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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Despite a relatively chilly start to August, Sydney is having its warmest winter to date on record.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As southeast Australia shivers through a cold start to August, southern Japan is sweltering through a mid-summer heatwave, possibly even “cruelly” hot.