Climate Education Site Map

• Climate of the 20^th Century
  • Cyclone
    • A town destroyed and a ship lost, March 1911
    • The wreck of the "Koombana", March 1912
    • Queensland 1918, a devastating couplet
    • Gold Coast cyclone, February 1954
    • Western Australia, February/March 1956
    • Cyclone Tracy, Christmas 1974
    • Other Cyclones, East coast lows
  • Storm
    • Tornadoes
    • Hail storms
    • Flash floods
    • Gales, Southern Australia , 1948 and 1994
  • Drought
    • The “Federation drought” 1895-1902
    • The 1914-15 drought
    • The World War II droughts 1937-45
    • The 1965-68 drought
    • Short but sharp - The 1982-83 drought
    • The long El Niño - 1991 through 1995
  • Flip side
    • Heavy swells
    • Pluvial period of the 1970s
    • Recovery 1915-17
    • Wet years in a dry decade
    • Western Australia to the rescue
    • Dam the Gordon
    • Rain and disease
    •  Fewer frosts
  • Flood
    • Clermont, Queensland, December 1916
    • Southwestern Australia, July 1926
    • Northern Tasmania, April1929
    • The December1934 floods in Melbourne
    • The great Roper river flood of 1940
    • Southeastern Australia, June 1952
    • Hunter Valley, February 1955
    • The big wet, January 1974
    • Nyngan and Charelville, April 1990
    • Katherine floods, January 1998
  • Temperature
    • Marble Bar heatwave, 1923-24
    • Where is the cool change?
    • Heatwaves in South Australia
    • Low level snow
    • Abundant snow seasons
  • Fire
    • Cyclone and fire in South West Western Australia. 1937,1961, 1978
    • Black Friday” In Victoria, January 1939
    • Hobart fires February 1967
    • Central Australia fires, 1974-75
    • Ash Wednesday, February 1983
    • Eastern seaboard fires, January 1994
• Climate of Australia
  • Outline of Australian Climate
  • Australian Climate Zones
    • Climate of Victoria
    • Climate of New South Wales
    • Climate of South Australia
    • Climate of Western Australia
    • Climate of Tasmania
    • Climate of The Northern Territory
    • Climate of Queensland
  • Climate Variability and El Niño
• Climate and People
  • Sustainable Urban Design and Climate
    • Why is the Bureau of Meteorology interested in urban design?
    • What cities do to the local climate.
    • What city climates do to people.
    • Climate and urban design - the rewards!
    • Designing with climate.
    • Interested in knowing more?
  • Climate and Building Design
    • Temperate Climate
    • Hot Dry Climate
    • Warm Humid Climate
    • World Meteorological Organisation Headquarters - Design Innovation
  • Climate Tips for Travelers
  • Health and Climate
    • Thermal Stress
  • Living with Drought
    • Managing drought
    • Types of drought
    • Global monitoring
• Climate Change
  • Long-Term Climate Variability in Australia
  • The Greenhouse Effect
• Monitoring Predicting
  • Australia's first weathermen
  • Large-scale atmospheric circulations affecting our climate