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Today, 1:12AM UTC
Severe weather warnings for damaging winds in four states
A strong low pressure system and associated cold front are funnelling wild winds across southeastern Australia this Tuesday, with severe weather warnings for potentially damaging winds issued for parts of Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales and the ACT. Meanwhile in Western Australia, an approaching cold front will also cause strong winds along the coastline in the state’s far southwest, as wintry systems lash both ends of southern Australia. But by far the most dynamic weather event affecting Australia this Tuesday is the deep complex low pressure system which is centred over the eastern part of the Great Australian Bight and slowly tracking further east. This system has already generated extremely strong winds in some locations, including an overnight gust of 133 km/h at Thredbo Top Station (Australia’s highest weather station at 1965 m above sea level). Where will winds be strongest on Tuesday? Coastal and elevated parts of southeastern Australia can expect the strongest winds on Tuesday. In South Australia, the West Coast can expected damaging wind gusts up to 90 km/h, while the Flinders Ranges and Mount Lofty Ranges can expect gusts of 100 km/h. In Victoria, the alpine region can expect gusts approaching 100 km/h in strength. In New South Wales, damaging wind gusts can be expected along much of the Great Dividing Range all the way up to the Northern Tablelands, with further gusts exceeding 100 km/h likely in the Snowy Mountains. Please check updates on the Weatherzone warnings page. Widespread shower activity to continue Image: Satellite and radar loop for the eight hours to 9:30am (AEST) on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. Widespread showers are soaking the southeast this Tuesday, from Ceduna in SA’s West Coast forecast district, right across Victoria, northern Tasmania, and central and southern NSW all the way to Sydney. The ongoing showers follow some very handy falls recorded in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, including: Five locations in Victoria’s Northern Country and North East forecast districts topped 50mm, with a high reading of 65.4mm at Charnwood, a rural locality near the small town of Strathbogie. The Adelaide Hills saw the heaviest rainfall totals in SA, with a very useful 52.6mm at Warren Reservoir, one of Adelaide’s water supply dams. Mt Gambier in far southeastern SA had its heaviest daily rainfall in more than two years with 29.6mm. At least three locations in the western foothills of the Snowy Mountains in southern NSW topped 25mm. One part of the country where today’s rain will not be welcomed by many locals is the snowfields. As discussed in our story on Monday, a period of warming was always on the cards between last weekend’s light dusting and the heavier snowfalls predicted for this Wednesday and Thursday. For example, Thredbo Top Station was -2.6°C at 10 am on Monday, while it was 1°C with drizzle at 10 am on Tuesday. It’s always a fine line between snow and rain in Australia, and we’re on the wrong side of the line for snow this Tuesday. Another 24 hours or so, and that will begin to change. For the latest snow forecasts, snow cam images and more, please check the Weatherzone snow page, which is updated every day during the 2026 winter.
01 Jun 2026, 4:45AM UTC
Which part of Australia had the coldest start to winter?
