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Current Warnings
 

National Summary

Northerly winds are filtering into QLD ahead of trough bringing a h0ot day inland. A cool southerly change in the wake of this system is bringing mild air to NSW. A trough over northern WA and the NT is generating isolated showers and thunderstorms.

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Capital Cities

NOW MIN MAX
Sydney
 
20.6 17 23

Clearing shower

Melbourne
 
15.4 11 20

Mostly sunny

Brisbane
 
28.9 21 28

Possible shower

Perth
 
34.1 23 35

Mostly sunny

Adelaide
 
21.5 11 23

Mostly sunny

Canberra
 
25.7 11 24

Cloudy

Hobart
 
18.8 10 20

Mostly sunny

Darwin
 
33.1 27 36

Mostly sunny

Weather News

Parts of Queensland swelter with temperatures cracking 40 degrees in steaming November day

17:02 EDT

Parts of Queensland have come within just a couple of degrees of breaking November heat records, with some parts of the state recording temperatures up to 10 degrees Celsius above average.

Soothing southeries for Sydney

13:20 EDT

Following a 41 degree scorcher on 'Fry-day', Sydney-siders are lapping up the more mild weather this weekend.

Weekend heatwave to grip coastal Queensland as hot winds blow toward coast

12:09 EDT

The mercury is rising in Queensland, with much of the state expected to record temperatures up to 10 degrees above average.

Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Wed 18/11 Thu 19/11 Fri 20/11

42.9°C

Marble Bar, WA
Hottest

45.8°C

Ceduna, SA

45.4°C

Port Augusta Ap, SA

46.2°C

Mandora, WA

46.8°C

Roebourne Ap, WA

3.7°C

Mt Baw Baw, Vic
Coldest

3.8°C

Wandering, WA

3.3°C

Collie East, WA

-0.3°C

Mt Wellington, Tas

-4.5°C

Mt Wellington, Tas

NW 72km/h

Maatsuyker Is, Tas
Windiest

205km/h

Bickley, WA

96km/h

Mt Wellington, Tas

105km/h

Mt Hartz, Tas
-

0.2mm last hr

South Johnstone, Qld
Wettest

74.6mm

Southwell, Qld

39.6mm

Milingimbi, NT

31.4mm

Mt Read, Tas

31.4mm

Mt Read, Tas
Australia's Records for November
Max Min Rain
Highest 48.7°C at
Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1990
Lowest -3.1°C at
Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1967
Highest 35.0°C at
Cunnamulla, Qld in 1965
Lowest -20.6°C at
Mt Hotham, Vic in 1990
Highest 398.8mm at
Moreton, Qld in 1909
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