BOM weather indicator

The BoM’s rain outlook tells a vastly different story about next week: Can it be trusted?

Over the next week and a half we’re likely to be stuck in a persistent pattern where the rain falls over the west and far north of the nation, and...

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Significant rain for wheatbelt, then northeast NSW/southeast QLD

Out of season rain is likely to spread through Western Australia’s wheatbelt...

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Victorian SES

Farmer dies in VIC storms

A dairy farmer is dead and hundreds of thousands of properties remain without...

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SES Victoria crew in front of fallen tree

Jane Bunn: Tropical rain may visit southern Australia

An active trough crossed Victoria on Tuesday, the perfect recipe for heat,...

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Bureau of Meteorology map

January the ninth wettest on record: BOM

January was one of the wettest months on record, with rainfall 47% above the...

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Raindrops falling

Jane Bunn: Models are hinting at La Niña but that’s just one piece of the puzzle

There is a fair bit of talk about El Nino not delivering as expected, and the...

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Did the BOM get it wrong on the hot, dry summer?

What happened to the scorching El Niño summer we were bracing for? Why has the...

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