The town that won't cool down
It's 5.40am in Moree, northern NSW, as Ben Adams wakes up and prepares for work.
It's 5.40am in Moree, northern NSW, as Ben Adams wakes up and prepares for work.
Sydneysiders are sweltering through a hot and sticky Sunday, with temperatures passing the 30-degree mark since 9.30am.
Canberrans who sweltered through a hot and humid Sunday should brace themselves for an uncomfortably warm night.
Sydney prepares for a hot February weekend ahead of what is likely to be another month of sweltering temperatures.
Early colonists thought weather systems moved from east to west.
As the temperature reaches new heights, so does the sale of air conditioners as Sydneysiders seek out cool relief in their homes.
Sydney has marked its hottest ever month, with extended warm spells setting records at all metropolitan sites.
Sydney's latest summer heatwave has peaked and temperatures are plummeting - but the relief won't last long as another hot spell will arrive within days.
Sydneysiders struggling back to work and school this week are likely to get little early relief - particularly overnight - from the city's record-breaking heat.
NSW students returning to school this week face extreme heat on Monday and Tuesday with temperatures reaching into the 40s for much of the state.
It will be a blazing start to the new school year.
An unusually quiet period for cyclones in the Australian region may come to an end within days.
Showers and possible storms will sweep across Sydney on Tuesday afternoon
Sydney is heading for its hottest ever January at least for overnight temperatures.
There's little sign of summer taking a holiday this week, with more scorching days and a string of warm nights ahead.
Damaging winds pass Canberra by with severe thunderstorm warning cancelled.
A large fire swallowed more than 3300 hectares as it burned east from Lake George on Tuesday afternoon.
Sydneysiders have endured yet another sticky, stifling night of summer, with the temperature not dipping below 28 degrees in the city all night.
After a reprieve from extreme heat on Sunday, Sydney is in for one hot night on Tuesday.
ActewAGL and SES crews were on Sunday still cleaning up damage from Friday's freak windstorm.
It dropped the temperature nine degrees in nine minutes and now a major clean-up is underway in the capital after Friday's freak windstorm.
You're not wrong: Sydney has just tossed and turned through a night of "quite exceptional" heat.
As NSW residents yet again brace themselves for scorching heat with the mercury set to rise above 40c, authorities have issued a total fire ban across most of the state.
After a warm night, Melbourne woke up to light rain on Friday, a little taster of the heavier falls expected later on.
Power cuts, sizzled tennis players and runaway grassfires featured in another scorching summer's day in and around Sydney, with only a limited respite before the heat returns.
Sydneysiders are in for a roasting as high temperatures combine with rising humidity to make for an exceptionally uncomfortable day.
Health authorities have warned Sydneysiders to be on alert as the baking sun sends temperatures and ozone levels soaring and triggers a total fire ban.
NSW Health has issued an air pollution alert as Sydney prepares to swelter through another summer day, warning residents that an increased level of ozone in the atmosphere is likely to affect residents with respiratory problems.
Canberrans who have stepped outside and felt particularly sweaty these past four days can blame the mercury for hitting 30 degrees or higher since Friday. And they may not get some relief for at least another week.
Sydneysiders face an extended period of hot weather with warm nights likely to give only limited relief from daytime heat peaks.
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