Australian Weather
National Summary
An approaching trough is generating showers over SA, southern VIC and TAS. Onshore winds are producing cloud and light showers in QLD. Warm SE winds are increasing fire danger over the NT. Mostly clear elsewhere under a high.
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National Synoptic
Weather News
Weekend warmth to challenge records in NSW
12:21 EST
Record-breaking July warmth could affect parts of NSW this weekend before a strong cold front sweeps over the state.
Murray-Darling Basin: Angry communities call for inquiry after Four Corners pumping revelations
12:09 EST
Broken Hill's Mayor has joined other angry community leaders in calling for an inquiry into the operation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Irrigation lobbyists offered access to confidential government documents
07:05 EST
The top water bureaucrat in NSW, Gavin Hanlon, has been secretly recorded offering to confidentially share internal government information with irrigation lobbyists — documents he proposed to strip of government logos and share via a special Dropbox account — to assist their lobbying against the contentious Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 22/07 | Sun 23/07 | Mon 24/07 | |||
|
32.7°C Douglas River, NT |
Hottest |
34.0°C Point Stuart, NT |
35.0°C Middle Point, NT |
35.0°C Kalumburu, WA |
40.0°C Mount Ive, SA |
|
-0.8°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
-7.0°C Woolbrook, NSW/ACT |
-5.0°C Woolbrook, NSW/ACT |
-7.0°C Glen Innes Ap, NSW/ACT |
-12.1°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
|
NW 59km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
Windiest |
111km/h Scotts Peak Dam, Tas |
109km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
105km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
34.5mm Lake Margaret, Tas |
27.0mm Bickley, WA |
22.0mm Mt Read, Tas |
22.4mm Mt Read, Tas |
| 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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