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Today, 12:41AM UTC
Brisbane’s wettest day since Cyclone Alfred
Heavy rain has fallen across southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales, with numerous locations receiving more than 100mm in the 24 hours to 9am Wednesday, most of which fell on Tuesday afternoon and evening. North of the Qld/NSW border, the highest fall was 129mm at Oyster Creek near Burleigh Heads on the southern part of the Gold Coast. South of the Qld/NSW border, 123mm was recorded at Goonengery, not far inland from Byron Bay. In Brisbane, the airport received 61mm while 53.8mm fell in the city. These were the heaviest daily falls at these sites in October for four and five years respectively, and also the highest falls at both locations since Cyclone Alfred drenched the city in March. Brisbane has had a topsy-turvy year for rainfall. The most notable feature on the graph below is obviously the massive rainfall spike caused by Cyclone Alfred. Image: Rainfall in Brisbane (sky blue) compared to the average (paler blue) in the 12 months since November 2024. After a relatively wet summer, Alfred delivered Brisbane’s wettest day in half a century, as well as the city’s wettest three-day spell on record (676.8mm). The damp autumn continued into April, before Brisbane dried out through the cooler months in the middle of year, as it typically does. In September, the rain gods could not spare even a millimetre of rain for Brisbane, with the city recording just 0.8mm – its driest September in 38 years. After a dry start to October with no rain over the first 12 days and just 10.8mm up to October 26, Brisbane's running total for October is now 99.2mm, which has exceeded the monthly average of 85.8mm at the current city site, which has been operational for 25 years. Image: Six-hour radar loop to midnight (AEST), showing steady precipitation associated with the second trough crossing southeast Qld and northeast NSW. What caused the heavy overnight rain? "The heavy rain was caused by two distinct trough lines, which produced around 30mm each,” Weatherzone meteorologist Joel Pippard explains. "The first, around midday, was a weak coastal trough, and the second, around 9pm, was a trough pushing in from inland which tapped into some tropical moisture coming in all the way from the Top End." Skies have now cleared this Wednesday over Brisbane and most of the areas mentioned in this story, however wet weather will return soon, with a persistent onshore flow of northeasterly winds generating the potential for showers for much of the week. Our Brisbane forecast is here.
28 Oct 2025, 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