Australian Weather
National Summary
A broad low pressure trough is triggering showers and storms in western/central QLD, the NT and central SA as well as WA's Kimberley. A cold front is producing the odd shower about WA's southern coasts. Onshore winds are producing patchy rain along the eastern seaboard.
Weather News
Could an epidemic thunderstorm asthma event happen again in Melbourne?
16:13 EDT
Today marks the one year anniversary of a tragic thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne that resulted in nine deaths and directly impacted the health of thousands of Victorians.
Record warm spring nights in Adelaide
12:01 EDT
Adelaide may be experiencing a spell of warm nights that has only occurred in the city on one other occasion during spring in the last 130 years.
Heatwave health alert issued for southern Tasmania as 130yo record set to fall
10:51 EDT
Southern Tasmanians are being urged to take care this week, with a run of temperatures forecast to break a long-standing record.
Extremes and Records
Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
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Sat 18/11 | Sun 19/11 | Mon 20/11 | |||
43.5°C Telfer Ap, WA |
Hottest |
42.9°C Eucla, WA |
41.8°C Ngukurr, NT |
43.0°C Marble Bar, WA |
45.0°C Telfer Ap, WA |
11.9°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
2.0°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
-1.5°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
1.0°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
-6.5°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
E 55km/h Cape Grim, Tas |
Windiest |
114km/h Forrest, WA |
72km/h Wyndham Ap, WA |
94km/h Centre Island, NT |
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1.2mm last hr Cocos Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
245.0mm Mt Mercer, Vic |
89.4mm Kidman Springs, NT |
37.0mm Low Isles, Qld |
97.2mm Cowley Beach, Qld |
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 |