Archives of January weather patterns covering the Blackall Range often show a large high pressure system hovering to SE of Tasmania that interacts with low pressure systems in the monsoonal belt. Such was the case in the first week of the New Year, when we had 115 mm of rain in the gauges to indicate [...]
Continue reading...11. October 2009
This is the time of year when our eyes scan the horizon seeking the first sign of buds bursting out in colour on jacarandas trees. The heavy scent of jasmine and freesia fills the air, joy to some and an allergy to others. Throughout the month a persistent high pressure system centred in the [...]
Continue reading...5. August 2009
In the first week of the month the Hinterland experienced wintry weather resulting from an extensive high covering the whole of Australia and a 992hPa low in the Tasman Sea. The two systems interacted to bring strong Antarctic winds up the east coast and on to our Ranges On most days we had long hours [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2009
Last year we had a wet summer with 1,197 mm of rain on the Ranges. It was also a cool summer with a mean max temperature of 24ºC. It is somewhat different this year with summer rainfall less than half the previous year and an increase of two degrees in the mean maximum summer temperature. A [...]
Continue reading...4. February 2009
New Year’s Day was a hot one with a maximum temperature of 34ºC. Winds backed to strong south-easterlies by Saturday, bringing a drop of twelve degrees in daytime temperatures and some light to moderate showers. An extensive high pressure system has remained hovering over the Tasman Sea for the past two weeks and is responsible for [...]
Continue reading...7. January 2009
The first month of summer was a reminder that Mother Nature is a law unto herself. There was a real mixture of weather; it was wet and windy and temperatures rose to thirty-four degrees bringing the heat exhaustion factor to 42ºC. This is well into the danger zone for the elderly and young alike; not [...]
Continue reading...21. August 2008
Welcome to the new Hinterland Times Website! We are currently loading content at a furious pace so keep us bookmarked to check out all of the hinterland happenings online. In time we will have the full magazine online including News, Features, Classifieds, Events and Entertainment - along with a few special features designed specifically for the [...]
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3. February 2010
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