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.
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/08 | Sat 12/08 | Sun 13/08 | |||
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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