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Western communities get ready as floods advance
13 Mar 10 | Communities in the west of the State are being warned to prepare for floods which may hit the region in the coming weeks.   | From Coonamble with love: take ... | Massive stock losses after floods | GALLERY: Flood warnings
Pull up the blankets, cool change begins for year
02 Mar 10 | Ever so gently, Dubbo is moving to its autumn comfort zone.  | CommentsComments (1)
Dubbo’s big flood, gone but not forgotten
22 Feb 10 | At a time when farmers are celebrating forecasts of the next decent rainfall, this week marks the anniversary of a time when our city just couldn’t contain what nature threw at it.
17 Feb 10 | The Australian Bureau of Meteorology is defending its performance and revealing future plans after being buffeted by Macquarie River Food and Fibre (MRFF) claims of “sub-par weather forecasting and reporting services”.   | CommentsComments (1) | Figures hard to rain gauge | ‘Raingate’ continues to perplex
Big wet forces road closures
16 Feb 10 | Heavy rainfall at the weekend caused many road closures across the Dubbo area yesterday.   | Rains cost council $2 million ...
Wondrous wet keeps SES crews busy
15 Feb 10 | Intense rainfalls are expected to continue in Dubbo today and State Emergency Services (SES) volunteers remain on alert.
‘Raingate’ continues to perplex
10 Feb 10 | The Bureau of Meterology (BoM) will continue to record, on its website, rain data which is at odds with the experience of Dubbo residents, until such time that the bureau’s data is proven inaccurate.   | CommentsComments (8) | Figures hard to rain gauge
Figures hard to rain gauge
09 Feb 10 | Bureau of Meteorology rain figures that did not represent the drenching Dubbo experienced at the weekend put the wind up the city yesterday.   | CommentsComments (8)
09 Feb 10 | The NRMA has thrown its support behind a trial, floated at the weekend’s trucking forum, that would see the freight load of trucks increase by up to 15 per cent.   | CommentsComments (1) | Bigger loads, but no extra ...
Plenty of heat, not much rain for start of new year
01 Feb 10 | Rainfall in Dubbo has gone from sublime to ridiculous across the past two months.
Trapped by water, Red Cross leader reaches out by phone
13 Jan 10 | As water levels in the Castlereagh River began to rise and Coonamble residents were asked to evacuate their homes, Red Cross volunteers were called in to provide their support.   | It might be under water, but ...
It might be under water, but it's still in drought
13 Jan 10 | While it knows there is “more money in mud than dust”, the Central West Livestock Health and Pest Authority is far from convinced that recent rain and flooding will peel the drought off the back of Dubbo and its neighbours.  | Farmers prepare for a green ... | Trapped by water, Red Cross ...
Dubbo endures above average temperatures
12 Jan 10 | Dubbo’s encountered a hot spell with above-average temperatures forecast for the next few days. Thermometers began rising on Sunday after a relatively comfortable start to January.
Flood devastation continues for small towns
07 Jan 10 | While the major focus of operations related to the flooding in north-western NSW has revolved around Coonamble, several other small towns are also continuing their fight against what nature has dealt them.  | Normality returning to town as ... | 'Red tape' wrangle a threat to ...
07 Jan 10 | Charles Sturt University’s climate change policy expert Professor Clive Hamilton has labelled the NSW Farmers’ Association’s call for a Royal Commission into the science that is driving the Federal Government’s policies on climate change as a “political diversion.”  | CommentsComments (2) | 2010 predicted to be hottest ...
Cool start to summer days, but high temperatures near
02 Dec 09 | A cool change has come over Dubbo with yesterday’s temperature reaching a pleasant top of 26 degrees.
Tree’s lucky landing in wild, windy storm
27 Nov 09 | It may have been brief but a late afternoon storm in Dubbo yesterday caused its fair share of damage.
19 Nov 09 | This November is set to be the hottest Dubbo has experienced in 15 years. According to Weatherzone’s Matt Pearce, to see an average minimum of 17 degrees and maximum of 34 degrees in November in Dubbo is very unusual.  | City on edge as temperatures ...
Fires hit central west as temperatures soar
17 Nov 09 | The warm weather and dry conditions this fire season have been quick to put crews in the central west to work.
Spring sends us more scorcher days
16 Nov 09 | Dubbo is on track to experience its hottest November in recent history.  | The heat is on: health warning ... | Forecast predicts no let up ...
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