Scone’s ‘Storm Auntie’ Has Named Every Weather System Since 1987 — Officially or Not
Austen and Boelo already in her ledger; she rates Austen 'a solid 7 for drama'.
A kitchen table with a weather notebook, probably. Photo: Shixart1985, “Woman writing notes while enjoying a fresh fruit platter and juice”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
SCONE — Agnes Reid, 74, has kept a handwritten ledger of named storms and unnamed squalls since 1987, and Friday’s Austen is recorded in fountain pen as “wet, theatrical, arrived on time — 7/10”.
“I don’t wait for the Met Office,” she said. “If it blows the wheelie bin over, it gets a name. Boelo’s next. I’ve already sharpened the pencil.”
Neighbours check her fence before the forecast.
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Can confirm Agnes named the bin-lid storm of 2009 ‘Gerald’. Gerald was accurate.
— Neighbour, Scone, 23 October 2026 -
Does she do consultations? Asking for my wheelie bin.
— Robbie K., Perth, 23 October 2026 -
Can confirm Agnes named the bin-lid storm of 2009 'Gerald'. Gerald was accurate.
— Neighbour, Scone, 27 October 2026
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