Sydney so cool: city misses soaring temperatures sweeping through states
Sydney will be the envy of much of south-eastern Australia this week as a heatwave sends temperatures soaring elsewhere in the region. Sea breezes will keep temperatures in a daily range between 21C...
View ArticleSoutheast Australia swelters in heatwave
Large swathes of southeast Australia continue to swelter under extreme heat, with the mercury above 40C at lunchtime in Melbourne and Adelaide. Many NSW residents are tipped to cop temps in the 40s on...
View ArticleAdelaide heatwave could break all records, pipping 46.1C mark set in 1939
State capital forecast to reach 46C by 4.30pm on Thursday, its fourth consecutive day above 40C...
View ArticleWhy Australia's endless summer is bad for trees, fruit, insects – and shops
Eastern cities have seen records for consecutive warm days in May but plants could suffer from the 'false spring'...
View ArticleRecords broken as temperatures soar up to 38 degrees across Australia
Victoria and South Australia both set records for the hottest ever starts to October while in Sydney the temperature reached 37 degrees...
View ArticleAustralia Warns of Fire Danger as Heatwave Hits
By Amy Coopes on 4:45 pm January 14, 2014. Category International, World Tags: Australia, Australia Heatwave A tennis fan cools off on the second day of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament...
View ArticleAdelaide heatwave: state capital is declared the hottest in the world
City forecast to reach 46C by 4.30pm on Thursday, its fourth consecutive day above 40C...
View ArticleTemperatures climb towards 50s as heatwave grips Western Australia
Bureau of Meteorology predicts remote outpost of Emu Creek could reach 52C, but this has been scaled down to the high 40s...
View ArticleBureau nudges forecast temperatures for heatwave even higher
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View ArticleTemperature forecast lifted for Australian Open start
The bureau's new heatwave alert service points to hot conditions from Tuesday for south-eastern Australia. An extensive heatwave is sweeping eastwards across Australia, baking inland regions and...
View ArticleAustralia braces for fire danger as heatwave hits
SYDNEY: Australian authorities warned Tuesday of some of the worst fire danger since a 2009 inferno which killed 173 people, with most of the continent’s southeast sweltering through a major heatwave....
View ArticleBureau nudges forecasted temperatures for heatwave even higher
A “classic heatwave set-up” will deliver the hottest run of temperatures for south-eastern Australia since just prior to the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, the Bureau of Meteorology said. While...
View ArticleAustralia weather: supercell storms threaten Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra –...
Bureau of Meteorology issues severe weather warnings for every state and territory apart from NT as supercell storms stalk eastern cities and potential cyclone lies in wait off the coast of Western...
View ArticleAustralia on heatwave alert as temperatures set to soar
A heatwave is due to sweep Australia, experts warn, as emergency crews battle raging bushfires in the west. Western Australia, the Northern Territory and parts of New South Wales and Victoria will see...
View ArticleMelbourne braces for heatwave as temperatures could hit 40C on Saturday
Victoria looks at hottest December day in five years as health minister reminds community ‘extreme heat can be deadly’...
View ArticleTemperatures head towards record 52C as heatwave hits Western Australia
Bureau of Meteorology predicts remote outpost of Emu Creek could reach 52C, but this has been scaled down to the high-40s...
View ArticleAustralia swelters as heatwave brings 40C temperatures to eastern states
Weather bureau expects Christmas day to be milder, with fine conditions across much of the country...
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