Soggy March with coolest Australian maximums since 2012
Australia has experienced one of its increasingly rare cool temperature anomalies in March 2026, with below-average nationwide maximums which were the coolest since 2012.
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Australia has experienced one of its increasingly rare cool temperature anomalies in March 2026, with below-average nationwide maximums which were the coolest since 2012.
Like a bag of multi-coloured Easter eggs with different fillings, Australia can expect a range of different weather across the Easter long weekend, although mostly dry conditions should prevail in many areas.
There are early signs that a strong tropical cyclone could spin up over the Coral Sea next week as three broad-scale tropical atmospheric waves converge to the northeast of Australia.
Satellites have captured muddied floodwater flowing out of the Gascoyne River into the Indian Ocean as rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to flow through Carnarvon.
Australia's southeastern corner shivered through its coldest spell of the year from Friday into the weekend, but the new week promises much milder temperatures before another cool spell sets in over Easter.
For many in northern Queensland and the NT, this was the coldest March morning in recorded history.
Residents of southeast Queensland woke up to dramatically cooler temperatures this morning.
The northwest coast of Western Australia is feeling the full force of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle as the system’s very destructive core skirts along the coast.
A deepening low pressure system over the Tasman Sea is causing severe weather in parts of Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT, with damaging winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms, large waves and highland snow.
The destructive wind field surrounding Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle will start impacting Western Australia’s Pilbara district today, beginning a prolonged period of violent weather that will last for more than 24 hours and extend over 800 km across northwestern Australia.