Sydney tipped for first 30°C of the season this Saturday
The opening week of spring will feature two rounds of warmth in Sydney, with the city forecast to have its first 30°C day of the season this Saturday.
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The opening week of spring will feature two rounds of warmth in Sydney, with the city forecast to have its first 30°C day of the season this Saturday.
The 2026 Australian winter was the warmest on record across huge parts of the country, and at hundreds of individual locations – including our two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, and the national capital Canberra.
Winter 2026 was exceptionally warm across southeastern and eastern Australia, with all capital cities between Brisbane, Hobart and Adelaide registering one of their top three warmest winters on record.
A burst of warmth will spread across southeastern Australia this week, with a relatively brief spike in temperatures in Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart and Canberra around the first day of the new season, while Sydney will be unseasonably warm all week.
WA’s remote mining regions have been impacted by thunderstorm, lightning and heavy rainfall only detectable using remote sensing methods.
Extensive parts of WA’s west, south and remote interior have been impacted by thunderstorm, lightning and heavy rainfall over the past few days.
It looks like it'll be a fabulous race day for all those Sydneysiders who plan on participating in the annual TCS Sydney Marathon tomorrow, Sunday, August 30.
A burst of warm air will sweep over NSW in the opening days of September, possibly giving Sydney its warmest start to spring in more than 50 years.
The Australian Alps are experiencing one of their worst snow seasons on record, with the snowpack rapidly declining during what should be the deepest week of the year.
A slow-moving cold front will continue to cause heavy rain in southwestern Australia on Wednesday after some areas collected more than 50 mm of rain in less than six hours on Tuesday night, prompting warnings for flash flooding.
A low pressure system will continue to drive rain and thunderstorms across parts of eastern and southeastern Australia on Tuesday after delivering the heaviest rain in four years to parts of South Australia on Monday.