Weather

The odds of a ‘monster El Niño’ developing this year are now as high as 80 per cent. But that is a risk factor not a definite forecast – a big El Niño does not necessarily mean a big dry for Australia

When we seal our homes to keep heat in, we also capture moisture and allergens, affecting the air we breathe. Here’s a few simple ways to fix it

From the ‘Spring of Deception’ to ‘The Swooping’, understanding the cycles of Australian weather can help us all love Melbourne’s eclectic seasons

With the mercury soaring in much of the country, extreme heat and heatwaves are fast becoming Australia’s most urgent climate-driven health emergency

In the time it takes 24 horses to run 3.2 kilometres, Melbourne’s weather can change from hot northerly winds to freezing southerly gales. Here’s why

Australian summers can be fickle and hard to predict - and that's without the extreme weather resulting from climate change

Australian summers can be fickle and hard to predict - and that's without the extreme weather resulting from climate change

Warming oceans have altered a common weather pattern that brings monsoon rains across northern Australia, causing a massive increase in rainfall in the northwest

For drought-busting rains, Australia might just have to wait for the tropical oceans to serve up some moisture, finds new research

Melbourne’s weather is renowned for its variability, but it is still predictable, explained partly by its position on a large hot continent close to the cold Southern Ocean