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Today, 1:09AM UTC
Wintry chill with subzero temperatures in five states
Southeastern Australia is in the grip of a wintry chill, as cool southerly winds send a shiver across the most heavily populated corner of the country in the second week of spring. Overnight, temperatures fell below zero in five of the eight states and territories, with the coldest reading in each one being: NSW: -5.5°C at Perisher Valley VIC: -4.3°C at Falls Creek TAS: -2.4°C at Liawenee ACT: -2.0°C at Mt Ginini SA: -1.0°C at Keith West and Gluepot QLD: 3.0°C at Dalby WA: 7.0°C at four locations: Manjimup, Bridgetown, Dalwallinu, and Morawa Airport NT: 11.9°C at Jervois (a cattle station NE of Alice Springs) Cold days as well as cold nights Daytime temperatures across the southeast early this week have also been significantly cooler than the recent unseasonable warmth, and will continue to be relatively chilly. Melbourne's Monday maximum of 14.6°C was the city's coldest day in three weeks, and 2.7°C degrees below the September average of 17.3°C. Sydney's Monday maximum of 21.3°C was still more than a degree above the long-term average September peak of 20.2°C, but it was sweet relief from the weekend when the mercury exceeded 32°C in the city and 33°C in the western suburbs. Monday's high of 3.2°C at Thredbo Top Station was the coldest maximum in more than two weeks at Australia's highest weather station, and a notch below the long-term September average of 3.3°C. Why the cool outbreak in the second week of spring? Image: Mean sea level pressure and precipitable water at 10 pm (AEST) on Monday, September 7, 2026, showing the dry airmass as cool southerly winds push across the southeast. Source: Weatherzone. The first significant cold front in about three weeks crossed the southeast on Sunday, reaching the east coast by Monday morning. A little snow fell on the Australian Alps right when the lifts were closing at all but two Australian ski resorts, because the weather gods apparently have a sense of humour. The airmass in the wake of the cold front is cool and relatively dry, which is why widespread frigid temperatures were experienced last night. Second surge of chilly weather coming to Tasmania, Victoria, southern NSW A cold front is currently located over the Great Australian Bight this Tuesday. The front will cross Tasmania overnight, delivering snow as low as 500 metres above sea level in the state's south. That would be a low snow level for midwinter, which indicates how cold the airmass is. The frigid air will push into Victoria and southern NSW on Wednesday, with Melbourne facing a maximum of just 13°C after the expected high of 16°C this Tuesday. A few snowflakes could also fall in the Australian Alps, although most of the moisture will stay south of the mainland. Image: Mean sea level pressure and 850 hPa temperatures predicted for 1 am (AEST) on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, showing the fresh surge of cold air across the southeast. Source: Weatherzone. Gradually warming up for the NFL at the MCG America's National Football League comes to Australia for the first time this Friday, with the match between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams starting at 10:35 am at the MCG. That's Thursday night prime time on the East Coast of the USA and early evening on the West Coast. Image: Forecast minimums and maximums for Melbourne, Vic, this week on the Weatherzone app. The good news for fans attending the match – and for those watching on television hoping for a dry surface which is conducive to a free-flowing game – is that clear sunny skies are expected, with no rain. Melbourne could see some morning fog on Friday after a cool start to the day, but the fog should burn off quite quickly. The temperature at kickoff should be around 12°C to 13°C (approx. 53°F to 55 °F). Melbourne's maximum is expected to reach 18°C, which is 64.4°F.
