Snowfalls breathe life into 2026 Australian ski season

The weather gods left it pretty late, but the 2026 Australian ski season will kick off this Saturday, June 6, with at least 10 cm of natural snow on the ground at most resorts, plus whatever they can pump out over the next 48 hours through snowmaking.

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Winter bites Melbourne, with Thursday 'feels like' temperatures below 10°C all day

Wet, wintry weather has arrived in Melbourne, with showers and strong winds on the menu for Wednesday, and especially Thursday, as a cold front surges across Victoria.

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Warmest May on record for Tasmania and Hobart

Tasmania and Hobart just had their warmest May on record based on maximum temperatures, with Victoria and New South Wales also having an exceptionally warm month.

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Severe weather warnings for damaging winds in four states

A strong low pressure system and associated cold front are funnelling wild winds across southeastern Australia this Tuesday, with severe weather warnings for potentially damaging winds issued for parts of Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales and the ACT.

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  • Image for: Which part of Australia had the coldest start to winter?

    Which part of Australia had the coldest start to winter?

    Today, June 1, marks the first day of winter in Australia.

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  • Image for: Light snowfalls to start winter, more to come ahead of ski season opening

    Light snowfalls to start winter, more to come ahead of ski season opening

    A light dusting of fresh snow has coated the alpine areas of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania to start winter, with heavier snowfalls likely later this week just in time for Saturday’s official opening of the 2026 Australian ski season.

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  • Image for: 135 km/h winds batter WA, with SA and Victoria next in line

    135 km/h winds batter WA, with SA and Victoria next in line

    Damaging winds will hit parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria on Monday as a large low pressure system passes to the south of Australia.

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  • Image for: Bombing low hammers southwest WA as fierce winds worsen

    Bombing low hammers southwest WA as fierce winds worsen

    A bombing low southwest of WA is now impacting broad areas of the state’s southwest, with conditions expected to worsen through Sunday.

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  • Image for: A "bombing low" is brewing off WA. Here’s what makes it dangerous

    A "bombing low" is brewing off WA. Here’s what makes it dangerous

    Explosive cyclogenesis is underway over the eastern Indian Ocean, where a rapidly deepening low pressure system is setting parts of southwest Western Australia up for a wild weekend of damaging to destructive winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms and dangerous seas.

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  • Image for: Extremely windy weekend ahead for southwest WA

    Extremely windy weekend ahead for southwest WA

    Damaging winds are likely for Perth and parts of southwest Western Australia, especially near the coast, as a cold front roars in later this weekend.

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  • Image for: Multiple flood rescues as New South Wales deluge delivers 100 mm in three hours

    Multiple flood rescues as New South Wales deluge delivers 100 mm in three hours

    Heavy rain and thunderstorms inundated parts of New South Wales on Thursday into Friday morning, with the State Emergency Service performing five flood rescues and responding to more than 300 incidents in 24 hours.

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  • Image for: Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain pummelling eastern Australia

    Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain pummelling eastern Australia

    Parts of Queensland and New South Wales will continue to endure heavy rain and severe thunderstorms during the next 24 hours.

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  • Image for: Tasmanian deluge tops 200mm

    Tasmanian deluge tops 200mm

    Tropical moisture has made its way all the way south to Tasmania, delivering some of the state’s heaviest daily rainfall totals on record for May.

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  • Image for: Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

    Wettest spell of 2026 coming to Perth, southwest WA

    Right on cue for the start of winter, a series of cold fronts will deliver a week of consistent showery weather for Perth and southwest WA, with light showers already scooting through the region on Wednesday morning and heavier rain likely to commence this afternoon or evening.

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  • Image for: Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

    Flooding rain to target Tasmania and New South Wales

    Heavy rain will cause flooding in parts of Tasmania on Wednesday, before a developing low pressure system causes further heavy rain and flooding in parts of New South Wales on Thursday and Friday.

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  • Image for: Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

    Near record May rainfall in NSW inland city

    Heavy rain has fallen across a wide area of eastern Australia, with rainfall totals in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday exceeding 50mm at several locations in the Central West of New South Wales.

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