Hello from the Bureau with your weekly weather wrap for Sunday the 21st of June, which is the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.
Over the past 24 hours, the bulk of rainfall is observed across the south-east of the country, up to 40 mm in Gippsland. Showers also popped up across eastern Queensland, and for much of South Australia, it was the coldest morning of the year so far, dipping to zero degrees at Coonawarra. Cloud is building across Western Australia, but the rest of the country is looking mostly clear.
For the remainder of Sunday, rain continues across south-east Queensland. Moderate falls are possible around the Kingaroy area, but the peanut harvest there has mostly wrapped up. Showers also for the southern Wheatbelt in WA. Otherwise, the rest of the country is on a drying trend, with a high-pressure system starting to settle in.
Into Monday, showers contract away from the east coast, with the return of sunshine for inland parts of New South Wales, but with freshening and cooler southerly winds pushing through. Later in the day a trough and cold front will approach Tasmania from the west and these systems will bring showers into Tuesday, extending up towards south-eastern parts of South Australia. But there won't be much in it, it will contract away towards the afternoon and evening.
Wednesday will see another frosty start across much of eastern inland Australia. Minimums dipping towards zero as far north as Tambo. But those cooler starts help to slow crop growth and reduce the risk of early crop maturity. Otherwise, showers return to southern parts of Victoria.
Thursday, we see another cool start followed by a warm day right across the Top End. This will promote with the pollination and flowering of mango crops. And later in the day, northerly winds strengthen ahead of the next cold front approaching Western Australia.
This cold front will sweep across the Wheatbelt during Friday, rainfall will help to get fertiliser into the soil, but we could see pockets of heavy rainfall leading to increased runoff. Rain will extend to the eastern states from next weekend, but exact totals are yet to be firmed up.
But that's it for today. Stay up to date with the latest forecast and warnings through the week, and we'll catch you next time. Bye for now.
Over the past 24 hours, the bulk of rainfall is observed across the south-east of the country, up to 40 mm in Gippsland. Showers also popped up across eastern Queensland, and for much of South Australia, it was the coldest morning of the year so far, dipping to zero degrees at Coonawarra. Cloud is building across Western Australia, but the rest of the country is looking mostly clear.
For the remainder of Sunday, rain continues across south-east Queensland. Moderate falls are possible around the Kingaroy area, but the peanut harvest there has mostly wrapped up. Showers also for the southern Wheatbelt in WA. Otherwise, the rest of the country is on a drying trend, with a high-pressure system starting to settle in.
Into Monday, showers contract away from the east coast, with the return of sunshine for inland parts of New South Wales, but with freshening and cooler southerly winds pushing through. Later in the day a trough and cold front will approach Tasmania from the west and these systems will bring showers into Tuesday, extending up towards south-eastern parts of South Australia. But there won't be much in it, it will contract away towards the afternoon and evening.
Wednesday will see another frosty start across much of eastern inland Australia. Minimums dipping towards zero as far north as Tambo. But those cooler starts help to slow crop growth and reduce the risk of early crop maturity. Otherwise, showers return to southern parts of Victoria.
Thursday, we see another cool start followed by a warm day right across the Top End. This will promote with the pollination and flowering of mango crops. And later in the day, northerly winds strengthen ahead of the next cold front approaching Western Australia.
This cold front will sweep across the Wheatbelt during Friday, rainfall will help to get fertiliser into the soil, but we could see pockets of heavy rainfall leading to increased runoff. Rain will extend to the eastern states from next weekend, but exact totals are yet to be firmed up.
But that's it for today. Stay up to date with the latest forecast and warnings through the week, and we'll catch you next time. Bye for now.
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21 June 2026
Video current: 2:00 pm AEST Sunday 21/06/26.