Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough is generating hot, dry gusty winds across QLD and northern NSW before bringing a cooler, mainly dry change. A front is bringing cold, showery winds to TAS. A trough in WA is causing storms. A monsoon trough is generating heavy rain and storms in the northern tropics.
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Weather News
Queensland weather: South-east residents swelter as temperature records tumble
06:56 EDT
Hot weather records tumbled across parts of south-east Queensland over the weekend as the mercury rose in the state's heatwave.
WA floods: Man's body found near Esperance, search for 74yo missing man continues
00:20 EDT
There are fears for a 74-year-old Esperance man whose car was found abandoned under a flooded bridge this morning, after floodwaters claimed the life of another man trying to cross a road near the town.
Heatwave: Hot weather in Birdsville, Queensland is business as usual
20:13 EDT
Much of Queensland and New South Wales is sweltering through the tail end of a horrific heatwave.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 10/02 | Sat 11/02 | Sun 12/02 | |||
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31.8°C Longreach Ap, Qld |
Hottest |
47.5°C Menindee, NSW/ACT |
47.6°C Ivanhoe Ap, NSW/ACT |
47.0°C St George Ap, Qld |
48.7°C Yeelirrie, WA |
|
1.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
5.1°C Mt Read, Tas |
0.3°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
-0.6°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
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SW 77km/h Cape Grim, Tas |
Windiest |
88km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
107km/h Yanco, NSW/ACT |
120km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
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11.6mm last hr Truscott, WA |
Wettest |
104.8mm Truro, WA |
119.0mm Upper Wickham River, NT |
6.0mm Low Rocky Point, Tas |
290.0mm Shoal Bay, NT |
| Australia's Records for February | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 50.5°C at Mardie, WA in 1998 Lowest -2.7°C at Mt Wellington, Tas in 1994 |
Highest 35.0°C at Moomba Ap, SA in 2004 Lowest -7.4°C at Mt Wellington, Tas in 1994 |
Highest 907.0mm at Crohamhurst, Qld in 1893 |
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