarantee skiing on the official season opening on Satu... Read more ›
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Heaviest Adelaide rain in nine months Tue 27 May 2025
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Residents of Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills, and many nearby areas can rejoice in their heaviest day of rainfall in nine months, while some South Austra... Read more ›
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Hazy morning in eastern NSW as outback dust reaches Tasman Sea Tue 27 May 2025
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A huge dust storm that whipped up in South Australia on Monday has swept over Sydney and other areas of NSW on Tuesday morning, along with a surge of ... Read more ›
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Vast South Australian dust storm as wild winds strip parched landscape Mon 26 May 2025
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A large area of raised dust is roaring through eastern South Australia and western Victoria, reducing visibility in some areas to as little as 300 met... Read more ›
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Dynamic week of weather ahead for Australia Mon 26 May 2025
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Destructive winds, flooding rain, thunderstorms and snow will all affect Australia this week as several systems combine to bring a huge week of weathe... Read more ›
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First major cold front of 2025 sweeping over South Australia Mon 26 May 2025
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The first major cold front of the year is bringing damaging and destructive winds to parts of southeastern Australia as a powerful low moves in from o... Read more ›
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How wild weather could lead to power outages this week Sun 25 May 2025
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Utility companies across southeast Australia are bracing for wild weather early this week with indications that South Australia could see the greatest... Read more ›
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Damaging winds to batter South Australia Monday Sat 24 May 2025
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A deep low pressure system will pass over waters to the south of SA, bringing damaging wind gusts initially to coastal SA from late Sunday evening. Da... Read more ›
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NSW floodwaters visible from space as rain slowly clears Fri 23 May 2025
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A sunny spell lasting the best part of a week is on the cards for the entire NSW coast from this Saturday, after a week of record May rainfall in many... Read more ›
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Record May rain hits western Sydney as NSW soaking continues Fri 23 May 2025
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Heavy rain continued across a broad area of eastern and southern NSW over the last 24 hours, with parts of western Sydney receiving their heaviest sin... Read more ›
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Unusual late May deluge for northern Australia Thu 22 May 2025
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The official wet season is over, but a large part of northern Australia can expect unseasonably heavy rain beginning late in the weekend and extending... Read more ›
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Why is NSW so wet and when will the rain stop? Thu 22 May 2025
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An unprecedented May deluge has hit parts of eastern NSW this week, with some rain gauges eclipsing their previous monthly records in the space of jus... Read more ›
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Powerful polar blast roaring towards Australia Wed 21 May 2025
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A strong cold front with a frigid airmass originating in Antarctica is tracking towards southeastern Australia. The freezing system looks likely to ... Read more ›
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Historic flooding as eastern NSW deluge continues Wed 21 May 2025
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Flood records are being broken in parts of eastern NSW this week as relentless rainfall continues to dump water into already overflowing rivers and cr... Read more ›
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Indian monsoon onset on the doorstep Wed 21 May 2025
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Heavy rainfall and squally thunderstorms will intensify over southern India with the arrival of the southwest Indian monsoon this week. The Indian M... Read more ›
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Big dry contributes to record cold SA, Vic mornings Tue 20 May 2025
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Parts of South Australia and Victoria have again shivered through their coldest May night on record, after numerous minimum temperature records were a... Read more ›
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Relentless rain to continue for flooded eastern NSW Tue 20 May 2025
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Rain will continue to inundate already flooded eastern NSW for another two to three days as a stubborn low pressure trough lingers near the coast. A... Read more ›
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Rain, waves and gales smashing eastern NSW Mon 19 May 2025
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Intense rain, large waves and powerful winds are lashing eastern NSW as a deep low pressure trough lingers near the coast, with a dynamic week ahead. ... Read more ›
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Bitterly cold night in four states Mon 19 May 2025
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Temperatures plummeted below zero across a broad area of southeastern Australia overnight, with several locations recording their lowest May temperatu... Read more ›
