Australian Weather
National Summary
Broad regions of low pressure are triggering widespread storms over WA, the NT's Top End, inland QLD and northern NSW. Warm northerly winds moving ahead of these troughs are dragging interior heat towards the east. Onshore winds are causing a few showers along the QLD coast.
Weather News
Summer opening with a heatwave
17:12 EDT
Summer will turn up right on time for parts of Australia's eastern inland, with a heatwave forecast for some areas in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Eastern storms continue
12:21 EDT
Severe thunderstorms will continue to affect parts of Queensland and New South Wales at the beginning of this week.
Latest frost in decades hits SE SA - risk now diminishing
18:00 EDT
South Australia's southeast recorded its latest sub-zero temperature in more than 20 years but the frost risk for the coming days and weeks is diminishing.
Extremes and Records
Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
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Sat 26/11 | Sun 27/11 | Mon 28/11 | |||
36.0°C Paraburdoo Ap, WA |
Hottest |
42.6°C Marble Bar, WA |
42.8°C Marble Bar, WA |
44.0°C Marble Bar, WA |
46.0°C West Roebuck, WA |
2.5°C Liawenee, Tas |
Coldest |
-0.6°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
1.0°C Mortlake, Vic |
-5.5°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
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SSW 48km/h Rottnest Island, WA |
Windiest |
96km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
105km/h Dalby Ap, Qld |
81km/h Leinster Ap, WA |
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4.6mm last hr Oakey Ap, Qld |
Wettest |
189.4mm Christmas Island Ap, WA |
71.0mm Bell Store, Qld |
204.2mm Gray, Tas |
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 |