Warm and sunny weather expected for most Australian capitals over Easter weekend
A spectacular Easter long weekend is predicted for much of Australia, with warm and sunny conditions forecast for most capitals.
Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney can all expect warm and sunny weather during the long weekend.
“It’s going to be a bloody nice Easter for many,” said Dean Narramore, Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist, “which is nice as Christmas was wet and rainy for many in the south-east.”
The calm outlook follows extreme bouts of dry and warm weather across southern and western Australia. Large parts of the mainland interior and tropical north will be stormy over the holidays, continuing what has been an “almost relentlessly” wet start to the autumn, Narramore said.
Temperatures in the low 30s are predicted for inland parts of New South Wales over Easter, while the east will reach the high 20s. Showers and storms will affect the state’s west but the north-east will remain dry. Sydney is expected to be sunny, with temperatures in the high 20s.
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Victoria’s north is predicted to reach the low 30s with plenty of sunshine. In Melbourne, temperatures are expected reach the mid to high 20s, with sunshine possibly giving way to showers and storms on Monday.
The month of March has been bonedry in Melbourne, with just 2.8mm of rain recorded so far. With rain unlikely before the end of the month, the city is on track to break its current March low rainfall record of 3.7mm, set in 1934.
In Queensland, Brisbane is expected to stay mostly fine over Easter, with a chance of some showers. Inland temperatures will be in the low 30s and the coast will reach high 20s. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for northern and western parts of the state, with coastal showers also predicted.
South Australia’s inland temperatures are expected to reach the mid 30s, with Adelaide “flirting with” 30C for most of the break, said Narramore. Showers and storms are expected through northern and eastern parts of the state.
After record-breaking heat and low rainfall over the spring and summer in Perth, the dry will continue over the weekend in Western Australia, said Narramore.
Temperatures in Perth will sit in the high 20s to mid-30s, while most of the rest of the state will reach the mid-30s.
Meanwhile, in Tasmania temperatures are expected to be in the teens to low 20s, with Tasmania enjoying a fine and partly cloudy Easter long weekend.
Northern Territory’s temperatures will hover around the low 30s, with widespread thunderstorms predicted over the long weekend.
In the Australian Capital Territory, it’s expected to be much the same as parts of NSW and northern Victoria, with the capital forecast to see sunshine and temperatures into the high 20s.