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Skip to Content Home>Weather News>Heaviest rain in years soaks parts of WA, more to come Ben Domensino Today, 2:59 AM UTC Image: Forecast rain during the 72 hours ending at 8pm AWST on Sunday, July 19, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. Some of the heaviest rain in years has soaked parts of Western Australia over the last 24 hours, with more rain on the way on Friday and over the weekend.

Perth has had its warmest July day since 1994, with the mercury reaching 25.7°C at 3:09 pm (AWST). Perth had hit the 25-degree mark only once previously this century. That was on July 18, 2017, when the maximum was exactly 25.0°C. The record high for Perth in July is 26.3°C on July 18, 1976, at the old official city weather station in Kings Park. Since the weather station moved to its current location at Mt Lawley in 1993, the highest July reading was 25.8°C on July 21, 1994.

The 2026 Australian snow season has hit its highest snow depth yet after last weekend’s snowfalls, with hydro-electric operator Snowy Hydro measuring a snowpack 70.8 cm deep at Spencers Creek, roughly halfway between the NSW ski resorts of Perisher and Thredbo. But at slightly lower elevations in the mountains where you’d ordinarily expect at least a thin midwinter snow cover, there is currently no natural snow at all.

Skip to Content Home>Weather News>Mercury plummets below zero in all states and territories except the NT Anthony Sharwood Today, 1:01 AM UTC Image: Minimums across Australia on the morning of Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Source: Weatherzone Sub-zero minimum temperatures were recorded in seven of the eight Australian states and territories overnight, with only the Northern Territory failing to record a freezing temperature.

A multi-day midwinter heavy rainfall event is looking increasingly likely for the North Coast of New South Wales and immediately adjacent areas, including just over the Queensland border. According to Weatherzone meteorologist Joel Pippard, four-day totals of 100-200mm are expected from Thursday through to next Monday, with isolated totals around 250mm, along a strip of coastline stretching roughly from Coffs Harbour to the Gold Coast.

Heavy snow has fallen across Tasmania, with light snow falling to levels as low as 600 metres, while snowfall totals likely exceeded 20 centimetres at some locations above about 1000 metres. Tasmania’s highest peak is Mt Ossa at 1617 metres, the iconic Cradle Mountain is 1545 m, while kunanyi/Mt Wellington towers above Hobart at 1271 metres. So any time snow falls to 600 metres, a good proportion of the state will have a coating of white.

Skip to Content Home>Weather News>Wind gust of 163 km/h in Tasmania, the equivalent of category 2 cyclone Anthony Sharwood Today, 3:09 AM UTC Image: 10m wind gusts for Tasmania and nearby parts of the mainland at 7 am (AEST) on July 13, 2026. Source: Weatherzone A wind gust of 163 km/h was recorded in the southern Tasmanian outpost of Maatsuyker Island around dawn on Monday morning, as a vigorous westerly airstream lashes southeastern Australia.

Skip to Content Home>Weather News>What is the best whale watching weather for NSW and Queensland? Felix Levesque Today, 2:06 AM UTC Image: A breaching humpback whale just outside Sydney Harbour's heads. Source: iStock / PomInOz Between June and November, humpback whales migrate up and down the Australian East Coast, but what are the best weather conditions to spot these giant animals?

Typhoon Bavi is nearing major population centres this weekend, having travelled across the Western Pacific in the last week. Crossing Japan’s Sakishima Islands east of Taiwan on Saturday morning, Bavi will then pass to the north of Taiwan, before making landfall along China’s east coast by late Saturday night. According to the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA), Bavi is currently generating winds of approximately 140km/h, gusting to about 200km/h as it crosses the southern Okinawa Islands.

A classic winter cold front will surge across southeastern Australia this weekend, with widespread showers and strong winds throughout the weekend, while snowfalls will commence in the alpine region later on Saturday. The engine of this system is a strong low pressure system centred over the Southern Ocean, closer to Antarctica than Australia. Winds circulating clockwise around this vast system will push moisture and cold air all the way to Tasmania and the southeastern mainland.