Peter Hannam
@peterhannam1.bsky.social
Media manager at Australia’s Climate Change Authority. Former a senior journalist at the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald/Age and Bloomberg. Every part of a degree of heating matters. (Also via 88phannam@gmail.com)
This is an interesting article from @financialtimes.com … but it’s only part of the story. We visited Guizhou in August, including Zunyi, which was popular. Some other sites such as Longli, where a lot of investment had gone in, were largely deserted…
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is an interesting article from @financialtimes.com … but it’s only part of the story. We visited Guizhou in August, including Zunyi, which was popular. Some other sites such as Longli, where a lot of investment had gone in, were largely deserted…
One final October chart… Queensland had its hottest October on record… here’s how it fared for mean temperatures. (All charts via BoM)
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
One final October chart… Queensland had its hottest October on record… here’s how it fared for mean temperatures. (All charts via BoM)
And October’s minimums were also well above the long-run average, behind only the Octobers in 2015 and 2024…
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
And October’s minimums were also well above the long-run average, behind only the Octobers in 2015 and 2024…
And for mean temperatures, last month was a near-equal second hottest October. Last month’s anomaly was 2.51C above the 1961-90, and the previous October in 2024 had a 2.52C anomaly. Both lagged 2015’s October anomaly of just over 3C:
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And for mean temperatures, last month was a near-equal second hottest October. Last month’s anomaly was 2.51C above the 1961-90, and the previous October in 2024 had a 2.52C anomaly. Both lagged 2015’s October anomaly of just over 3C:
October was another well-above average month for temperatures…here’s what maximums looked like:
November 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
October was another well-above average month for temperatures…here’s what maximums looked like:
And October rainfall was close to the long-run national average..
November 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
And October rainfall was close to the long-run national average..
And for year yo date, southeastern Australia including Tasmania has been pretty dry…via Bom
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
And for year yo date, southeastern Australia including Tasmania has been pretty dry…via Bom
October was a relatively dry one for most of NSW and parts of southwest WA…
Via BoM
Via BoM
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
October was a relatively dry one for most of NSW and parts of southwest WA…
Via BoM
Via BoM
Sydney forecast to have its hottest October day on record tomorrow…
(Present record is 38.2C in October 2004)
Via BoM
(Present record is 38.2C in October 2004)
Via BoM
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Sydney forecast to have its hottest October day on record tomorrow…
(Present record is 38.2C in October 2004)
Via BoM
(Present record is 38.2C in October 2004)
Via BoM
Mid-spring and temperatures are climbing in Sydney by Wednesday to 38C…putting the October record of 38.2C in play. Penrith (right) looking at 40C…not a good sign for the coming summer…
(Via BoM)
(Via BoM)
October 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Mid-spring and temperatures are climbing in Sydney by Wednesday to 38C…putting the October record of 38.2C in play. Penrith (right) looking at 40C…not a good sign for the coming summer…
(Via BoM)
(Via BoM)
Evening light may suit the sculptures better…
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Evening light may suit the sculptures better…
Sculpture by the Sea… soon to open in Sydney
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Sculpture by the Sea… soon to open in Sydney
But not so in Victoria, which had another well-below average month for rainfall in September. (All charts via BoM):
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
But not so in Victoria, which had another well-below average month for rainfall in September. (All charts via BoM):
And to revisit the rainfall data…national rain was close to the September average especially in NSW:
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
And to revisit the rainfall data…national rain was close to the September average especially in NSW:
With mean temperatures also above average over much of Australia especially in the east:
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
With mean temperatures also above average over much of Australia especially in the east:
And a similar story for minimum temperatures for September:
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
And a similar story for minimum temperatures for September:
With no sign of below-average regions for maximum temperatures:
October 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
With no sign of below-average regions for maximum temperatures:
Here’s September’s weather wrap, starting with another above average month for maximum temperatures for Australia:
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Here’s September’s weather wrap, starting with another above average month for maximum temperatures for Australia:
And here’s the year-to-date conditions,with conditions in the southeast a lot drier than usual, with the northeast and east relatively wet.
(Via BoM)
(Via BoM)
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
And here’s the year-to-date conditions,with conditions in the southeast a lot drier than usual, with the northeast and east relatively wet.
(Via BoM)
(Via BoM)
Here’s how the past three months looked like…with a few notably wet regions…
September 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Here’s how the past three months looked like…with a few notably wet regions…
September was another dry month across large areas of Australia’s southeast…
(Via BoM)
(Via BoM)
September 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
September was another dry month across large areas of Australia’s southeast…
(Via BoM)
(Via BoM)
‘Bombshell report’, indeed… though I might gone with a different adjective…
September 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
‘Bombshell report’, indeed… though I might gone with a different adjective…
And here’s the national rainfall picture for the winter just ended (all via BoM):
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
And here’s the national rainfall picture for the winter just ended (all via BoM):
And a reminder of the rainfall picture for August… with parts of the west and east relatively wet:
September 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
And a reminder of the rainfall picture for August… with parts of the west and east relatively wet:
Leading to this reading of mean temperatures for winter:
September 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Leading to this reading of mean temperatures for winter: