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Summer snow and near-record lows
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Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and the ACT all experienced subzero summer temperatures with snow in three states on February 16, 2025.
on Feb 17
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Southeast summer cold snap brings coldest February morning in decades
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Southeast summer cold snap brings coldest February morning in decades
on Feb 16
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Twin cold fronts bringing snow to Tasmania this weekend
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A burst of wintry weather will hit Tasmania this weekend, delivering a mix of snow, small hail, rain and blustery winds.
on Apr 4
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Australia registers 5 months of record-breaking ocean temperatures
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The Australian region has set new sea surface temperature records on each of the past five months, with the oceans expected to stay abnormally warm in autumn.
on Mar 28
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Brisbane's wettest day in half a century
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In the wake of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, persistent heavy rain led to Brisbane's wettest day in 51 years.
on Mar 10
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Why is Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia so strong?
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Western Australia's Pilbara coast will endure ferocious winds, flooding rain and a storm surge when category five Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia makes landfall.
on Feb 14
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'Too hot to go for a swim': WA town endures three days of 49°C
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The town of Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia, broke its heat record this week with three days around 49 degrees.
on Feb 6
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47C heat and severe storms on the horizon for Australia
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Temperatures could soar to the high 40s in parts of Australia over the coming week, despite ongoing rain and thunderstorms in other parts of the country.
on Jan 10
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Extreme heat to hit Australia as monsoon remains elusive
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Extremely hot air will linger over Australia for at least the next week, possibly causing temperatures to approach 49 degrees in some states.
on Jan 7
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Record-warm oceans surrounded Australia in 2024 | DTN APAC
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The Australian region set a new record for ocean temperatures in 2024, with sea surface temperatures close to 0.9°C above the long-term average. Australia’s annual mean sea surface temperature during 2024 was 0.89°C above the 1961-1990 average. This was the highest annual sea surface temperature...
on Jan 6
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Pipeline set to roar for the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout surf competition
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The 2025 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout surf competition to run at Hawaii's Pipeline
on Jan 4
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Melbourne to have hottest weekend in 10 years as heatwave hits SE Australia
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A mid-summer heatwave sweeping across southeastern Australia during the next few days could cause Melbourne to sweat through its hottest weekend in a decade.
on Jan 3
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Extreme to Catastrophic fire danger to hit SA, Victoria on Boxing Day
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Life-threatening fire weather will hit Victoria and SA on Boxing Day as a surge of intense heat and dry, blustery winds create Catastrophic fire danger.
on Dec 23
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Severe rainfall deficiency behind Grampians bushfire
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As a bushfire rages in The Grampians, severe rainfall deficiencies in Victoria's western districts have contributed to the elevated fire danger.
on Dec 22
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Queensland city beats December rainfall record before Christmas
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Townsville has broken monthly rainfall records and exceeded averages. The system responsible is moving east over the Coral Sea.
on Dec 22
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Perth to extend record for most 40C days in one year
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Hot air will build over Western Australia towards the end of this week, causing Perth to extend its record for the number of days over 40°C in a single year.
on Dec 22
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Victoria's first 45°C in four years on the horizon
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An intense burst of heat will hit Victoria this weekend and early next week, with temperatures reaching up to 45°C for the first time in four years.
on Dec 13
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How Sydney Airport was the hottest place in the world on Wednesday
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Sydney and other areas in eastern NSW are in the middle of a severe heatwave that’s making the end of spring feel more like the middle of summer. This early-sea...
on Nov 27
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Heavy rain to soak Queensland's central coast on Thursday
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A brief burst of heavy rain is likely to cause flash flooding along Queensland’s central coast and adjacent inland on Thursday. A coastal trough being fed by...
on Nov 20
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Making waves through the Wallace Line
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The islands of Bali and Lombok may only be separated by a distance of about 20 kilometres through the Lombok Strait, but an insurmountable depth has kept the In...
