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Canberra weather: warm April expected after record breaking March
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Clare Colley Canberra can expect warmer than average temperatures to continue for April after enjoying its equal second warmest March on record.
Fire season extended as summer holds on
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Peter Hannam Sydney's balmy start to April will continue for most of the coming week but those warm and mostly dry conditions have also prompted the Rural Fire Service to extend the fire season for parts of the state's north.
'Really good beach days' ahead after record hot March
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Peter Hannam Don't put away those beach towels just yet - there's more warm weather on the way that might lure you back to the beach.
Rain threatens Easter Sunday lunches
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Eryk Bagshaw Rain will threaten Easter Sunday lunches around Sydney on Sunday, as the long-weekend's run of perfect weather looks to come to an end.
Canberra blanketed by smog
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Katie Burgess Flights in and out of Canberra delayed after smoke and fog blanketed the capital.
Wet and mild Easter long weekend
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Peter Hannam A senior forecaster with the Bureau of Meteorology says Easter holidaymakers can expect showers and sun over the long weekend break.
Sydney weather: Showers to continue before heating up before Easter long weekend
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Megan Levy It has been a tale of two cities across Sydney, as parts of the coastal fringe recorded their wettest 24-hour period in months while barely a shower washed over some western suburbs.
Severe weather warning for the Canberra region
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Strong winds expected about parts of southeast New South Wales, including the wider Canberra region ahead of a cold front.
Here comes autumn
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Peter Hannam The meteorologists are calling what many Sydney commuters already know: autumn has arrived.
Sydney wakes to rain as three-week dry spell comes to an end
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Lisa Visentin, Peter Hannam Sydneysiders can expect several days of rain-soaked commutes after an early morning downpour ended three weeks of uninterrupted sunshine.
'True shocker': Spike in global temperatures stuns scientists
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Peter Hannam Global temperatures leapt in February, lifting warming from pre-industrial levels to beyond 1.5 degrees, and stoking concerns about a "climate emergency".
Storms to dump rain on Sydney' commuters
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Peter Hannam Slow-moving thunderstorms in Sydney's west could make for a wet and disrupted journey home on Monday.
Severe storm warning for east of Canberra
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A severe storm is expected to narrowly miss Canberra on Monday afternoon.
National heat records smashed
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Peter Hannam National records were smashed in the scorching start to March, as the driest January-February in parts of northern Australia for half a century led to an unusual build-up of heat, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Cool change on the way but heat not over yet
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Peter Hannam This weekend is set to be another warm, muggy one - and next weekend may be much the same.
Severe thunderstorm headed for Canberra after record-breaking March heat
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Katie Burgess A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the ACT with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting large hail, heavy rain, and damaging winds.
Sultry times roll on for Sydney as inland heat records melt
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Peter Hannam As Sydney's run of abnormally warm and dry conditions rolls into a sixth week, the first signs of break in the weather are showing up in the forecasts.
Worst of Sydney's heatwave still to come as humidity climbs
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Peter Hannam Sydneysiders can expect rising humidity in coming days, making the apparently endless summer seem a bit more uncomfortable.
Canberra's record-breaking heatwave
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Katie Burgess If Thursday hits its predicted peak it will be the ACT's longest March heat spell on record.
Melbourne melts as autumnal heatwave pumps temperatures over 38°
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Chloe Booker, Alana Schetzer Melburnians are sweating through a post-summer scorcher as the mercury soars above 38 degrees - and it's set to get even higher.
What's going to break Sydney's heat spell?
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Peter Hannam While the dry,calm, and mostly sunny days are making it seem that summer will never end, its demise is in sight.
Arachnopolis Now: 'Perfect conditions' bring out Sydney's spiders
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Peter Hannam Sydney is in the midst of a spider boom, with "perfect conditions" leading to more offspring than usual surviving and resulting in many plants and other objects being draped with silken webs, according to the Australian Museum.
No end in sight for unusual early autumn heat
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Peter Hannam Can't make it to the beach because of work? Don't fret, there's some excellent weather coming this weekend.
Severe thunderstorm warning for Canberra on Thursday evening
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The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Canberra region.
'Autumn may not start until April'
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Peter Hannam Little sign of a seasonal cooling off as Australia basks in unusually warm and dry weather.
Sydney's heat 'just keeps on coming' with no early sign of cool change
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Peter Hannam Sydney's late-summer spell of unusual warmth shows little sign of making way for autumn with another week of mild to hot weather ahead.
A sweltering summer, a hot March - now get set for a wet Autumn
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Liam Mannix You survived Melbourne's hot summer? Expect Autumn to be wet. But first, we have to get through March, which is looking like a scorcher.
Canberra's summer was a season of highs and lows
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Katie Burgess Canberra's temperatures varied by more than 35 degrees during a warmer, drier summer than average, meteorologists say.
Sydney beaches closed as dangerous surf conditions take hold
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Jim Gainsford The flow-on effects of Fiji's Tropical Cyclone Winston put a dampener on the last weekend of summer, bringing dangerous surfing conditions and closing many Sydney beaches.
'Strangely warm southerly' brings little relief to hot Sydney
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Julie Power A "strangely warm southerly" is sweeping across Sydney today with little relief from the heat at beaches in NSW and Queensland because of Cyclone Winston causing large, dangerous and powerful surf.