The Recent Climate - summaries and diagnostics

This page provides links to the various regular (weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual) statements routinely issued by the National Climate Centre, occasional statements (such as the ENSO Wrap-Up and Special Climate Statements), and routine diagnostic products.

Occasional statements

• ENSO Wrap-Up - a commentary on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (About El Niño). These are typically issued at fortnightly or three-weekly intervals.
• Special Climate Statements

Regular statements

• Weekly
  • Weekly tropical climate note
  • Weekly rainfall update
  
  
• Monthly
  • Monthly climate statements (archives)

    	National	ACT	NSW | Sydney
    	NT	Qld | Brisbane	SA | Adelaide
    	Tas	Vic	WA | Perth

  • Drought statement (archive)
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Monthly significant weather summaries
  
  
• Seasonal
  • Seasonal climate statements (archives)

    	National	ACT	NSW | Sydney
    	NT	Qld | Brisbane	SA | Adelaide
    	Tas	Vic	WA | Perth

  • Extended seasonal summaries are published in the Australian Meteorological Magazine.
  
  
• Annual
  • Annual climate statements (archives)

    	National	ACT	NSW | Sydney
    	NT	Qld | Brisbane	SA
    	Tas	Vic	WA | Perth

  • Annual climate summaries (PDF booklets)

Diagnostics

• Southern Oscillation Index (graph, monthly values from 1876)
• Maps of recent rainfall and temperatures
• Rainfall deficiencies and drought
• Sea surface temperatures for last month (mean temperatures, anomalies)

 

This page last updated: 24 March 2009.