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January 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 Gloucester, NSW Storms 1st January 2015	3 Southern Tablelands Storm cell ends with disappointment Spectacular Hailstorms near Hampton 2nd January 2015
4 Insane Close Lightning - Deafening Thunder	5 Storms Sydney 4th January 2015 Lightning Video Stills 4th January 2015	6 Storm Lightning Video Stills Evening 4th January 2015	7	8	9 Severe Storms South Coast 8th January 2015	10 Incredible Structured Storm Bodalla 9th January 2015
11 Outer South West Sydney Storm chase and lightning show 9/1/2015	12 Insane Lightning Bolts South Coast 8th January 2015	13 Storms Batemans Bay 9th January 2015	14 Significant rainfall event 9 to 14 January 2015 for SE Australia	15	16 26th October 2007 Daniel Shaw assisted me (yes way way back) to get footage world wide of an up close personal tornado and debris hitting a substation...	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24 Sydney Lightning SW Suburbs 23rd January 2015 Severe Storms Southern Tablelands 24th January 2015
25	26	27	28 Storm and Storm Complex North West Slopes and Plains 27th January 2015	29	30 Eastern NSW - Four days of weather extremes 25 to 28 January 2015	31

February 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Severe Storms North of Sydney 1st February 2015	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16 Storms Sydney 15th February 2015 Rain Event for NE NSW 19th February 2015	17	18	19 Tropical Cyclone Lam Northern Territory and Marcia Queensland 19th February 2015 Tropical Cyclone Marcia May reach a Category 5 storm	20 Tropical Cyclone Marcia Satellite Image	21
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March 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Strong Southerly buster and storms 1 March 2015	2	3 Storms Sydney Hunter Southern Tablelands 1st March 2015	4	5	6	7
8	9	10 Formation of Strong Tropical Cyclone Imminent in the Coral Sea Tropical Cyclone Development off Cape York Queensland 12th March 2015	11 Severe Storms High Winds hit Sydney's West 11th March 2015	12 Tropical Cyclone Nathan and Tropical Cyclone Pam forms	13 Giant Hail Putty to Lower Blue Mountains 12th March 2015	14 Tropical Cyclone Pam Hits Vanuatu Category 5 system This was a decent event Putty Road special - someone shit their pants - not saying who! This incredible lightning bolt was one of a barrage of close ... Incredible Staccato Lightning Putty 12 March 2015
15	16 Western Sydney Lightning show 11 March 2015	17 Tropical Cyclone Nathan may return to North Queensland Coast	18 Tropical Cyclone Nathan expected landfall on Friday 20 March 2015	19 Tropical Cyclone Nathan impacts Queensland Coast 19 / 20 March	20	21
22 Major Supercell Outbreak North West Slopes and Plains 21st March 2015 Tropical Cyclone Nathan redevelops a third time 22 March 2015 Supercell Outbreak NSW Northwest Slopes and Plains 21 March 2015	23	24 Severe Storms Threaten Narrabri 22nd March 2015	25	26	27 Extreme Lightning Bolts from 21st March 2015 Time flies - this was one great event! This phase 2 of supercell outbreak - the northern left split Some incredible structure and lightning video sti...	28
29	30	31 Western Sydney downpour 31 March 2015

April 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2 Rain Event across NSW 4th April 2015	3 Structure LP Storm 2nd April 2015	4 East Coast low and rain event - Eastern NSW 4 April 2015
5 Strong cold front Vic / NSW - Cold and possible snow to Victorian Alps 6 and 7 April 2015	6 Sydney Lightning Storm 6th April 2015 Storm cell at Windsor and Richmond 6 April 2015	7	8	9 Storm Chasing, Storm Stories & Storm Chasers	10	11 Illinois Tornado
12	13	14 Possible NSW rain event 17 and 18 April 2015	15	16 Sydney Storms Erupt into a line clearing early afternoon 7th April 2015	17 Sydney Storms and Lightning 15th April 2015	18 Coastal rain event and probable East Coast Low 20 to 23 April 2015
19	20 Heavy rain / East coast low NSW coast 20 to 23 April 2015 Gigantic Hailstones Narrabri and Chinchilla 21st March 2015	21 Heavy Rain in Sydney Newcastle Wollongong 21st April 2015	22 Heavy Rainfall Sydney 22nd April 2015 Storms \| Sydney Storms Deluge 22 April 2015	23	24	25 Natural disaster and the human impact NSW Coast 20 to 23 April 2015 Hail Drifts Western Sydney 25th April 2015
26	27	28 Hailstorm: Spectacular 25 April 2015 hail storm and hail drifts	29 Rain event E NSW and possible east coast low 1 to 3 May 2015	30

