Australian Weather
National Summary
A broad region of low pressure stretching across northern WA, the NT and QLD is triggering showers and storms, some severe about northern QLD. Cool onshore winds along the east coast is bringing a few showers. Sunny and hot conditions are building over WA ahead of a trough.
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Weather News
Modern homes trapping heat 'like a plastic bag'
17:51 EDT
In a country where capital city temperatures regularly exceed 35 degrees Celsius and even 40C in some states, it could be expected that modern houses are already built to resist heat.
Monsoon may bring relief from heat and humidity next week, 2017 weather records broken
16:36 EDT
Top Enders may experience some relief from the hot and sticky conditions as early as next week, with the onset of the monsoon expected to arrive in the coming days, the weather bureau has said.
Bushfire threat looms for SA, Victoria
14:42 EDT
This Saturday parts of SA and Victoria are likely to experience their worst fire weather in more than two years, some potentially since Black Saturday.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 01/01 | Tue 02/01 | Wed 03/01 | |||
|
44.4°C Marble Bar, WA |
Hottest |
45.0°C Phosphate Hill, Qld |
44.0°C Morawa Ap, WA |
45.0°C Roebourne Ap, WA |
45.0°C Phosphate Hill, Qld |
|
9.8°C Mt Hartz, Tas |
Coldest |
1.0°C Liawenee, Tas |
0.0°C Liawenee, Tas |
2.0°C Perisher Valley, NSW/ACT |
0.0°C Mount Ive, SA |
|
NW 61km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
Windiest |
101km/h Ballina Ap, NSW/ACT |
96km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
85km/h Maatsuyker Is, Tas |
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2.8mm last hr Cocos Island Ap, WA |
Wettest |
242.0mm Derby Rfds, WA |
91.0mm Rosebank, NSW/ACT |
56.0mm Groote Eylandt Ap, NT |
75.6mm Middle Point, NT |
| Australia's Records for January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 50.7°C at Mildura, Vic in 1906 Lowest 0.6°C at Mt Hotham, Vic in 2012 |
Highest 36.9°C at Warragul Vcah, Vic in 1964 Lowest -7.7°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1975 |
Highest 627.4mm at Mackay, Qld in 1918 |
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