Australian Weather
National Summary
A cold front impacting the southwest WA is causing showers, thunderstorms and damaging winds. A trough over WA and SA is generating showers, with warm winds ahead of it. A broad high pressure ridge is keeping much of the north and east clear and dry.
Weather News
Matilda Bay Brewery facade collapses, crushing car in Fremantle as strong winds hit WA
19:00 EST
A woman has been cut from her car by emergency services after part of the facade of a three-storey building collapsed in North Fremantle during strong winds.
WA withstands another strong front
14:53 EST
Southwestern districts of WA have once again been lashed by severe weather during the last 24 hours.
WA weather: Wind gust of 109kph recorded as damaging cold front sweeps through
14:22 EST
Damaging winds have hit the south-western corner of Western Australia as part of the strongest cold front of the winter — but the worst has passed without any reports of major damage.
Extremes and Records
Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
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Fri 11/08 | Sat 12/08 | Sun 13/08 | |||
33.1°C Bradshaw, NT |
Hottest |
36.1°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
36.4°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
36.0°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
37.6°C Bedourie, Qld |
0.1°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
-5.0°C Eyre, WA |
-7.2°C Glen Innes Ap, NSW/ACT |
-5.3°C Armidale, NSW/ACT |
-11.0°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
WSW 75km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
Windiest |
148km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
120km/h Cape Grim, Tas |
109km/h Cape Leeuwin, WA |
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0.6mm last hr Scotts Peak Dam, Tas |
Wettest |
48.4mm Warra, Tas |
27.6mm Yourdamung Lake, WA |
38.0mm Thomson Brook, WA |
50.0mm Pemberton, WA |
Australia's Records for August | |||
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Max | Min | Rain | |
Highest 40.2°C at Cape Don, NT in 2014 Lowest -6.7°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 2005 |
Highest 28.7°C at Milikapiti, NT in 1973 Lowest -20.6°C at Charlotte Pass, NSW/ACT in 1968 |
Highest 529.2mm at Rainbow Beach, Qld in 2007 |