Today, June 1, marks the first day of winter in Australia. For many, it was a fittingly cold start to the season, with temperatures dropping below zero degrees in four states and territories and even dipping to a nippy 1.1°C in Queensland. The coldest place in Australia on the first morning of winter was the town of Cooma in NSW, where the temperature dropped to -4.5°C early on Monday morning. This was only slightly lower than Victoria’s lowest temperature of -3.1°C at Mount Hotham. Other sub-zero places on Monday morning included the ACT’s Mount Ginini (-2.8°C) and Tasmania’s kunanyi /Mount Wellington, which reached -0.4°C. Queensland was only a few shivers away from reaching zero degrees, with the mercury falling to 1.1°C at Oakey in the state’s notoriously chilly Darling Downs district. This was the state’s coldest start to winter in three years. The lowest temperature in SA on Monday morning was 5.3°C at Loxton. In the NT, Rabbit Flat’s 6.9°C was the territory’s coldest start to winter, while WA’s lowest temperature was 8.5°C at Jacup. Image: Lowest temperatures in each state and territory on the first morning of winter 2026. Source: Weatherzone. Some places in northern Australia had a start to winter that was enviable to those rugged up and searching for a thicker pair of socks in the country’s south. Darwin’s temperature only dropped to 18°C on Monday morning, while several tropical islands saw low temperatures in the low to mid-twenties. A weather station at Rowley Shoals, an island located about 300 km north of Port Hedland, only cooled to 25.1°C on Monday morning. In Australia’s state and territory capitals, minimum temperatures on the first morning of winter ranged from -1.1°C to 18°C: Darwin: 18°C Perth: 14.3°C Adelaide: 11.5°C Sydney: 9.3°C Brisbane: 8.8°C Melbourne: 8.3°C Hobart: 7.2°C Canberra: -1.1°C
01 Jun 2026, 2:11AM UTC
Light snowfalls to start winter, more to come ahead of ski season opening
A light dusting of fresh snow has coated the alpine areas of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania to start winter, with heavier snowfalls likely later this week just in time for Saturday’s official opening of the 2026 Australian ski season. The heaviest snowfalls are due later on Wednesday into Thursday, with accumulations of 20 to 40 cm possible at higher elevations. But before that happens, expect a burst of what snow-lovers call the dreaded "r" word – as in rain. Cold, then warm, then cold again Over the weekend, a cold front crossed Tasmania and the southeastern mainland, ushering in a burst of showery weather with snow that fell down to around 1500 metres above sea level at times. Image: 12-hour combined satellite and radar loop to 6 am on Sunday, May 31, 2026, showing showery weather crossing the SE corner of mainland Australia in a cool southwesterly stream that brought snow to elevations above about 1500 m. In the wake of the front, cool, windy, but mostly dry conditions are prevailing this Monday. Overnight, Thredbo fell to -4.1°C, the coldest temperature recorded anywhere in Australia. But Monday’s relatively stable weather will be short-lived, with another major system moving in. A low pressure system and associated cold front is currently crossing the Great Australian Bight. This is the same system that brought extremely strong winds to SW Western Australia over the weekend. Numerous strong wind warnings are in effect this Monday as the system tracks east, including a severe weather warning for damaging winds for large parts of South Australia, including all coastal areas from the WA border right across to the Victorian border. As this system approaches the mainland high country, a surge of relatively warm northwesterlies will precede the cold front, and this could push the snow level up to around 2000 m. For context, Australia’s highest peak Mt Kosciuszko is 2228 m, while the very highest parts of Thredbo and Perisher are around 2040 m. So we’re facing the prospect of rain at most of Australia’s ski resorts. But as mentioned, colder air and moisture will cross the southeast on Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday and Friday look especially chilly, and depending how much moisture lingers, brief snow showers could occur beyond the mountains in places like the NSW Central Tablelands. Will resorts be open for skiing and snowboarding this weekend? Image: A lovely clear Monday morning at the top of Thredbo (site of Australia’s highest official BoM weather station) at the start of the track to Mt Kosciuszko. Source: Thredbo.com.au. We can’t yet confirm whether ski resorts will be open, but if you’re heading up to the mainland high country for the King’s Birthday long weekend (which is not a long weekend in Qld or WA), you should definitely find enough snow to throw a snowball or two. As for skiing and snowboarding, at this stage it appears highly likely that beginner terrain will be open at major Australian ski resorts like Thredbo, Perisher, Mt Buller, Mt Hotham and Falls Creek. That’s not just because of the snow that will fall on Wednesday and Thursday, but because of the ideal snowmaking conditions which should set in afterwards, with cold, crisp nights ideal for pumping out snow on the most popular runs. READ MORE: Snowmaking begins in Australia: but how does it work? After snowmaking in Australia briefly kicked off last week, warm, mild, humid nights have prevented the guns from firing. Some rain in the meteorological mix didn’t help either. But the end of this week and the weekend look like providing an ideal window for snowmaking.