Firstly, we've added about 100 place names to the weather map, a lot of you told us that you wanted more locations to help you know where you are on the map.
Also, notice that if you zoom in and out on the weather map and then go away and come back again, the map will remember where you were.
We've also added alpine weather forecasts to the 'Alpine regions' page. To get there you go to 'Weather and climate', this time 'Specialised forecasts and observations'. Scroll down to 'Alpine regions' and hit 'Alpine weather information'.
This will give you the weather and observations for all the alpine locations around Australia.
And if you scroll down, you can see that we now have a new snow forecast map, and you can use the improved controls to scroll through the next few days at your own pace.
We've listened to your feedback and made some changes to tabs and page layouts to help you find what you're looking for. For example, the 'Forecasts and observations' page now offers information across 3 tabs.
The 'Forecast' tab is where you'll find the major cities forecasts, and also the state and territory forecasts.
While on the 'Observations' tab, you'll find capital city and district observations, and also state and territory observations.
Similar navigation changes have been made to the state and district pages, and also the 'Coasts and oceans' page.
We'll keep adding new place names to the weather map. We test each new additions to make sure that the map stays easy to read and interact with across devices. But you can expect more in the next update.
And don't forget for more tips and troubleshooting advice, scroll all the way down to the bottom of the website and hit 'Website help'.
Senior Meteorologist Christie Johnson shows you what's new in the weather map, navigation and alpine weather information in the 5 May 2026 website update.
