Temperatures in one state are set to push towards 50C this week, with severe heatwave conditions to remain in place until ...

A heatwave is set to spread across more than half the country this week, as a cyclone spinning over waters to the west of ...

If you felt like last year was warmer and wetter than normal, you might be onto something. And the data backs it up.

Higher pressure is usually associated with sunny weather, lower pressure with stormy weather. The temperature to which the air needs to be cooled for moisture to condense, for example, as dew.

The Los Angeles fires offer valuable lessons for other global cities in a similar climate zones – including many Australian centres.