Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough and developing tropical low in the north is generating heavy rain, storms and gales for parts of the NT. An offshore low is directing cold and showery winds along the NSW coast. A large high in the south is bringing mostly dry and and settled conditions.
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National Synoptic
Weather News
Sydney swell builds
14:03 EST
Wave heights have increased rapidly near the central coast of New South Wales today.
Darwin approaching wet season record
11:56 EST
Darwin's prosperous wet season is about to receive another burst of rain as the threat of a tropical cyclone looms for the Top End.
Top End cyclone threat
15:56 EST
Australia's late-season cyclone surge continues this week and Darwin may be impacted in the coming days.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 09/04 | Mon 10/04 | Tue 11/04 | |||
|
29.7°C Troughton Island, WA |
Hottest |
40.0°C Mandora, WA |
40.2°C Carnarvon Ap, WA |
39.0°C Carnarvon Ap, WA |
40.2°C Carnarvon Ap, WA |
|
0.3°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
-3.2°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-1.8°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-4.6°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
|
SSE 48km/h Wattamolla, NSW/ACT |
Windiest |
120km/h Falls Creek, Vic |
105km/h Mt Hotham, Vic |
81km/h Wattamolla, NSW/ACT |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
100.0mm Durdidwarrah, Vic |
222.4mm Warruwi, NT |
222.4mm Warruwi, NT |
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| Australia's Records for April | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 45.0°C at Marble Bar, WA in 1928 Lowest -5.6°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1978 |
Highest 32.0°C at Pannawonica, WA in 1981 Lowest -17.4°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 1991 |
Highest 800.9mm at Port Douglas, Qld in 1911 |
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