Record warm winter hits Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra; hot spring forecast
South-east Australian capitals post their warmest or near-warmest winter on record, with forecasters warning of an early spring heatwave.
What to know
- Sydney and Melbourne recorded their warmest winter on record; Canberra its highest-ever winter temperatures.
- Adelaide and Hobart posted their second-warmest winters on record.
- Forecasters expect the warm pattern to continue with a hot start to spring across south-east Australia.
Tom Saunders ABC News weather reporter
The record 3 articles and posts · last 27 days
What people are saying 5 voices from 2 sites · verbatim
- Aug 29
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My point is really that people should try to use the ac only when it's truly needed. Using it all the time is bad for our health and leaves humans immune system at elevated risk of failing during extremes. As a species we've sorta lost the ability to evolve, because we've got all the newest tech to help us all survive. What happens when the same…
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8/9 of our warmest years on record (starting in 1910) have occured from 2013 onwards. Every decade from the 1950s onwards has been warmer than the decade before that. 2019, which was actually our warmest year to date, had three times as many extreme heat days as any year prior to 2000. Also "in 2019, there were 33 days when national daily average…
- Aug 28
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The IOD has remain positive too, that’s pumping moisture into the atmosphere. Sadly your strong highs have kept a lot of that from reaching Australian shores in any real volumes.
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Once it’s over 35 outside the ac stays on 26 until such a time in autumn that it drops back below 35.
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Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne record warmest ever Winter, 2C higher than the long term average https://www. abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/spr ing-scorcher-to-follow-record-warm-winter-australia-weather/107090824 # Climate