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Current Warnings
 

National Summary

An upper trough and deepening surface trough over QLD is generating widespread areas of rain. A cold front and associated trough over southwestern WA is generating showers. Conditions remain largely stable elsewhere under a ridge.

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Capital Cities

NOW MIN MAX
Sydney
 
16.4 6 17

Sunny

Melbourne
 
13.9 8 15

Mostly cloudy

Brisbane
 
17.7 11 19

Showers

Perth
 
21.7 11 21

Mostly sunny

Adelaide
 
14.0 5 14

Mostly sunny

Canberra
 
12.6 -2 13

Sunny

Hobart
 
13.2 10 15

Mostly sunny

Darwin
 
26.7 17 29

Sunny

Weather News

Queensland weather: Heavy rain, strong winds to hit parts of state

14:50 EST

Residents in central Queensland are bracing for wild weather as the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) predicts heavy rainfall and damaging winds to hit over the weekend.

Tasmania weather: Huonville mopping up after Huon River hits 20-year high

14:49 EST

Floodwaters that inundated parts of southern Tasmania are starting to subside, as Huon Valley home and business owners start to assess the damage from the deluge.

Pokemon Go into the weather

14:43 EST

The weather forecast for this weekend is now more important than ever after a generation of nostalgic Pokemon trainers have been forced into the open-air to hunt the digital beasties.

Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Tue 12/07 Wed 13/07 Thu 14/07

31.3°C

Coconut Island, Qld
Hottest

34.9°C

Borroloola, NT

33.0°C

Kalumburu, WA

31.0°C

Scherger RAAF, Qld

36.2°C

Wyndham Ap, WA

-2.1°C

Mt Hotham, Vic
Coldest

-8.7°C

Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT

-8.7°C

Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT

-6.0°C

Woolbrook, NSW/ACT

-8.7°C

Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT

NW 87km/h

Maatsuyker Is, Tas
Windiest

161km/h

Hogan Island, Vic

153km/h

Wilsons Promontory, Vic

164km/h

Mt Wellington, Tas
-

4.0mm last hr

Shannon, WA
Wettest

63.2mm

Rocky Valley, Vic

81.3mm

Wayatinah, Tas

112.0mm

Mt Read, Tas

112.0mm

Mt Read, Tas
Australia's Records for July
Max Min Rain
Highest 40.5°C at
Tindal, NT in 1995
Lowest -6.9°C at
Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1978
Highest 26.9°C at
Cocos Island Ap, WA in 1984
Lowest -19.6°C at
Charlotte Pass, NSW/ACT in 2010
Highest 384.3mm at
Nambour, Qld in 1973
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