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A surface trough and associated low are bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to parts of northern Australia. Scattered thunderstorms under unstable winds across parts of northeast NSW, Qld, and Tas, and the odd shower east of Vic, inland NSW and northern SA.
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Today, 12:13AM UTC
Sub-zero summer minimums in four states
Temperatures dropped well below zero overnight in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and the ACT, just days after one of southeastern Australia’s most intense heatwaves in recorded history. Even several South Australian towns plummeted towards zero overnight, after the mercury soared to 50°C at two SA locations late last week. The lowest temperature recorded in SA on Monday morning was 0.8°C at Coonawarra in the state's east. In the four states where temperatures fell below zero on Monday morning, the lowest recorded temperatures were: VIC: Mt Hotham -3.7°C NSW: Perisher -2.1°C ACT: Mt Ginini -2.0°C TAS: kunanyi/Mt Wellington -1.0°C What caused the unseasonable chill? A polar airmass pushed into Tasmania during Sunday, delivering showers and highland snowfalls to our southernmost state. Image: 12 hour combined radar and satellite loop over SE Australia from the evening of Sunday, January 31, 2026 into the morning of Monday, February 1. The airmass continued to surge northwards but by the time it reached the southeast mainland on Sunday afternoon and evening, it had largely dried out. While the loop above shows rain and storm activity in the warm northwesterly flow ahead of the cold front, it also illustrates that very little moisture accompanied the cool change on the mainland. The rapidly drying airmass is what helped temperatures drop so low overnight. And it could have been even colder if winds had not remained strong and gusty across the southeast, preventing further radiational cooling in valley locations. A run of clear days with cool nights should set in for the first half of the week across most of the areas mentioned. Tuesday morning will again be relatively cool by summer standards, but not as cold as Monday morning.
01 Feb 2026, 6:11AM UTC
Northern Territory to cop flooding rainfall this week
A broad area of low pressure has developed over the NT's north with its circulation centre currently located to the west of Daly Waters. As seen in satellite imagery, cloudbands which originate over the Timor Sea, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria are feeding into the low with each cloudband delivering significant tropical moisture. The position of this low will change very little before Wednesday morning, meaning that excessive moisture will continue converging over the NT's north and rising motion associated with the low will generate flooding rainfall. Image: Visible satellite images showing the circulation of a low over the NT's north on Sunday, 1 February 2026. Source: Weatherzone. Forecast models currently indicate peak rainfall totals of 300-500mm by Wednesday morning, and isolated totals exceeding 500mm are certainly possible by this time. Image: Accumulating precipitation ending 9:30am ACST Wednesday, 4 February 2026. Source: Weatherzone. Looking further ahead, this low is expected to track westward over the Kimberley during the middle of the week. Later this week, the chance of Tropical Low 21U developing into a tropical cyclone will increase as it has the potential to move offshore over waters to the north of the Pilbara. Be sure to check our Tropical Cyclones page for the latest information as this situation evolves this week.
31 Jan 2026, 1:44AM UTC
Heatwave to continue for interior SA and NSW today
One more day of intense heat is expected across parts of South Australia and New South Wales today. Temperatures are again expected to reach the upper 40s across interior areas of SA and NSW, particularly between Marree and Ivanhoe and including Menindee. Image: Forecast maximum temperatures for Saturday, 31 January 2026. Source: Weatherzone. The heatwave this week has smashed many long-standing records with temperatures reaching 50 degrees in two towns in SA. Furthermore, the extended hot spell has broken multi-day temperature records. Woomera's past 7 days have averaged a maximum of 46.7 degrees, its hottest week in 76 years of records, and 2.2 degrees hotter than its previous hottest week, in January 2019. The heatwave will finally come to an end tomorrow, the first day of February as cooler southerly winds spread over most of SA and NSW in the wake of a surface trough.