Your guide to using long-range forecasts
-Explore likely conditions for the weeks and months ahead
Issued: 8 September 2025
You can plan for likely weather for the weeks and months ahead using the Bureau’s long-range forecasts. We have published new information shining the spotlight on how to best use long-range forecasts.
This includes a suite of short and practical explainer videos presented by our experts with topics including:
- An introduction – regular updates to help you plan ahead
- Likely conditions – long-range forecasts are all about probability
- What’s my chance of rainfall?
- How much rainfall will I get?
- What’s my chance of different rainfall totals?
- What do white areas mean on the rainfall map?
- What does red mean on temperature maps?
You can access the videos and more on our Using long-range forecasts page.
Webinar on the spring long-range forecast
Our climatologists explained details behind the long-range forecast for spring 2025 at our webinar, held in September 2025.
We also went through a winter wrap-up and water briefing with time for questions and answers. You can view the webinar on our YouTube channel.
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