Australian Weather
National Summary
A Tropical Low and monsoon trough is triggering areas of heavy rain and storms. Cooler southerly winds are bringing showers along the NSW coast. A trough over inland NSW and QLD is producing showers. A trough in the west is triggering a few storms.
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Weather News
Autumn's arrival marks a wet day in TAS
14:20 EDT
The strongest cold front in about a month will smash Tasmania this Thursday evening and into Friday morning.
Cyclone may develop in Gulf of Carpentaria, impact far north Queensland communities: BoM
13:43 EDT
A tropical cyclone may develop in the southeastern Gulf of Carpentaria and impact far north Queensland coastal communities this evening, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says.
Autumn finally arriving in southeastern Australia
12:21 EDT
After an extended run of warmer-than-average days for much of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales a vigorous colder change will shake things up.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 13/03 | Mon 14/03 | Tue 15/03 | |||
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40.2°C Marble Bar, WA |
Hottest |
44.0°C Roebourne Ap, WA |
43.8°C Marble Bar, WA |
42.0°C Telfer Ap, WA |
47.0°C Mardie, WA |
|
6.9°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
4.5°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
1.7°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
2.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
-0.6°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
ENE 57km/h Cape Grim, Tas |
Windiest |
81km/h Broome Ntc, WA |
85km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
79km/h Cape Wessel, NT |
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1.0mm last hr Point Stuart, NT |
Wettest |
115.0mm Uki, NSW/ACT |
97.2mm Kimbolton Range Station, WA |
117.0mm Sweers Island, Qld |
122.0mm Townsville Ap, Qld |
| Australia's Records for March | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 47.8°C at Roebourne, WA in 1998 Lowest -0.9°C at Mt Wellington, Tas in 1995 |
Highest 34.0°C at Mardie, WA in 1973 Lowest -7.2°C at Kiandra Chalet, NSW/ACT in 1964 |
Highest 572.4mm at Yeppoon, Qld in 1990 |
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