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Humid winds feeding unstable air bring rain & storms to north NSW and SE Qld, some intense, tending to showers & storms over north Qld and the NT, and light showers over remaining coastal NSW and NE WA. A high sends the odd light onshore shower to west WA, keeping elsewhere dry.
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Today, 3:23AM UTC
Rain and thunderstorms hitting eastern Australia
Widespread rain and thunderstorm activity will affect Queensland and NSW over the next two days, with severe thunderstorms possible in both states. It has only been two days since a line of violent storms swept across Qld on Sunday, causing large hail, damaging winds and prolific lightning. This included 5 cm hail in some southern suburbs of Brisbane and a 109 km/h wind gust at Gayndah. Image: Composite satellite and radar showing a severe thunderstorm to the west of Brisbane on Sunday afternoon. The hook-shaped echo in the radar indicates that this was a rotating supercell thunderstorm. Sunday’s thunderstorms produced a huge amount of lightning over Qld, with 795,000 strikes detected within an 800 km radius of Emerald during the 24 hours ending at 6am on Monday. Around 77,000 of these strikes, or about 10%, occurred within 100 km of Brisbane. Image: Lightning in Brisbane on Sunday, October 26, 2025. This is likely a positive lightning strike, which is a rare type of lightning that originates from the top section of a thunderstorm cloud and extends to the ground. Positive lightning accounts for less than 5% of all strikes, and it is typically stronger than most other lightning strikes. Source: @withinblackandwhite / Instagram Looking ahead, rain and thunderstorms will persist over parts of Qld and NSW on Tuesday and Wednesday as an upper-level trough moves over eastern Australia. Thunderstorms over the next two days are generally expected to be less intense than the supercells that hit parts of Qld on Sunday. However, severe thunderstorms are still possible in both states, particularly over northern NSW and central Qld on Tuesday, and central eastern Qld again on Wednesday. Rain will also be widespread across the two states, affecting both Brisbane and Sydney. Image: Forecast accumulated rain over Australia during Tuesday and Wednesday combined, showing widespread falls expected across eastern Australia. Large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain are a risk with severe thunderstorms that develop in the next couple of days. Be sure to check the latest warnings in your area for the most up to date information.
27 Oct 2025, 11:39PM UTC
Sub-zero temperatures in five states, five weeks out from summer
Unseasonably cold temperatures were recorded across the southeast of the country on Tuesday morning, with some locations in Victoria recording their coldest minimum (in any month) for three years. While October 2025 has been notable for the enormous number of heat records broken, the remnants of a cold airmass with polar origins, in combination with relatively clear skies, allowed the mercury to plunge below zero in parts of SA, Vic, Tas, NSW and the ACT. Noteworthy minimums to 9am on Tuesday, October 28 included: South Australia -1.5°C at Keith West, the equal-coldest temperature recorded in SA this October and last night’s coldest reading. At least two other locations in the state's southeast fell below zero overnight. Victoria A statewide low of -7.3°C at Mt Hotham, which was only 1.1°C above its coldest October night on record, which is also the Victorian record. -6.6°C at the nearby ski resort of Falls Creek, the site’s coldest October night in 19 years. -2.3°C at the tiny East Gippsland town of Gelantipy, the coldest night in any month in three years. -0.2°C at the rural locality of She Oaks, about an hour west of Melbourne, the coldest October night in 17 years. 0.9°C at Kilmore Gap, which was also that site's coldest night in any month for three years. New South Wales A statewide low of -8.8°C at Perisher Valley, which was almost three degrees warmer than the October record, but still the coldest night to date this spring. 7.8°C At Green Cape on the far South Coast, the site’s lowest October minimum in 15 years. Image: The top of Thredbo (NSW) early on Tuesday morning, with a mixture of light fresh snow and remnant snow patches from winter after a minimum of -7.9°C which wasn't quite as cold as nearby Perisher Valley's -8.8°C. Source: Thredbo.com.au. Tasmania A statewide low of -4.2°C at the reliably chilly Central Plateau town of Liawenee, which holds the record for Tasmania's lowest recorded temperature of -14.2°C (in August 2020). -1°C at Campania, just over half an hour northeast of Hobart, which was the small town’s chilliest October night in 17 years. ACT -5.4°C at Mt Ginini in the Brindabella Range on the ACT/NSW border, which was within just 0.1°C of the coldest October night in the site’s 21 years of records. -0.2°C at Canberra. Temperatures in all of the areas mentioned can be expected to warm up as the week progresses, but not before another frosty morning on Wednesday in elevated parts of Tasmania and in the mainland high country and nearby valleys. READ MORE: HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY ON RECORD IN QLD, NSW
27 Oct 2025, 5:11AM UTC
Record October heat bakes southeast Qld, northeast NSW
October temperature records were broken on Monday as hot and blustery winds fanned numerous fires across southeast Queensland and northeast NSW. West to northwesterly winds developing ahead of an approaching southerly change caused a stream of hot air to flow over southeast Qld and northeast NSW on Monday. This heat was so intense it caused some areas to register their highest October temperatures in decades, even breaking records in some places. Image: Modelled daily maximum temperature and instantaneous wind at 4pm AEST on Monday, October 27, 2025. The map shows hot westerly winds flowing over southeast Qld and northeast NSW. Brisbane reached 38.7°C on Monday afternoon, which was its highest October temperature since 2004. Brisbane Airport’s 39.1°C was its equal highest October temperature on record, matching 1957. The following locations also broke their daily maximum temperature records for October on Monday: Sunshine Coast 39.1°C, previous record 37.0°C in 2004 Coolangatta 38.3°C, previous record 35.6°C in 2004 Gold Coast 38.0°C, previous record 36.8°C in 2004 Byron Bay 35.9°C, previous record 34.0°C in 2004 Monday’s hot and windy weather also caused Extreme fire danger ratings in northeast NSW and southeast Qld, with numerous fires burning amid the torrid conditions. Smoke from a large fire burning near Moonie extended more than 300 km to the east, covering the Gold Coast region and other areas south of Brisbane. Image: Visible satellite images showing smoke blowing across southeast Qld on Monday, October 27, 2025. A cool southerly change will push through northeast NSW and southeast Qld on Monday night, causing a big drop in temperature. Brisbane is only forecast to reach 22°C on Tuesday in the wake of the cool change.