Using AWN
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have the menu bar at the top open in a new window.
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Finding what you want
- Forecasts: Weather warnings and forecasts for all Australia, Bureau guidance forecasts for up to a week for over 600 locations, and computer model forecasts of rain and more.
- Current: The weather today and right now. Radar, lightning, satellite images, hourly charts, detailed rainfall maps, and weather readings from all Australian stations.
- Daily Weather Summaries: Charts, statistics and news stories give the most detailed national weather coverage available in one place for every day back to 1996. Today's is here.
- Recent & Climate: Rainfall, temperature and more for every Australian station for the past year. Long-term averages, charts, climate change, El Nino.
- Severe: Current and past cyclones, floods, droughts, thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, snowstorms, bushfires, gales and high seas.
- Know-how: How the weather works; observing, analysing and forecasting the weather ; and tech stuff for weather enthusiasts.
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11 Nov |
New - DWS events 5 Nov |
 QLD, NSW: Thunderstorms bring heavy rain, large hail
 QLD, NSW, VIC: Bushfires continue
 NICARAGUA: Weakening Ida brings damage and torrential rain
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11 Nov |
Updated - DWS events 2 Nov |
VIETNAM: Tropical Storm Mirinae brings flooding, heavy death toll |
10 Nov |
New - DWS events 4 Nov |
NSW, VIC: Bushfires continue |
10 Nov |
New - DWS events 3 Nov |
VIC, TAS: Storm-force winds as depression brushes past
NSW: High temperatures and small bushfires
QLD: State on fire alert as blazes continue
NT, WA: Thunderstorms signal end of the Dry
UK: High winds, possible tornado cause damage in Hampshire |
10 Nov |
New - DWS events 2 Nov |
VIETNAM: Tropical Storm Mirinae brings flooding, heavy death toll |
8 Nov |
New - DWS events 2 Nov |
UK: Storms and rain bring flooding to eastern Scotland |
7 Nov |
New - DWS events 2 Nov |
SA, NSW, VIC: Heatwave continues as cooler change moves in
NSW, QLD: Bushfires coming under control |
7 Nov |
Updated - DWS events 30 Oct |
NSW, VIC: More heavy rain from isolated thunderstorms |
6 Nov |
New - DWS events 1 Nov |
VIC: Water restrictions eased after good winter rainfall
SA, NSW, VIC: Heatwave conditions continue
UK: Wind, rain, flooding and landslips in south Wales |
6 Nov |
New - DWS events 31 Oct |
VIC: Thunderstorm brings flash flooding to Melbourne |
6 Nov |
Updated - DWS events 31 Oct |
PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Mirinae brings more flooding, damage |
6 Nov |
Updated - DWS events 30 Oct |
NSW, VIC: More heavy rain from isolated thunderstorms |
5 Nov |
Corrected |
A programming error that resulted in the times of observations for WA and NT being shown incorrectly has been fixed. |
5 Nov |
New - DWS events 31 Oct |
WA, SA, NSW, VIC, TAS: Heatwave conditions develop in the south
NT, NSW: October hot in Darwin, cool in Sydney
PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Mirinae brings more flooding, damage
USA: Storms, tornados strike southern states |
4 Nov |
New - DWS events 30 Oct |
WA, NSW, VIC, TAS: Hot weather continues
QLD: Floods and drought plague the southwest
PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Mirinae approaches
USA: Winter arrives early |
4 Nov |
Updated - Recent & Climate |
Climatic data for the months of November 2008 to October 2009 has been updated with recently quality controlled data and additional rainfall data from Australia's ~5000 rainfall observers that only report their daily readings by post at the end of each month. |
3 Nov |
New - DWS events 30 Oct |
NSW, VIC: More heavy rain from isolated thunderstorms |
3 Nov |
New - DWS events 29 Oct |
WA, SA, VIC: Hot weather moves east
QLD, NSW, VIC: Stormy weather continues in eastern states |
3 Nov |
New - DWS events 28 Oct |
WA: Temperature records fall in the SE |
3 Nov |
New - DWS events 27 Oct |
QLD: Savage storms hit Capella |
3 Nov |
Updated - DWS events 27 Oct |
NSW: Thunderstorms bring heaviest rain in months |
2 Nov |
New - DWS events 28 Oct |
QLD, NSW: Thunderstorms, widespread rain saturate the inland
PHILIPPINES: Fourth typhoon in a month threatens |
2 Nov |
New - DWS events 27 Oct |
NSW: Mid North Coast floods follow record rain
WA: Record high temperatures in the south |
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