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How did one of Chicago's rarest extreme weather events occur? Sun 18 May 2025
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On Friday 16th of May, a wall of dust spanning 160km swept across the state of Illinois and into Indiana. Winds around 110km/h whipped up loose farmla... Read more ›
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NSW fog lingers longer inland Sat 17 May 2025
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This morning, fog became widespread across New South Wales, plunging large areas into low visibility, including Sydney. Fog has lifted and burnt off i... Read more ›
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First significant mainland snowfall this weekend Fri 16 May 2025
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A weekend cold front will bring the first significant snowfall of the year to Australia's mainland alpine region. We use the term "significant" beca... Read more ›
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Cold and wet weekend ahead for Melbourne Fri 16 May 2025
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A burst of wintry weather will hit Melbourne this weekend, with blustery winds, showers and single digit feels like temperatures. Melbourne experien... Read more ›
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Eastern NSW bracing for heavy rain Thu 15 May 2025
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A period of intense rain and damaging winds will hit parts of eastern NSW early next week, with flooding likely in some parts of the state. A pair o... Read more ›
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Australia's snow season forecast 2025: slow start then promising second half Wed 14 May 2025
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The Australian snow season is expected to take off to a slow start in 2025, but conditions could become better into the second half of the season. W... Read more ›
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South Australia’s desperately dry peninsulas Wed 14 May 2025
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The drought continues in South Australia’s Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu peninsulas, and when you break down the rainfall deficiencies to raw statist... Read more ›
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When will Melbourne's warm dry spell end? Tue 13 May 2025
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When the mercury passed the 20-degree mark in Melbourne early this Tuesday afternoon, it marked the ninth time in 13 days that Melbourne’s tempe... Read more ›
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Outback Queensland bursting with green Tue 13 May 2025
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Nearly two months after heavy rainfall which at some locations was the heaviest on record for March, the Queensland outback is bursting to life. Sat... Read more ›
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Tropical lows, heavy rainfall and earthquakes impacting Indonesia and the South Pacific Mon 12 May 2025
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Tropical lows, monsoonal winds, heavy rainfall and earthquakes are affecting areas around Australia, bringing weather much more typical to the wet sea... Read more ›
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Perth's absurd May warmth to continue this week Mon 12 May 2025
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Perth’s daytime temperatures have been running 4°C above average so far this month. With no sign of cooling down for at least the next week,... Read more ›
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Wet week ahead for east coast Sun 11 May 2025
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Get ready for a showery and possibly thundery week, East Coasters, as rain is expected for eastern Queensland and eastern NSW every day this week, par... Read more ›
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Brisbane's coldest May evenings in two years Sat 10 May 2025
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As winter edges closer, Brisbane has been handed an early, crisp preview of the season ahead. Over the first ten days of May, each evening has seen fe... Read more ›
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Northern Australia’s 2024-25 wet season wrap up Fri 09 May 2025
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Northern Australia’s 2024-25 wet season featured the busiest cyclone season in 19 years, latest monsoon onset on record and intense thunderstorm... Read more ›
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Perth heading towards record late season warmth Fri 09 May 2025
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Perth is expecting a maximum in the vicinity of 32°C this Friday, a mark it has reached only once previously so late in autumn, in records going b... Read more ›
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Here's what Mother Nature has in store for Mother's Day Thu 08 May 2025
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While most Mums across Australia will have dry weather on Mother’s Day this Sunday, some will have to make indoor plans to escape the rain. Sh... Read more ›
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Snow blankets Tasmania, chill spreads to SE mainland Thu 08 May 2025
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Heavy snow has fallen in Tasmania, with chilly temperatures also spreading to the southeast corner of mainland Australia after the passage of a powerf... Read more ›
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Record dry start to year in parts of three Australian states Wed 07 May 2025
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Parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania just endured their driest start to a year on record as a lack of early autumn rain worsened drought co... Read more ›
