Australian Weather
National Summary
A low pressure trough over WA and SA is producing cloud and patchy areas of rain. Moist onshore winds are bring showers to the QLD coast. Dry winds are bringing heat to the north and northwest. A high is moving over the west, bringing drier conditions.
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Weather News
Nev Houses: Designer Nev Hyman creating flat-pack, cyclone-proof housing for vulnerable Pacific nations
20:35 EST
For decades, Australian surfboard shaper Nev Hyman shaped boards for world champions, but now he is shaping something quite different: affordable, cyclone-proof housing.
Coast and ranges ready for more rain
17:03 EST
Another dosage of rainfall is expected across NSW from Friday and over the coming weekend, as the end of April fast approaches.
The lasting scars of the Dungog flood and its effect on residents a year on
16:59 EST
One year ago this week, the small town of Dungog in the New South Wales Hunter Valley was ravaged by an intense storm, which triggered a flood that swept through the town.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 16/04 | Sun 17/04 | Mon 18/04 | |||
|
34.5°C Marble Bar, WA |
Hottest |
41.0°C West Roebuck, WA |
42.0°C West Roebuck, WA |
42.2°C Roebourne Ap, WA |
48.1°C Minnipa, SA |
|
1.9°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
-2.4°C Liawenee, Tas |
-1.8°C Liawenee, Tas |
1.5°C Thredbo Village, NSW/ACT |
-2.6°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
|
ESE 35km/h Creal Rf, Qld |
Windiest |
74km/h Mount William, Vic |
68km/h Wilsons Promontory, Vic |
77km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
102.0mm Black Point, NT |
109.4mm Williamtown, NSW/ACT |
38.4mm Karragullen North, WA |
33.4mm Sydney Ap, NSW/ACT |
| Australia's Records for April | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 45.0°C at Marble Bar, WA in 1928 Lowest -5.6°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1978 |
Highest 32.0°C at Pannawonica, WA in 1981 Lowest -17.4°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 1991 |
Highest 800.9mm at Port Douglas, Qld in 1911 |
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