Climate Outlook

This page displays long-range climate outlooks for Australia, which are not the same as weather forecasts. The main difference between climate outlooks and weather forecasts is scale. A weather forecast aims to predict the weather for an individual location on a scale of hours to days. A climate outlook predicts the average weather conditions over a broad area, relative to the long-term-average, on a scale of weeks to months. For example, a climate outlook can let you know if the upcoming season will be drier or hotter than usual. However, there can still be individual days of heavy rain and cold weather in the season.