Australian Weather
National Summary
A cold front and trough stretching across northern WA, NT, NSW, VIC and TAS is bringing patchy rain and showers, as well as storms. A building high is keeping most of SA and WA mostly clear and dry.
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National Synoptic
Weather News
Victoria weather: State mops up after severe storm causes flash flooding, damages buildings
15:50 EDT
Homes have been damaged and roads cut off by fallen trees after severe storms in Victoria, leaving tens of thousands of properties without power.
Electric skies continue within Northwest Cloudband
14:13 EDT
Widespread thunderstorms have been sparking up, and will continue to, within a long line of cloud stretching from northern WA to the southeast, otherwise known as the Northwest Cloudband.
NSW heatwave finally letting go
13:56 EDT
Most people across NSW have restlessly slept through very warm temperatures over the last few nights, the prelude to extreme daytime heat as a trough crosses the state.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 17/12 | Mon 18/12 | Tue 19/12 | |||
|
42.2°C Windorah, Qld |
Hottest |
46.2°C Tarcoola Ap, SA |
47.1°C Oodnadatta Ap, SA |
46.5°C Birdsville Ap, Qld |
47.1°C Oodnadatta Ap, SA |
|
5.0°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
Coldest |
4.4°C Mt Wellington, Tas |
7.0°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
5.4°C Jarrahwood, WA |
-2.3°C Liawenee, Tas |
|
WNW 85km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
Windiest |
105km/h Cape Leeuwin, WA |
122km/h Neptune Island, SA |
120km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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0.2mm last hr Waiko, NSW/ACT |
Wettest |
56.6mm Mount Krauss, WA |
102.4mm Christmas Island Ap, WA |
200.0mm Cape Bruny, Tas |
70.0mm Doongan, WA |
| Australia's Records for December | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 49.5°C at Birdsville Police Station, Qld in 1972 Lowest -0.8°C at Mt Buller, Vic in 2006 |
Highest 35.0°C at Marble Bar, WA in 1902 Lowest -9.6°C at Cooma Ap, NSW/ACT in 1990 |
Highest 711.0mm at Munglinup West, WA in 2010 |
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