Australian Weather
National Summary
A trough is bringing rain and a few storms to VIC and southern and central NSW. A trough in the north is causing a few showers and storms in the northern tropics. A front is bringing brief light showers to far southwest WA. A weak high is clearing showers from SA and TAS.
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Weather News
Scottish league players opt for hot shock treatment ahead of Cairns World Cup match
10:04 EDT
As if far north Queensland is not hot enough, Scottish rugby league players this week have been locked inside a chamber heated to 50 degrees Celsius, immersed in 100 per cent humidity.
La Nina watch declared by Bureau of Meteorology but widespread rainfall not on the outlook
19:10 EDT
The chance of a La Nina weather pattern forming later this year is now at 50 per cent, around double the normal likelihood.
Tornadoes in Queensland: Does the Wide Bay region rival the US for the frequency of twisters?
18:00 EDT
Lexly Black still remembers the night in 1992 when her house near Bundaberg in southern Queensland was ripped apart by one of Australia's strongest tornadoes.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 22/10 | Mon 23/10 | Tue 24/10 | |||
|
36.1°C Rabbit Flat, NT |
Hottest |
42.0°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
42.0°C Fitzroy Crossing Ap, WA |
43.0°C Marble Bar, WA |
45.0°C West Roebuck, WA |
|
2.4°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
-3.0°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
2.0°C Cooma Ap, NSW/ACT |
-1.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
-5.5°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
|
NW 40km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Windiest |
81km/h Mt Hartz, Tas |
79km/h Forrest, WA |
72km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
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0.2mm last hr Nulla, NSW/ACT |
Wettest |
79.9mm Swansea, NSW/ACT |
51.0mm Cape Fourcroy, NT |
27.0mm Kowanyama Ap, Qld |
27.0mm Kowanyama Ap, Qld |
| Australia's Records for October | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 46.9°C at Port Hedland Ap, WA in 2002 Lowest -5.0°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1972 |
Highest 32.7°C at Old Halls Creek, WA in 1900 Lowest -12.0°C at Charlotte Pass, NSW/ACT in 2006 |
Highest 551.2mm at Yeppoon, Qld in 1914 |
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