May 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 Storms Sunshine Coast - Very Heavy Rainfall and Flooding 1st May 2015	2 South East Queensland Rain and flooding 30 April to May 2 2015 NE New South Wales Coastal flooding and rain - 1 and 2 May 2015 Heavy Rain Forecast for Sydney and Wollongong 2nd to 3rd May 2015
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10 Typhoon (Dodong) Noul to strike Philippines May 10 2015	11	12	13	14	15	16 Pacific Ocean Typhoon Dolphin hits Guam
17	18	19	20	21	22 Rain for Sydney and South Coast 22nd May 2015	23 Rain and gale force winds strike NSW Coast 22 May 2015
24	25 Polar Low brings heavy snow and gales to New Zealand 25 May 2015	26	27	28	29	30 Hurricane Andres Develops SE of Hawaii May 29 2015
31 India heatwave May 2015 with at least 1,400 to 2,000 fatalities

June 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2 Tropical Storm Blanca - Expected second hurricane in eastern Pacific	3 Cold Weather and Snow Outbreak South East Australia 1 to 4 June 2015	4 Hurricane Blanca a possible Category 4 storm	5 Heavy rains end drought in Texas and Oklahoma USA (May 2015)	6
7 Hurricane Blanca - Earliest second hurricane on record	8 Tropical Storm One - A possible future Category One Cyclone	9	10 New tropical storm threat off Mexico - June 10 2015 Possible inland Eastern Australia rain event 14 to 17 June 2015	11 Weak Tropical Cyclone Ashoba makes landfall in Oman 11 June 2015	12	13 Tropical Storm Carlos - Expected third Hurricane June 12 2015
14	15 NSW and Victoria rain event 15 to 17 June 2015 Tropical disturbance may impact Southern USA - June 16 2015	16 Storms and Rain Queensland and NSW 16 to 17 June 2015 New South Wales and Victoria rain event 16 June 2015 Tropical storm Bill expected landfall across Texas	17 Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria rain event 17 June 2015 Hurricane Carlos makes landfall and weakens June 16 2015	18	19 Rain event continues New South Wales and Victoria 18 June 2015 Heavy overnight rain impacts Sydney - Rain clears NSW 19 June 2015 Tropical storm Bill - Heavy rain and flooding - Texas 17 to 19 June 2015	20 India's monsoon rains and storms and tropical disturbance June 19 2015
21 Snow storm dumps 1 metre deep snow - New Zealand 19 June 2015 Tropical Depression, Storms and heavy rain - China 21 to 24 June 2015	22	23 Tropical Storm Kujira expected landfall Vietnam / China 24 June 2015	24 Storms, rain and floods Mumbai India - June 11 to June 23 2015	25	26	27 Lack of winter snows storms for Australian Alps - June 2015
28 Deadly heatwave in Pakistan as monsoon rains fail June 16 to 24 2015	29	30 Lull in storm activity ends in Western Pacific Ocean June 30 2015

July 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 Tropical Storm Chan Hom - Expected to become typhoon July 1 2015	2 Raquel - A tropical storm or tropical cyclone June 30 to July 4 2015 Brief hot spell in South East England - July 1 2015	3 Tropical Storm to Typhoon Egay (Lindfa) Philippines - July 2 to 7 2015	4 Very cold nights SE Australia and Western Sydney - July 3 to 5 2015
5 Active Pacific Ocean with 3 storms or typhoons - July 4 to 7 2015	6	7	8 Winter storm, cold and snow SE Australia July 10 to 14 2015	9	10 Tornado in Italy	11 Typhoon Chan Hom to make land fall, Nangka to weaken July 11 to 13
12	13 Storms, snow event and snow chase Oberon Plateau 11 - 12 July 2015	14 Snow and Cold NSW 11th to 12th July 2015 Rain, cold and snow SE Australia - 15 to 17 July 2015	15 Inland NSW and NE Victoria cold, rain and snow 15 July 2015 Typhoons and Hurricanes across the Pacific Ocean 15 July 2015	16	17 Storms, snow event, cold and rain for NSW 16 and 17 July 2015	18
19 Satellite photos of snow cover Central Tablelands NSW 19 July 2015 Typhoon Nangka makes landfall over Japan 16 July 2015	20 Images of the snow event Taralga NSW - 17 July 2015	21	22 Category 1 Typhoon Halola approaches Japan - July 22 2015	23	24	25
26 Tropical storms near Philippines and Japan July 25 and 26 2015	27	28 Heavy rain, storms and flood risk for Kolkata India July 29 - 31 2015	29	30	31 Flooding rains and storms India and Bangladesh 30 and 31 July 2015 New Pacific Ocean storms 30 and 31 July 2015

