Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough is triggering areas of rain over southern QLD and throughout eastern NSW. Brisk onshore winds near a developing low is producing showers along NSW's South Coast. A large high is moving over the south, bringing a mostly clear day for parts of WA, SA and VIC.
State Weather
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Capital Cities
| NOW | MIN | MAX | ||
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| Sydney | 26.0 | 19 | 26 | |
Possible thunderstorm |
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| Melbourne | 17.7 | 14 | 18 | |
Clearing shower |
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| Brisbane | 29.3 | 19 | 31 | |
Possible thunderstorm |
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| Perth | 29.0 | 16 | 28 | |
Sunny |
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| Adelaide | 18.9 | 12 | 21 | |
Mostly sunny |
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| Canberra | 19.9 | 12 | 23 | |
Possible shower |
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| Hobart | 17.9 | 10 | 20 | |
Mostly sunny |
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| Darwin | 32.7 | 26 | 34 | |
Possible thunderstorm |
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Weather News
Near-record heat rebuilding in northwest and central Australia
15:01 EDT
Plenty of sunshine is helping Australia's northwest heat up to the forties and the centre of the country to the mid thirties each afternoon for at least a week, a near-record five-to-eight degrees above average.
Calls for NSW Government to take issue of public housing air-conditioning more seriously
14:35 EDT
There is a renewed push for air-conditioning to be installed in social housing sites in regional New South Wales, where temperatures exceed 40 degrees Celsius several days per year.
Canberra's sunny start to April
13:42 EDT
After a very hot start to March, some autumn weather is fully underway.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 27/03 | Mon 28/03 | Tue 29/03 | |||
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41.2°C Mandora, WA |
Hottest |
42.3°C Marble Bar, WA |
42.9°C Gascoyne Junction, WA |
40.3°C Curtin Ap, WA |
47.0°C Mardie, WA |
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4.9°C Mt Baw Baw, Vic |
Coldest |
-1.4°C Liawenee, Tas |
-4.3°C Liawenee, Tas |
2.6°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
-4.3°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
SW 51km/h Gabo Island, Vic |
Windiest |
88km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
74km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
79km/h Middle Point, NT |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
84.0mm Belka, WA |
80.0mm Gingin, WA |
63.0mm Willina, NSW/ACT |
40.0mm Merimbula Ap, NSW/ACT |
| 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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