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50°C temperature range in Australia's first week of summer
The opening week of summer featured a massive 50°C temperature range across Australia as freezing weather and snow gave way to intense heat and fires. The first week of the 2025-26 summer, which started on December 1, saw two contrasting air masses jostling over Australia: cold air originating from the Southern Ocean swept over parts of the county in the first few days of the week before a large pool of hot spread across the continent. Cold start to the season for the southeast Summer started off with an unseasonably cold air mass passing over the country’s southeastern states. This wintry start to the season saw snow settling in parts of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania as temperatures dropped below -2°C in each state. Image: Snow at Mt Perisher, NSW on December 1, 2025. Source: Steve Smith The lowest temperature in Australia during the first week of summer was -4.0°C at Thredbo in the NSW Snowy Mountains on December 2. This was followed by -3.5°C at Liawanee, Tas on December 1 and –2.8°C at Mount Hotham, Vic on December 2. Canberra also registered its first sub-zero summer temperature on record last week when the mercury dipped to -0.3°C early on December 2. Extreme heat and fire danger While people in parts of southeastern Australia were shivering in the opening days of summer, hot air was brewing in the country’s north and west. Temperatures at Marble Bar in WA’s Pilbara district became progressively warmer during the first five days of the season: December 1: 42.6°C December 2: 42.6°C December 3: 43.8°C December 4: 44.1°C December 5: 45.5°C By Saturday, December 6, the intense heat had spread across central, southern and eastern Australia. Moomba in SA and Birdsville in Qld both hit 46.0°C on Saturday, while heat spreading across NSW saw temperatures reaching 44.2°C in Tibooburra, 42.1°C in Dubbo and 42.0°C in Gosford. A few places in western Sydney also climbed above 41°C on Saturday. The hot air that swept across southeastern Australia late last week caused a spike in fire danger ratings and resulted in numerous out-of-control bush and grass fires. At least 19 homes were destroyed by fires in Tasmania and at least 20 homes were lost to fires in the Central Coast and Mid North Coast regions of NSW. 50°C temperature range The contrasting weather endured by Australians in the opening week of summer saw a massive 50°C temperature range across the country, from -4.0°C at Thredbo, NSW on December 2 to 46°C at Moomba, SA and Birdsville, Qld on December 6. The first week of summer 2025-26 shows how variable Australia’s weather can be at this time of year.
06 Dec 2025, 10:26PM UTC
Severe thunderstorms to strike northeast NSW and southern Qld Sunday
Heat has been building over southern Qld and northeast NSW the last couple of days, and dew points are generally expected to rise across these areas today. Together, these factors will result in considerable instability, meaning the atmosphere is primed for a thunderstorm outbreak. Furthermore, the same low pressure trough that triggered severe thunderstorms across parts of NSW yesterday will move into northeast NSW and southern Qld today, helping to kick off another round of severe storms. Severe thunderstorms are mainly expected along and ahead of the trough, with northeast NSW initially expected to see a few strong to severe storms kick off later this morning. Thunderstorm activity is then expected to become more widespread across northeast NSW and southern Qld this afternoon. Looking ahead to this evening, severe thunderstorms are expected to clear the Hunter region while other areas still ahead of the trough should expect an ongoing risk for severe storms. One of the main risks associated with today's severe thunderstorms will be damaging wind gusts exceeding 90km/h. Additionally, these storms will be guided by a light steering flow from the west-southwest which will favour slow-moving storms which may lead to flash flooding. Large hail is also possible. Image: ECMWF forecast precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 11:00pm AEDT on Sunday, December 7, 2025. Source: Weatherzone. Stay informed as this severe weather event unfolds today with the latest Weather Warnings.
06 Dec 2025, 6:16AM UTC
Hottest day in 5 to 6 years as fires scorch parts of NSW
Hot, dry and windy weather caused Extreme fire danger across parts of NSW on Saturday, with parts of the state registering their highest temperatures in 5 to 6 years, while other areas endured damaging winds and severe thunderstorms. Saturday’s volatile weather was caused by a hot air mass flowing over NSW on the northern side of a low pressure trough. This weather pattern also caused damaging winds and severe thunderstorms, both of which prompted warnings from the Bureau of Meteorology. Hottest weather in years as fires take hold Temperatures soared in the state’s west as Tibooburra reached 44.2°C, while Bourke, Brewon and White Cliffs all got above 43°C on Saturday. In the state’s east, Gosford hit 42.0°C and Badgerys Creek in Sydney climbed to 41.9°C. Several locations in NSW had their hottest day in about 5 to 6 years on Saturday. Gosford’s 42°C was its highest temperature since January 2020, while Dubbo’s 42.1°C was its hottest day since December 2020. Image: Modelled maximum temperature on Saturday, December 6, according to the ECMWF-HRES model. Source: Weatherzone. The sweltering heat combined with dry winds to create Extreme fire danger ratings in some parts of the state. This hot, dry and windy weather caused numerous fires to burn out of control, including a blaze in Koolewong near Gosford that destroyed a number of homes. Thunderstorms erupt in the west The low pressure trough passing over NSW on Saturday triggered thunderstorms over a broad area of the state’s Central West and North West. These thunderstorms prompted a warning for damaging wind gusts. Weatherzone’s Total Lightning Network detected 50,000 lightning pulses within 400 km of Nyngan, NSW during three hours on Saturday afternoon. Image: Lightning pulses detected within a 400 km radius of Nyngan, NSW during the three hours ending at 4:30pm AEDT on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Source: Weatherzone. Early-summer heatwave Saturday’s hot weather is part of a heatwave that has been gripping parts of NSW over the last few days, with Severe heatwave conditions experienced in some areas. Severe heatwaves are the second highest level in the three-tiered heatwave intensity scale used in Australia. These heatwaves are likely to be challenging for vulnerable people, including older people, particularly those with medical conditions. Based on average maximum temperatures between Thursday and Saturday, some areas in eastern NSW just had their warmest three-day December period in about 20 years. Image: Heatwave severity over the three days from Thursday to Saturday this week. Source: Weatherzone. Cool change on the way, before more warmth returns A cool southerly change will move over much of NSW on Saturday night into Sunday morning, reaching Sydney around 6 am on Sunday, before weakening over the state’s north on Sunday. This southerly will flush the heat out of much of the state and bring some respite into the beginning of next week. This relief will be short-lived through, with another warm air mass building over NSW in the middle of next week. Fortunately, this next round of heat won’t be as intense as this week’s heatwave and fire danger ratings shouldn’t be as high as Saturday.