August 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 Heavy rain and storms SW Western Australia 30 and 31 July 2015
2 ACT, Southern NSW and NE Victoria rain event 1 and 2 August 2015 Tropical Storm Soudelor reaches threshold of a Typhoon 2 August 2015 Flooding rains ease in Bangladesh and Kolkata - 2 August 2015	3 Saipan (Tinian) takes hit by Typhoon Soudelor August 3 2015 Heatwave Iran and Iraq, Extreme temperatures 31 July - 9 August 2015	4 Super Typhoon Soudelor now a Category 5 storm 4 August 2015	5	6 Typhoon Soudelor approaches Taiwan 6 August 2015	7 Drought and fires - California to Washington states USA August 2015	8
9 Typhoon Soudelor strikes Taiwan August 7 and 8 2015 New tropical storms for Pacific Ocean August 8 and 9 2015 Typhoon Soudelor Taiwan and China - The impacts - August 9 2015	10 Hurricane Hilda reaches Category 4 then weakens - August 9 2015	11	12	13	14	15
16	17 Strong cold front, rain, snow Southern NSW, NE Victoria August 12 - 15 New Typhoons Atsani and Goni West Pacific Ocean August 17 2015	18	19 First Atlantic storm for summer - Possible Hurricane August 19 2015 Typhoon Goni a significant threat to Taiwan August 19 2015 Typhoon Atsani reaches super typhoon status August 19 2015	20 Possible NSW and Queensland rain event 22 to 27 August 2015	21 Hurricane Danny - A tiny Atlantic Ocean hurricane August 20 2015 Typhoon Goni impacts northern Luzon Island August 21 2015	22 Two new tropical storms near Hawaii August 21 2015
23 Rain and storm event Eastern Australia 23 to 27 August 2015 Typhoon Goni brushes Taiwan August 23 2015	24 Rain and storms New South Wales and Sydney August 24 2015	25 Dubbo Tornado and large to giant hailstones eastern NSW Rain and storms for Sydney August 24 2015 Heavy rain and flooding Illawarra and South Coast NSW 25 August 2015	26	27	28	29 Rain, flooding and storms NSW 26 and 27 August 2015 Typhoon Goni makes landfall Kyushu Japan August 26 2015 Three hurricanes near Hawaii and Mexico August 29 2015 Tropical Storm Erika strikes Hispaniola Island August 28 2015
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September 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Hurricane Fred - A brief hurricane off Africa's west coast August 31 2015 Simla - Matheson Colorado Tornadoes 4 June 2015	2	3	4 Cut off low - SE Australia with rain and storms September 2 and 3 2015	5 Hurricane Kilo to Typhoon Kilo - A remarkable storm September 4 2015
6	7	8	9 New and current Pacific Ocean storms September 9 2015	10	11 Storms, rain and flooding Honshu Japan - September 9 to 12 2015	12 Warm weather outbreak for spring NSW / Victoria September 12 to 15 Dust storms and storms Middle East and Italy September 7-11 2015
13	14	15	16 Typhoon Krovanh and Tropical Storm Vamco September 14 to 16 2015	17 Coastal storms off Sydney September 17 2015	18	19 Giant hail Corindi - Red Rock NSW 17th September 2015 Storm events NSW coast 17 September 2015 Tropical Storm Ida a possible Atlantic Hurricane 18 September 2015
20	21	22	23 Tropical storm Dujuan - A likely typhoon September 23 2015	24	25	26 Unusual cold weather SE Australia 22 to 26 September 2015 Typhoon Dujuan - A threat to Taiwan September 26 2015
27	28 Typhoon Dujuan strikes Taiwan 28 September 2015	29 Tornado Outbreak NSW 29th September 1996	30 Hurricane Joaquin and flood threat Eastern USA 29/9/2015

