Australian Weather
National Summary
A broad region of low pressure which extends from WA to the NT to central QLD is triggering showers and thunderstorms. Onshore winds are causing a few showers along coastal NSW and southeastern QLD. A high in the south is bringing generally clear skies to the southeast.
Weather News
Spring seesaw swinging slowly in Melbourne
10:26 EDT
Many Melburnians would be be happy to see some warmer weather in their forecast this week after the city's longest late-season cool spell in four years.
Bundaberg storm clean-up continues but thousands of residents still without power
16:42 EDT
Electricity has been restored to 5,000 customers in Bundaberg who were blacked out overnight in the "worst non-cyclonic storm to hit the region in a decade", but some residents will spend a second night in the dark.
Maatsuyker Island: Loving life (and each other) as caretakers for Australia's southernmost lighthouse
14:21 EDT
When it comes to good ways to test a relationship, isolating yourself and your partner for six months on a windswept island would rank right up there.
Extremes and Records
Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
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Mon 06/11 | Tue 07/11 | Wed 08/11 | |||
34.4°C Century Mine, Qld |
Hottest |
42.2°C Century Mine, Qld |
42.0°C Julia Creek Ap, Qld |
42.0°C Julia Creek Ap, Qld |
43.8°C Nyang, WA |
5.3°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
-4.2°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-6.0°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-2.0°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
-6.5°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
SE 50km/h Marion Rf, Qld |
Windiest |
100km/h Murrurundi Gap, NSW/ACT |
103km/h Double Is Pt, Qld |
79km/h Cape Moreton, Qld |
- |
0.6mm last hr Christmas Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
80.2mm Central Tilba, NSW/ACT |
44.0mm Hervey Bay Ap, Qld |
111.0mm St Lawrence, Qld |
66.0mm Point Stuart, NT |
Australia's Records for November | |||
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Max | Min | Rain | |
Highest 48.7°C at Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1990 Lowest -3.1°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1967 |
Highest 38.0°C at Balgo Hills, WA in 2015 Lowest -20.6°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 1990 |
Highest 400.0mm at Orange, NSW/ACT in 2016 |