on Nov 17
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Outback roofs torn off as gusts exceed 150 km/h
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Wind gusts associated with thunderstorms caused some extreme readings on anemometers (wind recording instruments) as well as damage to homes and other structure...
on Nov 13
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Unrelenting heatwave gripping northern Australia
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A severe to extreme heatwave will continue to bake northern Australia this weekend and into next week, with temperatures possibly approaching the high-40s aroun...
on Nov 8
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44°C in five states with fire bans in Victoria, Queensland
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An extremely hot air mass will cause temperatures to soar over a large area of Australia on Wednesday, with extreme fire danger anticipated in southwest Queensl...
on Nov 6
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Hot start to November looms for Australia
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A large pool of hot air will spread across Australia in the opening week of November, giving many parts of the country an early taste of summer. A stubborn r...
on Oct 29
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Destructive storm outbreak threatening NSW, Vic and ACT
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A very dangerous outbreak of severe thunderstorms will continue across southeastern Australia on Friday, with NSW, Vic and the ACT in the crosshairs for potenti...
on Oct 18
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South Australia’s highest October temperature in 29 years
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Coober Pedy has just registered South Australia’s highest October temperature in nearly three decades as blustery winds whip up a huge dust storm in the state’s...
on Oct 17
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200 thousand lightning strikes with lots more to come
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Thunderstorms were rumbling across six Australian states on Thursday morning following a barrage of nighttime lightning that produced more than 200,000 strikes ...
on Oct 17
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Heavy rain, strong winds and snow to hit NSW
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There are growing signs that heavy rain and potentially damaging winds will impact parts of eastern NSW later this week, while some other parts of the state could see unexpected low-level snow on Thursday. An upper-level cut-off low pressure system is expected to drift over NSW from Thursday...
on Sep 25
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Tassie ski tow buried under snow
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Heavy snow continues to fall in elevated parts of Tasmania, and the snow showers likely won't let up for another couple of days. This was the scene at midday on Friday at Mt Mawson, the tiny club-run ski field about 90 minutes northwest of Hobart. As you can see, the cable on the main rope...
on Sep 20
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Atmospheric gravity waves spotted off Australia's northwest coast
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Satellite images have revealed a series of atmospheric gravity waves travelling to the northwest of Australia on Thursday. The video below shows several roll clouds passing over the Indian Ocean to the northwest of Australia on Thursday, September 12. Video: Visible satellite images...
on Sep 13
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Australia's warmest August on record by a huge margin
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August 2024 across Australia was the warmest on record by a considerable margin, with a mean average temperature that was 3.02°C above the long-term average, while the 2024 winter was the second-warmest on record nationwide. That's an entire month that was three degrees warmer than average...
on Sep 2
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Wettest and warmest recorded winter in Western Australia
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While broad swathes of the interior are sweltering in record-breaking August heat, the western portion of the country has seen some winter records for both warmth and precipitation. Across various locations, multiple records are set to be broken, both for the season and month, for both...
on Aug 31
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'Never seen the snow go so quickly'
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The Australian snow season continues its remarkably rapid decline, with seasoned snow watchers on industry-leading site ski.com.au saying they've never seen a season with reasonable late-July snow depths decline so dramatically by late August. Earlier this week, Snowy Hydro took its latest...
on Aug 30
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Sydney reached 30°C just before 2pm this Friday, and edged up to 30.3°C at 2:30pm, making it just the third time the city has reached the 30-degree mark in winter since records began in 1858. Sydney's August (and winter) record is 31.3°C, and while Friday's maximum appears to have fallen...
on Aug 30
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Unprecedented winter heat in Queensland as records fall in several states
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An exceptionally hot air mass for this time of year has just produced the highest winter temperature ever recorded in Queensland, with records also falling at locations across several other states. Numerous records have been broken across Australia during the past week as unseasonably hot...