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Powerful cold front sweeping across Tasmania Wed 07 May 2025
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An intense cold front is bearing down on Tasmania with snow forecast to fall down to 400 metres. That’s a low snow level by winter standards, le... Read more ›
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Australia’s highest solar power season ever Tue 06 May 2025
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The National Energy Market (NEM) recorded its highest solar energy generation over the past summer as high pressure dominated southeastern Australia. ... Read more ›
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Eta Aquariids meteor shower – how to see it from Australia Tue 06 May 2025
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The Eta Aquariids meteor shower is reaching its annual peak, offering stargazers an opportunity to see meteors zipping across the night sky above Aust... Read more ›
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Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre tourism frenzy as waters surge onto the salt pan Tue 06 May 2025
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Tourism operators are enjoying an unprecedented level of interest as waters surge into the northern end of South Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Ey... Read more ›
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Australia surrounded by ring of rainfall this week Mon 05 May 2025
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Despite rain surrounding Australia this week – including hundreds of millimetres off the north coast – most of the country will be dry ove... Read more ›
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Victoria just had its warmest April on record Mon 05 May 2025
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April was exactly 1°C warmer than the long-term average across Australia, but the warmth was even more pronounced in Victoria, where temperatures ... Read more ›
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Will May and June bring snow for the start of 2025 ski season? Sun 04 May 2025
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With just five weeks until the 2025 ski season kicks off on Saturday, June 7th, we take a closer look at the seasonal rainfall and temperature forecas... Read more ›
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What will the weather be like to enjoy your Democracy Sausage Sat 03 May 2025
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The polls are open across the nation today, and among those queuing to vote will be the volunteers manning the BBQs and serving up the tradit... Read more ›
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When will Sydney's relentless rainy streak end? Fri 02 May 2025
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For 12 days and counting, Sydney has been soaked by relentless rainfall, and the wet spell is not quite done yet. Below are the rainfall totals reco... Read more ›
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Light snow and widespread chilly temperatures Thu 01 May 2025
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Light snow has fallen on the highest peaks of the mainland while the mercury in Tasmania dipped as low as –7°C in a sure sign that winter is... Read more ›
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Australia's most active tropical cyclone season in 19 years Wed 30 Apr 2025
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Australia saw twelve tropical cyclones develop in its waters during the 2024/25 tropical cyclone season, the most in a season since 2005/06. The 202... Read more ›
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Perth's coldest weekend in 8 months awaits Wed 30 Apr 2025
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A cold front will bring a burst of cool, wet and windy weather to southwestern Australia later this week, putting Perth on track to have its coldest w... Read more ›
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Positive SAM and warm oceans dominate Australia's winter outlook Tue 29 Apr 2025
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Australia's primary climate drivers are currently in a neutral phase, which means the weather around Australia is likely to be dominated by more local... Read more ›
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Frosty mornings ahead as large high dominates Tue 29 Apr 2025
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Chilly early mornings will be a feature of the weather across most of Australia for the rest of the working week, as a large high pressure system park... Read more ›
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Wet week ahead for eastern NSW Mon 28 Apr 2025
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Rain will continue to soak parts of eastern NSW this week, with another 100 mm set to fall along already sodden stretches of the state’s coastli... Read more ›
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Mesoscale low drenches NSW Hunter, Central Coast regions Mon 28 Apr 2025
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Newcastle and parts of the NSW Central Coast and Hunter forecast districts received very heavy rain and gale force winds over the weekend, as a mesosc... Read more ›
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NSW coast hit by heavy rain Sun 27 Apr 2025
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A deep low pressure system over the NSW coast is generating heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds over the central north of the state thi... Read more ›
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Severe weather in SE Australia Sat 26 Apr 2025
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Heavy rain has fallen over New South Wales, southeast Queensland, and central-north Victoria as expected. Accumulated precipitation in the last 24 hou... Read more ›
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