Australian Weather
National Summary
A series of troughs are producing showers and a few storms over parts of WA, NT and QLD. A cold front is producing isolated showers over southern VIC and TAS. A ridge of high pressure is keeping southern parts of WA and much of NSW and SA mostly dry and clear.
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East coast sizzler
11:38 EDT
The hottest weather in eight-to-nine months will hit the eastern seaboard during the next week.
Removal of 30-tonne rock at Coogee's Giles Baths may take up to a week
21:21 EDT
A huge sandstone rock weighing as much as a humpback whale is being moved from the Giles Baths at Coogee in a week-long operation, after it shifted 50 metres in wild weather earlier this year.
Stormy afternoon in Queensland
14:16 EDT
Thunderstorms are developing over Queensland this afternoon and they could become severe in the southeast.
Extremes and Records
Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
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Sun 30/10 | Mon 31/10 | Tue 01/11 | |||
36.4°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
Hottest |
43.8°C Urandangi, Qld |
43.5°C Marble Bar, WA |
43.0°C Curtin Ap, WA |
43.0°C Curtin Ap, WA |
0.0°C Mt Baw Baw, Vic |
Coldest |
-6.3°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-5.5°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
-3.0°C Mt Buller, Vic |
-5.5°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
W 64km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
Windiest |
131km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
112km/h Coffs Harbour, NSW/ACT |
135km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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1.4mm last hr Cocos Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
48.3mm Thredbo Village, NSW/ACT |
109.2mm Christmas Island Ap, WA |
40.0mm Gympie, Qld |
48.0mm Rabbit Flat, NT |
Australia's Records for November | |||
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Max | Min | Rain | |
Highest 48.7°C at Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1990 Lowest -3.1°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1967 |
Highest 35.0°C at Cunnamulla, Qld in 1965 Lowest -20.6°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 1990 |
Highest 398.8mm at Moreton, Qld in 1909 |