on Aug 30
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Australia’s highest winter temperature on record
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An unseasonably hot airmass just produced the highest wintertime temperature ever recorded in Australia. A weather station at Yampi Sound in WA’s Kimberley region registered a temperature of 41.6°C shortly after 3:30pm AWST on Monday, August 26. If valid, this will be the highest temperature...
on Aug 27
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South Australia's hottest winter day on record
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Oodnadatta has just registered the highest winter temperature ever recorded in South Australia as the mercury soars close to 40°C in central Australia. An unseasonably hot air mass is being drawn across central Australia today by a stream of northwesterly winds flowing between a low pressure...
on Aug 24
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2024 likely to be Earth's warmest year on record, new data shows | Weatherzone Business
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New data from Berkeley Earth reveals that Earth’s hottest July on record makes it virtually certain that 2024 will become our planet’s hottest year in recorded history. According to the data from Berkeley Earth, the global average temperature in July 2024 was 1.58°C above the 1850 to 1900...
on Aug 23
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What is the polar vortex and how does it affect Australia?
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Stretching high above Earth’s North and South Poles are two swirling columns of extremely cold air encircled by powerful winds. These whirlpools of frigid air and wind are called polar vortexes, and they can have a big influence on weather patterns across the northern and southern...
on Aug 8
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Snow season cracks the magic metre
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Approximately halfway through the Australian snow season, the good news is that we've got a decent season on our hands after heavy snowfalls on each of the last two weekends. In raw statistical terms, season 2024 is still short of the historical average in terms of peak depth. But with...
on Aug 3
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Could Australia see a negative IOD in 2024?
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A wet spring could be on the cards for large parts of Australia, with several models suggesting a negative Indian Ocean Dipole could develop in the Indian Ocean. A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) refers to a pattern of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Indian Ocean that causes...
on Jul 29
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Cold snap sending shivers across southeastern Australia
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A wintry chill will grip parts of eastern and southeastern Australia this week as dry and cold air combines with blustery winds to cause the type of cold that cuts straight through a cardigan. A cold air mass associated with a strong cold front caused temperatures to plummet across...
on Jul 29
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Low level snow in three states as a Christmas in July treat
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A Christmas in July wish came true for winter lovers across southeast Australia on Sunday morning as snow flurries were seen down to elevations of nearly 400m. This comes as a distinctly cold airmass makes its way across the southeast, associated with a persistent southerly airstream...
on Jul 29
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Negative Southern Annular Mode (SAM) emerging
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Nodes of polar air could soon be sweeping around the Southern Hemisphere as tropospheric weather patterns respond to recent warming in the stratosphere above Antarctica. Over the past fortnight, a pool of abnormally warm air disrupted the shape of the Southern Hemisphere’s stratospheric...
on Jul 23
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Sudden stratospheric warming event underway – here's what it means for Australian weather
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A rare sudden stratospheric warming event is beginning to occur above Antarctica, and it may influence Australia’s weather in the coming weeks. The term sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) refers to an abrupt increase in air temperature high above either of Earth’s polar regions, typically on...
on Jul 12
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Sudden stratospheric warming event underway – here's what it means for Australian weather
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A rare sudden stratospheric warming event is beginning to occur above Antarctica, and it may influence Australia’s weather in the coming weeks. The term sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) refers to an abrupt increase in air temperature high above either of Earth’s polar regions, typically on...
on Jul 12
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Snow likely a long way north of the mountains
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One thing we haven't seen so far this winter in Australia – and which we barely saw through the whole of last winter – is snow in areas beyond the alpine regions of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. But snow looks highly possible over a period of several days beginning early next week in places...
on Jul 10
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Major Antarctic outbreak from this weekend | Weatherzone Business
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There are increasing signs that a prolonged cold snap is on its way to southeastern Australia from Antarctica later this week into next. The frigid air will be dragged from Antarctica by a cold front sweeping across the continent this weekend. A high-pressure system will quickly follow in the...
on Jul 9
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Tasmania's lowest July temperature on record
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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 winds beneath a strengthening high pressure system, caused...
on Jul 3