07 Sep 2026, 3:34AM UTC
Record-breaking spring rainfall in inland Western Australia
Heavy rain has fallen in parts of Western Australia's parched inland, with record-breaking spring rainfall recorded in some areas. In the 24 hours to 9 am Monday (AWST), 58.8 mm fell at Leonora, a small mining and pastoral town just over 800 km northeast of Perth in the northern part of the Goldfields forecast district. This was: Leonora's wettest day in nine years The town's heaviest day of spring rainfall on record Leonora’s biggest September rain day on record, in what is typically the driest month of the year with a monthly average of less than 10 mm. More than a quarter of the town's average annual rainfall in a day Image: 6-hour radar and satellite loop over WA from 4 pm (AWST) to 10 pm on Sunday, September 6, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. What caused the unusually heavy spring downpour? Monday morning's synoptic chart shows the dominant ridge of high pressure centred just south of the western portion of the continent. Image: Synoptic chart for Australia early on Monday, September 7, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. An upper-level trough at the northern extent of the area of high pressure (where the isobars dip slightly) is responsible for the area of blue shading. The shading indicates where the heaviest WA rain occurred on Sunday fuelled by a tropical moisture feed, and where rain continues to fall this Monday. The role of El Niño in this weather event El Niño typically creates higher than normal pressure over Australia's latitude, and that has provided a key foundation for the slow-moving, persistent nature of this rainfall event. As Weatherzone meteorologist Joel Pippard explains: "The very slow-moving weather pattern over Western Australia, with the relatively stationary trough 'cradled' between two areas of high pressure, is associated with El Niño, because higher pressure over Australia is one of the main atmospheric measures of El Niño. How this WA rainfall aligns with seasonal predictions The seasonal predictions for September rainfall, issued at the start of this month, almost hit the bullseye with this rainfall event. Image: Chance of wetter-than-normal conditions in September, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. As the image above shows, most of Australia was expected to be drier than normal during September, but the main exception was an area of eastern WA extending a few hundred kilometres north of the coastline (the blue zones). The blue zones either included, or were very close to, the areas that got drenched overnight. Will inland WA rainfall rain continue this week? Image: Predicted rainfall accumulation to 8 am (AWST) this Thursday, September 10, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. As the image above indicates, there's plenty more rain in store for inland WA until at least Thursday, before the pattern finally begins to change as the high slowly moves east towards the end of the working week. Perth is too far west to receive any rain from this system, however an approaching cold front should deliver a few showers to the WA capital by the weekend.
05 Sep 2026, 5:23AM UTC
Dry, blustery winds drive record heat across Sydney
Record early-season heat has been blown across Sydney, with the aid of dry, blustery westerly winds. On Saturday, temperatures reached the low-to-mid 30s in almost all suburbs as humidity dropped to 20 percent and wind gusted 50-80km/h. It heated beyond 33 degrees in some suburbs, including Penrith. Given the wind direction on Saturday was predominantly westerly, it got similarly warm further east, easily warming past 30 degrees. At about 2:30pm, the city reached 32.1 degrees, its hottest day this early in the warming season on record, with temperature data going back to 1859. Previously, the earliest in spring it had become this warm was September 13th, in both 2017 and 2009. Image: Temperature observations, satellite, radar, wind streamlines at 2:30pm EST on Saturday, September 5, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. The only suburbs failing to warm into the 30s were those of some beaches, but it still got to the high 20s before sea breezes brought some cooling. Later in the afternoon, cloud then the odd shower moved in from the Blue Mountains into some western suburbs to bring a little more cooling. Image: Wind gust (km/h) observations, satellite, radar, wind streamlines at 3:00pm EST on Saturday, September 5, 2026. Source: Weatherzone It may seem strange that this cooling will be a relief for many, given the blowing pollen and dust and elevated fire danger. Fire Danger reached Extreme in some suburbs. A Total Fire Ban had been declared for Greater Sydney for Saturday until midnight. It's also been unseasonably warm on three of the four past days. Even including a relatively mild Friday when temperatures reached the low-to-mid 20s, it still turned out to be the city's warmest four-day spell this early in the season on record. Across the past four days, Observatory Hill averaged a maximum of 27.93 degrees, eight degrees warmer than the long-term average for early September, and beating the previous record of 27.88 degrees during September 1-4, 1865. This recent spell is also warmer than its long-term average for mid-summer. Looking ahead, the aforementioned cooling relief isn't far away for all suburbs, commencing this afternoon, heralding a lengthy spell much closer to the long-term average. Check the Sydney forecast.