Australian Weather
National Summary
A front and trough are causing gales, areas of rain and isoalted thunderstorms in the southwest. Troughs in the east are causing brisk winds, light showers and highland snow in TAS, VIC and NSW. A broad high is keeping the rest of the country generally dry.
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Weather News
BOM strike: Bureau of Meteorology staff to take industrial action for next three weeks
00:44 EST
Staff at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) are going on strike for three weeks, after being locked in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions for three years.
Change spreading through Queensland
15:40 EST
Parts of central Queensland are having their warmest July day in more than 20 years today, while the southeast shivers.
Tasmanian irrigators look to the skies for rain to fill dams in new irrigation scheme
14:20 EST
Farmers who have signed up to two new irrigation schemes in Tasmania are anxiously looking to the sky for signs of good rainfall.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 17/07 | Tue 18/07 | Wed 19/07 | |||
|
30.7°C Weipa Ap, Qld |
Hottest |
35.0°C Jabiru Ap, NT |
35.0°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
35.0°C Kalumburu, WA |
40.0°C Mount Ive, SA |
|
-5.1°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
-2.0°C Salmon Gums, WA |
-5.0°C Bombala, NSW/ACT |
-6.0°C Cooma, NSW/ACT |
-12.1°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
|
SW 81km/h Wilsons Promontory, Vic |
Windiest |
107km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
105km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
127km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
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2.0mm last hr Cocos Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
54.0mm Bridgewater, SA |
80.0mm Blandford, NSW/ACT |
37.0mm Jarrahwood, WA |
37.0mm Jarrahwood, WA |
| Australia's Records for July | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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