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Current Warnings
 

National Summary

An intense low is generating large surf and brisk winds on the NSW coast and a few showers in eastern NSW, eastern VIC and TAS. Troughs are maintaining heat and a few showers and storms in the tropics and Australia's central-west. A high is keeping the south mostly clear.

State Weather

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National Synoptic

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Capital Cities

NOW MIN MAX
Sydney
 
18.4 16 23

Mostly sunny

Melbourne
 
16.0 14 22

Increasing sunshine

Brisbane
 
22.4 20 29

Mostly sunny

Perth
 
18.6 13 24

Sunny

Adelaide
 
14.1 10 24

Sunny

Canberra
 
13.9 9 26

Mostly sunny

Hobart
 
15.1 13 20

Possible shower

Darwin
 
29.2 26 34

Possible thunderstorm

Weather News

Queensland heatwave to worsen before getting better

15:37 EDT

A heatwave that has been gripping parts of Queensland since the weekend will become more intense and widespread during the coming days, before relief arrives next week.

Sydney weather subsides, storm clean-up begins with fish finding its way home in flash flooding

15:01 EDT

There was a bright spot amid the solemn storm clean-up that began in Sydney yesterday afternoon.

BOM's summer outlook expects above average temperatures and dry in the north

14:13 EDT

Get ready for a hot and dry summer, with the Bureau of Meteorology expecting warmer-than-normal days and nights for most of the country.

Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 26/11 Tue 27/11 Wed 28/11

36.3°C

Newman Ap, WA
Avg: Rec:
Hottest

45.2°C

Mount Stuart, Qld
Avg: Rec:
- -

44.4°C

Mount Stuart, Qld
Avg: Rec:
- -

44.3°C

Proserpine Ap, Qld
Avg: Rec:

45.7°C

Roebourne Ap, WA
Avg: Rec:

4.1°C

Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT
Avg: Rec:
Coldest

0.0°C

Curtin Springs, NT
Avg: Rec:

0.0°C

Curtin Springs, NT
Avg: Rec:

0.0°C

Curtin Springs, NT
Avg: Rec:

-5.9°C

Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT
Avg: Rec:

S 55km/h

Rottnest Island, WA
Windiest

98km/h

Territory Grape Farm, NT

92km/h

Camooweal, Qld

124km/h

Lucinda Point, Qld
-

1.0mm last hr

West Wyalong Ap, NSW/ACT
Avg: Rec:
Wettest

24.8mm

Howard Springs, NT
Avg: Rec:
- -

109.8mm

Bendalong Jacaranda Av, NSW/ACT
Avg: Rec:
- -

189.0mm

Beaumont, NSW/ACT
Avg: Rec:
- -

124.0mm

Katoomba, NSW/ACT
Avg: Rec:
Australia's Records for November
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 -8.5°C at
Thredbo Top Station, NSW/ACT in 1973
Highest 630.0mm at
Bellenden Ker Top Stn, Qld in 1989
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