Australian Weather
National Summary
A broad area of low pressure over WA is generating showers and storms in the south and interior. Another trough over SA is causing areas of rain and the odd storm. A very hot airmass ahead of the trough is filtering into SA, western NSW and VIC.
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Weather News
Timeline: Five years on from deadly Brisbane and south-east Queensland floods
11:26 EDT
Brisbane, Ipswich and several towns in south-east Queensland were hit by deadly floods in January, 2011.
Warmth returning to Sydney
10:59 EDT
After a few wet, cool and miserable days so far in January, Sydneysiders will be treated to a return of summer next week.
Emotional impact of south-east Queensland's 2011 floods remains, five years on
10:34 EDT
It was a harrowing time for Queensland, as people, homes and livelihoods were swept away in devastating floods that hit Brisbane, Ipswich and other towns in the state's south-east in January 2011.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 07/01 | Fri 08/01 | Sat 09/01 | |||
|
39.0°C Moomba Ap, SA |
Hottest |
43.0°C Wittenoom, WA |
43.9°C Mandora, WA |
42.0°C Bedourie, Qld |
47.4°C Marble Bar, WA |
|
12.6°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
4.9°C Falls Creek, Vic |
2.7°C Lake St Clair, Tas |
0.0°C Lake St Clair, Tas |
-2.0°C Thredbo Village, NSW/ACT |
|
ENE 38km/h Cape Grim, Tas |
Windiest |
88km/h Mt Hartz, Tas |
96km/h Mount Magnet, WA |
87km/h Tasman Island, Tas |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
33.0mm Goodlands, WA |
43.0mm Pleystowe Sugar Mill, Qld |
25.0mm Cardwell, Qld |
25.0mm Cardwell, Qld |
| Australia's Records for January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 50.7°C at Mildura, Vic in 1906 Lowest 0.6°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 2012 |
Highest 36.9°C at Warragul Vcah, Vic in 1964 Lowest -7.7°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1975 |
Highest 627.4mm at Mackay, Qld in 1918 |
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