Australia Weather News

Sunday 27 September, 2020

17 hours agoFarmers fear too much rain at the wrong time could ruin their first harvest in years Usually when it comes to rain, farmers always want more — but just weeks out from the first harvest in four years for many growers, the timing of rain could ruin the crops they have nurtured for months.

Saturday 26 September, 2020

1 day agoCoronavirus, climate change and disasters: 2020 has been a hell of a year The Northern Hemisphere has not been OK. Heatwaves in Europe, record wildfires in California, flooding in Africa, many, many tropical storms, and possibly the highest temperature reliably recorded on Earth. All while dealing with COVID-19.

Friday 25 September, 2020

2 days agoSnow blankets central Victoria as Ballarat records coldest September day in more than 50 years South-west Victorian residents have been delighted by a downpour of "magical" snow in springtime, as Ballarat shivers through lunchtime temperatures of –4C.

2 days agoSydney temperatures to plummet tonight as 'deceptive' cold front moves through NSW A fast-moving storm hits Sydney and the Illawarra region, with winds hitting more than 100 kilometres per hour and power out to at least 17,000 homes.

2 days agoSnow falls in South Australia, hail lashes Adelaide in unusually chilly September cold snap A spring cold snap is triggering snowfall over regional South Australia including parts of the Flinders Ranges, with local residents waking to find their gardens blanketed and flurries still falling.

2 days agoCentipede bites to blame for two patients admitted to Longreach Hospital in one night Venomous centipedes — which have 'poison claws' behind their heads, can grow nearly 20 centimetres long and rear up on their hind legs — have come out biting amid recent rains in Queensland's outback.