Lightning North of Tamworth, NSW - January 24th 2009. Photo: Rhett Blanch
Early January saw the severe weather just keep coming in Queensland with storms and floods. Meanwhile in SE Australia it was either cold, with record breaking cool temperatures in Victoria, or hot which is more to be expected at this time of year.
- 1st January 2009 - Brisbane, QLD - Marty Pouwelse
- 1st January 2009 - NSW, SE QLD - James Harris, Michael Bath, Jason Paterson, Rodney Wallbridge et al.
- 4th January 2009 - NSw Storms - Jimmy Degaura, Ben McBurney et al.
- 7 - 8th January 2009 - NSW Storms - Michael Bath, Dave Nelson, David Croan et al.
Floods in North West Queensland
Monsoonal rain in North West Queensland brought rain to the drought declared North West of Queensland, cutting roads into the Northern Territory and isolated Mount Isa and Cloncurry.
- 04 January 2009 onwards - North West, QLD - Courier Mail - Photo Gallery
- 04 January 2009 - Mount Isa and Cloncurry, QLD - ABC
- 05 January 2009 - Mount Isa, QLD, North West Star - Detail of rainfall
- 05 January 2009 - North West, QLD - ABC - Road Closures
- 05 January 2009 - Cloncurry, QLD - ABC
- 05 January 2009 - Mounta Isa, QLD - North West Star - Detail of road closures
- 06 January 2009 - Mount Isa, QLD - North West Star - Stranding of truck drivers
- 06 January 2009 - Camooweal, QLD - ABC - Road damage
- 06 January 2009 - North West, QLD - ABC - Damage Bill
- 07 January 2009 - North West, QLD - Courier Mail - Water could reach Laye Eyre
- 07 January 2009 - Mount Isa, QLD - North West Star - Supplies into Mount Isa
- 08 January 2009 - Camooweal, QLD - North West Star
- 08 January 2009 - North West, QLD - ABC - More rain
- 08 January 2009 - Aramac, QLD - ABC - Rescues
Remainder of the month
The rest of January was relatively quiet on the storm front with the storm activity waning in SE Queensland. The monsoon trough was still bubbling in North Queensland. Temperatures were on the increase in the South East with heat wave conditions in the SE in late January.
- 16th January 3009 - NSW/QLD Storms - Jimmy Degaura, Jason Paterson, Michael Bath et al.
- 20 - 24th January 2009 - NSW/VIC/QLD Storms - Michael Bath, Jimmy Degaura et al.
- 24th January 2009 - Tamworth, NSW - Rhett Blanch
- 26th January 2009 onwards - South Australia - Tim Thorpe - extensive coverage of the heat wave in South Australia