Australian Climate

Brisbane and Queensland Floods: Should We Avoid Living There?

6 February 2012 Life in Australia

As most of you will know, last year’s floods were as a result of us being in the middle of a very strong La Niña event. When she is around, it rains a lot. The opposite of a La Niña is an El Niño. When he is around, Australia can go into drought. I explained [...]

Moving to Australia for the Weather?

13 January 2012 Australian Climate

This week, on various different days, communities in and around Brisbane have been marking the anniversary of last year’s floods. As the reporter in the video says, the weather around Brisbane this week has been absolutely glorious. He’s right, it has been truly scorchio. Temperatures have been reaching between 32° and 37°C. So it does [...]

The Five Day Weather Backcast for Brisbane

31 August 2011 Australian Climate

Today is the last day of winter here in Australia. I decided to provide you with a five-day weather backcast, because I find them far more accurate than weather forecasts. Frankly, you’d need to be psychic to predict what happened here in the last five days. Saturday As I said in Mondays post, Saturday it [...]

Australia: Bushfires, Floods, Cyclones, When Will It End?

7 February 2011 Australian Climate

I had hoped that today would be a good time to change the mood of this blog and post about something light and entertaining, maybe even be a bit witty. And I thought it would make a change to write a post that didn’t mention the words rain, floods or cyclone. (Dang! Too late.) But [...]

Australian Climate: More Strange Weather….

29 September 2010 Australian Climate

Australia is a big country; I know I have mentioned it before. But then, I’m just stating the obvious aren’t I? Everybody knows Australia is a big country. But I was reminded of how big Australia is again this week. As you know I have been talking about the arrival of spring here over the [...]

The Australian Climate: Humid or Arid?

1 September 2010 Australian Climate

I did go to great lengths to explain the complexities of humidity in my post The Australian Climate: Humidity Explained. But that was quite wordy, so for those who prefer their explanations in pictorial form, this is for you. But this time, lets talk about the opposite of humidity. Aridity. Well, at least I think [...]

The Australian Climate: Humidity Explained.

17 February 2010 Australian Climate

It’s time to get hot and sweaty. Yes, today I’m going to be talking about humidity. I don’t have any photographs of humidity, but that’s probably a good thing. This is rocket science! No, it is, really! I have tried to understand humidity and the more I read the more confused I get. So if [...]

Dust Storms Sweep Through from Sydney to Brisbane

23 September 2009 Australian Climate

We interrupt this blog for a weather warning, or two, or three… Boy I love this country! As a born and bred Brit, I just love talking about the weather. But I thought the Australian climate would become a little boring. Hot and sunny with clear blue skies every day is lovely to live in [...]