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20 Jun 2025, 4:17AM UTC
Winter solstice this weekend – here's what it means for Australia
The Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice will occur this weekend, marking Australia's shortest day of the year based on sunlight hours. This year’s winter solstice for the Southern Hemisphere will occur at 12:42pm AEST on Saturday, June 21. On the date of the winter solstice, the Southern Hemisphere will reach its furthest tilt or inclination away from the Sun. This will cause Saturday to have the year’s shortest amount of time between sunrise and sunset for everywhere south of the equator (excluding the polar region to the south of the Antarctic Circle, which will remain dark all day). Image: The orientation of Earth relative to the Sun on the date of the winter solstice. The solstice and the seasons The winter solstice marks a tipping point in the Sun-Earth orientation that is associated with a seasonal transition on Earth. Prior to the winter solstice, days have been progressively getting shorter for the past six months as the Southern Hemisphere gradually become more inclined away from the Sun. This trend of shortening days and lengthening nights is what causes the transition from summer to winter. Following the winter solstice, the Southern Hemisphere gradually becomes more inclined towards the Sun. This trend causes days to get longer and nights to become shorter for the next six months, driving the slow transition from winter back to summer. Image: Sunrise, sunset and day length for Australia’s capital cities on the winter solstice in 2025. Some countries base their seasons off the dates of the solstices and equinoxes, while others use calendar months to define season dates. In Australia, the coldest time of the year typically occurs a few weeks after the winter solstice due to the insulating effect of the oceans surrounding the continent. This makes it fitting to use the three-month period of June, July and August to define winter for most of Australia. Image: You can check the times for 'first light' and 'last light' in the Daily Forecast for your area on the Weatherzone app.
19 Jun 2025, 8:00PM UTC
Australia's newest and highest chairlift set to open
Australia's largest ski resort Perisher is set to open its new $26 million toy any day now – the Mount Perisher 6 chairlift. As the name suggests, it's a brand spanking new six-seater chairlift that runs up Mt Perisher, replacing the old Mt Perisher triple and double chairs. Image: The chairlift's construction crew takes the new ride for a spin in May before the first snow fell. Source: Perisher Resort. The old triple chairlift operated from 1980 to 2024 while the iconic double chairlift chugged away from 1961 to 2023, with its weather-beaten timber-panelled chairs auctioned off to those seeking a distinctive garden seat or ornament. Image: They don't make chairlifts or ski gear like they used to... which is probably a good thing. Source: Perisher Historical Society. Even though one lift replaces two old lifts, Perisher claims that the new high-speed chair will actually increase the lifting capacity on Mt Perisher by 60%. That's because of: The extra seating capacity (six people on one chair compared to five on two chairs). The 44% quicker ride time (under six minutes to the top compared to the old 10 minutes). This is the most significant piece of lift infrastructure in Autralia since Thredbo's Merritts Gondola opened in 2020 at a cost of $15 million. While Perisher has no gondolas in its fleet of 44 ski lifts, it now has both a six-seater and the existing eight-seater chair on its Front Valley beginner run. So the rivalry is alive and well with its near NSW neighbour Thredbo. And the rivalry just got even more fierce. With its new Mt Perisher 6, Perisher has usurped Thredbo's status as the ski resort with the highest lifted point. Thredbo's Karels T-Bar peaks at 2037 metres. But the new Mt Perisher 6 rises to 2042 metres. That's a gap of just five metres, but in marketing terms, it's worth plenty more than that. Image: The new Mt Perisher 6 chairlift after the 2025 season's first heavy snowfall. With the removal of the towers from the old two chairlifts, the run to the left of the new chair has been renamed from "Towers" to Legends" although local skiers say they will keep using the odld name. Source: Perisher. While Perisher now has the highest lifted point, Thredbo retains the greatest vertical drop in Australia. This refers to the difference in altitude between the highest and lowest parts of a ski resort, and most serious skiers and snowboarders consider it more important than a resort's size (in terms of area) or number of lifts. The old Perisher vs Thredbo quarrel is as old as the mountains themselves. Snow lovers will now be forced to settle the argument much more quickly on Perisher's high-speed Mt Perisher 6 chairlift. Meanwhile more snow is expected next week for the alpine region, with the potential for heavy falls on Tuesday and Wednesday. Relatively warm air (for winter) and some rain is likely to push across the southeast on Monday ahead of Tuesday's cold front, however the damaging effects of the rain on the snowpack should be negated by the snow that follows. Indeed, this system should result in a net gain in snow depth for the higher resorts. Remember to bookmark the Weatherzone snow page for the latest forecasts, live cam images and much more throughout the 2025 Australian snow season.
19 Jun 2025, 5:10AM UTC
Strong cold fronts to slam Australia with severe weather
A series of powerful cold fronts will cause an outbreak of wintry weather across the southern half of Australia during the next six days, with damaging winds, rain, thunderstorms, hail and snow in multiple states. A complex low pressure system is set to pass to the south of Australia between Friday this week and the middle of next week. While this low will be centred to the south of Australia, a series of cold fronts and low pressure troughs associated with the complex low will sweep over the southern half of the country and deliver a dynamic mix of wintry weather in multiple states. The first front from this system will deliver blustery winds, rain and thunderstorms over WA on Friday and Saturday. Perth and other areas of WA’s western and southwest coasts could see about 20 to 50 mm of rain during these two days combined. Lighter falls will also extend further inland to the Interior and north towards the Gascoyne and Pilbara districts. Wind, rain and some thunderstorm activity will then spread further east across other areas of southern and southeastern Australia between Sunday and Wednesday. A surge of pre-frontal moisture is expected to cause widespread rain over the Murray-Darling Basin on Tuesday, while showers will also affect other areas of southern Australia with the passage of this system. Some of this precipitation will fall as snow and hail, mainly in the colder air behind the fronts. Image: Forecast accumulated rain during the week ending on Wednesday, June 25. 2025. While a brief period of relatively warm winter weather will precede the approaching system, this will quickly be replaced by the burst of wintry weather. Adelaide’s maximum temperature is predicted to reach 22°C on Sunday but only 15°C by Tuesday. Sydney could reach the low to mid-twenties on Tuesday but only about 18°C by Wednesday. Severe weather warnings are likely to be issued in several states as this system affects Australia, so be sure to check the latest warnings in your area.