Australian Weather
National Summary
An active monsoon is generating squally showers and storms over northern parts of WA and the NT. A cold front crossing TAS is producing showers and gusty winds. Another trough over WA is drawing air towards the coast. A high in the south is bringing settled weather.
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National Synoptic
Weather News
Thunderstorms pass through south-east Queensland
11:11 EDT
Severe thunderstorms have rumbled through towns west of Brisbane and headed towards the Sunshine Coast this evening, skirting past the capital.
South Australia to bake during Christmas heatwave before storms
10:47 EDT
South Australians are bracing for a scorching heatwave this Christmas season ahead of potentially heavy rain from two tropical systems.
Cyclone Yvette forms as flooding rain continues for WA, NT
09:54 EDT
Tropical Cyclone Yvette is on track to make landfall over the north coast of Western Australia during the Christmas period.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19/12 | Tue 20/12 | Wed 21/12 | |||
|
35.5°C Century Mine, Qld |
Hottest |
45.7°C Onslow Ap, WA |
45.5°C Gascoyne Junction, WA |
43.0°C Marble Bar, WA |
46.9°C Birdsville Ap, Qld |
|
8.5°C Mt Read, Tas |
Coldest |
3.2°C Mt Read, Tas |
-1.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
1.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
-3.7°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
|
W 53km/h Troughton Island, WA |
Windiest |
112km/h Mt Hotham, Vic |
122km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
98km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
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2.0mm last hr Point Stuart, NT |
Wettest |
84.0mm Marion Downs, WA |
203.0mm Theda, WA |
101.0mm Port Keats Ap, NT |
153.0mm Channel Point, NT |
| Australia's Records for December | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 49.5°C at Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1972 Lowest -0.8°C at Mt Buller, Vic in 2006 |
Highest 35.0°C at Marble Bar, WA in 1902 Lowest -9.6°C at Cooma Ap, NSW/ACT in 1990 |
Highest 711.0mm at Munglinup West, WA in 2010 |
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