Essay by Eric Worrall
A summer which kept soils moist and provided lots of sunshine is apparently a sign of climate breakdown.
Scientists say summer of weather whiplash points to driving force of climate change
By weather reporter Tyne Logan
Tue 17 MarScientists are warning this summer’s sharp swings from record heat to torrential rain illustrate how climate change is becoming a dominant driving force in our weather.
Over the past few months, multiple parts of the country have lurched from extreme heat to flooding — sometimes in a matter of weeks — in a summer that has been described as one of “breakneck climate whiplash” by the Climate Council.
Making it more unusual, according to meteorologist and climate councillor Andrew Watkins, is that many of the extreme heat records have occurred despite the presence of a weak La Niña — which typically brings cooler, wetter conditions to large parts of Australia.
He said it points to a new reality where once reliable drivers of weather are now being overpowered by human influence.
“Climate change clearly is overtaking some of the other drivers at times,” Dr Watkins, an adjunct professor at Monash University said.
“We are seeing records occur when we wouldn’t really expect to see them.”
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/summer-weather-whiplash-points-to-driving-force-climate-change/106459530
Back in the real world, farmers are celebrating record harvests;
WA growers set for massive 27 million tonne grain haul, breaking previous 2022 record
By Kate Forrester and Mark Bennett
Sun 25 JanIn short:
West Australian grain growers are on track to break harvest receival records, with more than 27 million tonnes expected.
The last record-breaking crop was a harvest of 25.4 million tonnes in 2022.
What’s next?
The final Grain Industry Association of Western Australia crop report is due out in February, confirming total tonnages.
Western Australia’s grain industry is looking at breaking the harvest record by 2 million tonnes after favourable seasonal conditions and a shift away from livestock production.
The Grain Industry Association of WA (GIWA) is due to release its final report next month, but author Michael Lamond said the figures were expected to exceed 27 million tonnes.
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-01-25/western-australia-harvest-wraps-up-with-record-breaking-year/106253596
Its not just Western Australia, the East Coast of Australia, the alleged center of the climate whiplash, is also having a big harvest season;
Record wheat yields in north as Australia begins huge 62m tonne harvest
Eleven per cent of Australia’s winter crop is already harvested as farmers race toward a predicted 62.8-million-tonne haul despite challenging conditions in southern regions.
Nikki Reynolds @nikki34158551
November 11, 2025 – 5:00AMEleven per cent of Australia’s winter crop is already in the bin with harvest in Queensland and northern NSW well underway, while lighter crops are expected in southern NSW and Victoria after a dry season.
It is turning out to be a bumper season in northern NSW, where farmers have reported bin‑busting wheat yields of seven tonnes a hectare.
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Moree, NSW, farmer Rebecca Reardon said yields for wheat had climbed to 5.5 to 6 tonnes a hectare in what was an exceptional result.
“We are seeing very good yields, but the crops are low in protein,” she said.
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Read more: https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/cropping/record-wheat-yields-in-north-as-australia-begins-huge-62m-tonne-harvest/news-story/9130d4443bb8fec1e896d2837cf01da4
The low protein yield is a concern, but that may be because of a mismatch between how benign growing conditions were vs what farmers were expecting. Adding costly fertiliser can increase protein content, but who can afford to do that?
What can I say? If anthropogenic “Climate Whiplash” creates record or near record growing conditions, let’s have more Climate Whiplash. And put some flood control in for regions which struggle to handle a bit of rainfall.
2027 was also shaping up to be a blockbuster year, though with a heightened risk of a dry El Nino Summer, but right now there are terrible stories about farmers running out of fuel in the middle of Northern sowing season, or fuel being priced so high it is no longer possible to make a profit. If the Middle East crisis continues more than a few weeks longer, I expect the impact of the Australian federal government’s incompetent mismanagement of Australia’s energy security, the government’s ill-considered neglect of fossil fuel infrastructure, and the constriction of farmer access to fuel and fertiliser, I expect this to show up in 2027 harvest statistics.
As always, the climate policies and lunatic environmental standards which shut down Australia’s refineries are doing the harm, not climate change.
I imagine people in the Middle Ages holding penitential processions to apologize for having messed up the climate through their impiety, instead of enjoying the exceptional harvests, hoarding money, and building cathedrals.
I heard about a heatwave in the western USA, supposedly “unprecedented” and “almost impossible without climate change,” according to attribution studies. I struggle to understand how anthropogenic CO₂ could in any way alter atmospheric pressure and generate heat domes. That said, I’m neither a climatologist nor even a scientist—just a foolish citizen relying only on my common sense.
I’m so bad.
I’m in the middle of those Optimal Climate conditions. It must have been warmer at some time in the past because few record highs are being set/broken.
Unprecedented simply means “I can’t remember any prior occurrence of this”.
An interesting link between climate science and Alzheimer’s disease.
