Australian Weather
National Summary
A pair of troughs over QLD is producing rain in the northeast coast and showers and thunderstorms inland. A low pressure trough stretching from northwest WA to TAS is producing rain. Brisk onshore winds are producing showers in southwest WA, mostly near the coasts.
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Weather News
Eat, sleep, freeze, repeat: South Australian doctor swaps country practice for Antarctica
17:28 EST
Fancy a bare-skinned dip in an ice hole with the water temperature hovering around a bone-chilling -1.8 degrees? Such is midwinter entertainment at the Casey research station in Antarctica, where South Australian GP Dr Rachel Hawker has swapped working in a busy country practice for a year on the ice.
Rain records tumble in Queensland but drought not over
15:24 EST
An unseasonably wet weekend in many parts of Queensland will go down in the record books, with some areas getting three to five times their average July rainfall in a single day.
Cleanup underway after record winter rain hits central Queensland
14:49 EST
Authorities are mopping up after record rainfall drenched central Queensland over the weekend.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 16/07 | Sun 17/07 | Mon 18/07 | |||
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26.1°C Willis Island, Qld |
Hottest |
29.8°C Coconut Island, Qld |
31.6°C Coconut Island, Qld |
31.0°C Kalumburu, WA |
36.2°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
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0.6°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
-5.5°C Thredbo Village, NSW/ACT |
-3.5°C Cooma, NSW/ACT |
-8.7°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
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NW 103km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
Windiest |
105km/h Ben Nevis, Vic |
118km/h Mt Hartz, Tas |
138km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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0.6mm last hr Christmas Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
310.8mm Yeppoon, Qld |
144.0mm Willis Island, Qld |
310.8mm Yeppoon, Qld |
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| 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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