There are no active warnings for this location.
Weather Maps
Daily Forecast
Rain & gusty storms over SA and eastern WA with an advancing trough, some patchy rain reaching Vic and western NSW. A low to the south of the trough is intensifying as it moves southeast. Cool S'ly winds behind the low bring showers to southern WA. Mostly clear elsewhere.
Latest Warnings
AUS
Latest News
Climate Updates
Latest News
Today, 5:15AM UTC
Hottest October day on record in Qld, NSW
Long-standing statewide heat records have been broken in Queensland and New South Wales, with Birdsville in Qld and Bourke in NSW registering the hottest October day on record for any location in their respective states. The official maximums won’t be known until 9am Wednesday, but as of 4:30pm (AEDT) in NSW and 3:30pm (AEST) in Qld: Birdsville in Queensland’s Channel Country had reached 46.1°C. Remarkably, that’s a full degree above the previous October record of 45.1°C, which also occurred in Birdsville, in records going back well over a century to 1892. Bourke in the Upper Western forecast district of New South Wales reached 44.8°C at 4pm. That broke the old NSW state record for October of 43.9°C at Brewarrina by almost a degree. Image: Bourke, NSW, on a much cooler day in autumn. Source: iStock/JohnCarnemolla. Numerous other locations have broken local heat records for October this Tuesday, folllowing on from Monday when October records fell at sites in three states – SA, NSW and Qld. Today’s site (but not statewide) records include: Thargomindah in far southwest Queensland reached 45.1°C just after 3pm. That beat the old record of 43.1°C by two degrees, in records going all the way back to 1879. Tibooburra in the far northwest corner of NSW reached 42.8°C – its hottest day in records going back to 1886. The "old" record of 42.6°C lasted just a day. The searing outback heat will begin to dissipate overnight, with Wednesday maximums in the low-to-mid 30s in all of the locations mentioned above. That’s still relatively warm for this time of year, but it’s around 10 degrees down on Tuesday’s extremes. Image: Forecast temperatures for NSW for Wednesday, October 22, according to the ECMWF model. Some coastal areas will be hotter than the NW corner of the state, where heat records were broken on Tuesday. The heat will then be pushed in a southeasterly direction, creating uncomfortable conditions in eastern NSW and SE Queensland. Record temperatures are on the cards in some coastal NSW locations (including the Sydney basin) for Wednesday, with extreme fire danger already declared in many areas. Please check the Weatherzone warnings page for the latest information on alerts in your area, and check our news feed on Wednesday for the latest on the eastern NSW heat and fire situation.
Today, 3:36AM UTC
Extreme fire weather to hit NSW on Wednesday
A burst of record-challenging October heat and blustery winds will cause Extreme fire danger ratings over parts of NSW on Wednesday, including Sydney. Clear skies and dry air have allowed intense heat to build over western NSW, southern Qld and northern SA in the last few days. On Monday, the temperature soared to 44.9°C at Birdsville in Qld’s Channel Country. This was surpassed on Tuesday when the mercury reached 46.1°C shortly before 2:30pm AEST, setting a new October record for the state. Tuesday was also exceptionally hot in far western NSW, with Bourke reaching 44.3°C shortly after 3:30pm AEDT. This was also a new October record for NSW. This sweltering inland heat will be flushed towards Australia's east coast on Wednesday as northwesterly winds strengthen ahead of an approaching cold front and low pressure trough. Image: Forecast maximum temperature on Wednesday. The tongue of intense heat sweeping over NSW on Wednesday will see temperatures climb more than 15°C above average for this time of year in the state’s east, with October records likely to be challenged. Sydney is forecast to reach 38°C in the city on Wednesday, which is 16°C above average for the middle of spring. The city's October maximum temperature record – currently 38.2°C set in 2004 – may even be challenged. Some of Sydney’s western suburbs could get close to 40°C. Wednesday’s intense heat will combine with fresh to strong northwesterly winds, resulting in Extreme fire danger ratings for parts of central and eastern NSW. Image: Forecast fire danger ratings on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Firefighters in NSW and southwest Qld will also be keeping a close eye on thunderstorms on Wednesday. There is a risk that storms associated with the low pressure trough will cause dry lightning, which could ignite fires amid the hot and windy conditions. Thunderstorms are possible over most of NSW on Wednesday, except for the state’s northeast.
Today, 12:17AM UTC
Rain, storms and strong winds sweep southern Australia
Steady rain is soaking parched parts of South Australia this Tuesday, with moisture making its way towards Victoria as a complex low pressure system crosses the south of the continent ahead of a cold front. The loop below shows a rainband tracking in a southeasterly direction across SA on Tuesday morning, generating showers as far north as SA’s North West Pastoral forecast, as far east as the Riverland and Murraylands, and as far south as Adelaide. The Eyre and Yorke peninsulas are also receiving welcome rainfall, while the state’s wettest corner (the southeast) can expect rainfall from this afternoon onwards. Image: Three-hour combined satellite and rainfall loop to 9:30am (ACST) on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Storms are accompanying the rain at times, as can be seen on the loop above, where pink blobs correspond to areas of lightning activity. Potentially damaging winds are also likely at times, and numerous wind warnings are in place for coastal parts of SA and Vic for Tuesday and Wednesday – including a severe weather warning issued at 10:39am (ACST) this Tuesday for damaging, locally destructive winds across the southeast. This rain will be very welcome in both South Australia and in Victoria. Rainfall totals of around 10-15mm were recorded at multiple locations in SA's Mount Lofty Ranges in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, and while these weren’t huge totals, they were the heaviest since winter in what has been a relatively dry spring to date. Adelaide itself has also had a dry time of late. After the SA capital saw its wettest July in 27 years, the city has endured three months with only around half its average rainfall. Image: Wind and rain data for Adelaide on Tuesday evening into Wednesday on the Weatherzone app. While a moderate total of 4mm was recorded overnight, that was the first rain in two weeks and the good news is that moisture continues to stream Adelaide's way. A further 3mm was received between 9am and 11am local time, with a healthy total in the 10-20mm range forecast for today. Melbourne is another southern capital that has missed out on much of its usual spring rainfall to date, with below-average rainfall totals for each month from July onwards, including the running total for this month as of October 21. Unfortunately, only relatively light totals of up to 5mm are expected today or tomorrow for Melbourne but western Victoria should see some handy falls. For example, Horsham in the Wimmera has seen only about a third of its average rainfall in September and the first three weeks of October, but it should receive 5-10mm from the current system. Some locations could see much heavier falls in downpours during thunderstorms.