Common sense is in short supply, children just won’t know what common sense is.
They surely aren’t learning it in schools, that’s for certain.
Not Common Sense
Not Critical Thinking
Not Proper Math
Not even Proper Science
In a world where Boys can be Girls and Girls can be Boys and calling out the difference is heretical, the Yahoos are definitely in charge of the Asylum.
The toxic activists exist in a perennial state of misery…real wet weekends..! It’s a psychosis akin to body dysmorphia, or self-hatred…Those who can, DO…Those who can’t, WILT..!
And again weather is conflated with climate but only if it’s extreme.
What the climate industry and their allies call “extreme weather” is anything out of the ordinary, including better than expected weather, like mild Siberian winters, or more rain than usual in arid regions.
What most people think of when they hear “extreme weather” is storms, or perhaps storms and droughts. But neither droughts nor any category of storms have worsened as CO2 levels have risen. In fact, the frequency of strong tornadoes is sharply down.
Pioneer climatologist and Nobel Laureate Svante Arrhenius predicted that CO2 emissions would be highly beneficial for both mankind and the Earth’s climate. He wrote:
“By the influence of the increasing percentage of carbonic acid in the atmosphere, we may hope to enjoy ages with more equable and better climates, especially as regards the colder regions of the earth, ages when the earth will bring forth much more abundant crops than at present, for the benefit of rapidly propagating mankind.”
That’s exactly what happened. But the IPCC calls those more equable and better climates “weather and climate extremes.”
Normal people wouldn’t call milder winters at frigid high latitudes “weather and climate extremes,” but the IPCC does. If you don’t believe me, then ask your favorite AI:
Q: How does the IPCC define “extreme weather” in AR6? Does it include record high temperatures in winter in cold climates?
The answer is yes. ChatGPT explains it here:
Perplexity explains it here:
Grok explains it here:
Gemini explains it here:
Climate whiplash is just as meaningless as climate change. Neither mean anything therefore they can justify anything. This way they can always be right no matter what is happening with the weather.
Dorothea Mackellar ….. ” A land of DROUGHTS and FLOODING RAINS”
Written 1908 !!
Hmmm climactic optimum conditions are detrimental to the climate…must have spoken with Hooda Thunkit!
And this is different from the past 200 years of weather – how?
No mention of grapes 🙂
What about the sour grapes because their predictions of doom aren’t working out?
If climate is a measure of the weather behavior over a number of years (say 30), then how can climate (the dependent variable) drive weather (the independent variable)?
Bingo.
And if the yield of the most recent harvest had been below normal, it would be irrefutable proof that climate change was gradually affecting not only Australian agriculture but also global output. After all, who’s to say that such crop failures would be restricted only to a single continent or region, but another indication that this would be a global phenomenon. In other words, the alarmists are once again proving that they don’t know one way or the other but have become adept at turning the actual facts to say whatever they want .Except the majority of the population doesn’t stay up nights fretting over their proclamations.
I’m sure if next year’s harvest is damaged by fuel shortages climate change will be blamed.
The Australian continent was so abundant and profitable that God had to create the Australian governments to stop it from dominating the whole World.
Question: There is a claim that Iran sent two rockets toward Diego Garcia. News says: “One missile reportedly failed in flight, while a U.S. warship launched an SM-3 interceptor at the other, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the interception was successful.”
So, how far did these things go and how close might they have come to the base? Where was the U.S. warship when it launched the SM-3?
It’s believed that the Simorgh rocket could have a range of 4000km. It’s believed to be able to carry payloads up to 800kg.
So, did they go 4,000 km or 400 or 40?
Was the ship that sent the SM-3 at Diego Garcia or 100 miles off the coast of Iran?
U.S. Wheat yields still growing…
…despite sporadic droughts rated “extreme” and “severe” (Palmer Historical Droughts)
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/historical-palmers/maps/psi/202301-202506
How is the climate chaos described in the article caused by increased emissions which can only cause (if you believe their faux science) warming?
Senors and Senoritas with climastrologist whiplash-
‘Damaging to public understanding’: Spain warns of surge in online abuse towards climate scientists
when they’re getting all that cheap power from old Sol the deplorable ingrates.
Oh no, we’re not all going to starve!
Well, here in New England, Mark Twain, some 150 years ago reportedly said “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes”. Weather changeability is highly dependent on the area – topography, closeness to the ocean, and others. The absurdity of blaming highly changeable weather patterns on “climate change” is laughable. But that is pretty much all the Climate Caterwaulers have now. So, they’ve manufactured fun phrases like “climate whiplash” or “weather whiplash” to try to suggest that these changeable weather patterns have never happened before, which is complete nonsense.
This can be a sign of the several decades long warming trend coming to an end with the Southern Oceans already cooling with the Northern oceans following suit soon.
“Climate change” does not cause anything. It is the result of variable weather.