Australian Weather
National Summary
Unseasonably warm winds for QLD ahead of a trough. The trough and a front are bringing strong winds, showers, a few storms and a colder change to NSW, VIC and TAS and snow to the Alps. A high is causing brisk wind and showers to ease in SA and is keeping WA and the interior dry.
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National Synoptic
Weather News
Cold morning in the southwest
14:48 EST
It was a frosty and smoky start to Friday in Australia's southwest, with some places experiencing their lowest temperatures since last winter.
Rain returns to parched southeast
10:53 EST
A strong cold front and low pressure system have caused damaging winds and the best rain in more than a year in parts of southeastern Australia during the last 48 hours.
Possible global heat record in Pakistan
14:50 EST
A global heat record may have been broken in southern Pakistan earlier this week.
Extremes and Records
| Current Extremes | Last 3 Days Extremes | Extremes This Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 01/05 | Wed 02/05 | Thu 03/05 | |||
|
31.7°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
Hottest |
37.5°C Mount Bundey South, NT |
37.4°C Wyndham Ap, WA |
37.0°C Bradshaw, NT |
37.5°C Mount Bundey South, NT |
|
-0.7°C Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
Coldest |
0.0°C Pardoo, WA |
-0.5°C Cooma, NSW/ACT |
0.1°C Mt Hotham, Vic |
-3.0°C Cooma, NSW/ACT |
|
WNW 79km/h Hogan Island, Vic |
Windiest |
81km/h Mt Wellington, Tas |
98km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
116km/h Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT |
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| no rain last hr | Wettest |
59.8mm Bingil Bay, Qld |
29.6mm Tintinara, SA |
1078.6mm Tindarra, Qld |
66.0mm Thredbo Village, NSW/ACT |
| Australia's Records for May | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Rain | |
| Highest 47.0°C at Bulman, NT in 2016 Lowest -6.0°C at Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 2000 |
Highest 30.5°C at Lake Cargelligo Ap, NSW/ACT in 1990 Lowest -14.2°C at Namadgi National Park, NSW/ACT in 1987 |
Highest 536.6mm at Orbost, Vic in 2017 |
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