Australian Weather
National Summary
A front moving across southern WA is bringing showers. Onshore winds are generating the odd shower in northern QLD. Very chilly air in the wake of a cold front combined with a settling high pressure system is causing frost to form over much of SA, southern NT, NSW, VIC and TAS.
Weather News
Victoria's Icy Start
09:06 EST
Melbourne's CBD has just recorded its coldest morning in two years, with the temperature dipping to 1.1 degrees between 7:40 and 8:07am.
Winter finally arrives in Tasmania with dusting of snow, as Australia braces for cold snap
00:46 EST
Winter proper has finally arrived in Tasmania with snowfall and dangerous black ice, as cold conditions sweep across much of Australia.
Adelaide records lowest June rainfall in 59 years as winter dry spell frustrates farmers
17:51 EST
Adelaide has had its second-driest June on record, with less than 10 millimetres of rain falling in the last 30 days.
Extremes and Records
Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
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Wed 28/06 | Thu 29/06 | Fri 30/06 | |||
26.8°C Horn Island, Qld |
Hottest |
34.0°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
34.0°C Kalumburu, WA |
33.0°C Middle Point, NT |
26.8°C Horn Island, Qld |
-7.4°C Goulburn Ap, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
-8.2°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
-8.0°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-3.0°C Maryborough, Vic |
-3.0°C Maryborough, Vic |
WSW 50km/h Windy Point, NSW/ACT |
Windiest |
90km/h Mt Hartz, Tas |
109km/h Wilsons Promontory, Vic |
87km/h Cape Naturaliste, WA |
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4.4mm last hr Cocos Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
130.8mm Cocos Island Ap, WA |
23.0mm Inverell, NSW/ACT |
10.0mm Low Rocky Point, Tas |
0.0mm Logan City, Qld |
Australia's Records for July | |||
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Max | Min | Rain | |
Highest 40.5°C at Tindal, NT in 1995 Lowest -6.9°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1978 |
Highest 27.1°C at Cocos Island Ap, WA in 2016 Lowest -19.6°C at Charlotte Pass, NSW/ACT in 2010 |
Highest 384.3mm at Nambour, Qld in 1973 |