Weather in Australia 2023 and up

[Mark]

A tropical low off the coast of Queensland has a moderate chance of intensifying into a cyclone tomorrow, increasing to a high chance on Sunday.
The chances of a cyclone forming remain high through Monday and into the week.
Tropical low 37U is currently hovering between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-tropical-cyclone-update-easter-weather-forecast/425d59e0-3873-43f5-93c6-1177f710a526

[Mark]

Multiple states are facing an early sample of winter this week as storms and a cold front sweep Australia's south-east.
Melbourne is facing a week of overcast skies and showers, with temperatures to fall from a top of 27 degrees on Thursday to a top of 17 degrees on Saturday and Sunday, and lows of 10 degrees or just below through the weekend.
Canberra will get as cold as just two degrees on Sunday and Monday, while lows of 9 degrees on the weekend are expected in Adelaide and 7 degrees in Hobart.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/severe-storms-winter-blast-south-east-australia-weather-this-week/af5772b5-375b-471d-b107-9f50eb8bfff5

[Mark]

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/drifting-snow-and-damaging-winds-in-tasmania/1891303
Strong winds continue to howl across much of Tasmania today, including Mt Mawson where snow has been falling much of the day and snow drifts continue to grow. Damaging wind gusts exceeding 100km/h have been observed in some locations, including the following peak gusts:


106km/h at Hogan Island at 1:00pm

102km/h at Mount Wellington at 10:30am

For the second day in a row, a severe weather warning for damaging winds has been issued for parts of Tasmania.


These winter-like conditions can be attributed to a polar air mass which has roared over Tasmania in the wake of a powerful cold front. In addition to the strong winds and drifting snow, this outbreak of polar air has brought subfreezing temperatures to parts of the state this morning:


Mount Wellington fell to -3.0°C at 3:48am

Liawenee dropped to -1.8°C at 3:14am

[Mark]

Other cold minima around the region included:

    -2.3°C at Orange, the coldest since last winter and coldest for April since 2008
    -1.6°C at Coonawarra, the coldest since early spring, 2025 and the coldest for April since 1999
    0.9°C at Renmark, the coldest since last winter and the coldest for April since 2024
    1.4°C at Hay, the coldest since early last spring and the coldest for April since 2024
    -1.8°C at Canberra, the coldest since last spring and the coldest for April since 2021,


 with Perisher and Goulburn's corresponding stats being:

    Perisher: -5.5C, coldest since just December and coldest for April since 2019
    Goulburn: -4.1, coldest since last winter and coldest for April since 2008
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/coldest-morning-since-last-winter-over-inland-nsw-sa-and-vic/1891311

[Mark]

Southeast Australia logged widespread cold over the weekend, with freezing minima sweeping multiple states. A number of stations posted their lowest April temperatures on record.

New South Wales led the drop, with Perisher Valley tanking to -5.5C (22F), Goulburn to -4.1C (25F), and Orange to -2.3C (28F). Canberra reached -1.8C (29F).

Victoria also cooled sharply, with Melbourne dropping to 5.3C (42F) on April 19.

The cold extended broadly across the southeast, with frost reported inland in NSW, VIC, SA, and Tasmania.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-april-cold-australia-koreas

[Mark]

A wave of pre-winter warmth will sweep across southern Australia this week.
Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart are all facing a run of days above 20 degrees leading into the weekend.
Adelaide's top temperatures will run to 27 or 28 degrees from today until Sunday, when it drops again.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/warm-weather-to-sweep-southern-australia/3085b6f8-1f23-4636-9c03-cc8f16f5f7d0

[Mark]

A wave of pre-winter warmth will sweep across southern Australia this week.
Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart are all facing a run of days above 20 degrees leading into the weekend.
Adelaide's top temperatures will run to 27 or 28 degrees from today until Sunday, when it drops again.
Melbourne will be slightly cooler but will top out in the mid-20s until next week.
Hobart, too, will run to the low to mid 20 degree range until Monday.
Weatherzone reported these temperatures were solidly above the monthly average for Adelaide (22.2 degrees), Melbourne (20.4 degrees), and Hobart (17.5 degrees).
https://www.9news.com.au/national/warm-weather-to-sweep-southern-australia/3085b6f8-1f23-4636-9c03-cc8f16f5f7d0

[Mark]

A brief spell of wintry weather is forecast to impact Tasmania, Victoria and southern NSW on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th from a blast of cold winds from the deep Southern Ocean.


Cold SW winds and accompanying showers following the passage of a strong cold front overnight Wednesday will fall as snow during Thursday, down to low levels across the Victorian Alps, the Snowy Mountains and including Tasmania Highlands. With the freezing level set to hover around 1000 metres during Thursday, this could see snow falling to as low as 800 metres about Victoria and Tasmania.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/a-taste-of-winter-for-southeast-australia-later-next-week/1891335

[Mark]

Frigid temperatures have set in across southeastern Australia, with showers, small hail, snowfalls and icy winds all part of the mix on what promises to be the coldest day of 2026 to date in many locations.


After a cold front ushered in a polar airmass overnight, this was the scene in the village square at Victoria’s Mt Buller ski resort, about three hours northeast of Melbourne, just after 9am.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/bitterly-cold-airmass-brings-snow-freezing-temperatures-to-southeast-australia/1891343

[Mark]

Three Australian states have broken May heat records, with one capital city smashing a 144-year-old record.
The Tasmanian capital of Hobart recorded its hottest ever May day yesterday, exceeding the previous record of 25.7 degrees, Weatherzone reports.
The city hit 26.9 degrees just after 3pm, more than 12 degrees above its average May maximum of 14.6 degrees.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/national-weather-news-australia-tasmanian-capital-hobart-recorded-its-hottest-day-in-may-breaking-144-year-old-record/6bcc9620-5e81-4b46-89eb-f653c02252ca

[Mark]

Adelaide is facing its biggest rainfall of the year so far after a drier start to 2026.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast up to 20mm of rain today for the city, followed by 15mm tomorrow, and smaller falls in the following days.
Some forecast models suggest up to 40mm could fall in total.
It's a welcome change for the South Australia capital, which has been notably dry for months.
Weatherzone catalogued that the first four months of 2026 were wetter than usual across most parts of South Australia – except for Adelaide and its surrounding areas.
That pattern also applies to the past four years, which saw above-average rain in the north of the state, and lower than average falls to the south and south-east.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-could-receive-biggest-rainfall-of-2026/41d43270-87a2-4880-b310-f227e13e9a06?fbclid=IwY2xjawR1sPRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEegnjuLdTL6_YVdscKUZaet8S8db5ppwfeAQtBtFTMKvye_KtkC7IP9UKIIJY_aem_sLFqFfZB6PbGbndc2zCJqA

[Mark]

A group of school students were rescued from a flooded campground after a sudden deluge across south-east Queensland and northern NSW.
Hundreds of millimetres of rain have fallen in both regions in the past two days, with multiple riverine flooding warnings in place on either side of the border.
Emergency services have carried out multiple rescues.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/major-rain-floods-rescues-southern-qld-northern-nsw/7bfdd23a-8332-4e83-94b0-fdd8e631c9ce

[Mark]

A change in the weather pattern over Australia will cause a dynamic mix of weather in the country’s southeast and southwest next week, with rain, thunderstorms, snow and potentially damaging winds on the cards.


Over the last few days, large areas of Australia have experienced benign weather under the influence of a large and slow-moving high pressure system. This high has acted like a shield in the atmosphere, keeping strong cold fronts and low pressure systems away from Australia.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/volatile-weather-returning-to-australias-southeast-and-southwest-next-week/1891367