Australian Weather
National Summary
A cold front and trough is pushing over southern WA, causing gusty cool showers. A high pressure ridge and upper trough is directing moist onshore winds onto the QLD coast. This high is also allowing for clear skies and light winds elsewhere.
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Weather News
Cold blast for the southwest
12:36 EST
Parts of WA are staring down the barrel of perhaps the coldest day in over a decade and the coldest August day in 50 years.
Persistent showers continue over the east coast
10:33 EST
Earlier in the week, a small cut-off low briefly took up residence off the coast of northern NSW and southeast QLD before darting east and away from mainland Australia.
Hobart Myer flooding: Fifteen arcade shops to close today as rivulet repairs undertaken
09:25 EST
Fifteen stores in the Cat and Fiddle Arcade in Hobart's CBD will be closed today as builders carry out complex works in the rivulet chamber beneath the site.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 04/08 | Fri 05/08 | Sat 06/08 | |||
|
33.0°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
Hottest |
33.0°C West Roebuck, WA |
32.0°C West Roebuck, WA |
33.0°C Curtin Ap, WA |
35.8°C Oenpelli Airport, NT |
|
-1.6°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
-9.4°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-7.2°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-10.0°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-10.0°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
|
NW 59km/h Cape Leeuwin, WA |
Windiest |
101km/h Double Is Pt, Qld |
85km/h Double Is Pt, Qld |
112km/h Cape Leeuwin, WA |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
46.6mm Wyee, NSW/ACT |
32.6mm Nelson Bay, NSW/ACT |
39.0mm Double Is Pt, Qld |
39.2mm Double Is Pt, Qld |
| Australia's Records for August | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 40.2°C at Cape Don, NT in 2014 Lowest -6.7°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 2005 |
Highest 28.7°C at Milikapiti, NT in 1973 Lowest -20.6°C at Charlotte Pass, NSW/ACT in 1968 |
Highest 529.2mm at Rainbow Beach, Qld in 2007 |
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