Tyne Logan

Australia is experiencing a smorgasbord of wild weather in the lead-up to Christmas, featuring extreme heat, humidity, severe thunderstorms, and tropical storms all on the cards.

Some forecasts will tell you the weather 28 days from now. But is it accurate?

The first heatwave of the summer will reach its peak across New South Wales today, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius likely to span from Western Australia's north-west all the way to Parramatta.

Summer has arrived in Australia with a bang, with fire and searing heat in the west, while a sprinkling of snow accompanied record cold temperatures in the south-east of the country.

The peak body for Australia's fire and emergency services is warning some parts of the country will be  “highly flammable"  by January, as the effects of a long dry spell and warm summer take hold. 

An increased risk of bushfire is expected for parts of the country this summer, with most areas expecting hotter than normal temperatures.

From heat, back to snow, fire danger and storm warnings — spring weather has given the country some serious whiplash. What's behind it?

One of nature's most magnificent shows, the southern lights, could be on display for large parts of southern Australia tonight with a severe solar storm event impacting on Earth. But the boom in aurora activity will not last forever.

Hot nights coupled with high daytime temperatures could see Australia heading into an extremely hot summer, BOM's first long-range forecast indicates.

The Bureau of Meteorology says it will no longer publish a cyclone outlook for WA's north, saying it was less reliable due to a changing climate. 

Parts of Pilbara and Kimberley surpassed 40 degrees Celsius yesterday but meteorologists say the temperatures will not trigger a heatwave warning yet.

Southern and eastern Australia are forecast to see a surge of summer-like warmth, as high fire danger warnings are issued across several parts of the country.

Climate scientists say Australia's oceans have been hotter than ever before in the last year, and that trend could be causing some extreme weather patterns.

For the past year, Australia's oceans have been hotter than ever before. The impacts are being felt all across the nation — as far away from the coast as you can get.

The last time it rained that much in winter, Perth's drinking water dam overflowed. Now it's barely half full. It's telling the story of a water crisis that's not only affecting Australia, but the globe.

Spring is shaping up to be warm and wet for large parts of country as warm seas off WA's north-west kick a major climate driver into gear.

US President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to US weather and climate services will cause the loss of critical data Australia relies on for its weather and climate modelling.

The frequency of "giant" hail and the number of hail days in a season could increase substantially for multiple Australian cities as the climate warms, a new study has found.

Rain has returned to farming regions in South Australia. But the drought is not over  — it just looks like it. 

Parts of the country have recorded their coldest June mornings in decades, but on average, winters are getting warmer.

BOM rainfall forecasts ranged widely ahead of a storm that saw parts of New South Wales receive their highest 24-hour totals in 25 years.

The first east coast low in three years could hit New South Wales this week. They are not ordinary storms.

Temperatures have been plummeting in large parts of the country as we are closing in on the shortest day of the year. But during the depths of winter, which town holds bragging rights as the coldest in the country?

The areas over the ocean where storm clouds form have dwindled by up to 3 per cent in the past two decades, new research led by NASA shows.

Businesses are being hit by eye-watering electricity price hikes of up to 50 per cent or more, prompting warnings some could be sent to the wall — and sparking doubts about WA's coal shutdown plans.