October 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3 Unusual warm spell SE Australia October 3 to 7 2015
4 Typhoon Mujigae South China Sea October 4 2015 Heavy rain and flooding Eastern USA October 1 to 6 2015	5 Current Pacific Ocean storms 5 October 2015	6	7	8	9	10
11 Storm chase Glenbrook 11 October 2015	12 Afternoon storms Sydney October 12 2015	13	14	15 Two typhoons North West Pacific Ocean 15/10/2015	16	17 Typhoon Koppu Philippines 17/10/2015
18 Typhoon Koppu makes landfall Philippines 18/10/15	19	20 Afternoon storms Western Sydney 20/10/2015	21	22 Hurricane Olaf and Patricia 22/10/2015	23	24
25 Hurricane Patricia Hurricane Patricia Wind Details 23/10/2015	26	27 Storms, rain and wind October 26 and 27 2015	28 Fires and smoke plumes - Indonesia October 2015	29 Storms and Supercell Outbreak SE Queensland 28th October 2015	30 Rain and storm outbreak NSW - 30/10/15 to 6/11/15 Tropical Cyclone Chapala 30/10/2015	31

November 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2 Rain and storms SE Australia 31/10/15 to 2/11/2015	3	4 Storms, rain and a tornado South Australia 4/11/2015	5	6 Storm events SE Australia 1 to 6 November 2015	7 Richmond storm and storm chase 7/11/2015
8 Tropical Cyclone Megh 8/11/2015	9	10 Storm Surprises Western Sydney and Hunter Valley 7th November 2015	11	12	13	14 The Maitland storm and storm chase of 13/11/2015 Storm chase The Gosford Storm 13/11/2015 Storm events Lake Macquarie region 13/11/2015 Violent Storm hits near Singleton 13th November 2015 Mangrove Mountain storms 13/11/2015
15 South East Australia Rain and storms 12/11/2015 to 15/11/2015 Another event in November are you kidding 6 years ago!! This is initial storm that headed to the Central Coast about to hit Seven Hills!	16	17 Hot weather outbreak South East Australia 18 to 20 November 2015	18	19	20 Sydney with 40C temperatures 20/11/2015	21 Typhoon In Fa - A category 4 storm 21/11/2015
22	23 Classic Supercell near Lismore NSW 23 November 2015	24	25	26	27 A contrast of hot and cold - New South Wales 26/11/2015	28 Hurricane Sandy - A late season storm 23 to 27 November 2015
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December 2015
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2 Structured LP storm at Wyong NSW 29/11/2015	3	4 Southern inland Australia heatwave 5 - 8 December 2015	5
6	7	8	9	10	11 Storms impact the Sydney Basin 9/12/2015	12
13 Typhoon Melor Philippines 13/12/2015	14	15 Typhoon Melor makes landfall Philippines 15/12/2015 Storm near Picton 15th December 2015	16 Sydney Tornado Supercell storm strikes Sydney's east including tornado 16/12/2015	17	18 Heatwave grips Southern Australia December 16 to 20 2015	19
20 Heatwave grips southern Australia 20/12/2015	21 Storm and Rain eases Heat Wave NSW 21st December 2015 Cool change ends heatwave 20 to 21 December 2015	22 Severe Storms Colo Heights 21st December 2015	23 Persistent rain breaks dry spell Eastern NSW - 21 and 22 December 2015	24	25 Strong monsoon low and possible tropical cyclone Top End NT 25/12/2015	26
27	28 Australia, a land of heat, fires, rain and floods - December 28 2015 to January 3 2016	29	30	31

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Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 Severe Storms North of Sydney 1st February 2015	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16 Storms Sydney 15th February 2015 Rain Event for NE NSW 19th February 2015	17	18	19 Tropical Cyclone Lam Northern Territory and Marcia Queensland 19th February 2015 Tropical Cyclone Marcia May reach a Category 5 storm	20 Tropical Cyclone Marcia Satellite Image	21
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Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 Storms Sunshine Coast - Very Heavy Rainfall and Flooding 1st May 2015	2 South East Queensland Rain and flooding 30 April to May 2 2015 NE New South Wales Coastal flooding and rain - 1 and 2 May 2015 Heavy Rain Forecast for Sydney and Wollongong 2nd to 3rd May 2015
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10 Typhoon (Dodong) Noul to strike Philippines May 10 2015	11	12	13	14	15	16 Pacific Ocean Typhoon Dolphin hits Guam
17	18	19	20	21	22 Rain for Sydney and South Coast 22nd May 2015	23 Rain and gale force winds strike NSW Coast 22 May 2015
24	25 Polar Low brings heavy snow and gales to New Zealand 25 May 2015	26	27	28	29	30 Hurricane Andres Develops SE of Hawaii May 29 2015
31 India heatwave May 2015 with at least 1,400 to 2,000 fatalities