Perth’s coldest August morning in nine years after stormy cold front

After a wet and stormy start to the week, Perth and surrounding areas just shivered through their coldest August morning in around a decade.

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Flood warnings after heavy SE Australia rain, record August totals in parts of Vic

Extremely heavy rain has fallen across parts of Victoria, South Australia and southern New South Wales and the ACT, with numerous flood warnings in place after a very wet, relatively mild Sunday ahead of a cold front which pushed towards the east coast early on Monday morning.

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Adelaide braces for potentially historic August soaking

Adelaide is in the grip of a wild winter storm this weekend, with Sunday shaping up as potentially the wettest single August day the city has seen in at least 10 years, with an estimated 30mm of rainfall from midnight to midnight.

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Sydney cruising through warmest winter to date on record

Despite a relatively chilly start to August, Sydney is having its warmest winter to date on record.

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  • Image for: Huge northwest cloudband arrives over Australia ahead of widespread rain

    Huge northwest cloudband arrives over Australia ahead of widespread rain

    Satellite images captured a large northwest cloudband developing over Australia on Friday, revealing an atmospheric river that will deliver widespread rain across Australia over the weekend and early next week.

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  • Image for: Overdue wet spell for Perth and southwest WA

    Overdue wet spell for Perth and southwest WA

    Rain is heading towards the southwest corner of the country, with a procession of cold fronts set to sweep across WA’S South West Land Division in coming days.

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  • Image for: More than half a metre of fresh snow likely at high elevations of the Australian Alps

    More than half a metre of fresh snow likely at high elevations of the Australian Alps

    Fresh snow, and plenty of it, is coming to the Australian high country in a prolonged snowfall event which is set to persist from Sunday through to next Thursday.

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  • Image for: Severe wintry weather to hit southern Australia later this week

    Severe wintry weather to hit southern Australia later this week

    A powerful cold front will cause damaging winds, heavy rain, hail, snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the southern half of Australia towards the end of this week.

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  • Image for: Equal-lowest South Australian minimum in five years

    Equal-lowest South Australian minimum in five years

    A deep midwinter chill descended on South Australia overnight, with the state recording its lowest minimum in three years – and the equal-lowest in five years – when Yunta fell to -5.

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  • Image for: Biggest snowfall of the season likely to develop this weekend

    Biggest snowfall of the season likely to develop this weekend

    The strongest snowy weather system of the 2026 winter appears likely to arrive towards the end of this coming weekend in the mainland alpine region.

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  • Image for: 'Very strong' El Niño threshold reached for first time in over 10 years

    'Very strong' El Niño threshold reached for first time in over 10 years

    The tropical Pacific Ocean is rapidly warming towards a ‘very strong’ El Niño event, with a key monitoring index this week crossing a threshold not reached for more than 10 years.

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  • Image for: Wet start to August after 2nd-driest July on record in southwest WA

    Wet start to August after 2nd-driest July on record in southwest WA

    A wet spell is imminent for the first full week of August across the southwest of Western Australia, including Perth, after the region’s 2nd-driest July on record.

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  • Image for: A Cruel Angel's Summer

    A Cruel Angel's Summer

    As southeast Australia shivers through a cold start to August, southern Japan is sweltering through a mid-summer heatwave, possibly even “cruelly” hot.

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  • Image for: Brrr! A shivering start to August for parts of southeastern Australia

    Brrr! A shivering start to August for parts of southeastern Australia

    A shivering cold start to August swept across southeastern Australia this morning, with several inland locations recording their coldest August minimum temperatures in years, and in some cases, over a decade.

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